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Alarm bells on used mobilesMOBILE phones that are lost, stolen or recycled are exposing thousands of people every week to identity fraud, largely because their owners neglect to take simple steps to protect their private information.
TheAge.com.au Saturday, October 24, 2009Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3NEW YORK (AP) -- PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the
gaming
console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year....
The Arizona Republic Saturday, October 24, 2009Space Truckers Aren't Science Fiction AnymoreWith a growing budget deficit, there's not much appetite in Washington to increase NASA's funding. So some of what the agency does now, such as shipping cargo to the space station, will almost certainly be picked up by private companies.
NPR Saturday, October 24, 2009Microsoft Launches a Revolution, Apple Launches a MouseI really was anticipating a battle royal between
microsoft and Apple and thought both companies would come to the mat with their best stuff. It felt like Apple was so focused on maintaining high margins last quarter that it gave up a huge chance to grow share, and its stealth
launch of a couple of PCs and a multitouch mouse just seemed lame next to the massive rollout of Windows boxes.
TechNewsWorld Saturday, October 24, 2009Clean Smells Promote Ethical BehaviorA recent study is suggesting that moral behavior may be encouraged with nothing more than clean smells. The Brigham Young University professor found a "dramatic improvement in ethical behavior with just a few spritzes of citrus-scented Windex." "The researchers see implications for workplaces, retail stores and other organizations that have relied on traditional surveillance and security measures to enforce rules. [] Perhaps the findings could be applied at home, too, Liljenquist said with a smile. 'Could be that getting our kids to clean up their rooms might help them clean up their acts, too.' The study titled "The Smell of Virtue" was unusually simple and conclusive. Participants engaged in several tasks, the only difference being that some worked in unscented rooms, while others worked in rooms freshly spritzed with Windex."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Saturday, October 24, 2009Psystar's Rebel EFI Hackintosh Tool Reviewed, Found WantingCWmike writes "While the world focused on
microsoft's
launch of Windows 7, Florida-based Psystar quietly launched Rebel EFI, a software product that should worry Apple a lot more than Microsoft's latest operating system. Rebel EFI allows users to run Apple's flagship operating system, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, on non-Apple hardware. Computerworld test drove the making a Hackintosh out of a generic PC with company's new software package and found a product that has a lot of homework still to do. Reviewer Frank Ohlhorst's final analysis: 'Psystar's Rebel EFI [ a free trial is available ] is an interesting tool, but it is very limited when it comes to the selection of hardware that you can use. The company really needs to create a compatible hardware list and post that on its Web site — and it also needs to create some usable documentation. As it stands right now, you can use Rebel EFI to build a Mac clone, but unless you stick to relatively generic hardware, you will be disappointed.'
Slashdot Saturday, October 24, 2009Net neutrality faces political, legal hurdlesNet neutrality supporters may be celebrating the Federal Communications Commission's unanimous vote Thursday to begin developing open Internet regulation, but the battle is far from over as the yet-to-be-written regulation is already facing Congressional opposition and will also likely be challenged in court.
CNN Saturday, October 24, 2009Lost Northwest Pilots Were Trying Out New SoftwareHugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew about 110 miles past their destination to the skies over Wisconsin as more than a dozen air-traffic controllers in three locations tried to get the plane's attention had taken out their personal laptops in the cockpit, a violation of airline policy, so the first officer could tutor the captain in a new scheduling system put in place by Delta Air Lines, which acquired Northwest last fall. 'Both said they lost track of time,' said an interim report from the National Transportation Safety Board countering theories in aviation circles that the two pilots might have fallen asleep or were arguing in the cockpit. 'Using laptops or engaging in activity unrelated to the pilots' command of the aircraft during flight,' said a statement from Delta Airlines, 'is strictly against the airline's flight deck policies and violations of that policy will result in termination.' Industry executives and analysts said the p
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