Jun 28
The Federal Communications Commission has finally voted to open up 10MHz of spectrum for "commercial mobile services"—that has until now been protected because of interference concerns.
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Jun 28
The New York Times has a wonderful feature about Wikipedia-founder Jimmy Wales which you should go r
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe New York Times has a wonderful feature about Wikipedia-founder Jimmy Wales which you should go read. Spoiler: he’s not a billionaire.
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Jun 28
CompuLab MintBox 2 unveiled with four times the power, same Linux Mint flavor
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Now that Linux Mint 15 is available, it’s only fair that we get a new MintBox to match. The CompuLab and Linux Mint teams won’t disappoint us on that front: they’ve just previewed the MintBox 2, a big upgrade to their open source mini PC. The new version drops AMD processors in favor of an Intel Core i5 that’s reportedly four times faster than the AMD T56 in the MintBox Pro. The refresh also doubles the storage to 500GB while adding a second gigabit Ethernet jack for server duties. CompuLab and Linux Mint haven’t said how soon they expect the MintBox 2 to ship, but they’re expecting a $599 price at Amazon.
Filed under: Desktops
Via: FanlessTech
Source: Linux Mint Blog
Jun 28
The Boe-Bot’s even Boy Scout-approved: putting it together can help you get a Robotics Merit Badge.
(Credit: Josh Miller/CNET)
Congrats to Gary M. of Las Vegas for winning a pair of Pick-Pocket Proof Pants from Clothing Arts in last week’s giveaway. This week’s prize is for the young tinkerers out there.
We’re giving away a Boe-Bot Robot Kit from Parallax, a company that specializes in DIY robotics. CNET’s Donald Bell and Seth Rosenblatt visited the Rocklin, Calif., electronics manufacturer earlier this month, and returned bearing this gift and others (stay tuned for another Parallax giveaway soon).
The Boe-Bot kit, recommended for ages 14 and up (and that includes you geeky grown-ups) lets you build and program your own rolling robot with a BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller for a brain. The bot uses touch, light, and infrared sensors to independently navigate its environment.
This is what the winner will be building. (Click to enlarge.)
(Credit: Parallax)
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Intel CTO Justin Rattner resigning with temporary leave, will return “at a later date”
Posted in: Today's ChiliIntel has announced that its Chief Technology Officer, Justin Rattner, will be resigning from his role as the company’s CTO. His stepping down is to meet a corporate bylaw in Intel which states that a corporate officer is not allowed to serve after the age of 65. The resignation has taken place immediately, with Rattner
Jun 27
Privacy has been a hot-button topic of late, no more so than in the area of telecommunications. Perhaps as a response to these concerns, the FCC voted today for a Declaratory Ruling that all carriers must safeguard the private data in their customers’ mobile devices. This data is known as customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and consists of metadata like phone numbers, call duration, call locations and call logs. Providers are supposed to protect such data already, but until today that only applied to the network — now phones are covered under it as well. Carriers are still allowed to collect the information for network support purposes, but all precautions must be met so it’s not compromised. It appears that third-party apps and services aren’t covered under the ruling, and there aren’t any strict regulations on how the CPNI may be gathered or protected. Still, the FCC made it clear that if any of the data is compromised, the carriers would have some serious ‘splainin to do. To learn more about the ruling, check out the press release after the break.
Via: Fierce Wireless
Source: FCC
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