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    A Blink in the Race

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    Google Netbook and ARM

    Rumors of the emergence of a Google Netbook – introduced some time about the same time as the ChromeOS next summer – have just emerged. And, as Michael Arrington of Techcrunch proclaimed that there is a very good chance that there is no Intel Inside. The ARM processor that has proven its worth in the iPhone 3GS could have just enough power for the combination of ChromeOS and limited netbook functionality, that the phrase “only the paranoid survive” made famous by Intel Founder Andy Grove could well come true.

    Just like a fatal lapse of attention in the final turn of a race that has gone on for hours, a driver in first place might provide an opening for the car on his tail to make his move.

    Add in the actions last week by the Federal Trade Commission investigation into Intel market practices and market share anti-competitive posture, and the stock car race image takes hold. Google (and ARM) might have an opening that could upset the balance of power along more than a few dimensions.

    Maybe Intel has reason to be paranoid. You are not paranoid if it’s true that powerful forces are out to get you.

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    ]]>     http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-a-blink-in-the-race-intels-make-on-the-google-arm-netbook.html/feed 0 ARM,broadband,google,Intel Blip.tv Sells Out Insurgents Hack Drone Broadband Stimulus Trickles Out * Blip.tv Sells Out * Insurgents Hack Drone * Broadband Stimulus Trickles Out (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2009-12-18.mp3) SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2009-12-18) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST More Info on Screencasts Online (http://www.screencastsonline.com/scoaffiliates/jrox.php?id=474_1_tlid_2) A Blink in the Race by Andrew McCaskey Google Netbook and ARM Rumors of the emergence of a Google Netbook - introduced some time about the same time as the ChromeOS next summer - have just emerged. And, as Michael Arrington of Techcrunch proclaimed that there is a very good chance that there is no Intel Inside. The ARM processor that has proven its worth in the iPhone 3GS could have just enough power for the combination of ChromeOS and limited netbook functionality, that the phrase "only the paranoid survive" made famous by Intel Founder Andy Grove could well come true. Just like a fatal lapse of attention in the final turn of a race that has gone on for hours, a driver in first place might provide an opening for the car on his tail to make his move. Add in the actions last week by the Federal Trade Commission investigation into Intel market practices and market share anti-competitive posture, and the stock car race image takes hold. Google (and ARM) might have an opening that could upset the balance of power along more than a few dimensions. Maybe Intel has reason to be paranoid. You are not paranoid if it's true that powerful forces are out to get you. Contact Us Mag+ (http://vimeo.com/8217311) from Bonnier (http://vimeo.com/bonnier) on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com). Mag+ : Possible Future for Magazines Watch Today's Video Episode (http://vimeo.com/8217311 http://vimeo.com/8217311 http://vimeo.com/8217311) Be sure to check out GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts). Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net -- from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts) , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts. * Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH * Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SDR530 * .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 * More blogs about SlashdotReview and SDRNews... (http://static.technorati.com/pix/tbf.gif) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/adverts/468x60_podcast.gif) Andrew McCaskey clean     SDRNews SDR2009-03-10 Time for a New User Interface http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2009-03-10-time-for-a-new-user-interface.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2009-03-10-time-for-a-new-user-interface.html#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:42:53 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=1287
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      Time for a New UI

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      Netbooks Lead the Way

      It’s awfully easy to become set in your ways, and determine that the best tool for any job is the one that you first learn. Once that preference settles in, your brain and reflexes somehow get patterned into the “one right way” to do a task. We’ve had about twenty years of conditioning with desktops, icons, and folders, and netbooks are telling us it’s time to change.

      It’s with interest that I see this is being challenged by the new Linux based operating systems for Netbooks. And the challenge is to the human factors, not the underlying operating system. Innovators noticed that the restrictions of the netbook – seven inch screen, small keyboard were as much as a driver for change as the relatively underpowered CPU and power / battery life restrictions.

      They also noted the success of the iPhone’s large icons, choosing from among a number of pre-defined common tasks. Thus, systems such as the CloudOS will look a lot more like the iPhone and a lot less like a desktop of any description, Vista, XP or KDE. They are betting that netbooks will be used a lot like mobile phones. If that is the case, the applications will in the main be simple – and if they are fast,easy to read and stable they will more than make up for a lack of variety.

      On the MacBook, I have gotton a lot of use out of the utility “Hazel” – which main function is to sweep icons representing files and folders off the desktop and into the Documents directory where it is searchable but out of sight. Hazel does it automatically, a service that I gladly pay for on the full capabillity laptop. It will be great to have the same built in to the netbook that’s on the purchase list once this recession loosens it’s grip.

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        Smokin’ Netbooks

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        They are Going to Be Popular

        Just not that popular. Unless the rest of the country is surviving the recession with a lot more optimism than I am seeing here in the industrial Midwest.

        I am speaking of the proposal by AT&T to treat netbook computers as wireless appliances that will be hung from the ATT 3G network and heavily subsidized, in exactly the same manner as the regular cellphones. Your new PC would cost $99, after $350 rebate and with substantial penalty for breaking a two year service contract.

        Here are a couple of reasons why this is going to be a lot more popular with marketeers pitching the concept than it will be with the public. They are great substitutes for EVDO cards and laptops for some traveling business people. They just are not going to provide the kick that the carriers hope for with the general public.

        First, consider portability: The smartphone slips into jeans, backpack or jacket and is ready to go at a moments notice. Just like the smooth packaging of the Samsung Xacti cameras, cellphones scream out “take me along”. Even the sleekest netbook doesn’t have that mobility and while the charging cord in the automobile or wall wart is tolerated, a dangling brick charger is definitely not a part of the plan.

        Second – Revenue points: The continuous moneymakers are Ring Tones and Bits. While some heavy users of netbooks will consume the bits, they are not going to generate the steady and trendy revenue that Ringtones represent. For every user who will hang on FaceBook or MySpace, through this device, there will be ten who also want to watch Hulu, play music and do a lot of multi-tasking that require more bandwidth and a huskier machine than the netbook is going to be able to provide. Oh by the way.. download some movies at the same time ? Probably not.

        Third: The combination of lock-in contract and waiting for the rebate check combines two of the most despised elements of the wireless carrier marketplace. Net books are hot, but they are not iPhone hot when you push them through Radio Shack with an obsolete business model.

        Only a marketeer who is smoking netbooks or something close could seek out a business model that pulls up those two elements of a sale in this economy.

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          Merry Christmas from SDRNews

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          Two Christmas Gifts for SDRNews Listeners

          It’s a day or two early, depending upon what part of the world you are listening – and I want to be among the first to wish you a Merry Christmas. This has been a memorable year for the podcast, and with the best of holiday goodwill, I want to thank you for listening and encouraging the growth of the podcast in 2008 we have made the shift from SlashdotReview to SDRNews, officially adding in coverage of materials from a number of sources, including Slashdot, Digg and Reddit – moving towards a simple daily report on highlights from the world of tech news, business, and government regulation.

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            Environmental Computing

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            New Meaning To Ubiquitous Computing

            The Carnegie Mellon students work in extending the “Scratch Interface” is an example of the first tiny steps in extending the computing interface further into our daily environment. Students designed a transducer to interpret the acoustic signature of a fingernail scratched in a pattern along a wooden, plastic or painted surface such as table, whiteboard, or wall. Then, by observing those motions after a short calibration run, were able to extend the control surface several meters in various directions with no other physical coupling or equipment.

            Just like the accelerometer that have bee added to to devices such as the iPhone and Wii controllers are extending the interface into at four dimensions, scratch input integrates more fully into the physical world. The scatch input scenario had roughly six separate gestures that could be used to control a music player, answer a phone, turn off Instant Messaging, or similar tasks. Aside from magic lamp interfaces to real world or virtual objects, the dark side of the sensor could be seen as well – detecting when the lockbolt had been thrown, or when it had been only latched. Which will be the first to make it into the real world ?

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            ]]>             http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-11-17-environmental-computing-interface.html/feed 0 CMU,Intel,interface,Vista Vista Emails Showed Intel to Benefit Satellite Swarms Raygun Modules Available Now (https://secure.nozbe.com/img/nozbe-ad-2.gif) BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2623879-10522285) (http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2623879-10522285) Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735(http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/evault_logo.png) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * Vista Emails Showed Intel to Benefit * Satellite Swarms * Raygun Modules Available Now SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-11-17.mp3) SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2008-11-17) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us (http://thumblicio.us/index.php?username=SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST (http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-2623879-10513782) Environmental Computing by Andrew McCaskey New Meaning To Ubiquitous Computing The Carnegie Mellon students work in extending the "Scratch Interface" is an example of the first tiny steps in extending the computing interface further into our daily environment. Students designed a transducer to interpret the acoustic signature of a fingernail scratched in a pattern along a wooden, plastic or painted surface such as table, whiteboard, or wall. Then, by observing those motions after a short calibration run, were able to extend the control surface several meters in various directions with no other physical coupling or equipment. Just like the accelerometer that have bee added to to devices such as the iPhone and Wii controllers are extending the interface into at four dimensions, scratch input integrates more fully into the physical world. The scatch input scenario had roughly six separate gestures that could be used to control a music player, answer a phone, turn off Instant Messaging, or similar tasks. Aside from magic lamp interfaces to real world or virtual objects, the dark side of the sensor could be seen as well - detecting when the lockbolt had been thrown, or when it had been only latched. Which will be the first to make it into the real world ? Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network (http://slashdotreview.com/?page_id=878) Scratch Input Watch Today's Video Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8vsQB4pug) (/wp-images/YTlogo.gif) Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . (http://www.youtube.com/group/slashdotreview) If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up (http://www.techpodcasts.com/special.html) for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net -- from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable) , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. * Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH * Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 * .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 Andrew McCaskey clean             SDRNews SDR2008-09-09 Block D Off the Pot http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-09-09-block-d-off-the-pot.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-09-09-block-d-off-the-pot.html#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:50:44 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=1092 Nozbe

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              New Block D Auction

              by Andrew McCaskey
              As cumbersome as the Block D auction appears to be it is going to have one desirable effect. It’s only a shame that we did not have one thirty years ago.

              Block D was pulled during the auction last spring, as no bidder was willing to meet the $1.3 Billion reserve price, encumbered with the requirement that the allocations be shared with public health and safety systems on a secondary basis.

              The new auction is really two sets: one auction at the reduced reserve price of around $750Million for nationwide license to the spectrum block, the other for around sixty regional licenses that must be used for expansion using either LTE or WiMax technologies.

              As I understand the plan, if the nationwide block meets the reserve price, the winner gets to take all, including the public safety shared arrangement. If the nationwide block does not sell for the asking price, then the parallel regional licenses will go. The highest bidders and the winning technology will take all.

              WiMax or LTE, the losing bidders and technology will really lose. The winner will be named as the technology of choice.

              Contrast the crazy quilt of analog, CDMA,TDMA,GSM and additional frequency variants that we tolerated for thirty years in the US. That lack of standard and “letting the market decide” took time that can’t be afforded today.

              At least someone is trying to make a decision. The market still decides – it just decides a lot more quickly.

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              ]]>               http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-09-09-block-d-off-the-pot.html/feed 0 700MhZ,auction,fcc,Intel,SSD,Wireless,zune Demand for Solar Panels Exceeds Supply Heavy Mental Effort Leads to Big Meals Intel Moves on SSD (https://secure.nozbe.com/img/nozbe-ad-2.gif) BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2623879-10522285) (http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2623879-10522285) Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735(http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/evault_logo.png) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * Demand for Solar Panels Exceeds Supply * Heavy Mental Effort Leads to Big Meals * Intel Moves on SSD SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-09-09.mp3) SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2008-09-09) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us (http://thumblicio.us/index.php?username=SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST (http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-2623879-10513782) New Block D Auction by Andrew McCaskey As cumbersome as the Block D auction appears to be it is going to have one desirable effect. It's only a shame that we did not have one thirty years ago. Block D was pulled during the auction last spring, as no bidder was willing to meet the $1.3 Billion reserve price, encumbered with the requirement that the allocations be shared with public health and safety systems on a secondary basis. The new auction is really two sets: one auction at the reduced reserve price of around $750Million for nationwide license to the spectrum block, the other for around sixty regional licenses that must be used for expansion using either LTE or WiMax technologies. As I understand the plan, if the nationwide block meets the reserve price, the winner gets to take all, including the public safety shared arrangement. If the nationwide block does not sell for the asking price, then the parallel regional licenses will go. The highest bidders and the winning technology will take all. WiMax or LTE, the losing bidders and technology will really lose. The winner will be named as the technology of choice. Contrast the crazy quilt of analog, CDMA,TDMA,GSM and additional frequency variants that we tolerated for thirty years in the US. That lack of standard and "letting the market decide" took time that can't be afforded today. At least someone is trying to make a decision. The market still decides - it just decides a lot more quickly. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network (http://slashdotreview.com/?page_id=878) Scan Robot Bookscanner Watch Today's Video Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlOQuuLYavY&feature=related) (/wp-images/YTlogo.gif) Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . (http://www.youtube.com/group/slashdotreview) If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up (http://www.techpodcasts.com/special.html) for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net -- from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable) , Andrew McCaskey clean               SDRNews 2008-09-08 Skeptic’s View on Spy Facebook http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-2008-09-08-skeptics-view-on-spy-facebook.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-2008-09-08-skeptics-view-on-spy-facebook.html#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:41:15 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=1091 Nozbe

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                Social Networking Limits

                by Andrew McCaskey
                Setting up a Facebook/YouTube clone for various intelligence agencies sounds like a good idea. The public enthusiasm is a reward for agencies working to 1) Get over the same sorts of behavior that allowed the attacks of 9/11 to occur 2) Avoid criticism on aged equipment and procedures like their counterparts at the FAA with the Air Traffic Control System and 3) capitalize on the current trend and buzz associated with social media in all forms.

                It all sounds like a wonderful PR spin to me. As much as we would all like for it to be true, there have got to be some incredible issues on “how does that happen really ?”

                Large organizations with various databases and systems are notarious in their difficulty in merging information and systems. Thousands of SAP specialists roam the globe performing those very tasks on legacy systems of all forms.

                I have to admit to a very large degree of skeptical prejudice when there is any talk of smoothly implementing such a fusion in any large institution. And I can think of no larger, partitioned and cumbersome aggregation of multiple technologies and agendas that the one that this technolgy supposedly solves.

                It was a great demo for CNN. Now, lets see some assurance that there really is a roll-out.

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                ]]>                 http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-2008-09-08-skeptics-view-on-spy-facebook.html/feed 0 dell,facebook,government,Intel,nbc,silverlight,spies Dell to Sell Most Factories NBC Dumps Silverlight Facebook for Spies (https://secure.nozbe.com/img/nozbe-ad-2.gif) BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2623879-10522285) (http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2623879-10522285) Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735(http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/evault_logo.png) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * Dell to Sell Most Factories * NBC Dumps Silverlight * Facebook for Spies SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-09-08.mp3) SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2008-09-08) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us (http://thumblicio.us/index.php?username=SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST (http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-2623879-10513782) Social Networking Limits by Andrew McCaskey Setting up a Facebook/YouTube clone for various intelligence agencies sounds like a good idea. The public enthusiasm is a reward for agencies working to 1) Get over the same sorts of behavior that allowed the attacks of 9/11 to occur 2) Avoid criticism on aged equipment and procedures like their counterparts at the FAA with the Air Traffic Control System and 3) capitalize on the current trend and buzz associated with social media in all forms. It all sounds like a wonderful PR spin to me. As much as we would all like for it to be true, there have got to be some incredible issues on "how does that happen really ?" Large organizations with various databases and systems are notarious in their difficulty in merging information and systems. Thousands of SAP specialists roam the globe performing those very tasks on legacy systems of all forms. I have to admit to a very large degree of skeptical prejudice when there is any talk of smoothly implementing such a fusion in any large institution. And I can think of no larger, partitioned and cumbersome aggregation of multiple technologies and agendas that the one that this technolgy supposedly solves. It was a great demo for CNN. Now, lets see some assurance that there really is a roll-out. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network (http://slashdotreview.com/?page_id=878) Astounding Curta Mechanical Calculator Watch Today's Video Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYsOi6L_Pw4) (/wp-images/YTlogo.gif) Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . (http://www.youtube.com/group/slashdotreview) If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up (http://www.techpodcasts.com/special.html) for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net -- from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable) , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. * Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH * Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 * .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy. Andrew McCaskey clean                 SDRNews SDR2008-08-27 Hacking the Toll Road http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-08-27-hacking-the-toll-road.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-08-27-hacking-the-toll-road.html#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:29:38 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=1083 Nozbe

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                  Hacking the Toll Road

                  by Andrew McCaskey
                  The MIT article on hacking Toll Road transponders points out several issues for concern.

                  Many interference complaints to broadcast television in the 1950′s and 1960′s actually traced back to poor manufacturing and design. The same tendency to save a few cents on a part or omit code for at least some protection to script kiddie levels of hacking continue, apparently, in all sorts of designs for various computer and wireless devices.

                  The more serious effect, however, is the assumption by the public and the legal system that complexity equals security – that something that is obviously “high-tech” is going to be inherently stable, secure, and worthy of trust.

                  Bad guys seem to be on top of the technology, looking for any advantage to give them a momentary edge. For example, the value of the cloned Toll Road iPass ID is not the few dollars in stolen tolls, but the ability to “prove” that you and your vehicle were 30 miles away from the crime scene.
                  Anyone traveling who does not use a VPN on any open wifi node is asking for trouble. In places like O’Hare you will see scores of rogue “Free WiFi”, “OpenWiFi” just waiting for the unsuspecting to check a bank balance.

                  War driving in any neighborhood will detect many “encrypted” wifi networks, 90% of which are on WEP, known to be easily hacked for a number of years.

                  The bad guys know the tricks, but the public is the loser.

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                  ]]>                   http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-08-27-hacking-the-toll-road.html/feed 0 copyright,disney,gPhone,Intel,rf,security Toll Roads Hacked Disney Copyright Challenged Real Transformers from Intel (https://secure.nozbe.com/img/nozbe-ad-2.gif) BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2623879-10522285) (http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2623879-10522285) Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735(http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/evault_logo.png) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * Toll Roads Hacked * Disney Copyright Challenged * Real Transformers from Intel SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-08-27.mp3) SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2008-08-27) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us (http://thumblicio.us/index.php?username=SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST (http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-2623879-10513782) Hacking the Toll Road by Andrew McCaskey The MIT article on hacking Toll Road transponders points out several issues for concern. Many interference complaints to broadcast television in the 1950's and 1960's actually traced back to poor manufacturing and design. The same tendency to save a few cents on a part or omit code for at least some protection to script kiddie levels of hacking continue, apparently, in all sorts of designs for various computer and wireless devices. The more serious effect, however, is the assumption by the public and the legal system that complexity equals security - that something that is obviously "high-tech" is going to be inherently stable, secure, and worthy of trust. Bad guys seem to be on top of the technology, looking for any advantage to give them a momentary edge. For example, the value of the cloned Toll Road iPass ID is not the few dollars in stolen tolls, but the ability to "prove" that you and your vehicle were 30 miles away from the crime scene. Anyone traveling who does not use a VPN on any open wifi node is asking for trouble. In places like O'Hare you will see scores of rogue "Free WiFi", "OpenWiFi" just waiting for the unsuspecting to check a bank balance. War driving in any neighborhood will detect many "encrypted" wifi networks, 90% of which are on WEP, known to be easily hacked for a number of years. The bad guys know the tricks, but the public is the loser. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network (http://slashdotreview.com/?page_id=878) First Look at Android Phone Watch Today's Video Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2llGxzWXudw) (/wp-images/YTlogo.gif) Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . (http://www.youtube.com/group/slashdotreview) If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up (http://www.techpodcasts.com/special.html) for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net -- from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable) , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Andrew McCaskey clean                   SDRNews SDR2008-08-11 Energy Neutrality http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-08-11-energy-neutrality.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-08-11-energy-neutrality.html#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:41:30 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=1065 Nozbe

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                    Mix and Match Alternate Energy

                    by Andrew McCaskey
                    Here’s why favoring one form of alternative energy over another is bad science and worse policy: YMMV. Your mileage may vary. and when, what and how will certainly vary. Therein is the problem when governments try to encourage or subsidize one form of alternate energy over another.

                    Two articles today point this out: The study in the UK that roof mounted wind turbines are virtually useless as a source of energy in urban environments – from an efficiency standpoint – and the advances in production of solar cells that could approach the magic crossover point of $1 per watt.

                    The reason for poor performance of the roof-top turbines is the disruption of airflow by buildings, billboards and other urban structures that disrupt the regular wind flow, as compared with installations in rural areas without trees – the stereotypical windswept plains.

                    Conversely, these same rooftops in most areas of the world offer an excellent mounting point and distribution for solar photo-voltaic conversion, especially in either concentrator form or using large arrays of very low cost cells, even if they are not particularly efficient – such as those being produced in Ohio, Germany, and Arizona featured in the IEEE article.
                    It looks to me that in addition to net neutrality as policy we need some public policy that includes ‘alternate energy neutrality’ in subsidization and support. Else we end up with something like the ‘ethanol from corn’ handout that starves appropriate technology at the expense of the politically connected.

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                    ]]>                     http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-08-11-energy-neutrality.html/feed 0 energy,history,Intel,IP,PC,solar,wind Invisible Cost of IP Law Revised PC History Bigger and Cheaper Solar Cells (https://secure.nozbe.com/img/nozbe-ad-2.gif) BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. (http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2623879-10522285) (http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2623879-10522285) Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735(http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/evault_logo.png) (http://slashdotreview.com/wp-images/sdr_125x50.gif) * Invisible Cost of IP Law * Revised PC History * Bigger and Cheaper Solar Cells SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter (javascript:void(0)) (javascript:void(0))(http://www.podtrac.com/PodtracPlayer/playerbutton1.jpg) Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today's show. (http://media.techpodcasts.com/news/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/libsyn.com/media/slashdotreview/SDR2008-08-11.mp3) SDR News Links (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews/SDR2008-08-11) If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. (http://del.icio.us/SDRNews) Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us (http://thumblicio.us/index.php?username=SDRNews) SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST (http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-2623879-10513782) Mix and Match Alternate Energy by Andrew McCaskey Here's why favoring one form of alternative energy over another is bad science and worse policy: YMMV. Your mileage may vary. and when, what and how will certainly vary. Therein is the problem when governments try to encourage or subsidize one form of alternate energy over another. Two articles today point this out: The study in the UK that roof mounted wind turbines are virtually useless as a source of energy in urban environments - from an efficiency standpoint - and the advances in production of solar cells that could approach the magic crossover point of $1 per watt. The reason for poor performance of the roof-top turbines is the disruption of airflow by buildings, billboards and other urban structures that disrupt the regular wind flow, as compared with installations in rural areas without trees - the stereotypical windswept plains. Conversely, these same rooftops in most areas of the world offer an excellent mounting point and distribution for solar photo-voltaic conversion, especially in either concentrator form or using large arrays of very low cost cells, even if they are not particularly efficient - such as those being produced in Ohio, Germany, and Arizona featured in the IEEE article. It looks to me that in addition to net neutrality as policy we need some public policy that includes 'alternate energy neutrality' in subsidization and support. Else we end up with something like the 'ethanol from corn' handout that starves appropriate technology at the expense of the politically connected. Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network (http://slashdotreview.com/?page_id=878) Stroke Patient Examination by WebCam Watch Today's Video Episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR2neCLmbyY) (/wp-images/YTlogo.gif) Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . (http://www.youtube.com/group/slashdotreview) If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up (http://www.techpodcasts.com/special.html) for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting (http://www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable). Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net -- from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. Andrew McCaskey clean                     SDRNews SDR2008-07-03 Twittering into July 4 http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-07-03-twittering-into-july-4.html http://slashdotreview.com/sdrnews-sdr2008-07-03-twittering-into-july-4.html#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:12:34 +0000 Administrator http://slashdotreview.com/?p=1030 SDR 125x50
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                        I think that I am getting the hang of some of this Twittering. Experienced users are probably too polite to let me know what a dolt I am being on the system. – But, as Michelle Lentz emphasized you have to jump in and keep swimming so that you will be able to ‘get’ Twitter.

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