University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy
Norsefire writes “A Japanese University is giving away iPhones to its students to use the phones’ GPS functionality to catch students who skip classes. The University claims students currently fake attendance by having other students reply for them during rollcall, they plus said that while that can be abused by giving other students the phone, [...]
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Loading ...Xbox 360 | Activision Blizzard E3 2009 Webcast–LIVE!
The world’s biggest third-party publisher preempts the competition with a Sunday conference signal touting its latest gaming wares.
LOS ANGELES–Activision Blizzard hasn’t been overly keen on cooperating with the Entertainment Software organization in recent years. With just a few months to go before the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Activision and its soon-to-be sibling Vivendi [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...When Your Backhoe Cuts “Black” Fiber
bernieS writes “The Washington Post describes what happens when a construction backhoe accidentally cuts buried fiber so secret that it doesn’t seem on public maps — and what happens when the Men in Black SUV’s seem out of nowhere. Apparently, the numerous secret fiber and utility lines used by government intelligence agencies are being dug [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Ten Applications That Changed Computing
bfire writes “The term ‘killer app’ gets tossed around quite liberally these days. Nearly every piece of software released seems to be pitched as having the potential to send shockwaves all through the IT world. In reality, there have been precious few applications which have truly changed the computing industry by the years. that scoop [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...20 Years After Tiananmen, China Stifles Online Dissent
alphadogg writes with that snippet from Network World: “The World Wide Web has brought new hope to reformists in China since the country crushed pro-democracy protests in the capital 20 years ago. But as dissidents have gone high-tech, the government in turn has worked to restrict free speech on the Web, stifling threats to its [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Mozilla and Google’s “Don’t-Be-Evil” Bulldozer
An anonymous reader writes “Mozilla execs John Lilly and Mitchell Baker were interviewed at the WSJ’s All Things Digital conference last week. In a wide-ranging conversation, they discussed the history of Firefox, proprietary versus Open Source development and the debut of Chrome and Mozilla’s changing relationship with Google. A great interview. Well worth reading. There’s [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Wii | Wii Fit Plus, new Mario hitting Japan in ‘09 – Report
E3 2009: Nikkei.net’s English service says new version of fitness-game phenomenon will ship in fall across Pacific; Japanese version hints at new Mario game during second half of year.
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