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Perhaps if you organise a tournament as opposed to a LAN then you'd be able to use that type of structure. Divisions for leets down to noobs - or maybe some handicap system. Prizes for the winners big screens for the final matches so everyone can watch. If you build up the atmosphere it's bound to make people want to come back and try again next year - and bring their friends. Perhaps you could also have a website with statistics and results, forums or polls for what games people want to play. Or have a survey for the people who come (what can we do better, etc).

[Radio Announcer]Now you too can have your camera hacked! Come on down, supplies are limited.[/Radio Announcer]

What were they thinking? Now snipers can steal images right off a photographer before they even know it.

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The OGO, the OJO, the OKO and the OQO ...

OhGOd !

The OGO, the OJO, the OKO and the OQO ...

OhGOd !

The OGO, the OJO, the OKO and the OQO ...

OhGOd !

Mentioned in this story from July. Following links in the story brings you to this page, which says

Posted Jul 12, 2004...

"Oakley is going to sell "Thump", as they're calling the sunglasses, to the non-Tour-de-France-winning general public beginning in December. Thump (which we're already finding annoying to write) will come in 128MB and 256MB versions, have a battery life of six hours, support for both MP3 and WMA audio files, and sport volume and track controls on the eyestem.

So, the news is a bit old already... whatever.

From my understanding Japan has just recently (this year) made the change to digital TV. What I've read and heard though tells me consumers are not too happy with the DRM restrictions that have been put in place with the broadcast flags. Japan, none to happy with DRM The EFF has also released some docs though on how to make a homebrew digital DVR that doesn't respond to the broadcast flags and can still record the digital streams. EFF.org But so not only would we be taxed for the whole thing twice as has been previously stated, but the content that we would be forced to pay for would be moderated and controlled as well for what we can do with it. Frankly I think the whole U.S. has lost it's mind. What the government may have thought would help to ignite digital innovation, has instead helped to block end users in again and support the white collar executives instead. So remember kids when you go to vote this November, Congress has around a 90% incumbency rate...

PR pictures that show the new model from every angle... and get this, its a top-loader, no more slidding trays...

It does appear, however, that they are supporting PCMCIA cards (as do some of the Japanese models). Look at the final pic on this page, in particular this image. On the left side of that appears to be a PCMCIA slot.

And if I could remember to hit "Preview", I'd even create a link to the pics.

Here is the original Engadget.com posting that started it all... complete with video.

Maxtor and Linksys are teaming up to push a device that will enable an external USB hard drive to connect to a wireless router.

Also, this story

Netgear's new WGT634U Wireless Media Router has a little something extra that we expect will be standard on all of these things sooner or later: a USB 2.0 port for attaching an external hard drive that anyone on the network can access. Plus they've cut a deal with Western Digital (sort of like Linksys' arrangement with Maxtor) to hook people up with drives that can used with this thing, though almost any external drive will work (even a lot of those Flash keychain drives) and they've even prepared a list of which ones are compatible.

plenty of these things seem to be out there, check them out.

Real reach a very significant percentage of current and future MP3 owners.

Care to sight some statistics with this? Really. The only thing I can find that references MP3 player sales volume is old. I know the iPod is well liked in Slashdot but I find it hard to believe with the 50-200 models of mp3 players easily available in retail stores that the iPod really makes up a majority percentage of those devices. Remember, along with those referenced portables, there are many mp3/WMA devices like car stereos, DVD players and such. Does anyone have a real statisitics other then heard on /.?

One reference here claims 1.5 million iPods compared to 15 million others. That is 10%. I have no idea of the accuracy of those numbers.
I know statistics are like bikinis, what they reveal is suggestive, but wide they cover is vital.

Based on the amount of players I have seen introduced over the years, I believe the iPod penetration is far less then many people on /. would like to believe. Just as the claim above from Glaser about Real having a decent quarter and that many subscribers. Who would have thought.

Well, as for:
"Not looking for anything that would get someone injured, but more in the area of detection and repulsion"

How about this robotic security guard.
http://robots.engadget.com/entry/8143838848436927/

I've also heared of high volume smoke and fog machines being used as a part of built-in alarms. I imagine it would be kinda freaky if you broke into a place and it started quickly filling with smoke! I'd want to get out of there quickly - especially if it was accompanied by a computerised voice saying something freaky like toxic gas had been deployed...

There's already a pool playing robot named Deep Green.

Bluetooth modules are apparently also available for this device. Engadget has a description and a link to a cool video of this Gameboy/Lego interface in action

Bluetooth modules are apparently also available for this device. Engadget has a description and a link to a cool video of this Gameboy/Lego interface in action

It's programmed 100% in C, is Bluetootha? enabled, etc.

It's programmed 100% in C, is Bluetootha? enabled, etc.

Although I am really siked for the new Treo's:
Link for Treo Ace

http://www.engadget.com/entry/5844163416339364/

pics on engadget: http://www.engadget.com/entry/9253838747326816/

There was a Slashdot story earlier about an interview with MPAA's Jack Valenti, who said: "I really do believe we can stuff enough algorithms in a movie that only the dedicated hackers can spend the time and effort to try to plumb through those 1,000 algorithms to try to find a way to beat it". He really doesn't have a clue, does he? A consumer gets the content, has a decoder, and gets decoding keys where needed (somehow), and to prevent interception, decoding will have to be done at the endpoint, the consumers' equipment. And then you expect to be able to ensure that content never leaves the device once decoded? Get real.

Consumers are faced with extra hassle, limitations resulting from DRM features, and building those features into equipment and software makes everything more complicated and expensive. Hackers on the other hand (both black hat & white hat), will have circumvented DRM features in no-time.

The interesting point here: the barrier it presents to hackers is removed quickly, and isn't an issue after that, but all disadvantages it presents to consumers, REMAIN. If, in 10 years from now, you want to write a software DVD player, chances are at some point you'll still have to deal with region codes, CSS and other useless crap, and DVD-enabled equipment will always be more complicated and expensive than it has to be because of the included DRM features.

Concluding: DRM just adds useless overhead, extra cost, and doesn't do squat to prevent unintentional copying (aside from whether you think it should). I wrote a rant titled "CONTROL versus FREEDOM" some time ago, that isn't of much interest anymore, but its conclusion still holds. For me, it means that I won't invest any money in products that have significant DRM features built in. CD's with copy protection? Game consoles that you're not allowed to mod, or run your own software on? Stick it up your .....

Not a mirror but this is the Panasonic page. It was also covered by JCNNetwork and Engadget.

Engadget has a brief article. I'll keep looking for better information though.

...more on that here.

Hey Ryan, the story here isn't my paranoia, it's your lack of full disclosure. For starters, you're hyping up your website with posts using a pseudonym that you do not use on said website. The slashdot community typically frowns on such disingenuous self-promotions. Had you instead been open and said, "Hey slashdotters, here's an article I wrote on my website about XYZ" then it certainly wouldn't have come across as some sort of deception.

...what Engadget is: a subscription free news source.

Is your site really a news source or a distributor of press releases? I know that sounds like a flame, but I don't mean it that way. I think your site is probably a lot of fun to produce. At the same time, when a site's content is so product-heavy, I get suspicious about the possibility of paid placement, etc. Especially when you gush about a product like this-- "Know that new T-Mobile Sidekick II that Paris Hilton and Derek Jeter have been totin' around town?" The only reason Paris Hilton would have any tech gadget is if she's paid to endorse it. By commenting on Paris Hilton owning a Sidekick II, you've taken on the role of a mouthpiece for the Danger PR department. Does your community really care what consumer products Paris Hilton owns? Actually, it would have been a hundred times more interesting had your contacts at Danger's PR department arranged for you to interview Paris about what she does with her Sidekick rather than the CEO.

If you want to call Engadget a news source, you need to brush up on your journalism ethics. Real journalists don't accept gifts or freebies of any kind from people / companies they might write about. For example, Roger Ebert pays to see the movies he reviews. Quality journalists don't present advertisements as news. Does Engadget qualify?

Please check the Society of Professional Journalist's website on the issue:

Distinguish news from advertising and shun hybrids that blur the lines between the two.

Deny favored treatment to advertisers and special interests and resist their pressure to influence news coverage.

Be wary of sources offering information for favors or money; avoid bidding for news.

1. Both articles are Engadget pieces.
   
   
2. Both articles have nothing to do with each other, and share no common threads or companies.
   
   
3. The Senior Editor for Engadget is Ryan Block. (You may need to take a moment to think about that part.)

It's on the flip lid, according to this photo on Engadget.

One would think I'd know how to format a URL by now:

http://www.engadget.com/entry/6213312554476399/

This has also been covered briefly on Engadget and more thoroughly on BoingBoing, where links to the original article and the District Attorney's report are provided.

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Yeah, that's the message we want to convey to the MPAA. Everyone knows the Internet2 is all about pirating DVDs.

Disney's been there already:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/2622064540785942/

....Every week J.D. Lasica will speak with someone who is helping shape this crazy world of gadgets and technology that we're all so obsessed with...

reminds me of the search-engine belt buckle..
oh wait.. but who was obsessed with it anyway ?

Oh vanity, thou name is a dimond studded ipod

Engadget frequently has stories hours and days before Slashdot, and cut straight to the interesting shit, not four posts about SCO a day. Check them out. Everything Slashdot is supposed to be, what it isn't, and more.

Engadget > Slashdot

As sent to the editors:

This has already been debunked as being just a LaCie panel in an Apple box. See: http://www.engadget.com/entry/3611729073994828/

Or from the horse's mouth: http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?s=&p ostid=666014#post666014

The stationary activity you mention is a valid market to target this device at. Just having a device that can handle MPEG4 decoding in such a small form factor is a huge step forward. In the generation after this one there will probably be a video output on these devices, allowing any display device. Throw 2 or 3 movies on a 20 GB player and head over to the party. Throw 40 political speeches and interviews on the player and hold a teach-in/rally for local voters. Or use the player as a portable studio for recording and playing back video in the field.

Also.. watch videos while you run? Where? Straight into traffic? Repeat after me: BAD IDEA. :-) Though I want to say there will be a big market for portable video display drivers combined with wearable displays. Would a lightweight, wearable display allow you to watch video while painting or doing chores? I think so.

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Oi, no need to be so angry. I don't want to go way offtopic here, but this thing really DOES work. And no, it is not a pyramid scheme since you don't pay any money to join a "club". See the definition of pyramid scheme here.

"Engadget shows how they made "The Search Engine Belt Buckle"

from the article: Matsport relied on some rather amazing high-tech timing and scoring technologies this year, including a FinishLynx® high-speed digital finish line and timing camera system, produced by Lynx System Developers, Inc., of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and an AMB Activ transponder timing system, produced by AMB-it, Heemstede, Netherlands

There is also a really nifty diagram about halfway through the article, showing how the AMB Activ Transponder timing system works.

Not directly Olympics-related, but since we were on the topic of new technology used to measure athletes...

This is fortunate since there has been a SanDisk SD WiFi card for a while, but only Zire71 compatible.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/5574704268292237/

See http://peripherals.engadget.com/entry/177121278893 3180/

The card isn't without drawbacks; while the ATI chip is capable of supporting QAM modulation (a cable TV delivery system) they've chosen to disable its use for the HDTV Wonder, and it also stores the files in a slightly non-standard manner.

_dan

.:UNEASYsilence:.

I'm waiting to see this USB device to hit the US market. Currently it looks like only the UK and others seem to have access to them.

Sounds like a good, high location to set up an ambush with the BlueSniper

Interestingly, it was mentioned that 2300mAh AA batteries were used. Assuming that they're NiMH cells, there's some 2500mAh cells available now. That should add another seven or eight minutes of gameplay.

Good point about reading a specific blog topic. There are a few people of whoom I read their articles (read:blog) regularly, but in general I could care less about blogs.

I have made it a goal in my blog to actually write about relevant, or new information, code tips, projects, etc.... and not just random thoughts

A few good guides for having a focused blog are : Paul Graham, Engadget and Brandon Purcell. Ok Pual's site is not really a blog, but a collection of articles.. but whats the diff? Those are the best types of blogs!