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  1. Re:Microsoft says, "Me Too!" on Microsoft Pushing Municipal Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    To be fair to MS, they have had a research group publishing in this area since around 2001 http://research.microsoft.com/mesh/

  2. Re:Yes it is news on Windows Vista Beta Running on a PPC Mac · · Score: 1

    It won't run under Rosetta according to MS, nor is a universal build that close http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=macI ntelQA

  3. Re:Stealing how? on How Not to Steal a Sidekick · · Score: 1
    If you leave an item behind somewhere and someone finds it, thats not exactly stealing.

    IANAL, but I believe (at least in the U.K.) this does count as theft. You need to take reasonable steps to return any property you find like this - e.g. hand it in at a police station.

  4. Re:He's sorta right, but mostly off target on Can Ordinary PC Users Ditch Windows for Linux? · · Score: 1
    If you're talking about using the keyboard to move between elements in dialog boxes in OSX then you need to change the "Full Keyboard Access" setting under the Keyboard & Mouse preference pane. Seems dumb to me that this isn't the default, but there you go.

    Other than that, personally I find the keyboard access much better in OSX, primarily because the shortcuts seem to be much more consistent accross all apps (Apple apps + external)

  5. Re:He's sorta right, but mostly off target on Can Ordinary PC Users Ditch Windows for Linux? · · Score: 1

    No resizing needed - she just has to hit F11 to get expose to show the desktop. And yes - you can do this *during* the drag and drop.

  6. Re:BookCrossing on Solving the Home Library Problem? · · Score: 1

    Another similar app for OSX is Booxter (booxter.com) from deepprose. It does do the fancy iSight scanning but doesn't have the fancy interface of delicious library. It is only $19.99 though

  7. Re:It was his choice. on Apple Sued Over Potential Hearing Loss · · Score: 1
    Well too me this seems rather unfair on Apple. In short he had the volume control and it was in his power to change it to the correct level for him.

    He shouldn't have had the volume high enough to damage his hearing anyway.

    Actually the claim is even more bogus than that. He's not suing because it has damaged his hearing - he's suing cos it has the potential to damage his hearing. FTA:

    Patterson does not know if the device has damaged his hearing, said his attorney, Steve W. Berman, of Seattle. But that's beside the point of the lawsuit, which takes issue with the potential the iPod has to cause irreparable hearing loss, Berman said.

  8. Re:Breaking the monopolies for internet access on Cisco To Unveil Wireless Mesh Hardware · · Score: 1

    Trivially easy may be overstating things by quite a margin - if you're going to resell internet access using unlicensed frequency bands you're going to have real trouble giving any sort of guaranteed bandwidth or quality of service. There's just no (practical) way to prevent or limit interference in these bands so you can't guarantee someone won't trample all over your customers. It'll be hard for meshes to compete commercially with DSL/Cable - they're better suited to regions without DSL/Cable.