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Wednesday, 3-October-2012 02:29:12 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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A recent Microsoft promo event didn't quite go to plan, when they hired a rapper to perform. All Hip Hop reports that the rapper stomped on "at least five computers" before cops were called and Microsoft Store staff cut the music and microphone.
Some iPhone 5 users are unimpressed with the camera, but mpot found this page comparing it to previous ones. Would be interesting to also compare the SGS2 and SGS3 (and some other phones) too, but the iPhone 5 looks pretty amazing for an "always on you" camera - provided you don't mind the occasional purple sky.
A more serious issue seems to involve the iPhone 5 using mobile data instead of wireless, causing surprising bills, thanks Gunna. Apple hasn't publicly commented on how widespread the bug is, but the company confirmed its existence on Sunday when it pushed out a software update aimed at fixing it for customers on Verizon's network. The software update "resolves an issue in which, under certain circumstances, iPhone 5 may use Verizon cellular data while the phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network," Apple wrote in a posting on its support website.
XSRevies have a guide to building a Mini-ITX gaming HTPC. What’s good about a gaming rig is that it usually functions as a HTPC pretty much perfectly. The downside is the size, heat production and possibly noise issues of a gaming rig in comparison to an HTPC; so I set out on a journey to bring the best of both worlds together!
At the other end of the scale, Wired reckon we need a supercomputer on the Moon. It would be a mammoth technical undertaking, but a University of Southern California graduate student thinks there’s a very good reason for doing this: It would help alleviate a coming deep-space network traffic jam that’s had NASA scientists worried for several years now.
Tech Report aren't happy with how AMD handled their recent product launch, and have an editorial explaining why. We've been reviewing tech products for 13 years. During that time, the basic agreement between the reviewer and the company whose product is up for review hasn't fundamentally changed--until today. AMD is attempting to re-write the rules in a way that grants it a measure of editorial control over reviews.
AP spotted a new fibre data speed record. Japan's incumbent telecommunications carrier, NTT, is claiming a telecommunications speed record, demonstrating a fibre technology able to carry 1 Petabit-per-second - a million gigabits - over a distance of 50 kilometers, using a single fibre.
EvilGenius meanwhile sent in an ant-based network. As reported by Standford University, two researchers, Deborah Gordon, a biology professor told Balaji Prabhakar, a computer science professor, about how harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) worked out how to send out ants to collect food. Prabhakar soon realized, to his surprise, that the ants were using almost the exact same TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) algorithm that we use on the Internet.
Gunna also noticed this new copyright law in Japan. A few hours ago Japan introduced new anti-piracy legislation designed to clamp down on illegal file-sharing. The regime is one of the most draconian in the world. In most countries users are only targeted when they upload copyright-infringing material to other Internet users, but the new law’s wording means that simply downloading unauthorized material could result in a jail sentence.
On a related note, the Philippines has a new Cybercrime Law which has some people concerned. But while all that's good, certain provisions of the law have millions of Filipinos up in arms - foremost of which is online libel. "If you click 'like,' you can be sued, and if you share, you can also be sued," said Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, one of the lawmakers who voted against the passage of the law.
HotHardware report from Maker Faire, where 3D printers are all the rage. The Economist look at impact of 3D printing, particularly the inevitable intellectual property concerns. Tinkerers with machines that turn binary digits into molecules are pioneering a whole new way of making things—one that could well rewrite the rules of manufacturing in much the same way as the PC trashed the traditional world of computing.
Today's timewaster is GangstaGangsta - be warned, quite loud music when it loads.
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