Bitcoin ATM Opens to Investor Pre-Orders
To make the purchase of Bitcoins as simple as possible, Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures is beginning to market a standalone ATM-type machine for Bitcoin investors. For $5K, you too can become a corner drugstore entrepreneur operating slightly ahead of the financial curve.
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Microsoft DMCA Takedown Requests Targeting OpenOffice
Now what could possibly motivate Microsoft to request that Google to remove any reference to OpenOffice Suite? Just goes to prove that there's always a little bit of rivalry in any Office.
Among the hundreds of thousands of sites Microsoft has recently asked Google not to index are requests to remove references to sites that in no way infringe Microsoft's rights but instead mention the free OpenOffice suite.
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RF and TV Waves Harnessed for Battery-Free Wireless Devices
University of Washington scientists are developing a prototype that utilizes ambient backscatter, from radio and TV waves to power devices without an external power source. Rumor is they got the idea from the Zero Point Modules on Stargate SG1.
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Prison Computer 'Glitch' Blamed for Opening Cell Doors
Florida Correctional officials are investigating a possible computer glitch that has twice opened all the doors simultaneously in the maximum security wing of Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami, Florida. Looks like the system was designed by the same company that make the keyless hotel door locks.
It's the second time in two months that all of the doors in the wing opened at once, officials say, raising questions about whether the first incident was a trial-run to see how long it would take guards to respond.
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Mozilla to Ship 'Metro-ized' Firefox in December
Mozilla has been just a tad slow on the draw when it comes to the mashup of their Firefox browser and Windows 8. Beta builds will be released and refined prior to the official release slated for December.
Called the "Preview Release," the touch-ready browser will be packaged with Firefox 26 for the Windows desktop. Firefox 26 is slated to ship Dec. 10.
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NFL's Sunday Ticket Pulled from PlayStation 3
For the first time since its inception back in 2011, Sony has announced that its popular PlayStation Sunday Ticket App will no longer be available. Sony would only confirm that the arrangement had come to an end.
IGN said a Sony representative confirmed the end of Sunday Ticket's availability but would not elaborate on the reasons why.
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Google Is Now 40% of the Internet
Sometimes it's really difficult to get a handle on how much of the Internet Google actually affects. There is one sure way to find out and that rarely happens, but it did happen on Friday briefly when Google went down for the count.
But sometime we do get to have a good look at the real levels of traffic. And from one of those such looks we can now, reasonably safely, claim that Google is in fact 40% of all the internet's traffic.
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Thais Make Citizens' Arrest of Google Street View Driver
When the citizens of a Thai village thought they had a spy in their midst, it became a scene out of Andy Griffith with Gomer running after Barney hollering 'Citizens Arrest'. The townsfolk detained the Google Street driver for questioning.
The Manager newspaper reported that the villagers took the vehicle's driver to a local office to quiz him, then to a temple where they made him swear on a statue of Buddha that he was not working for the dam project.
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Yahoo Introduces a Brand-New Browser Toolbar
Just when you think Yahoo has pulled itself out of the past, the company does something surprisingly old school by pushing out a new update for its browser toolbar. Two steps forward, one step back. Cha Cha Cha.
Maybe those heavily invested in using Yahoo's email and other products will find it more useful than simply installing extensions for services you want to keep track on, but that's about the only use case we can really envision.
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Microsoft Hires Steam's Jason Holtman
In what could signal renewed interest in PC gaming, Microsoft has hired former Steam guru Jason Holtman to lead the revamping of PC gaming delivery system strategy.
"Yes, I have joined Microsoft where I will be focusing on making Windows a great platform for gaming and interactive entertainment."
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Intel Snaps Up Fujitsu Wireless to Improve LTE
Intel has purchased Fujitsu Semiconductor Wireless Products for an undisclosed sum. The move will accelerate Intel's development of more advanced LTE components and devices, closing the technology gap with rival Qualcomm.
The move should help Intel develop more advanced LTE products and expand its Bay Trail products internationally in 2014.
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Xbox 360 Retains Best Selling Console Crown
Even though overall sales are down across the board, Microsoft managed to sell 107K systems in July, giving the Xbox 360 the top selling console spot for the 31st straight month.
Microsoft will release the Xbox One this November, but support for the Xbox 360 will continue for "years," according to Microsoft Game Studios.
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Debian Hits 20 Years Old!
Debian GNU/Linux has reached the ripe old age of 20 years old. The Linux OS has served as the base for many of the different flavors of Linux over the years. Happy Anniversary Big D.
But the nature of most Linux distros being maintained by fans and internet communities means that most fall by the wayside and are left half-finished or not developed to their potential. Not Debian though. And the fact that other Linux developers utilize Debian as the base for their OS makes it even more impressive.
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California Senate Votes to Ban Online 'Revenge Porn'
The California State Senate passed a bill this week that would quite literally take all the fun out of a bad ending to a relationship. The State Senate made it a crime to post "revenge porn" with penalties of six months in jail and $1K in fines for first offenders.
The bill would outlaw distributing an identifiable image of an unknowing person that would "cause a reasonable person to suffer serious emotional distress."
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Walmart Launches 'Gadgets to Gift Cards' Trade-In Program
If you have some old tech gear laying around your house and you would like to turn them into quick cash, Walmart is looking to deal. Trade it all in and receive Walmart credit quick as a flash.
And it's not just for smartphones either. Walmart will accept video games, MP3 players, computers, camera, and other electronics too.
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