Tuesday, August 17, 2010

17-Aug-2010 AM clippings

Enjoy:

NZ Police to install WiFi video cameras inside people's homes without needing any warrant:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4026464/Select-committee-backs-police-spycams

Google calls Oracle's Java claims baseless, suggesting things will turn into a long-running battle:
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/08/13/google-calls-oracle-android-lawsuit-baseless/

Plastic Logic cancels its e-ink-base Que ProReader, realising that it is bringing an overpriced item to a maturing market:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/4016865/Que-e-reader-shelved

Dramatic cost reductions in electronic paper displays and support chips point to e-readers becoming cheaper still:
http://www.slate.com/id/2263787

Kogan's A$189 eBook reader goes on sale on the other side of the Tasman, undercutting the Kobo and Kindle:
http://www.gizmag.com/kogans-au189-ebook-reader/16018/

And finally. Ronald McDonald gets busted for marijuana, but the charges are later dropped. I guess that's what makes a "Happy Meal":
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/08/marijuana_charges_dropped_against_ronald_mcdonald.php

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