We’ve already heard about some of the systems MSI has in store for
CeBIT — including a
3D-capable Wind Top — but it looks like the company still has bit more lined up, including this new GT660 gaming laptop. In addition to the requisite red accents to make it go faster, this one packs a quad-core Core i7 processor, along with GeForce GTX 285M and, just as notably, some USB 3.0 ports to ensure your peripherals are just as speedy. Still no word on a price or other specifics, but MSI is promising to say more about this and the rest of its new systems at CeBIT next week.
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We’ve already heard about some of the systems MSI has in store for
CeBIT — including a
3D-capable Wind Top — but it looks like the company still has bit more lined up, including this new GT660 gaming laptop. In addition to the requisite red accents to make it go faster, this one packs a quad-core Core i7 processor, along with GeForce GTX 285M and, just as notably, some USB 3.0 ports to ensure your peripherals are just as speedy. Still no word on a price or other specifics, but MSI is promising to say more about this and the rest of its new systems at CeBIT next week.
MSI announces GT660 gaming laptop ahead of CeBIT originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Why a school district would ever think it was acceptable to secretly snap pictures of its students — in their own homes, no less — is totally beyond us, but with any luck the
Lower Merion School District webcam caper will soon have its day court. Yesterday, an attorney for plaintiff Blake Robbins’ confirmed that an agreement was reportedly finalized to stop the school from spying on its students while preserving evidence for the lawsuit. “What gets me in this situation is that I can’t imagine there’s a parent anywhere who would support the school district’s actions here,” said ACLU of Pennsylvania Legal Director (and all around good guy) Vic Walczak. “[W]hat the school allegedly has done here is the equivalent of the principal breaking into the house, hiding in the child’s closet, and then watching him or her from there.” Yuck! For more info on the technical aspects of this case, peep the video after the break.
Update: Seems that someone dug up some of the school’s policies surrounding the webcam surveillance, and suffice it to say, the bullet points listed here are downright crazy. How crazy? How’s about “possession of a monitored MacBook was required for classes, and possession of an unmonitored personal computer was forbidden and would be confiscated.” Oh, and “disabling the camera was impossible.”
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PA school district issued order to refrain from webcam spying (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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As we march toward the inevitability of a post-iPad world, so marches the development of iPhone SDK 3.2 — and this time, we’re on to beta 3. There’s no word yet on what’s changed, but unless you’re a registered (and paid) member of Apple’s iPhone Developer Program, it doesn’t much matter to you seeing how you can’t get in on the download. Keep us abreast of the trials, tribulations, highs, and lows of your downloads and installs, won’t you?
Update: TUAW now reports that beta 3′s been pulled, but it’s not yet clear why. We’ll fill you in more as we find out.
Update 2: iPadInsider reports that a Photos app has been added to the emulator, and there’s a Camera tab in it — possibly corroborating evidence that there’ll be a camera in some version of the iPad, but more likely a tool for the camera connection kit.
Update 3: MacRumors has a couple more interesting details. Looks like there’s a couple of lines in the code that suggest a front-facing camera (as often rumored), zoom, and camera flash is in the cards. Additionally, there’s iPad-sized “Accept” and “Decline” buttons with video camera-related iconography. We know what you’re thinking, but we still wouldn’t advise getting your hopes up anytime soon. It’s not good for your heart, y’know.
iPhone SDK 3.2 moves on to beta round 3 (update: it’s been pulled) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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GPS systems threatened by ‘jammers’
