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The span of technological growth that JCD chronicled is hard to match. His body of work is a singular thread to the early days of personal computing all the way through commerciali…

Proto Build Bar, the unique hackerspace/bar announced that it will be closing on December 21. It was a great resource for the Dayton area and we will be sad to see it go. Proto not…

Can't wait to buy one of these!

Is it just me, or has http://hackermonthly.com been Fireballed? I can't get it to respond.

No word on their site, just a tweet from @pulsepad that indicates that they are back with a link to the App Store. I'm glad it's back - I didn't get to grab it this morning and jus…

Actually, I thought I remembered seeing last summer that the tapes were recovered in Australia. I searched and found this article: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/110442/WORLD-…

Absolutely. The article glosses over the other security features that are required to create a card number that would pass the extensive authorization process in the card networks.…

Rental period is similar to iTunes, but distribution model targets Redbox (kiosks will eventually be in other retail stores). I wonder how long it will take someone to break their …

The most recent page(s) that I visited. I almost never shut down the browser, so it usually has a half dozen tabs with my commonly-visited sites already up.

Correct. That is exactly the reason. The revenue protection is a happy coincidence.

Another friend had to use an external GPS antenna to get it to lock appropriately, so I'm not surprised that you had to put it by the window. I would say this is common in multi-te…

I wonder if the GPS sync is a one-time requirement, or if it does it periodically to ensure that the device isn't moved.

Great review. I have wanted one of these ever since a friend at AT&T shared details about them almost two years ago. I have a mostly stone house with plaster interior walls that is…

You are totally right about the pervasive attitude throughout corporate IT organizations. The only point I would question is the "..willing to lose their jobs.." part. Most corpora…

This is a ten month old article and comments that robustly argued both sides of the situation. How is this news, let alone hacker news?

For someone who thinks the web 2.0 stuff is garbage you certainly spend enough time posting redundant comments in multiple places.