Archive for July 3, 2012

EU Parliament Adopts eCall Resolution

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11 months ago
by Soulskill in


arisvega writes with news that the European Parliament has pass a resolution in support of eCall, an initiative to install devices in vehicles that automatically contact emergency services in the event of a crash. The resolution calls on the European Condition to make it mandatory for all new cars starting in 2015. "The in-vehicle eCall system uses 112 emergency call technology to alert the emergency services automatically to the location of serious road accidents. This should save lives and reduce the severity of injuries by enabling qualified and equipped paramedics to get to the scene within the first “golden hour” of the accident, says the resolution. The eCall system could save up to 2,500 lives a year and reduce injury severity by 10 to 15%, it adds."

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Blizzard Denies Banning Diablo 3 Gamers Playing on Linux

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11 months ago
by News Tom's Hardware US in
Blizzard Denies Banning Diablo 3 Gamers Playing on LinuxBlizzard is denying rumors that it's banning Diablo 3 gamers because they're using WINE for Linux. Blizzard's numerous banned Linux customers say otherwise.

Open Source Morrowind Version 0.16.0 Released

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11 months ago
by Soulskill in


An anonymous reader writes "The OpenMW team recently released a new version of their open source engine. While the project is not fully playable yet, the goal is to preserve Morrowind, provide modders a better engine and tool kit for creating their works, and make it cross-platform. Like most open source projects, they are always seeking new contributors. So, what do you think; what's the state of FLOSS games that are not first-person shooters?"

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Nexus S 4G regains AOSP status, Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners left hanging

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11 months ago
by Jon Fingas in

Nexus S Android 4.0

It wasn't just Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners who were hurt when Google dropped Android Open Source Project support for CDMA models -- officially, Nexus S 4G users had to depend on carrier-approved builds as well. At least one of those software dramas is coming to a close, as AOSP Technical Lead Jean-Baptiste Queru has just confirmed that the Nexus S 4G once again has a full AOSP build. Problems surrounding the phone have been sorted out to give it full CDMA voice and WiMAX-based 4G data while keeping true to Google's original, easily modifiable vision. The download is available right away for the Nexus S 4G faithful, but Queru has dashed any immediate hopes of this being the prelude to its Galaxy Nexus counterpart; the camera, GPS and NFC currently wouldn't work on Verizon's model, even if the cellular components checked out.

Nexus S 4G regains AOSP status, Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners left hanging originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The 24-Carat Gold Vacuum Cleaner You Didn’t Ask For and Don’t Need [Video]

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11 months ago
by Molly Oswaks in
The price of gold is at a record high ($1500-$1700 this year, depending on the day) and it will only continue to rise, based on current pattern of growth. More »


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