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FCC looking into Google Street View Wi-Fi debacle
Nov 10th
The FCC has launched an investigation that could accuse Google of violating federal law through its unintentional Wi-Fi scraping with Street View cars, an official said Wednesday. The hunt was in response to calls by advocates at the Electronic Privacy Information Center to check whether the scanning broke eavesdropping laws. If found to be intentional, the harvested data could lead to fines of up to $ 50,000 for each identified snooping instance, the WSJ noted.
Neither the FCC nor Google had commented on the accusations as of this evening.
A penalty may be less likely in the wake of the FTC dropping More >
Google sues US government for only looking at Microsoft deal
Nov 1st
Google today sued the US Department of the Interior for alleged favoritism in picking Microsoft over others for contracts (document below). The complaint accused the government of automatically ruling out Google Apps and other products by requiring that any solution for its messaging service use the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite, excluding Google entirely. Limiting the choices to Microsoft was “unduly restrictive” and limited competition, the search firm said.
Attorneys for Google argued that the DOI made nebulous justifications for its decision. Officials had asked for a system with “enhanced security” and a unified mail system without checking how well More >
Dell confirms 7-inch Looking Glass tablet early
Sep 22nd
Dell’s namesake chief Michael Dell confirmed [sub. required] the company’s 7-inch Looking Glass tablet today at Oracle’s conference. He didn’t provide more details other than to say it would run Android like the Streak. Dell also didn’t mention ship dates and other details.
Leaks have the Looking Glass being faster than the Streak and would use a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 250 processor capable of driving 1080p video, although it may still have the same 800×480 resolution. Dell might count on TV tie-ins to sell the larger tablet, as it might have an ATSC tuner for over-the-air HD and may have More >
Snappy looking Fujitsu Lifebook AH530 GFX boasts 1GB external graphics
Aug 30th
Fujitsu’s announced a new laptop, the Lifebook AH530 GFX. An update to the already available Lifebook AH530, this one’s got an external graphics card with 1GB of dedicated video memory. Other than that, it boasts the exact same specs as the previous model — a 15.6-inch glossy LCD, optional Core i3, i5, or i7 CPUs, up to 8GB of RAM and an up to 500GB HDD, a choice of Blu-ray or DVD drives, and HDMI output. There’s also WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA output, and gigabit ethernet onboard. They’re set to start hitting shelves in the More >