The Wilson Sleek: An Affordable Cell Phone Signal Booster (PC World)

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PC World - No matter what carrier you're on, you've likely encountered a cell phone dead zone. This is especially a burden while on the road if you're lost in a rural area and have no way of calling for directions or accessing your GPS. Luckily, there's a solution: The Wilson Sleek all-in-one cell phone signal booster. This handy gadget resembles a hands-free car cradle, but offers extended calling range and signal strength for your phone.

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Updated 08:50 am EST, Mon December 13, 2010Court says Interval patent lawsuit too broad.[Glink - Only registered users can see links. ] News - Judge Marsha Pechman on Friday dismissed Interval Licensing's patent lawsuit against major online providers. The official tossed the complaint for being too "spartan," as it didn't identify what devices or services actually infringed the patents with "any specificity." The case, filed in a Western District of Washington court, accused Apple, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google's YouTube, Netflix, Office Depot, Staples and Yahoo of copying technology Interval owned patents for Internet commerce. Interval has promised the Wall Street Journal that it would file an amended, more specific complaint before a December 28 deadline issued by Judge Pechman. It was a "procedural issue," a spokesman said.The complaint has raised criticisms as it comes from a company backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen that is notably exempting Bing and other Microsoft properties. In its original form, Interval Research had been started in 1992 to pioneer web technology, but it had trouble producing shipping products and closed in 2000, spinning off the licensing group in the process and now threatening the web with lawsuits.Apple and Google may have been primarily responsible for the dismissal as both had motioned for its end shortly after the case was submitted. Neither these nor eBay or other firms have commented on the dismissal. Read more: [Glink - Only registered users can see links. ]

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[Glink - Only registered users can see links. ] News - Misinformed media outlets don't know the difference between hacking and cracking, it will be interesting to see how they handle this. "Hacking is a central part of Facebook's culture. Whether we're building the next big product at one of our Hackathons or creating a smarter search algorithm, we're always hacking to find a better way of doing things," says the opening statement of Facebook Hacker Cup Note.
Facebook is starting this contest to bring together engineering talent from the world together to compete in a multi-round programming competition. Do you see any similarity with a similar contest? It's called Google Summer of code. Google organists this event to bring together develops/hackers from around the globe to create new projects, solve old problems.

Facebook Hacker Cup may look a bit different from Google's Summer of Code, the agenda is same – to excite developers/hackers and bring them closer to the company.
To win the Hacker Cup a contestants will have to solve algorithmic-based problem statements to advance and are ranked by accuracy and speed. The registration opens December 20th with the three online rounds occurring throughout January 2011. World finals to follow. Facebook will pay for the flights and accommodation of the top 25 hackers from the 3rd online round out to its campus.
If you win the cup you will get $5,000 USD and title of world champion. Second winner will get $2,000, $1,000 will be given to the 3rd winner.

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