27 Dec 07 Prison time for UK drivers?
Seems a little extreme, but with the ever increasing amount of cell phone related driving accidents UK officials felt it necessary to “up” the penalty for those driver caught using their cell phones while operating a motor vehicle.
Under the new rule you can be charged with “Dangerous Driving” which carries a maximum fine of up to 2 years in Prison! Yikes and I thought that $50 fine was a little steep. Now it is highly unlikely you will be pulled over and hauled off to jail, but if you accidentally kill someone while “driving under the influence of a cell phone” the jury has the option to charge you with either Manslaughter which is punishable by life in prison or Dangerous driving which carries a lesser sentence.
Thankfully using hands-free device - either wired or wireless remains legal!
Tags: celluar driving, prison time, UK
27 Dec 07 Guy freaks out at coffee shop
I’m not sure if this was set up or not, but if it is real it’s friggin hilarious! This guys computer dies after pulling an all-nighter to prepare for a presentation he has in TEN minutes!
End result - 1 dead computer and some jail time - Dohh!
Source: TechEBlog.com
Tags: arrested, coffe shop, computer dies
27 Dec 07 Cowon N3 to begin shipping Jan 08
The Cowon N3 performs a good as it looks. Packing in features like GPS navigation, a multimedia player including DMB TV capability, 600Mhz processor, built in FM transmitter and a large 7″ 800 x 480 display the N3 hits the mark on paper, but we will have to see how well it performs in the real world. The unit does not have any internal memory (other than the 128mb ram), so it will be up to the consumer to supply the SD cards (there cheap anyway).
Althought there is still no word on the cost of the unit it is scheduled for release this January.
More info http://www.cowon.com/
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27 Dec 07 Fox Studio DVD’s to include iTunes version
Looks like Apple and Fox studios have decided to go ahead with the plan to include an iTunes version on all new DVD’s. After spending several hours ripping and converting my DVD’s to play on my iPod touch (with limited success), I for one would not mind spending a couple more dollars for a DVD that also contains an iTunes version.
What do think the chances are that rentals from NetFlix or Blockbuster will have the extra feature? Can you save them to your hardrive?
Does anyone know what sizes will be included - 320 x 240 iPod or 480 x 320 iPhone/Touch or both?
Tags: fox studios, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, rentals
23 Dec 07 New pictures of the N96
The highly anticipated successor the propular Nokia N95, the N96 is rumored to be released sometime early in 08. We hope to get more information about the phone during our visit to the CES convention in January.
We do know the phone will feature Nokia’s 3rd generation Symbian S60 OS and the same dual slider design. The phone’s display however looks like it may have the same glossy finish found on many of the new LCD monitors.
Anyone know for sure?
Here are some pics of the N96 courtesy of Electronista
Tags: nokia n96, symbian os
