Eclipse Foundation Adds New Internet Of Things Projects To Help Push M2M Standards Forward

The Eclipse Foundation is probably best known for its work on the Eclipse IDE, but the project is also home to more than?250 open-source projects that are hosted on the group's servers. One major goal of the foundation has always been to bring together industry players to work on standards and their implementation together, and one of the latest areas Eclipse has become involved in is the Internet of Things.

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This Solar Charging Tent Means You Can Never Get Away From Gadgets

Camping used to be all about getting away from the clutter of our increasingly connected lives. But then electronic devices became "mobile", which it turns out means "magnetically attracted to our thumbs," and solar charging was a necessity. Now Eddie Bauer (the company) is making a tent with a built in solar charger, and Eddie Bauer (the badass) is probably screaming obscenities in his grave.

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Bell, Rogers and Telus Attempt to Keep Verizon Out of Canada

Bell, Rogers and Telus Attempt to Keep Verizon Out of Canada

Published on 07-29-2013 12:12 AM

For several decades, Canada?s mobile phone service industry has been divided into three companies: Bell, Rogers, and Telus. However, Verizon, which is the number one wireless carrier in the United States, is looking into expanding into Canada. The news could potentially leave Canadian mobile communication companies in a bad spot causing them to band together to keep Verizon out of the country.

In an effort to keep Verizon out, they want Canada to look less appealing for the wireless mobile carrier. The three companies have banded together and started a public ad campaign to get Canada?s anti-consolidation laws abolished. As it stands, none of the major Canadian companies can purchase smaller companies to expand their power. However, the same rules don?t apply to foreign companies. Since the three major companies in Canada can?t buy up all the smaller companies, Verizon can come in and buy them all to create a fourth major mobile communication entity. Abolishing the laws would allow the other companies to bid on the smaller companies too, thus raising the pricing and making the move a lot less affordable.

The three mobile phone companies also want Canada to allow bids on a broader spectrum range like the one allowed in the U.S., which would increase service options. Whether or not the government agrees to these changes will be a long debate but if Verizon manages to act fast, it may be able to take over before any changes are made. We?ll have to wait and see if Verizon is able to expand into Canada or if the three Canadian companies can get the changes made fast enough.

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'Fifty shades of red': firemen launch an enlightening new Twitter campaign

Following record numbers of non-emergency related callouts between 2012 and 2013, the London Fire Brigade has started using their Twitter account to prompt people to think carefully before dialling 999.

The "Fifty Shades effect"

Since 2010, the brigade has attended more than 1,300 incidents involving people being trapped or stuck, spurring firemen across London to call for a little more common sense:

?Some of the incidents our firefighters are called out [to] could be prevented with a little common sense. I don?t know whether it?s the Fifty Shades effect, but the number of incidents involving items like handcuffs seems to have gone up. I?m sure most people will be Fifty Shades of red by the time our crews arrive to free them,? stated Third Officer, Dave Brown.

The hashtag #FiftyShadesofRed has become one of the slogans of the campaign and features at the end of many tweets, perhaps hoping to serve as a reminder of the embarrassment and pain that can be caused in such situations.

Between 2010 and 2011 crews attended 416 non-emergency incidents; a number that rose to 441 from 2011 to 2013, then escalated to 453 between 2012 and 2013. According to the brigade, each incident costs taxpayers at least ?290 (336?) bringing the overall cost of the incidents between 2010 and 2013 to at least ?377,000 (436,513?).

Top tips

Using the Twitter handle @LondonFire, the brigade has started sending out a series of tweets including top tips and examples of bizarre callouts, designed to encourage people to think of the potential consequences of their actions:

?2nd top tip of the day: Don?t put your manhood into a spanner. Yep, we were called to that too.?

Calling the fire brigade when stuck in a painful situation is apparently quite common, inciting the use of the hashtag ?Ouch?:

?Some of the incidents we?re called to make us wince just thinking about them ? hands in blenders, shredders & hedge trimmers #Ouch.?

Sticky situations

Further unusual call outs the brigade has attended in the past are said to include a man whose penis was entangled in a vacuum cleaner and another who trapped his penis in a toaster. According to the London Fire Brigade website, fire crews are called to more than one incident per day involving somebody who is trapped or stuck:

?People getting into a jam with rings, bracelets and watches are a common occurrence, while firefighters are also regularly called to assist people and children with their fingers trapped in electrical items like washing machines, sewing machines and heaters.?

Almost 500 call outs between 2010 and 2013 were to people with rings stuck on their fingers, the most common non-emergency callout during the period. A brigade spokesperson offered the following suggestion: ?Our advice is simple. If the ring doesn?t fit, don?t force it on. As well as being painful, you could end up wasting emergency service time if you have to call us out.?

?When firefighters are out attending to some of these avoidable incidents, someone else could be in real need of emergency assistance,? added Brown.

The brigade is, however, keen to highlight the importance of dialing 999 in the case of a true emergency:

?I?d like to remind everyone that 999 is an emergency number and should only be used as such,? stressed Brown. ?If there?s a genuine emergency, fire crews will of course attend and will be on the scene to help within minutes,? he added.

On their website, the London Fire Brigade has issued three top tips to help people steer clear of sticky situations: something to consider reading before your next adventure with a hedge trimmer, perhaps.

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Woman wins $18.6 million for two-year battle over credit report

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July 27, 2013 at 6:33 PM ET

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A federal jury in Oregon has awarded $18.6 million to a woman who spent two years unsuccessfully trying to get Equifax Information Services to fix major mistakes on her credit report.

Julie Miller of Marion County was awarded $18.4 million in punitive damages and $180,000 in compensatory damages, though Friday's award against one of the nation's major credit bureaus is likely to be appealed, The Oregonian reported.

The jury was told she contacted Equifax eight times between 2009 and 2011 in an effort to correct inaccuracies, including erroneous accounts and collection attempts, as well as a wrong Social Security number and birthday. Her lawsuit alleged the Atlanta-based company failed to correct the mistakes.

"There was damage to her reputation, a breach of her privacy and the lost opportunity to seek credit," said Justin Baxter, a Portland attorney who worked on the case with his father and law partner, Michael Baxter. "She has a brother who is disabled and who can't get credit on his own, and she wasn't able to help him."

Tim Klein, an Equifax spokesman, declined to comment on specifics of the case, saying he didn't have any details about the decision from the Oregon Federal District Court.

Miller discovered the problem when she was denied credit by a bank in early December 2009. She alerted Equifax and filled out multiple forms faxed by the credit agency seeking updated information. She had found similar mistakes in her reports with other credit bureaus, Baxter said, but those companies corrected their errors.

A Federal Trade Commission study earlier this year of 1,001 consumers who reviewed 2,968 of their credit reports found 21 percent contained errors. The survey found that 5 percent of the errors represented issues that would lead consumers to be denied credit.

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Kerry says Egypt is at 'pivotal moment' in history

WASHINGTON (AP) ? As violence in Egypt turned increasingly deadly Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Mideast nation was at "a pivotal moment" more than two years since the uprising ousted the longtime President Hosni Mubarak.

Clashes between security forces and supporters of democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi in eastern Cairo early Saturday left at least 65 protesters dead. The Islamist-led protests over Morsi's removal earlier this month followed nationwide rallies on Friday that drew millions in support of military-backed authorities.

In 2011 a revolution ended Mubarak's rule and brought Morsi to power last year as Egypt's first democratically elected leader. Military authorities toppled Morsi last month, calling into question the future of democracy in Egypt and the nature of the U.S.-Egyptian partnership in the region.

The U.S. has not taken sides but for weeks has called for peaceful protests and calm responses.

The Obama administration has avoided defining the ouster of Morsi as a coup. Under federal law, U.S. assistance must be suspended if a country's democratic government is overthrown by military force. Egypt received $1.5 billion a year in aid from the U.S., nearly all of it for the military.

"This is a pivotal moment for Egypt," Kerry said in a statement. "Over two years ago, a revolution began. Its final verdict is not yet decided, but it will be forever impacted by what happens right now. In this extremely volatile environment, Egyptian authorities have a moral and legal obligation to respect the right of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. Both are essential components of the inclusive democratic process they have publicly embraced."

Kerry said the continued violence sets back efforts of "reconciliation and democratization," and affects regional stability. The U.S. is urging "an independent and impartial inquiry" and that political leaders must help their country "take a step back from the brink," he said.

"A meaningful political dialogue, for which interim government officials have themselves called, requires participants who represent all the political parts of Egyptian society," Kerry said. "To enable such a dialogue, the United States reiterates our call for an end to politicized detentions and the release of political leaders consistent with the law."

On Saturday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke by phone with Egypt's defense minister to express deep concern over the violence and to encourage restraint, a Pentagon spokesman said.

"The United States believes that the current transition needs to be marked by inclusivity, that Egyptian authorities should avoid politicized arrests and detentions, and take steps to prevent further bloodshed and loss of life," Pentagon press secretary George Little said. "It is in the short- and long-term interests of the Egyptian people to renew their path toward democratic transition, and to emphasize tolerance across the political spectrum."

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