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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sunder)
Mon Oct 4 19:31:00 1999
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 19:05:31 -0400
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Subject: [Spooks] spooky-ibook?
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 11:51:40 EDT
From: KULTBOX@aol.com
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To: spooks@qth.net
Sorry if this is totally OT but it was good....
-r
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kultbox records chicago
<<snip>>
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2343332,00.html
September 28, 1999 3:31 PM PT
LONDON -- Researchers from France's National Centre for Scientific
Research warned in a newsletter last week that French buyers of
Apple's new iBook notebook computer could be in for a nasty surprise
if they use the machine's AirPort wireless transmitter for accessing
the Internet.
The device uses the same 2.4-GHz wave band reserved by the French
military, meaning an iBook user surfing the Web near an army unit
could end up scrambling defense force communications -- and thus risk
a 29,000-euro ($30,000) fine and six months in jail.
A clearly irked Rear Admiral Jacques Bizard, head of the National
Military Bureau for Frequency Use, told Agence France-Presse: "Unlike
other countries in Europe, this wave band is allocated for military
use in France." He added, "Apple probably didn't think about it, and
the problem wasn't resolved in time. But we're not going to scrap all
our communications equipment simply because iBook has suddenly shown
up."
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