Comment Re:Sounds like a bad idea ... (Score 1) 201
...yes, because the hard drive based iPods never worked out.
Oh, wait.
Oh, wait.
Comment Re:Don't trust 'em (Score 4, Insightful) 97
What exactly can be hidden in an open protocol specification that will compromise your personally sensitive data? By design, a protocol has to be something that people can actually implement to be useful - the payloads you send via that protocol are up to you (based on your choices of which pieces of software to use, etc.)
Comment Re:Rant against the cloud on youtube? (Score 3, Informative) 549
Since Woz didn't post the video to YouTube, or in fact even make the video, not really.
Comment Re:Money quote... (Score 0) 404
That's kind of the point of pointing out the use of the phrase "quite literally" in the first place, you know.
Comment Re:Money quote... (Score -1, Flamebait) 404
If they're watching an idea form as I type, they'd better damned well be getting it keystroke by keystroke. And he did say "quite literally"...
Comment Re:I'm Okay With It (Score 5, Insightful) 404
My life and my family's lives are more important than whatever privacy I had on these sites.
...says the anonymous coward? Am I missing some Soviet Russia joke here?
Comment Re:Money quote... (Score 0) 404
“They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type,” the officer said.
I'm pretty sure I'd notice a keylogger on my network sending every keystroke out to elsewhere... As for the leap from idea to typing, that technology is the sole purview of the NSA it seems...
Submission + - Microsoft Unvailes New Ipad Challenging Tablet (nytimes.com)
SchrodingerZ writes: Microsoft today unveiled its newest piece of technology; The Surface Tablet, a tablet computer meant to challenge the popular Ipad computers created by Apple. The company showed off a tablet that is about the same weight and thickness as an iPad, with a 10.6-inch screen. "The device has a built-in “kickstand” that allows it to be propped up for watching movies, and a thin detachable cover that will serve double duty as a keyboard." The tablet will run a version of Microsoft 8 with the intention of companion hardware being used for innovations on the product. The presentation of the new tablet was to the way in which Apple traditionally opens a new product; giving the media only a few days notice and withholding the exact location of the announcement until only hours before presenting. The announcement thus far has not affected Microsoft stock.
Submission + - Yahoo! To! Release! Web! Browser! Tonight! (launch.co)
SolarCanine writes: It seems that Yahoo! is going to release a web browser this evening at 9pm, according to an article from Launch.co
From TFA:
I am so excited to announce that tonight at 9pm we will launch Yahoo! Axis! Since you are one of my most valued clients I am giving you first notification. Since this is not launching publically until tonight, we ask that you please keep this information confidential until tomorrow.
Yahoo! Axis is a new browser that redefines what it means to search and browse- enabling a seamless search experience on your iPhone, iPad, and even your desktop.
From TFA:
I am so excited to announce that tonight at 9pm we will launch Yahoo! Axis! Since you are one of my most valued clients I am giving you first notification. Since this is not launching publically until tonight, we ask that you please keep this information confidential until tomorrow.
Yahoo! Axis is a new browser that redefines what it means to search and browse- enabling a seamless search experience on your iPhone, iPad, and even your desktop.
Submission + - Verdict is in: Google does not infringe on any Oracle Patents (groklaw.net)
walterbyrd writes: "Here's a homework assignment for you, if you are willing. I want you to think about those $6 billion damages headlines. Where did the "information" come from? Was it an accurate tip? Remember all those articles about Google and how they were hopelessly in a mess because they had no patents to use in a counterclaim against Oracle? Where did that come from? Was it an accurate analysis? Was it expert? Think: If someone is being paid by a party to litigation, what is he likely to say? There is a difference between information and propaganda.
Here at Groklaw, we told you that there would never be a $6 billion damages award, and I told you that Google has a phenomenal record in beating back patent infringement claims. And I wrote that the patents looked goofball to me. Just like with SCO against the World, Groklaw called it right.
Think of the smearing that Google has had to endure. I hope you fix that now, if you participated in it unwittingly. What does this verdict mean? It means that Google did nothing wrong with Oracle's patents ever at any time. It was Oracle who was in the wrong. There was no patent infringement. Period."
Here at Groklaw, we told you that there would never be a $6 billion damages award, and I told you that Google has a phenomenal record in beating back patent infringement claims. And I wrote that the patents looked goofball to me. Just like with SCO against the World, Groklaw called it right.
Think of the smearing that Google has had to endure. I hope you fix that now, if you participated in it unwittingly. What does this verdict mean? It means that Google did nothing wrong with Oracle's patents ever at any time. It was Oracle who was in the wrong. There was no patent infringement. Period."
Submission + - Supreme Court Orders Do-Over on Key Software Patents (arstechnica.com)
Fluffeh writes: "It seems that the US Supreme Court has an itch it just can't scratch. A patent granted to the Ultramercial company covers the concept of allowing users to watch a pre-roll advertisement as an alternative to paying for premium content and the company is demanding fees from the likes of Hulu and YouTube. Another company called WildTangent is however is challenging Ultramercial's "invention" as merely an abstract idea not eligible for patent protection. Add to this a recent ruling by the Supreme Court restricting patents — albeit on medical diagnostic techniques and you get into a bit of a pickle. The Supreme Court is now sending the Ultramercial case back to the lower courts for another round, which doesn't mean that the court disagrees with the original ruling, but rather that it thinks it is a patent case that is relevant to the situation and they want to re-examine it under this new light."
Submission + - RIAA Claims Losses In Excess Of World's Wealth (businessinsider.com) 6
bonch writes: Prior to setting with Limewire earlier this month, the RIAA had pressed for a $72 trillion verdict, greater than the $60 trillion of combined wealth on Earth. The RIAA arrived at the figure by multiplying $150,000 for each download of 11,000 songs, a figure federal Judge Kimba Wood called "absurd". No word on how much of the money would have gone back to the artists.
Comment Re:Cm'on (Score 2) 240
Facebook, but if the question is "Who runs a site in PHP using CGI mode that is worth exploiting?" then it gets harder to answer.
Submission + - Flash security hole let's you spy through webcams (feross.org)
TheNextCorner writes: "a large security hole has been discovered in Adobe's flash, making it possible to hijack the webcam of the visitors to your website. Hackers can spy on the visitor through this vulnerability in flash. A combination of clickjacking and flash makes a dangerous combination."
Comment Slashdot != NPR (Score 1) 193
> We ran a story about this in December, and I haven't seen a flood of hacked readers anywhere so I doubt that tablet makers have anything to worry about.
Because, you know, Slashdot is easily as mainstream as NPR.
Just sayin'.
