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Submission + - Mr. Smith wants to watch you...all of you (slashgear.com) 2

Submitted by ads49 on Saturday January 21, 2012 @05:41AM

ads49 writes: Apparently this Lamar guy just doesn't know when to quit. He's now pushing a law that forces ISP's to record your search history, credit card usage, and IP addresses you've been assigned for the last 18 months. So now when you are eventually suspected of something, they already have plenty of "proof" against you. Gotta love that forward thinking. http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-sponsor-has-another-internet-bill-that-records-you-247-20210264/

Submission + - Facebook Bans Browser Plugin FGS, And Its Develope 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07, 2012 @10:19PM

An anonymous reader writes: Facebook has banned a very popular browser plugin called Friendly Gaming Simplifier (FGS). The plugin’s webpage (fgs.rzadki.eu) now serves up a “403 Forbidden” error message, since its developer, Arkadiusz Rzadkowolski, has complied with the company’s requests to take it down. Facebook has also banned him from the social network and denied him the right to develop anything for the service. A petition to save the plugin has been launched.

Submission + - NOAA Can Now Use Gmail from Eric Schmidt's Yacht

Submitted by theodp on Saturday January 07, 2012 @09:49PM

theodp writes: Explaining the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) move of 25K employees to Google Apps (under an $11.5 million, 3-year contract), Google noted that 'Google Apps allows NOAA's scientists and staff to get their email and other information wherever their work may take them.' Which, presumably, could include Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's always-Internet-ready Lone Ranger, a $48 million yacht that was retrofitted into a research vessel for the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), which SOI Research Fellow and NOAA Project Lead Peter Etnoyer notes has a 'unique public/private partnership' with NOAA (a long-term MOA between SOI and NOAA was developed in 2010). Or perhaps judging a $1.4 million prize contest for Schmidt's wife Wendy. Or working on other NOAA-Google R&D partnership ocean-science projects. BTW, while Google announced that the 'NOAA [is] the largest federal agency to complete the switch to cloud-based email and collaboration tools,' Computerworld reports that 'the agency is also giving its users the flexibility to use a variety of email clients, as well as the option of continuing to use Microsoft Office.'

Submission + - Did SOPA supporters really distribute files sharin (youtube.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 07, 2012 @08:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: A very interesting video over on youtube from JeepersMedia, who claims that the companies that are pushing for SOPA are the very same companies that pushed file sharing software. Much of the presented evidence appears to come from the wayback machine site.

Their assertion is that the same media companies who now cry about rampant piracy, and who declared that file sharing software ONLY existed for copyright infringement — ALSO appear to have supplied the software. Better still, is that the reviews appear to show that they tested by copying — wait for it — copyrighted songs (Beatles, Britney Spears, etc.) And that their own sites provided links to download copyrighted material.

Submission + - Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor to Govern 2

Submitted by Voline on Saturday January 07, 2012 @04:53PM

Voline writes: In a tweet early this morning, cybersecurity researcher Christopher Soghoian pointed to an internal memo of India's Military Intelligence that has been liberated by hackers and posted on the Net. The memo suggests that, "in exchange for the Indian market presence" mobile device manufacturers, including RIM, Nokia, and Apple (collectively defined in the document as "RINOA") have agreed to provide backdoor access on their devices.

The Indian government then "utilized backdoors provided by RINOA" to intercept internal emails of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a US government body with a mandate to monitor, investigate and report to Congress on "the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship" between the US and China. Manan Kakkar, an Indian blogger for ZDNet, has also picked up the story and writes that it may be the fruits of an earlier hack of Symantec.

If Apple is providing governments with a backdoor to iOS, can we assume that they have also done so with Mac OS X?

Comment Re:No reason to celebrate now. (Score 1) 335

by notb666 on Thursday January 05, 2012 @12:31AM (#38592594) Attached to: IE6 Almost Dead In the US

Which is the most popular desktop OS again?

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

Comment Re:"Pure evil" (Score 2) 164

by notb666 on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @01:19AM (#38500018) Attached to: Israeli Spyware Sold To Iran

You would have never said all that if you actually new what Islam is and what are the teachings of Islam. If you really want to know about Islam, you should give the Holy Quran a reading.

I know this post is not going to change your mind and beliefs but maybe someday you will open your mind and heart to the reality of this world and then you will realize.

Comment Re:correcting bottom choice (Score 2) 312

by notb666 on Monday December 19, 2011 @04:42AM (#38422328) Attached to: Smallest space my belongings could fit (unbroken):

You mean your wife's bottom?

Submission + - Barcelona vs Real Madrid Live Spanish La Liga Socc (yahoo.com)

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Submission + - Motorola wins Apple wireless patent fight in Germa (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 10, 2011 @03:08AM

An anonymous reader writes: A German court has ruled in Motorola Mobility's favour in a patents dispute with Apple. The case relates to Motorola's patent for a "method for performing a countdown function during a mobile-originated transfer for a packet radio system". Motorola could now try to force Apple to remove the feature from its devices or halt sales in Germany. However, Apple said it intended to appeal.

Submission + - Understanding human consciousness (theconversation.edu.au)

Submitted by elizabethredman on Monday November 28, 2011 @12:25AM

elizabethredman writes: "Understanding what is special, if anything, about the human brain is a scientific problem of such magnitude it has defied all manner of investigation for centuries.

And human consciousness, our experience of being in time, is something we cannot dissociate from the brain itself. We need to be awake and alert to have consciousness, and such states are measurable brain states.

We can study animal brains in invasive ways that are not ethically possible with humans, but no-one is sure whether a monkey has the same kind of experience with consciousness that we have."

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