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Comment Re:IE needs a "No Script" add-in! (Score 2) 96

Going back to what the summary says, IE is usually present on the systems _that haxors want to compromise_.

Corporate machines, which have IE because they are chained to legacy systems that once required it.

Corporate machiens, where access is available to much more valuable data than some grandma's Hotmail password.

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HealthCare.gov Can't Handle Appeals of Errors 208

PapayaSF writes "The Washington Post reports that roughly 22,000 people have claimed they were charged too much, steered into the wrong insurance program, or denied coverage, but the HealthCare.gov website cannot handle appeals. They've filled out seven-page forms and mailed them to a federal contractor's office in Kentucky, where they were scanned and entered, but workers at CMS cannot read them because that part of the system has not been built. Other missing aspects are said to have higher priorities: completing the electronic payment system for insurers, the connections with state Medicaid programs, and the ability to adjust coverage to accommodate major changes such as new babies. People with complaints about mistakes have been told to 'return to the Web site and start over.'"

Comment Re:you do know... (Score 1) 503

Perhaps it's the company which develops the user interface that wants to foist this "one size fits all" model on people, because:

1. They simply don't want to have to keep up with development for both, in terms of effort and cost.

2. They want to herd everyone into a walled garden, so content can all be monetized (in their favor).

3. They want to herd everyone into a walled garden, so the OS can control the machine without having to ask too many questions about it.

Comment Re:Great plan Nintendo (Score 1) 129

It's no coincidence that Wii Fit was successful because it appealed widely to people who are not young children.

Nintendo seems to have positioned themselves somewhere between LeapPads and the other gaming systems - a platform for kid-safe, ultra-casual gaming.

The latest console was a flop. They've been behind the curve on hardware since two (three?) console generations ago. They have no real properties that they haven't had since the 1990s.

It's hard to think of why you'd be interested in Nintendo if you were > age 10, unless you are interested in Mario or Pokemon

Comment Re:Liar, liar pants on fire! (Score 4, Insightful) 71

Well, there are numerous parties we can blame here. Certainly the NSA, but what about the advertising companies? They build leaky software, and they make their money by harvesting information you don't know you're sending or don't wish to be sending to them anyway.

Shouldn't these fly by night outfits that serve ads on the internet and trade in your personal information have some responsibility to protect it?

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