Comment It would be really nice... (Score 5, Insightful) 427
..... If Sony restored backward compatibility with PS2 games. That and not the price nor the size of the console is why I haven't bought one yet.
Comment I wonder how long.... (Score 3, Funny) 272
... Before we get Gustav Graves?
Someone better tell MI6.
Comment There is one difference.... (Score 1) 493
More chairs have been tossed since Gates left.
Comment Re:Sperm Shortage? (Score 1) 368
Here's one reason. According to this article, 85% of sperm is damaged which leads to all sorts of "bad" things. So IMHO, something like this can perhaps help to fix damaged sperm or better understand why it is damaged.
Comment My comment can be summed up in four words.... (Score 4, Insightful) 129
Good luck with that.
There's no chance that this would ever work and the only people they would catch are the most blatant offenders. One other thing that springs to mind, what about blogs run by people outside the US. Does it affect them if they write a review about a US company?
Comment If you don't want to pay $99 for MobileMe (Score 1) 424
....Perhaps this would be an alternative:
http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/iphone/
Not nearly as cool as MobileMe, but likely as effective (and perhaps safer too).
Comment In the absence of any evidence of any sort..... (Score 0, Offtopic) 884
... In this case, is it fair to the loved ones on the flight in question to speculate about the cause?
Submission + - Canadian Regulator Says No To New Internet Regs
An anonymous reader writes: After months of fears that the Canadian broadcast regulator would try
to regulate the Internet, the CRTC has come to its senses. Its new media
decision today takes a hands off approach — no new regulation — and
even adopts a rule against undue preferences for wireless providers.
Second Swedish ISP Starts Scrubbing IP Addresses 92
Marzubus writes "Tele2, a popular Swedish ISP, has started to remove IP addresses from its logs. This is the second ISP in Sweden to adopt this new privacy protection strategy." We discussed not long ago when another ISP, Bahnhof, started doing the same. Perhaps this is the corporate equivalent of joining the Pirate Party.
Comment Oracle is now the new Apple (Score 2, Interesting) 324
They control the Oracle experience from end to end and lock everybody else (read: Microsoft) out. Ballmer likely came to that conclusion and said "oh shit." That's why he's at a loss for words.
Comment Based on this story..... (Score 4, Insightful) 360
....It sounds like people will have to start using Tor in the "free world."
Comment Is there anything of value left in SGI? (Score 1) 165
This isn't a rhetorical question BTW. I'm wondering if anything is left in SGI that's worth buying.
Comment Do these effects..... (Score 3, Funny) 173
.... also include surfing for pron?
Comment Oblig... (Score 5, Funny) 212
Does it make your computer bounce up and down on its tail too?
Submission + - Parallels Asking For Beta Testers To Write Reviews
8127972 writes: I just saw this blog posting about Parallels asking for it's beta testers to write reviews praising its Parallels Desktop virtual PC product via e-mail. The blogger argues that while this isn't another Belkin mess, it might considered "distasteful." It sure seems to have a certain aroma to me.
