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Submission + - USA Has More Open WiFi Wireless Hotspots than EU (ispreview.co.uk)

Submitted by Mark.JUK on Friday January 08, 2010 @06:07AM

Mark.JUK writes: Some 40% of wireless (Wi-Fi) Internet access Hotspots in the USA are unlocked and do not require a security password, which compares with 25% in Europe; according to WeFi based statistics. Across the world, approximately 30% of recorded Wi-Fi access points are unlocked, while some 70% are locked. Nice to see everybody taking security so seriously then. It should be perfectly possible to "share" Wi-Fi while using WPA or WPA2 security measures at the same time.

Submission + - Microsoft Evading Tax on Sales to State Government (microsofttaxdodge.com)

Submitted by reifman on Friday January 08, 2010 @03:20AM

reifman writes: When Washington cities and state agencies purchase Microsoft software, they do so through a master agreement between Washington State's Department of Information Services and Microsoft Licensing GP of Nevada. This is the same Nevada subsidiary that Microsoft has used since 1997 to evade more than $1.24 billion in state wholesale taxes, interest and penalties (covered earlier on Slashdot). So, when officials such as Seattle's IT Director, Bill Schrier, take pride in completing city-wide conversions over to the 'local software company', they need to know that there is no trickle down occurring from taxation. This week, state treasurer Jim McIntire warned Washington faces insolvency in September 2010 if the Legislature doesn't make drastic spending cuts or tax hikes. With legislators contemplating a junk food tax, Microsoft's 'let them eat cake' philosophy may soon face its comeuppance. Those who wish to debate the legality of Microsoft's accounting practices should read this first.

Submission + - Slashdot's Twitter Feed Breaks

Submitted by mjoseff on Saturday November 07, 2009 @09:14AM

mjoseff writes: http://twitter.com/slashdot hasn't been updated since 10/22/09.

Submission + - Google's unexplained phenomenon (google.com)

Submitted by

mjoseff

on Saturday September 05, 2009 @09:46AM

mjoseff writes: "The Google logo today (http://www.google.com) has a flying saucer over it with no explanation as to why. In the past, if I didn't know what the logo meant (http://www.examiner.com/x-6207-Using-Computers-Examiner~topic241200-Google-Logos?selstate=topcat#breadcrumb) , I could just hover over it for the details. Clicking on the logo brings up a search (http://www.google.com/search?q=unexplained+phenomenon&ct=go_gle&oi=ddle) for unexplained phenomenon. Apparently, two of the top ten Google trending topics are "unexplained phenomenon" and "top 10 unexplained phenomena."

The top ten "unexplained phenomenon" can be found here: http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/top10_unexplained_phenomena.html"

Comment Why can't they just clone my ex-wife? (Score 1) 527

by mjoseff on Friday August 14, 2009 @07:16PM (#29072221) Attached to: Team Aims To Create Pure Evil AI

She pretty much covers pure evil.

Comment Hybrid vs train (Score 1) 1137

by mjoseff on Thursday May 07, 2009 @07:59PM (#27870137) Attached to: Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train?

Train = $36 Peak RT + $11 Parking = $47 Hybrid = ~$8 ( 4 gallons RT) + $24 Parking + $12 toll = $44 It really depends on if I want to sleep/read for two hours or take the train (it's so hard sleeping on the train for some reason).

Submission + - Comcast has power outage; email servers go down (comcastvoices.com)

Submitted by

mjoseff

on Monday April 13, 2009 @10:37AM

mjoseff writes: "Comcast apparently lost power to one of its datacenters: "SmartZone suffered an outage on Saturday, April 4th, starting at 7:30 am EST and lasting until 5pm EST. This outage was caused by a power issue in one of our datacenters that impacted some of our email servers. The outage was compounded by the fact that several databases needed to be restored from back up (that process was successful, and no data was lost which is a good thing)." Are they actually telling us that the number two (http://www.isp-planet.com/research/rankings/usa.html) ISP in the country does not have redundancy?"

Comment Slashdot kills websites. (Score 1) 231

by mjoseff on Thursday July 10, 2008 @06:58PM (#24144913) Attached to: Meet the Laptop You Will (Won't?) Use In 2015

Your website has been suspended! The web hosting account that hosts this website has been blocked! If you are the owner of this website, please contact the support team to resolve this issue. If you are a visitor to this website, please access this page later.

Submission + - Skype has problems with login (skype.com)

Submitted by

mjoseff

on Thursday August 16, 2007 @04:07PM

mjoseff writes: "From the Skype Site:
"Some of you may be having problems logging into Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it's a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours.""

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