Comment Re:One of the better ideas to fix health care... (Score 1) 1270
Typical hypocrite.
Submission + - DNC Appoints RIAA Shill to Run PR for Convention
An anonymous reader writes: Boing Boing reports 'that the Director of Communications for the RIAA,' Jenni Engebretsen, has been appointed 'Deputy CEO for Public Affairs for the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver.' The Democratic National Convention site has the official press release. This is something of a paradox when the Democrats claim to be populist and the RIAA's track record is anything but.
Massive Spam Shot of "Storm Trojan" 260
jcatcw writes "Postini has already counted nearly 5 million copies of the spam in the last 24 hours, and calculated that the run currently accounts for 87% of all malware being spread through email. 'Expect this to grow much larger,' a Postini spokesman said; 'It should top out at 60 million messages within the next 24 hours.' It's the largest attack in the last 12 months, and more than three times the volume of the two biggest in recent memory: a pair of blasts in December and January. The spam carries a ZIP file attachment posing as a patch with subjects such as Worm Alert!, Worm Detected, Spyware Detected!, or Virus Activity Detected."
Submission + - Hillary uses Internet dirty tricks against Edwards
Ray writes: From the Huffington Post, "John Edwards' '08 website is johnedwards.com. But the campaign didn't buy edwards08.com. Hillary Clinton did. Click on edwards08.com and you end with Hillary Clinton." Wow, looks like Hillary will be able to hold her own against the likes of Nixon and Rove. Of course they tended to do their dirty work against members of the other party. I guess Hillary is taking a more ecumenical approach.
Submission + - DIY Laptop Repairing/Modding
Inverted Intellect writes: "I've got an old (relatively speaking) AOpen P4 laptop which died on me for what was then an unknown cause, but turned out to be an HDD failure. Seeing as how the LCD had already begun to crap out on me, I took it apart, hoping to be able to mod it into an acceptable DVR, most likely with a simple custom-constructed case. However, I've been hampered by a lack of understanding when it comes to the various connectors found on the motherboard, as I have had no experience what-so-ever with laptop motherboards. Despite repeated searches, I have thus far been largely unsuccessful in finding out what standards apply to its connectors, what purpose a few of them are supposed to serve in the first place, and what exactly my options are with regards to components.
What would be a good source for finding out about the connectors in question? Exhaustive repositories of connectors standards, practical explanations of their use, or any other related sort of book or website would be helpful."
What would be a good source for finding out about the connectors in question? Exhaustive repositories of connectors standards, practical explanations of their use, or any other related sort of book or website would be helpful."
Submission + - Luxpro sues Apple for damages and "power abuse
Dystopian Rebel writes: The Financial Times reports that Taiwanese company Luxpro (discussed on Slashdot last year) intends to sue Apple for US$100 m for "lost revenue caused by Apple's abuse of their global power." In 2005, Apple had obtained an injunction against Luxpro's Super Shuffle/Super Tangent but the Taiwanese Supreme Court has overturned the injunction, opening the door to Luxpro's legal action.
From the article: "The {Luxpro} product had almost the same measurements and weight, came in a white plastic casing and had similar buttons on the front. Its name, Super Shuffle, also closely resembled the original."
The Luxpro product has OLEDs on it but visit your optometrist immediately if you don't see other similarities.
Apple has since changed the design of the Shuffle significantly.
From the article: "The {Luxpro} product had almost the same measurements and weight, came in a white plastic casing and had similar buttons on the front. Its name, Super Shuffle, also closely resembled the original."
The Luxpro product has OLEDs on it but visit your optometrist immediately if you don't see other similarities.
Apple has since changed the design of the Shuffle significantly.
