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Submission + - Europeans Challenging Gov't Data Retention Laws (itworld.com)

Submitted by jfruh
jfruh writes: A recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union is empowering Europeans to fight for privacy rights in national courts. The court said that an EU-wide policy mandating that ISPs retain customer location and metadata over 12 months to aid law enforcement violated citizen privacy rights. Now people are using this ruling to challenge data retention laws in the Netherlands and Sweden.

Comment Re:KDE 5.3 (Score 4, Informative) 84

by jbernardo (#48792211) Attached to: KDE Frameworks 5.3 and Plasma 2.1 – First Impressions

Seems like you're wrong, they added support for systemd dbus calls, but no dependency on systemd libs. It will use it if it's there, but doesn't require it.

This message has a small description of what they did. Too bad other developers don't want to be this conscious and prefer to link with systemd libs, needed or not.

Submission + - Is Wikipedia biased for Israel and against Palestinians? 5

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Wikipedia's pro-Jewish bias has been discussed in Wikipedia-criticism circles for years, but today the Wikipediocracy blog ran a item relating to it that will attract controversy: it proves that English-language Wikipedia is heavily biased in favor of Israeli and Jewish subjects, and against Palestinians. And it starts with very disturbing examples — Wikipedia biographies of Israeli and Palestinian children who were killed in the endless civil war. Specifically, articles about Palestinian children who were killed by Israelis are almost guaranteed to be deleted from the "encyclopedia of record", while articles about Israeli children killed by Palestinians receive "special protection".

Submission + - iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak TaiG just released (wordpress.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Most recent apple’s iOS release, iOS 8.1.1 could jailbreak with only pangu 8 jailbreak, until yesterday. But now, Chinese hackers released the latest iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak with a huge surprise, named, TaiG iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak (v1.0.1). Based on version number, we can expect some bugs have been fixed with this latest version. You can download TaiG iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak for iOS 8.1.1 version and iOS 8.2 beta version too. And apart from this, TaiG jailbreak works with the previous versions as iOS 8 and iOS 8.1. But it’s safe to jailbreak previous versions like iOS 8 and iOS 8.1 with pangu 8. Also the TaiG cydia download is available with this jailbreak tool. So then, you can enjoy unlimited cydia apps with TaiG jailbreak. Mac version is not released yet and this TaiG iOS 8.1.1 jailbreak is only available for windows. We hope mac version will bring to mac users very soon by Chinese TaiG jailbreak team.
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Forbes Revisits the Surface Pro 3, Which May Face LG Competition 101

Posted by timothy from the plusses-minuses dept.
Forbes writer Marco Chiappetta revisits Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 half a year after its U.S. debut, and finds the tablet-laptop hybrid has held up pretty well, but suffers some dings worth knowing about before jumping at holiday sale prices, pointing out a number of scenarios where a full-fledged notebook, even if it’s roughly the same size, will be the better choice. I’ve found that the Surface Pro 3 is ideal for users that will likely fire the machine up when sitting at a desk or when in a conference room-type environment that has a table. The Surface Pro 3’s performance is plenty good for everyday computing and office applications, and the screen is top notch. Using the Surface Pro 3 as a notepad with its stylus is also very useful. In fact, over the course of the device’s life, Microsoft has issued a number of firmware, driver, and OS updates that have improved the overall responsiveness and usefulness of the Surface Pro 3. For those who want a laptop, though for actual laptop use, the Surface is an awkward fit. However, a thin, tablet-convertible, touchscreen laptop may appear soon from LG, as well.

Submission + - Google Launches Service To Replace Web Ads With Subscriptions (theguardian.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Everyone understands by now that ads fund most of the sites on the web. Other sites have put up paywalls or started subscription bonuses, to varying success. Google, one of the web's biggest ad providers, saw a problem with that: it's a huge pain to manage subscriptions for all the sites you visit — often more trouble than it's worth. Since so few people sign up, the subscription fees have to be pretty high. Now, Google has launched a service called Contributor to try to fix this situation.

The way Contributor works is it this: sites can sign up to participate (and sites like Imgur, The Onion, and ScienceDaily already have). Readers can then pay a fee of $1-3 per month to gain ad-free access to all participating sites. When the user visits one of the sites, instead of showing a Google ad, Google will just send a small chunk of that subscription to the website instead.

Submission + - Russia is planing a new Space Station (rbth.com)

Submitted by ptr_88
ptr_88 writes: Starting from 2017, Russia may start deploying its own high-latitude orbital station, according to sources in the space industry. The project, developed by Roskosmos will feature modules previously planned for the International Space Station.

Submission + - BitTorrent Unveils Sync 2.0 And Three New Paid Products Coming In 2015

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: BitTorrent today outlined the company's plans for its file synchronization tool Sync. Next year, the company will launch Sync 2.0, finally taking the product out of beta, as well as three new paid Sync products. Ever since its debut, Sync has provided a wide variety of solutions to various problems, BitTorrent says, from distributing files across remote servers to sharing vacation photos. BitTorrent thus believes it needs to build three distinct products for each of these separate audiences, including a Pro version for $40 per year.

Comment Re:It's an Intel cpu (Score 1) 109

by jbernardo (#48416133) Attached to: Nokia's N1 Android Tablet Is Actually a Foxconn Tablet

If anything running a Linux distro other than Android will make it less useful.

Quite the opposite. Running a fully fledged linux, with either KDE plasma netbook or unity, and having access to full desktop browsers and normal linux tools, would be a great advantage. I already have android phones and tablets, but often need to use my linux netbook for some functionality that isn't supported in android.

Comment It's an Intel cpu (Score 1) 109

by jbernardo (#48415427) Attached to: Nokia's N1 Android Tablet Is Actually a Foxconn Tablet

I really don't want a power hungry Intel CPU on a tablet, no matter how many benchmarks are faked to make it seem as fast and as low power as an equivalent Arm.
Most android apps will run without issues, that shouldn't be a problem anymore as there have been some Intel tablets out there for several months (I've seen some Asus in bargain bins at the Cora supermarket chain).
Still, the only advantage is if someone manages to run Linux on it. Might make up for the extra heat and lower battery life, to be able to run full featured Linux on it.

Submission + - Nokia Announces N1 Android Tablet with Intel Processor and iPad Looks

Submitted by SmartAboutThings
SmartAboutThings writes: Nokia has sold its phone division to Microsoft and won't be able to make Nokia-branded devices until sometime in 2016. But it seems that the hardware giant won't die just like that. Welcome the Nokia N1 tablet, a surprise launch by the company. The device has and iPad-like design but runs Android 5.0 Lollipop. There's also a 64-bit Intel processor on the inside and a Nokia Z launcher.

Submission + - NYT: Privacy Concerns for ClassDojo, Other Tracking Apps for Schoolchildren

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: The NY Times' Natasha Singer files a report on popular and controversial behavior tracking app ClassDojo, which teachers use to keep a running tally of each student’s score, award virtual badges for obedience, and to communicate with parents about their child’s progress. “I like it because you get rewarded for your good behavior — like a dog does when it gets a treat," was one third grader's testimonial. Some parents, teachers and privacy law scholars say ClassDojo (investors) — along with other unproven technologies that record sensitive information about students — is being adopted without sufficiently considering the ramifications for data privacy and fairness. "ClassDojo," writes Singer, "does not seek explicit parental consent for teachers to log detailed information about a child’s conduct. Although the app’s terms of service state that teachers who sign up guarantee that their schools have authorized them to do so, many teachers can download ClassDojo, and other free apps, without vetting by school supervisors. Neither the New York City nor Los Angeles school districts, for example, keep track of teachers independently using apps." A high school teacher interviewed for the article confessed to having not read ClassDojo’s policies on handling student data, saying: "I’m one of those people who, when the terms of service are 18 pages, I just click agree." And, if all this doesn't make you parents just a tad nervous, check out this response to the "Has anyone ran a data analysis on their CD data?" question posed to the Class Dojo Community: "I needed to analyze data in regards to a student being placed on ADHD medicine to see whether or not he made any improvements. I have also used it to determine any behavioral changes depending on if a student was with mom/dad for a custody review. I use dojo consistently, so I LOVE getting to use the data to evaluate and share with parents, or even administrators."

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