18556022
submission
creativeHavoc writes:
In all current and future builds of android, applications which have enabled the ability to be moved to the SD card are negatively impacted by the fact that when they do, all widgets will be disabled and impossible to access in the future (until moved back to internal phone storage and then rebooting the phone.)
With typical android phones designed with small internal memory and the ability to expand your memory with an SD card (a supposed selling feature) the fact that google essentially negates the ability for many applications to operate properly when using this feature. Users downvote applications who do not enable MoveToSD, but also downvote applications when they do not understand who to blame for their widgets disappearing.
Google seemed to act when the text-messaging bug was brought to light in the tech media, can it happen again?
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8555
17942846
submission
creativeHavoc writes:
"The vicious intimidation campaign against WikiLeaks is wrong, dangerous and undermines the rule of law. Top US politicians have branded WikiLeaks a terrorist organization, suggested assassinating its staff, and urged corporations to shut it down.
The future of our freedoms and the Internet is at stake. Let's urgently take a stand to ensure governments and companies act with restraint and due process, not escalate this fight. "
http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition
It's gathering signatures at a rate of over one per second.
The campaign to silence WikiLeaks mirrors the attempts to abuse copyright to limit legitimate artistic expression. Amazon even used the ownership of the leaked documents — copyright — as their excuse for suspending the WikiLeaks account, When in fact the US government does not hold copyright in documents it produces.
WikiLeaks Central follows and summarizes news and blog posts:
http://wlcentral.org/
17774480
submission
creativeHavoc writes:
Symphony of Science aims to spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through musical remixes. Using footage of Carl Sagan, Bertrand Russell, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, Lawrence Krauss, Carolyn Porco, Richard Dawkins, Richard Feynman, Phil Plait, and James Randi and visuals from the PBS Series Cosmos, John Boswell brings scientific knowledge and philosophy to the public, in a novel way, through the medium of music. http://www.symphonyofscience.com/index.html
