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Journal Journal: SuperKendall is a corporate shill

Journal by The PS3 Will Fail
User SuperKendall is a corporate shill for Sony. This is a note to myself to remember to use some of the mod points that I get with my other account(s) to mod him down weekly. We'll start him on a program - he only gets 2 downmods from me per week. If he doesn't straighten up, we'll have to increase his dosage.

I am trying to educate these swine!
Media

Submission + - Creative Labs False Advertising

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Creative Labs 2GB MuVo V100 portable mp3 players are advertised as being USB 2.0 capable devices, but are in fact USB 1.1 devices. Creative labs own message forums, as well as other places document this clearly, and a quick google search yields many more results. I verified it myself on two different platforms, a MacBook Pro, and an nforce2 based mainboard with onboard USB 2.0. I have emailed creative asking how to get usb 2.0 speeds out of this product and have been ignored, like most people. This really sounds like class action lawsuit material. Creative Labs are doing absolutely nothing to address this, and you can still find this product on store shelves advertised as being a USB 2.0 device when it clearly is not. It takes over an HOUR to copy 2gb of data to/from this device. What is a consumer to do?
Censorship

Submission + - MySpace Sued for Arbitrarily Deleting Profiles

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A Joplin, Missouri man named Brian Mora has filed a federal lawsuit against MySpace for allegedly violating his freedom of speech rights by repeatedly deleting his accounts 'because an administrator ... simply disliked something displayed' in his profile, Wired.com reports. The company changed its terms-of-service Wednesday to 'expressly reserve the right to remove your profile and/or restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to any part of MySpace Services if MySpace determines, in its sole discretion, that you pose a threat to MySpace and/or its Users.'
Security

Submission + - British hacker loses extradition appeal

Submitted by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo
Mordok-DestroyerOfWo writes: Gary McKinnon has lost his appeal against extradition to the US on hacking charges. The BBC News website profiles his history and his motives. To hear the US government tell it, Gary McKinnon is a dangerous man, and should be extradited back to America to stand trial in a Virginia courtroom. One US prosecutor has accused him of committing "the biggest military computer hack of all time". But Mr McKinnon has said his motives were harmless and innocent — he was, he says, simply looking for information on UFOs. Read on

Was he a 'bumbling nerd' as he says or were his motives more malicious?
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - The most crazy case-mod ever. A dead dog.

Submitted by Funny Finder
Funny Finder writes: Koln, Germany-After keeping their taxidermied family dog in the living room for 4 years Albert and Petra Zimmerman decided to make better use of their small living space by combining the home computer with Ex-pet Dieter. Keep reading
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Firefly Has More Vocal Fanboys Than Star Wars

Submitted by
Coryoth
Coryoth writes: "While such unscientific polls should be taken with a grain of salt, the BBC is reporting that in a surprise result Serenity finished first, ahead of Star Wars for the title of best sci-fi movie in an SFX magazine poll. If nothing else it does show that at the moment Firefly fans are more ardent and more vocal in their support for their favourite Science Fiction universe."
Linux Business

Submission + - Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux

Submitted by
LingNoi
LingNoi writes: "A report by the BBC states that Computer giant Dell will begin to sell PCs preinstalled with open source Linux operating systems".

Dell has not yet decided which GNU/Linux distribution to go with citing that "Driver Support is Key" on their Ideastorm update page and Direct2Dell blog..

Many of you posted comments to our Direct2Dell blog, indicating that you were less concerned about a specific distribution than you are about support at the kernel level and open driver support.
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User Journal

Submission + - The world's easiest Linux (Ulteo)

Submitted by
ggarron
ggarron writes: "Gael Duval, the creator of Mandrake and now fired from Mandriva, created a new Linux Distro, which is based on Ubuntu, therefore on Debian, it claims to be the easiest linux, and that it will redifine the Desktop philosophy, read more here: http://linux.go2linux.org/node/45"
XBox (Games)

Submission + - Xbox 360 Hardware Failure Survey

Submitted by
Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "A UK magazine invited readers to answer a survey. The results are nowhere near Microsoft's claimed failure rate of the 360.

Out of the 2181 survey submissions so far:

891 (40.85%) say they have NOT had a console fail
825 (37.83%) say they've had one console fail
465 (21.32%) say they've had more than one console fail

Overall, 1290 (59.15%) of respondants claim to have experienced Xbox 360 hardware failure. Get the full stats here."
Communications

Submission + - Samsung's UpStage looks to trump iPhone

Submitted by
bj
bj writes: "PCWorld is running a story about Samsung's recently unveiled Upstage cell phone. Could it threaten the iPhone?

"Tired of waiting for Apple's iPhone? You might want to check out a potential rival that you can buy sooner: Samsung's innovative, super-slim, two-faced UpStage (M620), sold by Sprint Nextel. On the eve of the giant CTIA Wireless trade show here in Orlando, Florida, Sprint announced that it will begin selling the UpStage on April 1. Its price will be $300 — or $150 with a two-year contract, Sprint representatives say."
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Software

Submission + - New Toshiba Laptops Do Not Have XP Drivers

Submitted by
An anonymous reader writes: I thought I got a great deal on a toshiba Dual Core 1.6ghz Model A135-S2276 Laptop. It came with Vista Home Basic. I went to toshiba's web site the only drivers they have are vista drivers. I went to 4 other simular module with close to the same hardware configuration the same thing only vista drivers. I called tech support there like don't you want to run Vista. I said if the laptop only runs vista why doesnt it say it on the box. They said they will probably put up XP drivers but it soundly like they are in no big hurry. I told them toshiba should not decide what OS I should run on my laptop. They gave me a case # and told me to have a nice day. And this was not tech support from India. Jeez I should have bought an HP. I expected to see Windows XP drivers is Microsoft behind this or is this just toshiba being stupid?
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Men focus on crotches

Submitted by JavaRob
JavaRob writes: A study by the Online Journalism Review using eye tracking to improve page layouts turned up an odd result: men tend to reliably look at crotches in photos.

"Although both men and women look at the image of George Brett when directed to find out information about his sport and position, men tend to focus on private anatomy as well as the face. For the women, the face is the only place they viewed. [...]This difference doesn't just occur with images of people. Men tend to fixate more on areas of private anatomy on animals as well, as evidenced when users were directed to browse the American Kennel Club site."

Interestingly, it seems like even knowing that their eye movements were being recorded didn't affect the habit.

Side note: the main article is actually interesting, if you can manage to tear your eyes away from George Brett's groin.

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