Comment Re:Facebook has products? (Score 2) 236
Technically you are the supplier and your attention the product.
Comment Re:Uhhh well a different view... (Score 1) 151
I read that in the sense that everybody can get distracted some times, but you only have ADHD when you get distracted so easily it affects your capacity do many things.
Comment Re:I'd leave my wifi open (Score 2) 248
In some places you are legally responsible for what people do with your internet connection.
Comment Re:U.S. law still applies (Score 1) 179
Portugal doesn't extradite portuguese citizens, it's a constitutional matter.
Comment Re:Been testing Windows 8 (Score 0) 269
They didn't learn anything from either Vista and Millenium so they will probably not learn much from 8 too.
Comment Re:Oh Great (Score 1) 110
You know that are several green party mayors across Europe? Just because the national policy of a Party if focused in a theme it doesn't mean that the party hasn't other ideas in other areas and that party members don't have ideas to implement at local level.
Comment Re: Is this a smart move on Red Hat's part? (Score 1) 98
GPL doesn't forbid patents, only forbids you from enforcing them on GPL code you distribute.
Comment Ubuntu Versions (Score 2) 460
Ubuntu versions oficial names are Year.Month the Adjective Animal are only codenames for development.
Comment Re:Sorry, disagree that SHA/MD5 is a solution (Score 1) 261
An email client should be able to connect to all servers, so it's logical that the developers decided to target to lowest common denominator.
Comment Re:Sorry, disagree that SHA/MD5 is a solution (Score 1) 261
We are talking about standard email, so the protocol is plain IMAP or POP3.
Comment Re:Anonymous isn't an activist group (Score 1) 271
It's not kidnapping it's "extraordinary rendition".
Comment Re:This can't be!! (Score 3, Funny) 463
You grab some popcorn and watch the show.
Comment Re:Unencrypted cookie auths (Score 1) 217
Well, to their defence they recently decided to allow the users to use only https.
Submission + - Pandora files for IPO (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: Internet radio service Pandora Media on Friday filed documents with the SEC for an initial public offering of common stock. In its S-1 filing, Pandora said it has more than 80 million registered users and a more than '50% share of all internet radio listening time among the top 20 stations and networks in the United States.' While Pandora said the 'number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined,' MarketWatch reports that the music service hopes to raise up to $100 million.
Submission + - BlackBerry devices to run Android apps (bloomberg.com)
crankyspice writes: RIM is allegedly prepping the QNX-based operating system running their forthcoming PlayBook tablet to run Android applications, according to a Bloomberg article. As RIM has stated (http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/07/rims-mike-lazaridis-qnx-coming-to-blackberry-phones-when-dual/) that the QNX platform will run at least some of its upcoming smartphones as well, this could cinch Android's status as the lingua franca of smartphone application environments, especially with BlackBerry's current market leadership (http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.com/2011/02/nokia-iphone-blackberry-samsung-htc-top-smartphone-makers-says-htc.html) and Android's explosive marketshare growth (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/android-beats-nokia-apple-rim-in-2010-but-firm-warns-about-2011.ars).
