Comment Re:Old story is old. (Score 2, Interesting) 238
I'll bet the good people at The Telegraph are wondering how a story published on 31 Jan 2009 made it back into the most viewed list.
Submission + - HP Webcams are Racially Insensitive (cnn.com) 1
Conchobair writes: CNN reports that HP is looking into claims that their webcams can't see black people due to a recent recent viral video on YouTube that shows two co-workers taking turns in front of the camera. The camera is supposed to keep people's faces and bodies in proportion and centered on the screen as they move. The camera follows the white woman, but when the black man enters the frame the camera stops tracking. In a case of life imitating art this same issue was addressed in the "Racial Sensitivity" episode of the R&D comedy 'Better Off Ted'.
Submission + - SPAM: Inmate Gets 18 Months for Hacking Prison Computer
itwbennett writes: A thin client terminal that had been set up to help inmates with their legal research was all Francis Janosko needed to get sensitive information — including dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, telephone numbers, home addresses and employment records — on 1,100 prison employees. Janosko was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday in Federal court in Boston.
Comment Re:Easier to block? (Score 2, Interesting) 131
I would think, that the crimals would use a forged source IP address as not to reveal thier true IP.
Comment Re:Living is hazardous to your health (Score 1) 314
The number one cause of death is birth. Let's get a warning label on every person so they know the dangers.
Comment Re:It's not hard to figure out what their intent w (Score 1) 206
COFEE specifically targets criminal activity. So using a tool to prevent the detection of criminal activity would only be useful if you were partaking in criminal activity. There are plenty other things that you might want to hide that are totally legal, but the tool isn't looking for those and only targets criminal activity.
Yes this is putting a lot of good faith in the tool and I am open to that being questioned, but you make it seem as if they are scanning you whole computer and posting all over the internet the picture of you the time you dressed up with all the nintendo controller stuff and a towel cape.
Yes this is putting a lot of good faith in the tool and I am open to that being questioned, but you make it seem as if they are scanning you whole computer and posting all over the internet the picture of you the time you dressed up with all the nintendo controller stuff and a towel cape.
Comment Re:What is it that is bad, exactly? (Score 1) 206
lie - an untrue or inaccurate statement that may or may not be believed true by the speaker.
They put out a product which did exactly what is said it did. I have not seen anyone reporting otherwise and then they disabled it. Where was the lie?
They put out a product which did exactly what is said it did. I have not seen anyone reporting otherwise and then they disabled it. Where was the lie?
Comment Re:WTF??? (Score 1) 553
From your mom. Or other parent or guardian that wants to control how much thier fat kid plays video games.
Comment Re:What is it that is bad, exactly? (Score 1) 206
What did they lie about? It might not have been what you expected, but I see no lies here.
Comment Re:How do people pay eachother? (Score 1) 796
There will be an app for that.
Comment Re:!change (Score 1) 268
When you said John McCain DQ'd himself by picking a under qualified running mate. Logically Obama would also be DQ'd for being under qualified as well, unless you thought otherwise. So, unless you were uncommonly supporting a 3rd party canidate or no candidate, which should have been mentioned, you would be implying Obama was qualified. Care to clear it up once and for all?
Comment Re:Huh? (Score 5, Informative) 91
Michael Arrington was involved in a project for the CrunchPad, a Linux-based tablet PC designed for Web surfing. Magazines such as Wired and Forbes have named Arrington one of the most powerful people on the Internet due to his TechCrunch blog. There was much hype on the product, being reatured in The Business Insider , Popular Mechanics and the Washington Post. On November 30, 2009, Arrington reported that CrunchPad project had ended due to disagreements between himself and the Fusion Garage team, but on December 7, 2009, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan announced that the CrunchPad would be released by the company as the Joo Joo, and that it will go on sale December 11, 2009 for $499 USD. Hilarity ensued.
Arrington Responds To the JooJoo, Files Suit 91
itwbennett writes "Not normally 'one to enjoy a casual read of a lawsuit,' blogger Peter Smith admits to finding the suit Michael Arrington is filing against Fusion Garage over the JooJoo (nee CrunchPad) fascinating. 'Skip to page 4, starting with item 11,' says Smith. 'At this point I don't know what to think, Every time I get close to pretty much accepting Arrington's story at face value, he pulls something that makes me stop and reexamine his arguments.' For example, says Smith, in one bullet point in Arrington's latest salvo, he calls out the press, saying 'it is irresponsible for press to link to the pre-sale site.' 'This attempt to directly sway the press away from Fusion Garage really spikes my suspicion meter' says Smith. 'After all, Arrington is the press. If I started writing screeds advising him on what he should or should not say about a product, what would he think?'"
Submission + - Pride, Prejudice, Zombies, and Natalie Portman (bbc.co.uk)
Conchobair writes: The BBC reports "Natalie Portman is set to slay the undead in a movie adaptation of best-seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it is reported. Portman will play feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet... The novel, by Seth Grahame-Smith, takes Jane Austen's classic and adds a new subplot in which the story takes place as the dead rise from the grave."
Comment Re:Some "other" area? (Score 1) 920
On a boat. On a mother fuckin' boat!
