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Submission + - Gaming with dad may help teen girls (ksl.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @07:09PM

An anonymous reader writes: Video games are often criticized for their negative effects on children and teens, but a new BYU study has discovered several benefits for adolescent girls who spend that screen time with parents.

Submission + - By 2016 mobile devices will outnumber human beings (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @07:00PM

An anonymous reader writes: In just four years' time, there will be one mobile device for every person on the planet — and by 2015, we'll be creating 26 times as much mobile data traffic, according to new predictions from IT giant Cisco.
The crystal ball gazing comes in the form of Cisco's Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast.
The report predicts that by 2015, there will be more than 7.1 billion mobile devices in use around the globe, exhanging a whopping 6.3 exabytes — that's 26 billion gigabytes — every month by 2015.

Submission + - Google executive kidnapped (cnn.com) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @06:50PM

An anonymous reader writes: Egyptian plainclothes wearing buzzcut men kidnapped a
google marketing executive yesterday for tweeting about the
government. Google had since opened a telephone to tweet
service. His whereabouts are still unknown.
Photo link:
http://i.imgur.com/hVb2W.png

Submission + - OnLive Aiming to Become Netflix of Games (industrygamers.com) 1

Submitted by donniebaseball23 on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @06:39PM

donniebaseball23 writes: OnLive may have its long-term sights on entertainment besides games, especially with the hiring of Pandora executive Etienne Handman, but for now the cloud-based service is laser focused on taking a chunk of the games market. It's launched a Netflix inspired all-you-can-eat plan for $9.99/month (first month free). "The meteoric growth of Netflix reflects the enormous consumer demand for flat-rate instant-play media,” said Steve Perlman, OnLive Founder and CEO. “OnLive PlayPack is uniquely positioned to address this demand in the realm of high-performance video games, instantly delivering games at $9.99/month to TVs, PCs, Macs and iPad, and soon Android tablets, smartphones and Blu-ray players.”

Submission + - Comcast activates IPv6 trial users (comcast6.net)

Submitted by Spacecase on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @06:07PM

Spacecase writes: Comcast announced the first group of trial users have been activated on their IPv6 Native Dual Stack solution. Considering the recent news about IPv4 addresses becoming scarce this looks to be one of the better solutions to get out of the IPv4 problems.

Submission + - Aussie pubs beat bar fights with biometrics (zdnet.com.au) 1

Submitted by mask.of.sanity on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @06:06PM

mask.of.sanity writes: Pubs and clubs in Australia are signing up in droves to national and state biometrics databases that capture patron fingerprints, photos, and scanned driver licenses in efforts to curb violence.

The databases of captured patron information mean that individuals banned at one location could be refused entry across a string of venues. Particularly violent individuals could be banned for years.

The databases are virtually free from government regulation as biometrics are not covered by privacy laws, meaning that the handling of details are left to the discretion of technology vendors.

Submission + - US Dept. of Justice, ICE Still Seizing Domains (torrentfreak.com) 1

Submitted by Chaonici on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @05:58PM

Chaonici writes: Operation In Our Sites, a US initiative to crack down on websites related to online copyright infringement, appears to be ongoing. Rojadirecta is a site that links to (but does not host) broadcasts of major sporting events, including soccer matches. It is highly popular in Spain, where it has prevailed twice in court after its legal status was challenged. However, US authorities have now seized the .org domain of the website without notifying the site's owner or its web host, GoDaddy. Rojadirecta can still be accessed through .com, .es, .me, and .in domains, which are not controlled by the US, but rojadirecta.org currently redirects to this well-known image.

Submission + - AT&T Sued for Systematic iPhone Overbilling

Submitted by Hugh Pickens writes on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @05:58PM

Hugh Pickens writes writes: UPI reports that AT&T is facing a lawsuit that says AT&T routinely bills for 7 percent to 14 percent more data transactions than normally takes place that could blossom into a costly class-action case. Court papers claim that attorneys set up a test account for an iPhone, then closed all of its apps and left the device unused for 10 days. AT&T still billed the account for 2,292 KB of usage. "A significant portion of the data revenues were inflated by AT&T's rigged billing system for data transactions," say court papers filed on behalf of AT&T customer Patrick Hendricks. "This is like the rigged gas pump charging you when you never even pulled your car into the station." Attorneys say they would file to have the case moved to class-action status, which makes the outcome relevant to all of AT&T's iPhone accounts.

Submission + - WikiLeaks Spawns Spinoffs (internetevolution.com)

Submitted by rsmiller510 on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @05:24PM

rsmiller510 writes: WikiLeaks technology is not exactly advanced, so it's not surprising that many news organizations are setting up similar anonymous electronic drop boxes (as they should), but will leakers trust big media companies in the same way?

Submission + - The Microsoft High-Profile Exodus Continues (infoworld.com)

Submitted by snydeq on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @05:03PM

snydeq writes: Bing principal Scott Prevost is the latest of several high-profile exits from Microsoft in the wake of Bob Muglia's departure, causing some to question the long-term outlook for Redmond, InfoWorld reports. While the departures have spanned the company's business divisions, the concern centers square on the Microsoft core: 'Microsoft's numbers are looking good in the short term, but the future of core products remains unclear, and so far, Redmond's cloud and mobile strategies don't seem to be paying off.'

Submission + - FBI set to turn up advanced security search engine (networkworld.com)

Submitted by coondoggie on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @02:16PM

coondoggie writes: The FBI says it is set to roll out is N-DEx search engine and information sharing program to a wider swath of the federal, state and local law enforcement community. The FBI has been developing N-DEx since 2008 and says that once this latest round of development is complete, law enforcement agencies will be able to search, link, analyze, and share information such as case reports on a national basis to a degree never before possible, the agency stated.

Submission + - Intel : Don't Buy Or Ship Our PCs w/ Bad Chipsets (itproportal.com)

Submitted by siliconbits on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @02:02PM

siliconbits writes: Intel has sent an official email, urging its own channel customers to steer clear from systems build using the Intel 6 series chipsets; more specifically, the semiconductor giant wants them to stop building and shipping systems based on the chipsets. AMD must be VERY happy

Submission + - What’s the Internet? – NBC’s The (singularityhub.com)

Submitted by kkleiner on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @01:58PM

kkleiner writes: In a hilarious video segment from January 24th 1994, The Today Show morning anchors Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric stumble over the identity and jargon of the internet technology that has come to define the past decade. Gumbel is unclear how you pronounce “@”, Katie Couric suggests “about”, and no one wants to say “dot” when they read “.com”. Confusion with lingo aside, The Today Show cast has to ask a crew member to clarify how the internet works. Do you write to it like mail? Is it just in Universities? Does it require a phone line? This was less than two decades ago, and it’s a wonderful reminder of how unprepared the mainstream media was for the innovation that was about to sweep the globe. As the crew member says of the internet, “it’s getting bigger and bigger all the time.” What a delightful understatement.

Submission + - UK National Museum of Computing Launches Away Days (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Stoobalou on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @01:24PM

Stoobalou writes: The National Museum of Computing, housed at historical Bletchley Park, has announced a new drive to get people through the door: corporate away days.

Designed to provide businesses in the technology industry — and, let's face it, what business isn't in the technology industry these days? — with a staff outing that provides historical background, the days build on previous one-off events the Museum has held in the past.

Submission + - Intel Identifies Chipset Design Error (intel.com)

Submitted by azop on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @01:21PM

azop writes: Intel has identified issues with the Intel® 6 Series chips which cause degraded SATA performance over time. Intel has stopped shipment of all boards until a fix can be put into place. This affects Intel's latest Second Generation Intel Core processors (AKA — Sandy Bridge)

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