Comment Well..... (Score 0) 55
Why do bills always have goofy names? Sopa, GOFA,Acta, you do the math....
Comment hmmmm..... (Score 0) 186
I read a story on Slashdot that this was caused because of a loose wire. Maybe he loosened the wire himself? I know I would......phyc....
Submission + - Credit Card Numbers Recovored From Xbox (theverge.com)
butilikethecookie writes: Restoring an Xbox 360 console to factory settings before selling it apparently isn't enough to remove your personal information.Drexel University researcher Ashley Podhradsky said that her team had successfully retrieved credit card data from a refurbished Xbox using simple modding tools. The software gave them access to the console's files and folders, letting them extract information that hadn't been wiped even by the Microsoft-authorized reseller.
Submission + - Canada to Retire the Penny (theverge.com)
butilikethecookie writes: Canada's 2012 federal budget will eliminate production of the penny starting this fall in order to save costs. The budget claims that the coin is a "burden to the economy," as it it costs the Canadian government 1.6 cents to produce each penny — and Canada estimates that it will save about $11 million a year with its elimination. Canada joins a growing number of countries in sacking the penny, including Sweden, New Zealand, Mexico, Australia, Israel, Brazil, and others, and the penny debate is currently ongoing in the US. Looks like I'm done collecting Canadian Pennies. *sad face*
Submission + - Apple Tried to Hire Linus Torvalds, Kill Linux (omgubuntu.co.uk)
butilikethecookie writes: The founder of Linux was invited to Apple HQ in Cupertino by Steve Jobs at the turn of the millennium, where is was invited to join Apple and work on (what would become) OS X. The lure? ‘Unix for the biggest user base’.The catch? That he would have to stop development on Linux, a condition that led Torvalds to flatly refuse the offer. Imagine: no Linux would have meant no Ubuntu, no Chrome OS, and no Android; the entire ecosystem of technology could have been dramatically changed by acceptance of this one job offer.
Submission + - Bethesda to Announce Elder Scrolls MMO in May (tomsguide.com)
butilikethecookie writes: Elder Scrolls Online will likely take place during the “Second Era,” or several hundred years before any of the other Elder Scrolls games.Elder Scrolls Online will have three playable factions. Not much is known about the factions, except each is represented by one of three animals: A lion, a dragon, and a bird of prey. A May 2012 announcement would likely be followed by some sort of presence at E3, the annual Los Angeles video game convention. The game would also be shown at Quakecon 2012 in August, along with id Software’s Doom 4 and several other titles.
Comment Oh Snap! (Score 0) 229
Let me guess. The Illuminati did it right?
Comment hmm.... (Score 0) 743
Separation of church and state? NASA IS part of the government. Maybe the guy in charge was having a bad day? If I was the guy that got fired I would press charges.
Submission + - Get the Startmenu back in Windows 8 (stardock.com)
butilikethecookie writes: The Folks over at Stardock have created an app to add a pretty metro style start menu to Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Unfortunately it is unavailable at this time but there is a signup if you want to be notified when available.
Submission + - Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) Joins Washington Post (techpresident.com) 1
kodiaktau writes: Founder and long time cat herder Rob Malda joins the Washington Post per the announcement today. According to the press release he will be the Chief Strategist and Editor at Large working for WaPo labs.
Submission + - Internet Explorer TV ad Launched (neowin.net)
butilikethecookie writes: Microsoft is getting ready to promote Internet Explorer in a big way with a new television commercial that is scheduled to make its debut sometime tonight. The official IE blog site has more information on the ad, as well as the commercial itself, which makes use of the song "Too Close" by UK-based singer Alex Clare.
The commercial was directed by Keith Rivers, who has created a number of videos and ads for Microsoft in the past, according to his personal web site. The new Internet Explorer commercial showcases a number of graphically rich HTML5 web sites and experiences, including the free version of the game Cut the Rope which Microsoft launched for IE 9 in January.
The commercial was directed by Keith Rivers, who has created a number of videos and ads for Microsoft in the past, according to his personal web site. The new Internet Explorer commercial showcases a number of graphically rich HTML5 web sites and experiences, including the free version of the game Cut the Rope which Microsoft launched for IE 9 in January.
Comment Re:ha! (Score -1) 34
No but it could tell us your story, chap....
Submission + - Grandma Should Play World of Warcraft (discovery.com)
S810 writes: "There is an interesting article over at Discovery News detailing a new study from North Carolina State's Gains Through Gaming Lab about how WoW can increase cognative abily in older adults."
Submission + - W Boson mass found, leads way to Higgs Boson (sciencedaily.com)
SchrodingerZ writes: Scientists have deduced the “world's most precise measurement of the mass of the W Boson,one of nature's elementary particles, has been achieved by scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.” This new number (80375 +-23 MeV/c2 by the way) puts more constraint on the mass of the theorized http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/cern/ideas/higgs.html"> Higgs Boson Particle ,which is theorized to give mass to all other things, completing the http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/Science/StandardModel-en.html"> standard model .“Scientists employ two techniques to find the hiding place of the Higgs particle: the direct production of Higgs particles and precision measurements of other particles and forces that could be influenced by the existence of a Higgs particle.”
Submission + - Apple claims to have created over 500,000 US jobs (neowin.net)
butilikethecookie writes: There's been a lot of criticism of Apple in the past several weeks about how the company seems to tolerate poor working conditions at the third party factories where devices like the iPhone and iPad are made. Apple has since announced that it is working to hold special audits at those plants to help change and improve the workers' life at those plants. However, those plants are located in overseas locations, mainly in Asia, and some have asked that Apple make more of their products in its home country of the US.
Now, in perhaps in an attempt to do more spin control, Apple has posted up a new page on its official web site that claims the company has been directly or indirectly responsible for creating 514,000 jobs in the US. It cites one study by Analysis Group that claims the company has 47,000 employees in the US. That same study also claims Apple is responsible for creating 257,000 jobs at third party companies, including those that make Apple-based device components, transportation workers, sales jobs and other positions.
In addition, Apple claims that 210,000 jobs have been made in the US as part of the iOS app economy that began with the launch of the iPhone in 2007. Apple adds that it has generated over $4 billion in in royalties to App Store developers (although its likely that some of that money went to developers working outside the US). Apple also claims that the job search web site indeed.com now lists over 5,000 iOS app developer jobs openings.
Now, in perhaps in an attempt to do more spin control, Apple has posted up a new page on its official web site that claims the company has been directly or indirectly responsible for creating 514,000 jobs in the US. It cites one study by Analysis Group that claims the company has 47,000 employees in the US. That same study also claims Apple is responsible for creating 257,000 jobs at third party companies, including those that make Apple-based device components, transportation workers, sales jobs and other positions.
In addition, Apple claims that 210,000 jobs have been made in the US as part of the iOS app economy that began with the launch of the iPhone in 2007. Apple adds that it has generated over $4 billion in in royalties to App Store developers (although its likely that some of that money went to developers working outside the US). Apple also claims that the job search web site indeed.com now lists over 5,000 iOS app developer jobs openings.
