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Comment Re:Bigger bugs afoot... (Score 2, Informative) 275

by pwagland (#30150230) Attached to: Bizarre Droid Auto-Focus Bug Revealed

  • Can't sync with Outlook (the phone doesn't have on-device encryption that would satisfy Exchange policies).

They should've just made it to lie about its policy enforcement to Exchange server like the iPhone did. That way it'd be banned from my corporate network like my iPhone was. Thanks Steve, you're such a smart guy.

Just as an aside, that bug is now fixed. To cut the story short, the 3GS does support it properly, earlier models do not, and iPhone 3.1 properly reports this to the server now.
Internet Explorer

IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine 283

Posted by kdawson from the fruits-of-competition dept.
KermodeBear writes in to note that according to Smashing Magazine, the newest version of Internet Explorer, codenamed "Eagle Eyes," supports Firefox plugins, the Gecko and Webkit rendering engines, and has scored a 71 / 100 on the Acid3 test. The article is pretty gee-whiz, and I don't entirely believe the claims that IE's JavaScript performance will trounce the others. (And note that the current Firefox, 3.0.8, scores 71 on Acid3, and Safari 3.1.2 hits 75.) No definitive date from Microsoft, but "sources" say that an IE 8.1 beta will be released in the summer.

Comment Re:No Case Under US Law (Score 1) 378

by pwagland (#27090891) Attached to: Timetable App Developer Gets Nastygram From Transit Sydney

The US murder rate is about 5.9 per 100,000. It hasn't been at 9 per 100,000 in a number of years. The UK's is about 1.4 per 100,000. Japan's is about 0.5 per 100,000.

Just so that people can "confirm" these facts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States#International_comparison or http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita&ob=ws are your friends. The parents stats are more or less right, although according to these sources the US rate is a little high, it should be 5.4-4.3 per 100,000.

Comment Re:Safari still a memory pig? Crash protection? (Score 1) 465

by pwagland (#26976025) Attached to: Safari 4 Released, Claimed "30 Times Faster Than IE7"

The other missing thing from Safari was something as basic as session saving and crash protection. You have to buy Saft for that. With Firefox, it's free.

I wonder if Apple has done anything about these issues.

I don't know about the first issue, but certainly the second is fixed. Go to the History menu, and "reopen all tabs from last session". It doesn't let you save arbitrary sessions, but it does give you crash protection.
Privacy

Submission + - No Google Background Checks for Finnish Employers

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The top Finnish privacy official has ruled that under the current privacy protection laws, employers generally are not allowed to do internet background searches on job candidates without the consent of the candidate. When consent is given and in cases where consent is not necessary, the employers must reveal the findings of such searches to the candidate.
United States

Submission + - ExxonMobil paid to mislead public

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An anonymous reader writes: Taken from USA Today:

WASHINGTON (AP) — ExxonMobil (XOM) gave $16 million to 43 ideological groups between 1998 and 2005 in an effort to mislead the public by discrediting the science behind global warming, the Union of Concerned Scientists asserted Wednesday.

The report by the advocacy group mirrors similar claims by Britain's leading scientific academy. Last September, The Royal Society wrote the oil company asking it to halt support for groups that "misrepresented the science of climate change."

The whole story:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/20 07-01-03-global-warming_x.htm
Power

Submission + - Wal-Mart wants to install Solar Power.

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RipTides9x
RipTides9x writes: " last month Wal-Mart put out a RFP (request for proposal) to Solar Electric Suppliers and expects to receive responses early this month, according to a representative. The move is part of a long-term plan to convert to renewable energy sources. Wal-Mart has already set up two experimental stores, one in McKinney, Texas, the other in Aurora, Colo. These stores are already using renewable power sources, including solar and wind. Makower said the Wal-Mart proposal called for a system that could be replicated across its stores in five states and make use of available roofing space.... Wal-Mart!"
Graphics

Submission + - Coverage Sampling Anti-Aliasing (CSAA) Explained

Submitted by H.
H. writes: CSAA produces antialiased images that rival the quality of 8x or 16x MSAA, while introducing only a minimal performance hit over standard (typically 4x) MSAA. It works by introducing the concept of a new sample type: a sample that represents coverage. This differs from previous AA techniques where coverage was always inherently tied to another sample type. CSAA reduces bandwidth and storage costs. http://news.developer.nvidia.com/2007/01/coverage_ sampli.html
Space

Pictures of Titan's Lakes 119

Posted by samzenpus from the in-space-nobody-can-hear-you-fish dept.
sighted writes "For decades, scientists have wondered if the thick orange haze that shrouds Saturn's giant moon Titan hid lakes of liquid methane on the surface, but there was no way to confirm it, until now. The Cassini flyby of July 22, 2006 took these striking images and were released today."

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