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Comment Re:Ah... (Score 1) 320

by Yer Mum on Thursday September 24, 2009 @06:27PM (#29534331) Attached to: Wii Gets Price Cut To $199

Europe gets more in the bundle for the same price: Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort + Wiimote + Nunchuck + Motionplus. The bad part (for Nintendo)? There are people who might never buy anything else for it during the console's lifetime.

Comment Re:Adobe Lobby machine (Score 2, Interesting) 42

by Yer Mum on Monday September 14, 2009 @03:33AM (#29411003) Attached to: New Standard For EU-Compliant Electronic Signatures

But unless alternative PDF readers can verify electronic signatures, they'll be useless. And more importantly, unless alternative PDF writers can generate electronic signatures, they'll be useless. That's where the money is.

Comment Re:Translation to US English follows: (Score 1) 126

by Yer Mum on Wednesday April 29, 2009 @04:14AM (#27756583) Attached to: Phorm "Edited and Approved" UK Government Advice

Nearly.

It's more like Front Porch/NebuAd/PerfTech "Edited and Approved" US Government Advice.

Comment Re:And another reason not to visit the US (Score 1) 734

by Yer Mum on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @08:10AM (#26446761) Attached to: Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online

Don't worry, fingerprinting's being worked on...

The European Commission is about to announce the compulsory fingerprinting of all visitors to the EU, both visa holders and non-visa holders, along with automated border checks of EU nationals through the analysis of fingerprints and facial scans.

EU to announce fingerprinting for all visitors

Comment Re:And another reason not to visit the US (Score 3, Informative) 734

by Yer Mum on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @10:42AM (#26432839) Attached to: Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online

The thing is if you fly to Spain from outside the Schengen zone you have to do a similar thing, although your airline forwards the data on your behalf. And so on for the other Schengen countries (if a Schengen country doesn't currently require it then it'll be rolled out soon).

The main difference between the US and EU might be some aspect of data retention, where usually in the EU the data is deleted after one or two years and there are a few more limitations on who can get to see that data, unlike the US.

So effectively the US and the EU are equally screwed in this respect and each new 'advance' in technology on one side of the pond will end up appearing on the other side, sooner or later.

Submission + - Brit newspapers repeat Wikipedia falsehoods

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 03, 2007 @02:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: When the British composer Ronnie Hazlehurst died earlier this week, several British newspapers reported in their obituaries that he'd written "Reach", a song by S Club 7. Except he didn't. The source of the misinformation was Hazlehurst's Wikipedia article, now corrected but the history archive has it. Those taken in include BBC News, the Guardian, the Independent, the Times, The Stage and Reuters. Remember, kids (and journalists) — by all means start your research with Wikipedia, but don't end it there too.

Submission + - Nokia batteries to be drawn back (nokia.com)

Submitted by

iarefinnish

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @07:07AM

iarefinnish writes: "Nokia has identified that in very rare cases the affected batteries could potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge. Nokia is working closely with relevant local authorities to investigate this situation. Nokia has several suppliers for BL-5C batteries that have collectively produced more than 300 million BL-5C batteries. This advisory applies only to the 46 million batteries manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. There have been approximately 100 incidents of over heating reported globally. No serious injuries or property damage have been reported."

Submission + - Nokia recalls up to 46 million batteries

Submitted by JavaBear on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @06:33AM

JavaBear writes: Now it's Nokia's turn to recall batteries, up to 46 million of them. It's the Nokia batteries branded BL-5C produced between December 2005 and November 2006, they shipped with these phones:
Nokia 1100, 1100c, 1101, 1108, 1110, 1112, 1255, 1315, 1600, 2112, 2118, 2255, 2272, 2275, 2300, 2300c, 2310, 2355, 2600, 2610, 2610b, 2626, 3100, 3105, 3120, 3125, 6030, 6085, 6086, 6108, 6175i, 6178i, 6230, 6230i, 6270, 6600, 6620, 6630, 6631, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6682, 6820, 6822, 7610, N70, N71, N72, N91, E50, E60
You can check if your battery needs to be replaced by visiting this advisory: http://www.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/

Submission + - Government: iPhone and US cell service is unfair (blorge.com)

Submitted by

fdmendez

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @05:57AM

fdmendez writes: "Lawmakers in Washington believe the Federal Government needs to regulate the cell service industry in order to create a better experience for consumers. Other countries provide examples for the US to follow.

Recently, Amp'd Mobile shut down leaving 175,000 customers suddenly out of cell service. Sprint canceled the accounts of about 1,000 customers last month for complaining too much. Verizon is always behind the rest of the world when it comes to phone selection and phone technology, and don't get me started on AT&T's reception and call quality. Basically, America isn't satisfied with its cell service.

The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Internet thinks it might be a bad idea for wireless companies to be regulated at the state utility level rather than the federal level."

Submission + - Germany's New Computer Crime Law not that Bad (quantenblog.net)

Submitted by

hweimer

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @05:50AM

hweimer writes: "Being a German and publishing exploit code from time to time, I am directly affected by the new computer crime law. However, as I try to explain in a recent blog post reports of the death of German security research is slightly exaggerated. The written rationale behind the law gives a less bleaker picture."

Submission + - New and Exciting Firefox Extensions (mattparnell.com)

Submitted by

ilikenwf

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @12:59AM

ilikenwf writes: "These extensions enhance and make efficient a chaotic internet. Besides that, they help you have a consistent browser setup from one machine to another, across all operating systems. These extensions include FEBE — the Firefox Environment Backup Extension, which will back up EVERYTHING, including your extensions and settings on a regular schedule, and Foxmarks, which syncs, combines, and backs up your bookmarks from whatever Firefox you are running, and allows you to thus have everything you need, no matter what machine or OS you are using."

Submission + - Yahoo surpasses Google in satisfaction survey

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Tuesday August 14, 2007 @12:11AM

netbuzz writes: "For the first time, Yahoo has bested Google in the American Customer Satisfaction Index sponsored by the University of Michigan. The study's author says that the results, while within the poll's margin of error, indicate that Yahoo is finally on the right track and that Google needs to consider the "sacrilegious" step of adding bells and whistles to its signature homepage, the embodiment of "keep it simple stupid" Web design. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18394"

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