Maow - Slashdot User

Submission + - Security firm settles Ohio woman's privacy lawsuit (www.cbc.ca)

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Maow

on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @07:53PM

Maow writes: "An Ohio woman who sued a Vancouver company for releasing to police explicit images from her laptop has accepted a settlement only a short time after the judge rejected a motion to dismiss.

One thing never made clear (to me) was: did they intercept her email and instant messages, or take the web cam shots themselves, coincidentally at the same time she was naked-chatting with her boyfriend.

One thing made explicit in aforementioned link is that charges of is that "But charges of receiving stolen property were quickly dropped.""

Submission + - Gmail with Kinnect (google.com)

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Maow

on Friday April 01, 2011 @06:11AM

Maow writes: "Gmail now uses Kinnect to manipulate messages.

Better than touch screen!"

Submission + - Is Shroud of Turin a medieval fake? (thestar.com)

Submitted by Maow on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @05:52AM

Maow writes: Scientists who recreated relic insist experiment proves cloth a forgery:

Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin — revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb — and say the experiment proves the relic was man-made, a group of Italian debunkers claim.

Submission + - GameStop drops Microsoft's Zune (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by Maow on Friday May 23, 2008 @07:51PM

Maow writes: GameStop, which operates in Canada and other countries through its EB Games brand, has decided to stop selling Microsoft Corp.'s Zune digital music player because of a lack of demand.

Microsoft earlier this month announced it had sold two million Zunes since their launch in November 2006 ... Apple in its most recent quarter sold 10.6 million iPods, or more than five times Microsoft's cumulative total over a year and a half.

Submission + - RCMP investigator says eBay trying to hide scam pr

Submitted by Maow on Monday December 03, 2007 @07:49PM

Maow writes: "RCMP investigator says eBay trying to hide scam problem
Calgary man loses $20K after eBay sale hijacked"

CBC.ca is reporting that an eBay auction page has been hijacked. A Calgary man has lost $20,000 in the scam.

"When Duraj complained to eBay, the company wrote him a letter saying someone had temporarily taken over, or hijacked, the seller's page, and that he would have to contact police and the FBI."

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/12/03/ebay-hijack.html

If this gets out, I imagine it would scare a fair few people from bidding. At least on big-ticket items.

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