Comment Re:blankness (Score 1) 496
Yes, but Mauve has more ram, and in today's bloated webspace, more ram makes everything faster!
Comment Useless if you're no in the US (Score 1) 542
Up here in the great white north we are still left out in the cold wrt eBook readers. Even the Kindle isn't shipping here yet (assuming I would want one, which I don't because of their damn kill switch). So I have an impromptu "Ask Slashdot" question. Does anyone know of a decent eBook reader that isn't DRM crippled that can display PDFs? And I'm looking for real owners, not responses from people who have read a spec on a website somewhere.
Submission + - Canada Privacy Commish Rules Facebook Violates Law
An anonymous reader writes: The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has ruled
that Facebook is violating Canadian law. A summary of
the decision notes that key areas of violation include third-party
applications, account deactivation, and the use of the personal
information of non-users. The Privacy Commissioner may go to Canadian
court to enforce the finding if Facebook refuses to implement suggested
changes.
Submission + - Facebook in violation of Canadian Privacy Law (canada.com)
Anonymous Coward writes: "Canada's privacy watchdog says Internet phenomenon Facebook breaches the law by keeping users' personal information indefinitely — even after members close their accounts.
Jennifer Stoddart says the popular social networking site should hang on to the data only for as long as truly necessary.
In a report today, Stoddart urges Facebook to remedy the problem, one of several serious privacy gaps she discovered."
Comment Not interested until... (Score 1) 192
They start making things available outside of the US. Until then, I'll find other means...
Submission + - Jack Thompsons Blames Microsoft for VT Shooting
strwrsxprt writes: Jack Thompson is leeching off of the coverage of the latest school shooting tragedy at Virgina Tech, once again blaming violent videogames for all of America's problems. His latest directed attack is against Microsoft with an open letter addressed to Bill Gates. Game Almighty has obtained a copy of the letter, but here's a quick sample:
"Mr. Gates, your company is potentially legally liable the harm done at Virginia Tech. Your game, a killing simulator, according to the news that used to be in the Post, trained him to enjoy killing and how to kill. You knew five years ago that your on-line game, Counterstrike, so clearly figured in the massacre by a student in Erfurt that the event and the game impacted the race for Chancellor in Germany at the time!"
"Mr. Gates, your company is potentially legally liable the harm done at Virginia Tech. Your game, a killing simulator, according to the news that used to be in the Post, trained him to enjoy killing and how to kill. You knew five years ago that your on-line game, Counterstrike, so clearly figured in the massacre by a student in Erfurt that the event and the game impacted the race for Chancellor in Germany at the time!"
Submission + - DS Could Be Best Selling Video Game Platform Ever
njkid1 writes: "Nintendo's DS handheld has taken the industry by storm; that's no secret. In Japan the Nintendo portable has been out-shipping Sony's PSP on a nearly three-to-one basis. Moreover, in 2006 the DS almost single handedly elevated the Japanese video game market out of its previous doldrums. On this side of the Pacific, not only is the DS consistently outselling the PSP, but it often outsells all consoles. In February, the DS was once again No.1 with 485K units sold.http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id =15549&ncid=AOLGAM000500000000021"
Journal Journal: Using Vim more productively. 3
I am always trying to learn new things in Vim, since this is my editor of choice. Here are a few things that I have learned recently:
Submission + - XBox Live! Hacked
An anonymous reader writes: XBox Live! has reportedly been hacked. According to one source, "... there is a group online called "Infamous Clan" brazenly offering to "jack" Xbox Live accounts and boasting about successful account theft. ..." MicroSoft's response? "... I just got off the phone with a Microsoft Tech for Xbox live that has confirmed this to with me and they have stated that accounts are being stolen and that "Hackers have control of Xbox live and there is nothing we can do about it."
Submission + - Red Hat Plans Linux Desktop 'for the Masses'
jeevesbond writes: "Red Hat is planning a packaged Linux desktop solution that it hopes will push its Linux desktop offering to a far broader audience than exists for its current client solution.
This will be a more comprehensive offering that will target markets like the small and medium-sized business [SMB] sector and emerging markets."
This will be a more comprehensive offering that will target markets like the small and medium-sized business [SMB] sector and emerging markets."
Submission + - isoHunt website shut down
ATAMAH writes: isoHunt (www.isohunt.com) has been shut down without notice, following a lawsuit from MPAA. Currently the message displayed on the website reads:
"Jan. 16, 2007
Lawyers from our primary ISP decided to pull our plug without any advance notice, as of 14:45 PST. No doubt about our lawsuit brought by the MPAA. We will be back in operation once we sort out this mess with our ISP, or we get new hardware ready from another ISP (already working on that).
Sit back and enjoy the rest of the internet in the mean time. While it last. — The isoHunt crew"
