Comment Re:lead paint (Score 1) 609
I'm tempted to write the Fourth Amendment on my chest the next time I fly.
Submission + - What Your e-mail Address Says About You
Hugh Pickens writes: "Doug Gross writes at CNN that whether you know it or not, people judge you the moment they see what comes after the "@" in your email messages and that @aol.com, @hotmail.com, @yahoo.com, @gmail.com , @mywebsite.com, or a work or school e-mail address say very different things about you. So at the risk of flirting with internet snobbery and knowing that like all stereotypes, there are exceptions, let the stereotyping begin! For example , if your email address ends in @aol.com, then you have probably had the same e-mail address you had in 1997, you are probably 70 years old, and you are lazy — too lazy to upgrade. At the other end of the specturm if your email address ends with @gmail.com you "most likely knows your way around a computer" and "when the internet stops working, actually tries rebooting the router before calling a family member for help." If you insist on using your work e-mail for all your personal messages, then people think you spend too much time at work and if you're still using @harvard.edu 20 years after graduation, you're the digital equivalent of the middle-aged guy still trying to squeeze on his letterman's jacket. Finally if you have your own domain name for your email that pretty much puts you at the top of the e-savvy stack. "No one will think you're a rube when they get your e-mail," writes Gross. "They may, however, think you're self-centered. And possibly a megalomaniac.""
Submission + - The Android Invasion Cometh; is Resistance Futile? (deviceguru.com) 1
__aajbyc7391 writes: Last month, we learned from Gartner that Android will probably be the number-two worldwide mobile OS this year, and may lead the pack by 2014. With Android's growing use as the OS embedded in phones, in tablets, in set-top boxes, and in LCD HDTVs, it seems like the Linux-based OS could end up dominating the entire non-PC consumer device operating system space. What do Slashdot readers think: Is resistance futile?
Submission + - WikiLeaks: WMD's were found in Iraq (wired.com) 3
DesScorp writes: "Wired reports that among the latest batch of war documents that WikiLeaks released included documentation showing that various quantities of banned WMD's were found in Iraq well into 2008, though in much smaller quantities than the Bush Administration feared. Almost all were chemical or biological agents (or technologies used to make them), and years into the Iraq War, the concern shifted to Al Qaeda and their insurgent allies acquiring and using the leftover agents against US allied forces. Among the weapons that were found were 155 mm shells with mustard gas. Other documents deal with the capture of "foreign agents" helping the insurgents in an attempt to use leftover chemical weapons."
Submission + - Microsoft may face resistance to Windows 8 (computerworld.com)
Meshach writes: Amid news that Microsoft is starting to plan the release of Windows 8 new reports show that many businesses are not looking forward to deploying another Windows operating system. Fatigue from the work involved and lack of new features are cited as the major concerns.
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NASA Astronaut "Checks In" To Foursquare...From Space!
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Douglas C. Wheelock may just be the coolest astronaut ever because he's become the first one to use location-based social service Foursquare to log in his location from beyond the Earth's atmosphere. He is "the first human to ever use a location-based ...
Astronaut Posts First Foursquare Check-In from SpacePC Magazine
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Douglas C. Wheelock may just be the coolest astronaut ever because he's become the first one to use location-based social service Foursquare to log in his location from beyond the Earth's atmosphere. He is "the first human to ever use a location-based
Astronaut Posts First Foursquare Check-In from SpacePC Magazine
Astronaut logs one giant check-in for FoursquareCNET
Astronaut checks in with Foursquare from spaceIntoMobile
Mashable-AFP-Wired News (blog)
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Submission + - Wikileaks releases their cache of US Iraq War Docs (guardian.co.uk) 3
Caelesto writes: Today around 21:00 GMT, Wikileaks declared an end to their media embargo of over 400,000 Iraq War documents after Al Jazeera released their story 30 minutes ahead of schedule. These documents, which have been kept under wraps by Wikileaks for months, may reveal tortures and murders ignored by coalition forces during the fighting and occupation in Iraq. The pentagon maintained that releasing these documents represented a danger to US troops, but already dozens of news outlets are scrambling to report on what could be a devastating blow to the US Armed Force's already tattered image.
Feed Wired: Vote for Beer: East Coast vs. West Coast (wired.com)
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Feed Ars Technica: Amazon jumps on e-book lending bandwagon with the Kindle (arstechnica.com)
Attracted to the Kindle, but put off by the inability to lend your e-books to others? Amazon is changing that. In an announcement posted today on the Kindle Community site, Amazon said that it would be rolling out e-book lending on its popular reader. Sometime "later this year," Kindle owners will be able to lend purchased e-books (one time only, per book) to other Kindle owners for a period of up to two weeks. During that time, the original owner will be locked out of the loaned title.
One important caveat: whether or not an e-book is lendable is up to the publisher or rightsholder. If Atlantic Books decides P.J. O'Rourke's Peace Kills shouldn't be passed around electronically, it will be trapped on your Kindle, sadly unsharable.
In the coming weeks, Amazon will also make Kindle periodicals available via its various free Kindle apps. If you subscribe to the Kindle edition of the Chicago Tribune, but forgot to bring your reader on the train, you'll be able to browse the broadsheet in its electronic form on your favorite iOS device. Amazon promises support for Android and other devices down the road.
Amazon is coming late to the e-book-lending party with the Kindle. Barnes and Noble's Nook has had the abilitywith identical restrictionssince it launched last year. Better late than never, but it's unfortunate that you're locked out from reading a book you lend out. It's one behavior from the physical world that need not be present in the digital realm, especially as you can only lend the title once.
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Submission + - Wikileaks Breached By "Very Skilled" Hackers (forbes.com)
Sparrowvsrevolution writes: Following Wikileaks' note on twitter Wednesday that the site's communications infrastructure was "under attack," a Wikileaks source now tells Forbes that its encrypted chat server was compromised, and the organization had to relocate the service from Amsterdam to Germany and redistribute secure private keys. The anonymous Wikileaks staffer also says that the breach was the first in Wikileaks' history, and the hackers who attacked the site were "very skilled."
Submission + - New Games for Windows Marketplace Challenges Steam (industrygamers.com) 1
donniebaseball23 writes: In a move to counter the growth of Valve's Steam digital delivery service, which has recently passed 30 million accounts, Microsoft is launching a brand-new online storefront for PC titles, the Games for Windows Marketplace, reports IndustryGamers. The company is looking to make purchasing new and classic PC titles even easier and more intuitive with a brand-new design. The site is scheduled to launch on November 15, 2010 with a wide variety of launch titles from your favorite PC publishers and recurring special offers, like the Deal of the Week. Kevin Unangst, Microsoft's senior global director, PC and Mobile Gaming said, "By integrating with our existing Xbox LIVE and Windows Live services, we’ve made it easier than ever for millions of gamers to see for themselves how easy buying PC games can be.”
Submission + - eBay to pay for your electronic junk (hothardware.com)
Julie188 writes: Got some ancient junk in a trunk? By that I mean are you storing old cell phones, PDAs, laptop PCs in some drawer or a box in your basement? eBay has launched a new site that could give you some instant cash for that stuff, if it's worth anything — and will offer you a postage paid label to send the stuff to a responsible e-waste recycler if it's not. Instant cash is deposited to your PayPal account. However, if you do hold onto it long enough (and by that I mean a couple of decades), it could earn "collectible" status and be worth a surprising amount of money at auction.
Comment Re:Working in an enterprise (Score 1) 427
My way of dealing with this is asking them what happens if someone logs in as you and sends a nasty e-mail to your boss? The systems would then show that the user had sent this nasty e-mail to their boss... then ask them what happens when a bad e-mail gets sent to the All Employees distribution list. After explaining it this way, I've actually seen some users take the time to lock their systems up when they get up to get a cup of coffee.
Until you can show some way that it would cause them harm, they won't care... once it's their ass on the line, they start to understand how it can hurt them.
Nephilium
Until you can show some way that it would cause them harm, they won't care... once it's their ass on the line, they start to understand how it can hurt them.
Nephilium
Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android-Related Patent Infringement 199
suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from Engadget:
"Microsoft has hit up the ITC over a total of nine alleged patent infringements by Motorola in its Android devices, specifically relating to 'synchronizing email, calendars and contacts, scheduling meetings, and notifying applications of changes in signal strength and battery power.' This should be interesting — will it result in a quick cross-licensing agreement, or a protracted court battle spanning multiple years?"
The ITC complaint was accompanied by a lawsuit in US District Court. Microsoft's Horacio Gutierrez explained the company's reasoning in a blog post.
