Comment Re:Why don't apps just use their own copy of the . (Score 1) 433
Actually that was a big problem with the GDI+ library a few years ago. People have even written their own vulnerable DLL scanners for this sort of thing.
Submission + - Oracle buys sun
dweezeldude writes: Oracle announced to day that they bought Sun
RIAA and BSA's Lawyers Taking Top Justice Posts 377
An anonymous reader writes "Following the appointment of RIAA's champion Donald Verrilli as associate deputy attorney general, here's a complete roundup of all the RIAA and BSA-linked lawyers comfortably seated at top posts at the Department of Justice by the new government. Not strange, since US VP Joe Biden is well known for pushing the copyright warmongers' agenda in Washington. Just in case you don't know, Verrilli is the nice man who sued the pants off Jammie Thomas."
Comment Re:Just do it! (Score 5, Informative) 438
Obligatory Wikipedia page explaining this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
Bickering Blocks US Mobile Phone Payments 267
theodp writes "Imagine a technology that lets you pay for products just by waving your cellphone over a reader. You wouldn't have to if you lived in Japan, where people have been using it for the last five years to pay for everything from train tickets to groceries to candy in vending machines. While nearly everyone who's tried it has liked this form of payment, consumers in the United States won't be able to wave-and-pay anytime soon: The companies that must work together to give the technology to the masses can't agree on how to split the resulting revenue."
Comment Re:"Not on the phone!" (Score 1) 115
"Never write when you can call; never call when you can visit; never talk when you can whisper; and never whisper when you can wink." -- supposedly by Russell Long
Comment Re:no privacy here, no privacy there (Score 1) 388
Well... Their transport secretary gave some great quotes in about building a massive telephone/internet database:
- "If they are going to use the internet to communicate with each other and we don't have the power to deal with that, then you are giving a licence to terrorists to kill people."
- "The biggest civil liberty of all is not to be killed by a terrorist."
Bill To Add Accountability To Border Laptop Search 495
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) has introduced a bill that would add accountability to the DHS searches conducted upon the laptops of those crossing the border. Specifically, it would require the issue of receipts to those who had their property confiscated so that it could later be returned, would limit how long the DHS can keep laptops, would require them to keep the laptop's information secure, and would create a way to complain about abuse. Finally, the DHS would be required to keep track of how many searches were done and report the details to Congress. Rep. Sanchez also has also issued a statement about the proposed bill."
