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Woman Trademarks Name and Threatens Sites Using It 273

An anonymous reader writes "Be careful mentioning Dr. Ann De Wees Allen. She's made it clear that she's trademarked her name and using it is 'illegal... without prior written permission.' She even lists out the names of offenders and shows you the cease-and-desist letter she sends them. And, especially don't copy any of the text on her website, because she's using a bit of javascript that will warn you 'Copyright Protect!' if you right click on a link."

Comment Re:Scared (Score 1) 957

why do they always ask for your name three times?

Because you would be surprised how often it changes. Just because you wouldn't be caught in such a stupid lie, doesn't mean others wouldn't. Same reason tech support has to ask if it plugged in. Asking simple questions bags plenty of low hanging fruit without having to get CSI on everyone.

Comment Re:Well, it was nice while it lasted (Score 3, Insightful) 301

Could you please elaborate where Google has "Done More Evil". People questioned the privacy of their searches and they have since stated their privacy terms clearly (years ago). Google has advocated more open format and open source solutions backed with real money and development. They lobby for net neutrality and open access. I really don't see how they are doing evil.

People have to get used to the idea that if you type information into a website, that website has that information. It's pretty straight forward and there is no way around it. Even if they state they they will delete it, you can't verify that they have and should treat it as such. If you want to remain untrackable from any service, you have to use a proxy; end of story. PS. There isn't a shred of evidence that Google doesn't abide by their terms of service.

Without a specific grievance, it sounds like you are just rebelling against the popular and successful to make yourself feel special.

Comment Re:s n d (Score 1) 622

Go watch television if you don't want involvement. This is not a website for breaking news and generating content. Slashdot links to those things... and heres the kicker, discusses them as a community. Not all the comments are worthy of a pulitzer prize but some cream generally floats to the top. For this reason some discussions don't even focus on the linked article and are more focused on the commenter's own experiences. This is clearly one of those discussions. The summary has the question right there. There are millions of webpages out there. Don't bitch when one of them for one day doesn't perfectly satisfy your whims. It is clearly making other people here happy.
Handhelds

Submission + - Nokia Takes Third Swing at Internet Tablet

__aajbyc7391 writes: It looks like Nokia is intent on knocking the ball out of the park with its Linux-powered Internet tablets. Today, the company unveiled the N810, its third attempt at hitting a home run with the concept. The new model adds a slide-out hardware keyboard, and also a built-in GPS receiver and FM transmitter (for in-car listening), among a number of other enhancements (such as a faster CPU and more memory). At this point, the device is positioned as an email and browsing tool, a social networking aid, a GPS, a VoIP phone, and a multimedia player (and streamer, thanks to built-in WiFi). But are the fans jumping out of their seats at this latest swing from mobile phone heavy-hitter Nokia?
Security

Submission + - eBay to solve online fraud... by blaming Tux

An anonymous reader writes: eBay has launched an anit-fraud campain in Australia to make users aware of problems such as phishing. Sound like a good idea, but I couldn't help but notice that the scammers use Tux as a mascot on shirts and laptops.

http://pages.ebay.com.au/protectyourself/

There is also banner ads such as the following...
http://rtm.ebaystatic.com/15/RTMS/Image/AlCapone_160x600_EBAY_RTM.swf
(deep linked to flash that is embedded in logged-in pages)
Java

Submission + - Is Java ready for Safety Critical Applications? (javolution.org) 4

dautelle writes: "Last week, I was invited at the Space 2007 conference to introduce Javolution (open source Java library) to rocket scientists. Here is the paper presented. This might seem like good news for the Java platform. But is Java ready for use in safety critical applications? Or in other words would you trust your life to a Java program?"
Intel

Submission + - Apologies from Intel (intel.com) 1

Timothy T Li writes: We made a bad mistake. I know why and how, but that simply doesn't make it better. The intent behind our ad campaign "Multiply Computing Performance and Maximize the Power of Your Employees" was to convey the performance capabilities of our processors through a number of visual metaphors. Unfortunately, while we have used a visual of sprinters in the past appropriately, this ad of using African-American sprinters did not deliver our intended message and in fact proved to be culturally insensitive and insulting. Upon recognizing this, I directed that the creative be destroyed and this be immediately pulled from hundreds of planned or potential publications worldwide. I am aware of four remaining instances which were in flight, but we believe they have been intercepted and destroyed; we were not able to intercept two instances that had already shipped or are in transit. In addition, we continue to search for any remaining placements that may still exist that we are unaware of. We are sincerely sorry and have identified specific steps covering heightened cultural sensitivity, our review and approval process, and just using more common sense to ensure that this does not happen again. — Don MacDonald, vice president of sales and marketing and director of global marketing
Education

Submission + - A Summer Camp Where Fireworks Are the Point

theodp writes: "How about a summer camp where you get in trouble for NOT blowing things up? Students with a passion for all things explosive and proof of U.S. citizenship pay a $450 fee to attend Summer Explosives Camp, 'We try to give them an absolute smorgasbord of explosives,' quipped a professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla, which offers a minor in explosives engineering. Here's the brochure, kids!"

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