Comment Cheaper with RepublicWireless (Score 1) 273
Moved from ATT to RepublicWireless, another Sprint MVNO, has plans from $5 to $40. Right now, Moto X is the only phone.
Comment Old news (Score 1) 100
Microsoft search always did this, and this has been reported before. This blog post is from 2009.
Comment Re:Ridiculous border restrictions (Score 1) 784
Regarding wearing suit, I was in India to renew my visa in Chennai in April. I was the only one in jeans & t-shirt, and everyone else was in suit or something similar in the scorching heat & humidity. Its just that, people are scared and do not want to take any chances.
Comment Re:I don't get it.. (Score 1) 172
It was more involved than that. If a google employee applied to work for Apple, Apple notified google and vice versa.
Comment Re:Twisted "Justice" (Score 5, Informative) 491
Read this speech by Chomsky, it is very informative and depressing.
Comment Re:Clever strategy (Score 4, Informative) 128
If you have HDMI 1.4+, the power adapter is not needed.
Comment Re:Penalties (Score 2) 364
Before megaupload was raided, they were fighting a false DMCA claim against Universal. Now, because of the raid the case is over.
Comment Re:Flooding (Score 1) 364
The NSA needs to be flooded with false positives. They need to have so many false positives generated that their illegal, unconstitutional spying is rendered moot.
This video recommends false positives in a funny way.
Comment Re:My Kindle 3G still works (Score 1) 152
From the article:
The free Internet ride is over though: Amazon is now capping use of the browser over 3G at 50 megabytes per month.
However, it’s more likely that Amazon is limiting the 3G connection because of hacks that allow the device to be used as 3G mobile hotspot for free.
Comment Recorded video feed from outside the embassy (Score 2) 1065
Comment Truthiness by Colbert (Score 1) 141
Stephen Colberts explains it here.
Description of the video:
Scientists from Canada and New Zealand research a little world-changing concept Stephen tossed off on his first show in 2005.
Submission + - New law permits data on U.S. citizens to be held longer (washingtonpost.com)
arnott writes: "The Obama administration has approved guidelines that allow counterterrorism officials to lengthen the period of time they retain information about U.S. residents, even if they have no known connection to terrorism.
The changes allow the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), the intelligence community’s clearinghouse for terrorism data, to keep information for up to five years. Previously, the center was required to promptly destroy — generally within 180 days — any information about U.S. citizens or residents unless a connection to terrorism was evident.
“Total Information Awareness”. How about TIA for the people about the government ?"
The changes allow the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), the intelligence community’s clearinghouse for terrorism data, to keep information for up to five years. Previously, the center was required to promptly destroy — generally within 180 days — any information about U.S. citizens or residents unless a connection to terrorism was evident.
“Total Information Awareness”. How about TIA for the people about the government ?"
Submission + - Blocking WikiLeaks emails hinders prosecution of Bradley Manning (politico.com)
arnott writes: "The federal government's vigilance at preventing anything relating to WikiLeaks from appearing on a government computer has tripped up military prosecutors, causing them to miss important emails from the judge and defense involved in the case. Yesterday's Manning hearing also revealed that the U.S. claims that Manning aided al-Qaeda by allegedly giving documents to Wikileaks. What about the New York Times, which also posted the Wikileaks documents?"
Submission + - Company pays $500 million to avoid prosecution for fraud in NYCTime software pro (washingtonpost.com)
arnott writes: "Science Applications International Corp. said Wednesday that it will pay $500.4 million in restitution and penalties under a settlement over its CityTime program with New York City. Previous coverage on slashdot here and here.
Video coverage."
Video coverage."
Comment $1 Trillion guarantee ? (Score 2) 917
How about $75 trillions ?
BofA Said to Split Regulators Over Moving Merrill Derivatives to Bank Unit
Bank of America Corp. (BAC), hit by a credit downgrade last month, has moved derivatives from its Merrill Lynch unit to a subsidiary flush with insured deposits, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.
Bank of America’s holding company -- the parent of both the retail bank and the Merrill Lynch securities unit -- held almost $75 trillion of derivatives at the end of June, according to data compiled by the OCC. About $53 trillion, or 71 percent, were within Bank of America NA, according to the data, which represent the notional values of the trades.
That compares with JPMorgan’s deposit-taking entity, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, which contained 99 percent of the New York-based firm’s $79 trillion of notional derivatives, the OCC data show.
