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Comment Re:Jupp, (Score 1) 412

by jeff_schiller on Wednesday October 29, 2008 @11:18AM (#25555597) Attached to: Minefield Shows the (Really) Fast Future of Firefox

It really depends where they are in the release cycle. Currently Minefield is stable enough because they are at Firefox 3.1 Beta 2. Months ago, that was not the case. Once Firefox 3.1 is released, that will also not be the case...

Metaphorically's point still stands: Minefield is not a new browser, it simply a nightly build of the Firefox 3.1 codebase and as such, hasn't had the stability testing that the betas and release candidates and even the alphas get.

SkyQube Squared Shakes Up International Calling 59

Posted by kdawson on Thursday March 15, 2007 @12:42PM from the forward-for-pennies dept.

Max Matakino writes "CNet.co.uk has stumbled across a very interesting box indeed out at CeBIT: 'The SkyQube Squared from Qool Labs is a VoIP gateway that enables you to forward calls and messages made to your mobile phone or landline via SkypeOut to another number anywhere in the world.' This means that if you receive a call to your house phone while you're in China, you can get it forwarded to a Chinese cell phone or telephone for the relatively very cheap price of a SkypeOut call. I'm guessing wireless carriers aren't going to be happy about this one."

Submission + - Google to remove identifying data from search logs

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darkuncle

on Thursday March 15, 2007 @12:36PM

darkuncle writes: "Via techdirt: a couple of Google lawyers have announced via the Google Blog that Google will begin removing identifying data from search logs after 18-24 months in an effort to make logs "much more anonymous". This is particularly interesting in light of recent stories about search log data being used in trials. One wonders (as noted by TechLiberation) how data can be made "more anonymous" — either it is, or it isn't. In any case, law enforcement (especially the U.S. government) will probably be less than thrilled with this development (witness pending legislation and general calls by law enforcement for mandatory data retention, both in the U.S. and abroad)."

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