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Submission + - EU says Apple's Warranty Advertisements are Unacceptable (tekgoblin.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 01, 2012 @07:46AM

An anonymous reader writes: The European Union believes that Apple should be investigated for the way that it advertises warranties on their products. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding wrote to the member countries which is 27 to ask them to check whether Apple retailers failed to let buyers know about the right to a minimum 2-year warranty for products such as the iPhone and iPad under EU law.

Comment Re:This is Ireland (Score 0) 594

by xor.pt on Sunday September 30, 2012 @07:51AM (#41505301) Attached to: The Day Leo Traynor Confronted His Troll

Culture doesn't justify letting someone off the hook for a crime potentially exposing others to the same fate, no matter where you live.
Also, I suggest you learn a little bit about the person you're posting about, before making bigoted assumptions about their nationality.

Comment This is a simple case. (Score 3, Insightful) 594

by xor.pt on Sunday September 30, 2012 @03:43AM (#41504483) Attached to: The Day Leo Traynor Confronted His Troll

The author is just too naive, or cowardly to deliver his friend's son with legal action.
In the end the author tries to spin this little story as a 'I'm the bigger man' tale instead.
The author is at this point just enabling him, like his parents.
This is a 17 year old who's in college. He's a danger to himself and others, and any additional damage caused by him will also be in the author's head.
What did he learn from this? Cry when you get caugh, and your actions have no consequences.

Submission + - Python 3.3.0 Released (python.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, 2012 @10:51AM

An anonymous reader writes: After just over a month of release candidates, the final version of Python 3.3 launched today. This version includes new syntax, including the yield from expression for generator delegation; new library modules, including fault handler (for debugging crashes), ipaddress, and lzma for data compression using the XZ/LZMA algorithm; a reworked OS and I/O exception hierarchy; the venv module for programmatic access to Python virtual environments; and a host of API changes. The full list of features and the change log are both available.

Submission + - Think tank's website rejects browser do-not-track requests (networkworld.com)

Submitted by alphadogg on Saturday September 29, 2012 @10:34AM

alphadogg writes: The website for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) now tells visitors it will not honor their browsers' do-not-track requests as a form of protest against the technology pushed by privacy groups and parts of the U.S. government. The tech-focused think tank on Friday implemented a new website feature that detects whether visitors have do-not-track features enabled in their browsers and tells them their request has been denied. "Do Not Track is a detrimental policy that undermines the economic foundation of the Internet," Daniel Castro, senior analyst at the ITIF wrote in a blog post. "Advertising revenue supports most of the free content, services, and apps available on the Internet."

Comment This is false. (Score 1) 2

by xor.pt on Saturday September 29, 2012 @07:21AM (#41497883) Attached to: Why Google Doesn't Support ODF Formats?

Google docs does support ODT.

Submission + - Scientist Cleared In Drowned Polar Bear Controversy 1

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens writes

on Saturday September 29, 2012 @12:22AM

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "AP reports that Alaska scientist Charles Monnett whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has been cleared of engaging in scientific misconduct. Monnett and a colleague, Jeffrey Gleason, wrote an influential 2006 report describing apparently drowned polar bears floating in the Arctic, which they saw during a routine aerial survey of whales. The dead bears became a symbol of the threat of climate change and melting ice, and Al Gore mentioned them in his movie, An Inconvenient Truth. But the sightings were called into question in March 2010, after officials with Interior's Office of Inspector General received allegations of scientific misconduct. Monnett spent more than two years under investigation, and agents repeatedly asked him detailed questions about the dead-polar-bear paper. The final report on that investigation was delivered to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the agency told Monnett that no action would be taken against him — except for an official reprimand for the improper release of internal government documents back in 2007 and 2008. "We have confirmed that the [inspector general's] findings do not support a conclusion that the individual scientists involved engaged in scientific misconduct," says BOEM press secretary Theresa Eisenman. "Sound science is the foundation of BOEM's decision-making, and therefore we take the integrity of our scientists and the reliability of their analyses extremely seriously.""

Submission + - Minecraft Creator Refuses To Certify Game For Windows 8 (hothardware.com)

Submitted by

MojoKid

on Friday September 28, 2012 @11:13PM

MojoKid writes: "The backlash against Windows 8 from various developers continues, but this time the game's creator isn't just expressing discontent. Notch, the developer behind smash hit Minecraft, has declared that he won't be working with Microsoft to certify Minecraft for Windows 8. Note that this doesn't mean Mincraft won't run on Windows 8. The certification process in question is Microsoft's mandatory rules for submitting content to the Windows game store. In order to be listed there, an application must be Metro-compatible and conform to a laundry list of other conditions. The real problem with Windows 8 is that it locks ARM users into a second class experience. If you buy an x86 tablet, you can download programs from Sourceforge, Github, or any file mirror. If you're an ARM user, you can download programs from the Microsoft store and that's it. The bifurcated permission structure is the problem, and it makes WinRT tablets categorically impossible to recommend for anyone who values the ability to install whatever software they please."

Submission + - US court to Motorola: You can't enforce Injunction in Germany against Microsoft (reuters.com)

Submitted by Chris453 on Friday September 28, 2012 @08:31PM

Chris453 writes: A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft Corp in Germany, diminishing Google's leverage in the ongoing smartphone patent wars. Motorola won an injunction against Microsoft in May using their H.264 patents. Apparently the US federal justices in California have worldwide jurisdiction over all court cases, who knew? Maybe that is why Apple keeps winning lawsuits...

Submission + - Iran's News Agency Picks Up Onion Story (cnn.com) 2

Submitted by

J053

on Friday September 28, 2012 @07:58PM

J053 writes: "FARS, the Iranian news agency, ran a story about a Gallup poll which showed that "the overwhelming majority of rural white Americans said they would rather vote for Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than U.S. president Barack Obama. “I like him better," said West Virginia resident Dale Swiderski, who, along with 77 percent of rural Caucasian voters, confirmed he would much rather go to a baseball game or have a beer with Ahmadinejad". Only problem was, it was a story from The Onion. Not only that, they took credit for it! The Onion responded by stating that "Fars is a subsidiary and has been "our Middle Eastern bureau since the mid 1980s"."

Submission + - Sugar Batteries Store 20% More Energy Than Li-Ions (tus.ac.jp)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 28, 2012 @06:56PM

An anonymous reader writes: Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science have developed a way to create sugar batteries that store 20% more energy than lithium-ion cells. Before it can be used as the anode in a sodium-ion battery, sucrose powder is turned into hard carbon powder by heating it to up to 1,500 degrees celsius in an oxygen-free oven.

Submission + - Digia Completes Acquisition of Qt (digia.com)

Submitted by ArrayIndexOutOfBound on Friday September 28, 2012 @06:46AM

ArrayIndexOutOfBound writes: On September 18, Digia has completed the acquisition of the Qt Framework. The venerable open source C++ framework underpinning KDE and countless other projects, now has a brighter future than was likely under Nokia's ownership. "Digia now becomes responsible for Qt activities including product development and commercial and open source licensing, the acquisition paves the way for Qt to become the world’s leading cross-platform application development framework across desktop, embedded and mobile platforms." They seem to have some mess to sort out first.

Submission + - File-Sharing for Personal Use Declared Legal in Portugal (torrentfreak.com)

Submitted by M0j0_j0j0 on Thursday September 27, 2012 @11:44AM

M0j0_j0j0 writes: After receiving 2000 complaints regarding "illegal file sharing" from ACAPOR on P2P network the Portuguese justice refused to take the case into court on the premise that file sharing is not illegal on the territory, if, files are for personal and not commercial use. The court also stated that the complaints had as a sole evidence the IP address of users, and that it is a wrong statement to assume an IP address is directly related to one individual. Torrent freak has a piece in English with more details here and the original source in Portuguese here

Submission + - EU set to charge Microsoft over ruling breach (reuters.com)

Submitted by

quippe

on Thursday September 27, 2012 @09:31AM

quippe writes: "Microsoft Corp will be charged for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering it to offer a choice of web browsers, the European Union's antitrust chief said on Thursday, which could mean a hefty fine for the company

U.S.-based Microsoft's more than decade-long battle with the European Commission has already landed it with fines totaling more than a billion euros ($1.28 billion).

The Commission, which opened an investigation into the issue in July, is now preparing formal charges against the company, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said."

Submission + - Investor lowers Apple iPhone 5 sales, Galaxy rules (smartphenom.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 27, 2012 @06:59AM

An anonymous reader writes: An investor report lowers sales of iPhone 5 smartphone blaming supply issues for the Apple's in-cell touchscreens, but also because of many consumers complaining about defective screens (also hinting at Apple being handicapped without Steve Jobs).In contrast, the very same report forecasts strong sales of the Samsung Galaxy S III (and forthcoming Note II) up to 50% over its archrival (it doesn't talk about margins though). The report also contains other pearls such a reference to the recent Apple vs SEC trial saying that:
It doesn't take a genius. This SEC ad is making a splash in the US. Since a Californian jury ruled against SEC, SEC has emphasized innovation brought by its Galaxy S III. Non-Apple smartphone companies seem to be more united in terms of marketing. Although the iPhone 5 has some popular features like in-cell touchscreens and an aluminum casing, many consumers are complaining about defective screens, as well as Apple Maps. Does this reveal Apple's limitations without Steve Jobs?

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