Comment Re:pplz on teh internetz! (Score 1) 831
Well, they could simply go with AMD or VIA... =)
Submission + - New Nintendo Wii model expected on holidays (xbitlabs.com)
Rockman-X writes: Nintendo has applied for a new universal product code (UPC) in the U.S.. Could this be the rumored DVD-enabled version?
Submission + - Massive hack attack on Swedish sites (aftonbladet.se)
Sobieski writes: "Swedish newspapers are reporting that the night between Friday and Saturday, a mass hacking on Swedish websites occured. The attack is said to have affected almost 4000 sites and according to an article in the newspaper Aftonbladet, the hackers have set up a page to which all hacked sites were redirected. The page supposedly contained a list of all the hacked websites and a taunting message to their "competition" that according to them "only" managed to hack around 1600 sites."
Submission + - Tokyo Demands Youtube Play Fair
eldavojohn writes: "Sometimes I think Google does more negotiating with foreign countries than the United States government. Recently, Tokyo has requested for political speeches to be pulled from the site claiming that it gave certain hopefuls an advantage over others for Sunday's election. You may recall Youtube being in trouble with more than couple countries. Is it fair that some government officials are being viewed more on Youtube than others or is it simply leveling the playing field for anyone with a message since it costs very little to put a video on Youtube? American politics seem to have embraced it either way."
Feed Japanese Blame Lack of Sex on Web (wired.com)
Submission + - Online privacy invasion by Adobe Inc.
Rafael Quawrells Sr. writes: "Dear Editor,
I am an assistant network administrator whom is employed by a south-central Nebraska Internet Service Provider. I got off work today at 5pm and followed my normal routine, I arrived at home, I sat down to my personal computer on my private home network and began checking email. As I was performing my normal daily activities, my pc was idle, yet I notice my DSL modem passing a huge amount of traffic from the Internet. Being that I have quite an extensive knowledge of the Internet and it's associated protocols, I began with searching my private network's firewall. The first thing I noticed was over 7000 connections from a popular company known as Adobe Inc.
As you can imagine I was very concerned as to why Adobe would need over 7000 connections to my private home network. I was able to pin down the IP address subnet of the device on Adobe's network. All of the connections were coming from 2 IP's within Adobe's subnet. The IP range is 192.150.18.0/24 which allows 256 addresses minus 2, 1 for the network and 1 for broadcast. The devices that had connections were coming from 192.150.18.118 and 192.150.18.60.
Once I had aquired this bit of information, I picked up the phone and contacted Adobe's technical support. Of course I played the waiting game on hold for a grand total of 1.25 hrs. I spoke with a technician in this department named Caitlin who quickly assured me that Adobe does not scan private networks for anything without the consent of the owner of the network. I begged to differ. I explained to Caitlin that I have detailed firewall logs that indicate multiple devices on Adobe's network that was invading my privacy. She quickly suggested that I speak to another technician and I was once again playing the waiting game on hold.
After the lengthy hold, I now had a gentleman by the name of Mike on the phone who also assured me that Adobe does not scan private networks for any reason. I was beginning to become upset. The technical support department of Adobe is basically calling me a liar, when I have the firewall logs right before my eyes. Mike was very rude, finalizing the conversation by hanging up in my face. I then turned to Jim Fitzgerald whom is this IP range's technical contact. I left a message on his voicemail, and have yet to receive an return call.
Is it typical practice of Adobe Inc. to illegally invade individual's privacy and scan their private networks? And if so, what was Adobe Inc. looking for?
I at no time gave Adobe or any sub-division within, any consent to scan my private home network for anything.
Any answers would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Confused and somewhat violated in Grand Island, Nebraska"
Submission + - Creative in Vista-driver apology storm
Shemmie writes: Anyone following Creatives progress at creating sound drivers for Vista will have noted it's been a long and convoluted history. Their support forum is filled with angry and confused customers, some of whom have simply given up waiting for fully working driver release. A thread about contacting Customer Support got closed.
One of their moderators apparently apologized to the angry mob for Creatives SNAFU at dealing with this — and promptly had his message, and replies to his message taken down in an apparent "Over-ruled" decision by Creative.
What is going on at Creative?
One of their moderators apparently apologized to the angry mob for Creatives SNAFU at dealing with this — and promptly had his message, and replies to his message taken down in an apparent "Over-ruled" decision by Creative.
What is going on at Creative?
Red Hat Releases Enterprise Linux 5 60
An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat has a new release out for Enterprise Linux, reports Ars Technica. Along with several anticipated new features, Enterprise Linux 5 marks the rollout of the RedHat Exchange (RHX), which will be a source for commercial third-party software applications. 'RHX will allow consumers to buy software support services for third-party open-source technologies like MySQL database software and SugarCRM customer management systems directly from Red Hat ... Linux vendor Novell, which recently partnered with Microsoft to provide stronger Windows interoperability, is already carving out a growing portion of the enterprise Linux market. Red Hat also has to contend with proprietary database vendor Oracle, who now offers commercial Linux support for Red Hat users.'"
Submission + - Lightning Fast Programs with the SPU of Cell BE
IdaAshley writes: Write optimal code for Cell BE processor's synergistic processing unit (SPU) and have your programs running lightning fast. This installment of the Cell BE processor series covers SIMD vector programming, branch elimination and hinting techniques, loop unrolling, and instruction scheduling. Part 1 gives an introduction to Linux on the PLAYSTATION 3, while Part 2 shows you how to program the SPE's of Sony PS3, and Part 3 dives further into the SPE's of Cell BE.
Submission + - String-nets may be a new state of matter
Charmed, I'm sure writes: Researchers have discovered what may be a new state of matter. Physicists Xiao-Gang Wen at MIT and Michael Levin at Harvard have postulated that "string-nets" are a new state of matter and that electrons are not 'true' fundamental particles as physicists have believed. Using the idea of quantum entanglement as a basic property, Wen and Levin wondered whether electrons 'were not fundamental particles, but merely the ends of long strings of other "true" fundamental particles? With this idea, the pair developed a new model for matter, where it was made up of these strings, woven together to form what they dubbed "string-nets." Developing and running computer simulations of this model showed that it gave rise to both conventional particles as well as the quasi-particles, those which carried a fractional charge that began this whole adventure.' The structure of herbertsmithite, a mineral discovered in Chile in the early 1970s, supports their theory.
RIAA Has to Disclose Attorneys Fees In Foster Case 193
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA has been ordered to turn over its attorneys' billing records by March 26, 2007, in Capitol v. Foster in Oklahoma. The 4- page decision and order, issued in connection with the determination of the reasonableness of Ms. Foster's attorneys fees, requires the RIAA to produce the attorneys' time sheets, billing statements, billing records, and costs and expense records. The Court reviewed authorities holding that an opponent's attorneys fees are a relevant factor in determining the reasonableness of attorneys fees, quoting a United States Supreme Court case which held that 'a party cannot litigate tenaciously and then be heard to complain about the time necessarily spent by his opponent in response' (footnote 11 to City of Riverside v. Rivera)."
Submission + - DSL gateways will mark video to catch pirates
Stony Stevenson writes: Home gateway devices are being set up to identify video pirates. No, I dont' mean the guys with peg legs and parrots, but the dudes who illegally distribute copyright material. Meaning pretty much everyone with an ADSL2 connection and knowledge of bit torrent.
From the article: "Home gateway manufacturer Thomson SA plans to incorporate video watermarking technology into future set- top boxes and other video devices. The watermarks, unique to each device, will make it possible for investigators to identify the source of pirated videos."
By letting consumers know the watermarks are there, even if they can't see them, Thomson hopes to discourage piracy without putting up obstacles to activities widely considered fair use, such as copying video for use on another device in the home or while traveling to work.
From the article: "Home gateway manufacturer Thomson SA plans to incorporate video watermarking technology into future set- top boxes and other video devices. The watermarks, unique to each device, will make it possible for investigators to identify the source of pirated videos."
By letting consumers know the watermarks are there, even if they can't see them, Thomson hopes to discourage piracy without putting up obstacles to activities widely considered fair use, such as copying video for use on another device in the home or while traveling to work.
Submission + - Crazy science to the rescue!
An anonymous reader writes: Crazy-sounding ideas for saving the planet are getting a serious look from top scientists, a sign of their fears about global warming and the desire for an insurance policy in case things get worse. Ideas such as the man made volcano, the forest of artificial trees, a sky umbrella, and dumping iron into the sea are now being considered.
Submission + - Score: IBM - 700,000 / SCO - 326
The Peanut Gallery writes: "After years of litigation to discover what, exactly, SCO was suing about, IBM has finally discovered that SCO's "mountain of code" is only 326 scattered lines. Worse, most of what is allegedly infringing are comments and simple header files, like errno.h, which probably aren't copyrightable for being unoriginal and dictated by externalities, aren't owned by SCO in any event, and which IBM has at least five separate licenses for, including the GPL, even if SCO actually owned those lines of code. In contrast, IBM is able to point out 700,000 lines of code, which they have properly registered copyrights for, which SCO is infringing upon if the Court rules that it has, in fact, repudiated the GPL. If this were a game show, I suspect SCO would be complaining that their buzzer wasn't working right about now."
Submission + - RIAA sues paralyzed stroke victim
Stangger writes: Just when you thought they couldn't do any worse, the RIAA is suing a paralyzed Stroke victim for alleged copyright infringment in Michigan. Of course, he lives in Florida, but that shouldn't be more than a minor glitch in the lawsuit.
Article: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/riaa-boycott/riaa-tires -of-suing-babies-and-elderly-moves-on-to-paralyzed -stroke-victims-244108.php
