Comment Re:Windows Phone 7 (Score 1) 362
'Nokia' and 'quality' should not be put in the same sentence.
Poor quality is still quality.
Submission + - Sony hacked again (computerworld.com)
mcgrew writes: Computerworld is reporting yet another breach of Sony's laughable (it must be) security, saying $1,200 worth of "virtual tokens" have been taken.
The same article notes that F-Secure has discovered a phishing site in Thailand that's hosted on Sony's servers.
The same article notes that F-Secure has discovered a phishing site in Thailand that's hosted on Sony's servers.
Submission + - Internal Security Agency fights free speech (google.com)
PythonM writes: On Friday at 6AM local time, the Polish government's Internal Security Agency (ABW) searched premises and confiscated laptop of 25-years old man because his website parodied Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski [source: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rp.pl%2Fartykul%2F661531_ABW_wkracza__bo_serwis_parodiowal_prezydenta.html ]. The Civic Platform punish any criticism against its prime minister Tusk or its president Bronislaw Komorowski, who is particuraly well known for funny statements [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FlL8_awJDo ]. Recently the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in a letter to the polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration protested against the closure of stadiums because of the anti-government content on the banners. Will the ruling party (Civic Platform) close stadiums for Poles during Euro 2012 to silent anti-government criticism?
Submission + - Military action against Hackers? Yep, it could hap (heaven4geeks.com)
kingkaos69 writes: “When warranted, the United States will respond to hostile acts in cyberspace as we would to any other threat to our country. All states possess an inherent right to self-defense, and we recognize that certain hostile acts conducted through cyberspace could compel actions under the commitments we have with our military treaty partners."
Comment Re:What we need is a Consitutional ammendment on t (Score 4, Insightful) 390
I don't think anything short of a Constitutional amendment is going to protect our property against unreasonable searches and seizures
Why would a new amendment make any more difference than the ones we already have?
Why would a new amendment make any more difference than the ones we already have?
Comment Quote correction (Score -1, Redundant) 116
Isn't the quote actually "Houston, we've had a problem?"
I know Tom Hanks said it the other way but c'mon submitter.
Mobile 'Remote Wipe' Thwarts Secret Service 383
bennyboy64 writes "Smartphones that offer the ability to 'remote wipe' are great for when your device goes missing and you want to delete your data so that someone else can't look at it, but not so great for the United States Secret Service, ZDNet reports. The ability to 'remote wipe' some smartphones such as BlackBerry and iPhone was causing havoc for law enforcement agencies, according to USSS special agent Andy Kearns, speaking on mobile phone forensics at a security conference in Australia."
Comment Re:A comment in The Atlantic on cluelessness (Score 4, Insightful) 327
They are sociopaths and psychotics and we can only hope they die of old age before the country falls headlong into a French Revolution of purges, pogroms, and random bloodletting.
What makes you think their children will be any different? There has been a trend for the ruling class in the US to function equivalently to royalty (Bush I & II, Clintons, Kennedys). I don't see why the next generation of sociopaths will be any better than the current batch.
Google Toolbar Tracks Your Browsing, Even When Off 118
garg0yle writes "Google's Toolbar is supposed to allow the user to disable it. However, it was discovered by a researcher that it was still sending information even when disabled. A patch is now available, and Google claims this was just a bug, not a feature."
Comment Re:No power transfer.. (Score 1) 332
So now users can call tech support with their mouse plugged into their monitor and say that their "computer doesn't work".
Actually, let's just pause right there. If the monitor has the correct type of outlet for the mouse's plug, why shouldn't the user be able to plug the mouse into the monitor, and have it work fine? It just means that the monitor has to serve as a peripheral hub for the computer.
I don't understand the fixation on making a completely universal plug. It seems good in theory, but what does it actually get us beyond some cable interchanging possibilities and expensive upgrades?
The ability to plug in pretty much any device into your computer without needing to have a special adapter card for it. Do you really want to go back to the bad old days where adding an external peripheral to your computer meant adding a custom adapter card just for that one peripheral?
Here's the devices that I have that plug through USB. Can you imagine what nightmare this would be without an universal plug?
- Mouse
- DAC with headphone amplifier
- iPod
- Digital camera
- GPS receiver
- External HD
Why aren't we working on better wireless communication so that we don't need wires at all? I can't get my wireless mouse 2 feet away from the receiver, and I sure as hell don't want another cable cluttering things up.
Because we don't all really need wireless stuff.
Comment Re:Spoilers (Score 1) 155
I've never heard this guy's story before (being from the UK) and was actually looking forward to seeing this film.
Ugh, not me. I find movies like this and "Catch Me If You Can" like listening to fingernails on a blackboard. The "Lucy Show" was another. Lucy began every show with a lie and then spent the next twenty minutes trying to cover it up, the last two minutes getting caught.
Comment I have a cunning plan... (Score 1) 128
1) look at some weird hobby project you did
2) describe it's functionality in the form of a contest description
3) send the contest description to NASA
4) apply your weird hobby project for the contest
5) profit!
Comment *NIX (Score 1) 336
The standard *nix command to tell your computer (and the rest of the world) that you are not longer you is kill. Your body could be more or less the same, but you are not there anymore. If you refuse to die, the superuser, superhero, or even the government could make sure that you are effectively dead.
Comment Re:Effective way to keep screens locked (Score 1) 336
Actually ad-blocking is amoral, but not immoral. Try a dictionary. Hell, use google if you have to.
Disney Buys Marvel For $4B 423
whisper_jeff writes "Disney has announced they will be purchasing Marvel. 'Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today.'"
