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Judge Berates Prosecutors In Xbox Modding Trial 285

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday December 02 2010, @07:34AM
from the your-uppance-has-come dept.

mrbongo writes with this excerpt from Wired: "Opening statements in the first-of-its-kind Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial were delayed here Wednesday after a federal judge unleashed a 30-minute tirade at prosecutors in open court, saying he had 'serious concerns about the government's case.' ... Gutierrez slammed the prosecution over everything from alleged unlawful behavior by government witnesses, to proposed jury instructions harmful to the defense. When the verbal assault finally subsided, federal prosecutors asked for a recess to determine whether they would offer the defendant a deal, dismiss or move forward with the case that was slated to become the first jury trial of its type. A jury was seated Tuesday."

Comment: Who cares? (Score 1) 422

by Arionhawk on Tuesday February 10 2009, @04:36PM (#26803111) Attached to: Mozilla To Join EU Suit Against Microsoft

I honestly don't know why people care so much about ie being bundled with Windows. It's Microsofts OS, let them build it the way they want, it's not like there aren't alternatives out there. I mean there's a million flavors of linux, there's Mac and so on and so forth. This really should be a non issue.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spawns Real-Life Car 93

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday October 03 2008, @03:54PM
from the and-i'm-sure-it-will-be-affordable dept.

Car Analogy Please writes to tell us that a new car unveiled at the Paris Auto Show was modeled after the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue car. GTbyCITROËN is the first car that has been designed in tandem with a video game to then spill out onto the actual pavement. "The GTbyCITROËN is the product of a partnership built up during the creation of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. Takumi Yamamoto, from Citroen and Kazunori Yamauchi from Polyphony Digital Inc, the games developer were inspired by each others industries to design a concept car for the game that then flowed further into the real-world. The game version of the car mirrors the real-world performance of the concept."

Comment: Re:Don't want to dilute the elixir (Score 3, Insightful) 805

by argent on Tuesday July 15 2008, @03:07PM (#24200709) Attached to: Apple Files Suit Against Psystar

Go ahead and spec out a similar machine from Dell, HP, or Lenovo.

Last time I did that I was able to put together a machine comparable to a Mac Mini for about 50% of the price, and a Macbook for about 70% of the price. On average, the "Mac Tax" seems to be about 40% of the list price of a Mac.

I still bought the Mac mini and the Macbook Pro (thought that was tough, I could have gotten everything I actually wanted (hardware-wise) from a Macbook Pro for about the same price as the Macbook). When the choice is Windows vs UNIX-with-actual-applications, the Mac Tax is worth it. But it's still real.

A new way to get targeted traffic to your site-> 0

Submitted by

upchuk

on Tuesday September 18 2007, @11:32AM

upchuk writes "Blogrush — a new and easy way to get targeted traffic to your site. You need to enter your feed URL and place a widget on your site. Looks interesting. More in the demo video."
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Antimatter molecule should boost laser power 0

Submitted by Laser Lover on Tuesday September 18 2007, @11:09AM

Laser Lover writes "Molecules made by combining an electrons with their anti-particles positrons have been created by researchers at University of Calidornia Riverside. The team's long term goal is to use the exotic material to create "an annihilation gamma ray laser", potentially one million times more powerful than existing lasers."

Signs of brain shrinkage seen in soccer players-> 0

Submitted by boyseisus on Tuesday September 18 2007, @10:40AM

boyseisus writes "A study has found that soccer players of college age may show some degree of brain-tissue shrinkage. The evidence from the study indicates that the sport carries a risk of long-term brain injury. " Like many other sports, soccer carries some risk of concussion, from players colliding with each other or with the ground, for instance. Multiple concussions over time can cause brain damage. " Cincinnati College say more research is needed to assess potential the long-term brain injury impact of playing soccer."
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Digital 'smiley face' turns 25 :-)-> 1

Submitted by

klubar

on Tuesday September 18 2007, @10:36AM

klubar writes "Another milestone of online communications has been reached. The smiley turns 25 according Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman who says he was the first to use three keystrokes :-). It's sad that emotional icons, known as emoticons have replaced clear writing to communicate. Soon, we'll all go back to cave paintings (but they will be digital and in high resolution).

The inventor said "But it's always possible that someone else had the same idea — it's a simple and obvious idea, after all.", but at least he didn't try to patent the concept as one would do now."
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AOL pokes Flickr and YouTube with new service 0

Submitted by

lisah

on Tuesday September 18 2007, @10:28AM

lisah writes "AOL jumped into the personal media management arena with both feet when they launched BlueString yesterday. Part Flickr, part YouTube, and part iLife, the new service lets users upload and store up to 5 GB of media for free (or up to 50 GB for $99 per year), then make movies, mashups, and even collaborate on projects with other users. For a project that's still in beta, it's already got a number of other useful features to boot. Is AOL finally shedding its 'walled garden' image? Seems so."

Giant Penguins May Have Roamed Peru 0

Submitted by

Douglas Roberts

on Monday June 25 2007, @05:27PM

Douglas Roberts writes "Obvious Linux fodder: From: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PVUQF81& show_article=1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Giant penguins roamed what is now Peru more than 40 million years ago, much earlier than scientists thought the flightless birds had spread to warmer climes. [...]"