Comment: Think of the children! (Score 1) 491
So children will kill racoons to wear their fur to be like Mario? This is just PETA again mad at another company because they don't think like them.
Comment: Japanese Porn? (Score 1) 251
I think they'll use this technology for sure to unblur the movies.
Comment: Re:Slashdotted already? (Score 1) 263
We are always here.
Comment: They should rename & rebrand the service... (Score 1) 59
Why still use the name Napster? It may have worked around 2003 by confusing people thinking it was the same old service but now legal, but this isn't 2003 anymore.
Comment: Can't wait... (Score 1) 140
for slashdot.xxx
+ - Is It Worth Buying a Discounted HP TouchPad?->
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Zothecula writes "Last Thursday, HP announced that it would "discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones." The surprise announcement came less than two months after the release of the TouchPad and the company subsequently slashed its price, prompting a stampede of customers looking to snap up a tablet bargain. But just how much of a bargain is it considering there won't be any future updates to webOS from HP and developers aren't likely to produce many new apps for a discontinued device? Having spent some time with a TouchPad recently, I'd have to say, like most things, it depends."
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Comment: Activision... (Score 1) 637
...started the practice of short games years ago, a 8-10 hour single player game, everything else multiplayer.
Comment: Name of console stolen.... (Score 1) 330
From 2002's Kung Pow, hear Ling: http://youtu.be/92mFlANJ3Ew
Comment: Story innacurate according to the group (Score 5, Informative) 353
The posted details here: http://pastebin.com/yut4P6qN
Comment: So... (Score 5, Insightful) 306
Everytime a new PS3 firmware comes out, with "security updates" you are almost forced to install it or you lose PSN, plus other features, but they don't care about updating and securing their servers?
Comment: Update 4/26/11 (Score 1) 404
Things are not looking good...
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/
Comment: Settlement terms confidential (Score 0) 310
IMO before jumping to conclusions, we should wait to see what happens in the next firmware updates or announcements, since the settlement terms are confidential, Geohot might have won something and Sony doesn't want it public.
+ - PS3 violates Norwegian Marketing Control Act->
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voxra writes "The Norwegian Consumer Council has gone through the terms of service for Sony PlayStation 3 and Playstation Network and decided to file a complaint to the Consumer Ombudsman regarding a breach of the Norwegian Marketing Control Act.
- Sony claims a universal right to change or remove functionality from the gaming console. In our opinion this is in clear violation of the Marketing Control Act, and not the least it’s a breach of trust between the consumer and Sony, says Head of Section Thomas Nortvedt in the Norwegian Consumer Council."
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- Sony claims a universal right to change or remove functionality from the gaming console. In our opinion this is in clear violation of the Marketing Control Act, and not the least it’s a breach of trust between the consumer and Sony, says Head of Section Thomas Nortvedt in the Norwegian Consumer Council."
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+ - Major Facebook Security Hole Discovered 2
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adeelarshad82 writes "A major security hole in Facebook has been discovered. Ironically, the source of this vulnerability is Facebook's own much-vaunted security "improvements." A video shows how you can view pending friend requests and chat history for any of your friends. Facebook Chat is down at the moment (coincidence? probably not). Unfortunately this isn't the only security hole in Facebook, another one was recently discovered which lets you retrieve the full name and Facebook URL for any account holder, given nothing but the Facebook ID number."
Comment: Re:Finally! (Score 1) 427
Yes, it is a little late, but look at Sony's past consoles, sure they were on the lead back then, but the thing is, years after their competitor's consoles were dead, Sony's consoles still were selling strong.