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Comment: Perhaps this can be a catalyst (Score 1) 107

by CaptSwifty on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @04:40PM (#39873119) Attached to: Mozilla Calls CISPA an "Alarming" Threat to Privacy

Perhaps this can be a catalyst for other tech companies opposing this bill; we can hope it could cause enough bad PR for companies that are supporting CISPA that they reverse their position.

One can dream...

Comment: Risk factor #29 (Score 2) 182

by CaptSwifty on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @04:34PM (#39873059) Attached to: Facebook To Go Public On Friday, May 18

From the list of risk factors:

29. Viruses, hacking, phishing and malware. Oh my.

At least someone has a sense of humor.

+ - I designed North Korea's new website -- by accident-> 1

Submitted by Velcroman1 on Thursday April 19, 2012 @03:03PM

Velcroman1 writes "Robert Westmore of Southern California designs websites for a living — but he was shocked to learn that he had designed a new homepage for the reclusive North Korean regime. “I had no idea,” he said in an interview. “Honestly, I didn't even know North Korea had a website.” While the notorious totalitarian government continues to spend hundreds of millions on failed rocket launches, North Korea skimps in other areas, notably web design. Indeed the country spent just $15 redesigning its national homepage, korea-dpr.com — a fact accidentally discovered by an unsuspecting college student. Westmore was surprised, but okay with it in the end. “As a web designer I'm always happy to see my work getting utilized,” said Westmore, who spent several months of development on the theme. “Especially when it's on a high-profile website.”"
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Comment: What will do to Facebook's future IPO? (Score 4, Informative) 307

by CaptSwifty on Wednesday April 18, 2012 @07:21PM (#39730037) Attached to: Zuckerberg Made Instagram Deal Alone

What will this do to Facebook's future IPO when potential investors see a "maverick" CEO who does what he wants without consulting the board? I can't imagine a lot of fund managers will like the idea of putting billions of dollars at stake with someone like Zuckerberg spending huge sums of money without getting input from people who already own a large percentage of the company.

How does Zuckerberg own only 28% of the stock but have 57% of the voting rights? Are there really that many non-voting shareholders?

+ - Bitcoin user gets robbed of his 1/2 million wallet-> 0

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anomnomnomymous

on Wednesday June 15, 2011 @08:10AM

anomnomnomymous writes "One user claims that an unknown thief has stolen his virtual wallet with Bitcoins, worth the equivalent of half a million dollars. In a posting on the Bitcoin forum, a user with the nickname Allinvain claims 25,000 Bitcoins have been captured; An amount with a rough value of 467.500 dollar.
So are we going to see more of these robberies in the future? This clearly shows one of the downsides of the semi-anonymous currency, as a recourse or refund (or legal protection) is nearly absent."
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+ - Facebook IPO In Early 2012 for $100 Billion-> 0

Submitted by CaptSwifty on Monday June 13, 2011 @12:54PM

CaptSwifty writes "CNBC is reporting that "Facebook will likely go public in the first quarter of 2012, with a valuation that could top $100 billion, according to people familiar with the matter... SharesPost, a private exchange that buys shares of non-public companies, last sold 100,000 shares of Facebook for $3.4 million, which put the company's valuation at $85 billion.""
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