MikeyTheK - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:It's Not ALL Bloggers (Score 4, Interesting) 353

by MikeyTheK on Thursday December 08, @12:51PM (#38304350) Attached to: Bloggers Not Journalists, Federal Judge Rules

The decision does raise an interesting question, though - what makes you a journalist? Is it having an account on WordPress or Blogger? What about aggregators like Drudge and Slashdot? We see journalists espousing opinions all the time, frequently controversial - your local rag's editorial page is just such a place. I love the shades of grey.

Comment: Nothing Like Bragging Rights (Score 1) 121

by MikeyTheK on Monday July 18 2011, @09:42AM (#36799290) Attached to: Apple IOS 4.3.4 Jailbroken Hours After Update

Is there anything that is quite as effective as bragging rights to drive innovation (besides Economics, of course)? I don't know if security on iOS could get any better faster if you didn't have a determined group trying to break it publicly.

Comment: Meh (Score 1) 144

by MikeyTheK on Friday April 22 2011, @10:14PM (#35912122) Attached to: RockMelt: Google Chrome, Only Better

I started messing around with RockMelt six months ago after receiving an invite. It's ok, but I have yet to find a real compelling reason to use it over Chrome, especially since, as the article mentions, it only sort-of supports Chrome extensions, which means I can only sort-of do things that I rely on Chrome for.

Comment: Re:More then three (Score 1) 72

by MikeyTheK on Friday September 19 2008, @11:12AM (#25071587) Attached to: "More Than Three Teams" Working On <em>Halo</em> Games

How about Fantasy Halo? I'll take Johnson as my first pick any day.

Vonage Down, Not Accepting PSTN Calls 0

Submitted by MikeyTheK on Monday October 22 2007, @03:26PM

MikeyTheK writes "From the In Case You Care department, Vonage's PSTN network connection is down. At around 14:00 EDT I noticed that my Vonage phone was not accepting inbound calls. After being on the phone with TS for about an hour, they notified me that (nearly) nationwide, Vonage is not connected to the PSTN, so calls from the Outside World are not coming though.

That also means that if you have a failover number with Vonage it won't do anything, either, because Vonage isn't able to route it at this time. They don't have an ETA to get everything back up yet."

New Jersey Teen Pwns iPhone 0

Submitted by MikeyTheK on Friday August 24 2007, @02:11PM

MikeyTheK writes "17 year-old George Holtz of Glen Rock, NJ has pwn3d his iPhone, including switching it to the T-Mobile network. He details steps on his blog, and has sold one of the phones in eBay."

Teen untethers iPhone from AT&T 0

Submitted by

9InchRails

on Friday August 24 2007, @02:09PM

9InchRails writes "An article on CNN Gives some minor details about a kid who has managed to overcome not being able to use an iPhone on a network other than AT&T. The article is void on details, but this may well unlock the hot new PDA on the block."

New Jersey teen cracks iPhone network lock-> 0

Submitted by

Alex Horovitz

on Friday August 24 2007, @02:09PM

Alex Horovitz writes "A teenager in New Jersey has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones. Read the whole story here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20424880/"
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Yahoo, MSN sign new Chinese gov't blogging pact-> 0

Submitted by kaufmanmoore on Friday August 24 2007, @01:58PM

kaufmanmoore writes "AFP is reporting that Yahoo China and MSN have signed the new "self-discipline" pledge introduced this week and covered previously on slashdot. There are no more details at this point as to whether MSN or Yahoo will require detailed registration of personal information as encouraged by the Chinese government."
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FCC Head Supports Ala Carte Cable 0

Submitted by MikeyTheK on Thursday August 23 2007, @02:16PM

MikeyTheK writes "PC Magazine Reports that Kevin Martin, chairman of the FCC, supports ala carte cable.

In a letter to several minority groups on Wednesday, Martin said "While I believe all consumers would benefit from channels being sold in a more a la carte manner, minority consumers, especially those living in Spanish speaking homes, might benefit most of all,". He goes on to argue "Cable companies act as gatekeepers into the programming allowed by the expanded basic cable package, preventing independent content producers from reaching viewers,", citing the example of Black Family Television, which was forced to go online-only because cable operators refused to carry it, even after it reached 16 million homes."