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Comment: Re:No Powerboost for Me (Score 1) 287

by jfade on Tuesday February 19 2008, @03:37PM (#22479696) Attached to: Comcast Cheating On Bandwidth Testing?

No, I hadn't been running any up till that point that day and don't distinctly remember running any in the days preceding... I was getting ready to upload a file via FTP to my webhost and decided to test my speed for kicks and giggles before starting it, and the result was as I described. (A side point, my FTP upload speed seems somehow capped by them as well. It'll start fast and then can never reach speeds above 46 kbps or so. Truly annoying.)

Stephen Colbert Announces (Real?) Candidacy-> 0

Submitted by

_Hiro_

on Wednesday October 17 2007, @09:42AM

_Hiro_ writes "Stephen Colbert announced his intent for the office of President of the United States last night. He is running in the North Carolina Primaries as both a Republican and a Democrat. The only question is whether this is for real, or yet another publicity stunt by Mr. Colbert."
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Stephen Colbert Throws Hat in Ring 0

Submitted by

Charred Shaman

on Wednesday October 17 2007, @08:56AM

Charred Shaman writes "The comedian announced his candidacy for president on his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report" Last night, stating that he would run for both Democrat and Republican. Could this be a change for the face of the election? Original Story: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFzxF7XLwi7Il2DVEE6la0NVo — gD8SB07VO0"

Stephen Colbert to Run for President 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 16 2007, @11:57PM

An anonymous reader writes "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFzxF7XLwi7Il2DVEE6la0NVo — gD8SAOEEG1"

Review of Amazon's DRM-less music download store-> 0

Submitted by

fdmendez

on Tuesday September 25 2007, @08:04PM

fdmendez writes "Amazon's long awaited DRM-less music download store just hit the web, and, for a moment there, I thought it might have become vaporware. Thankfully, that didn't turn out to be the case, giving me a chance to put the store through its paces. Here's my review of the Amazon MP3 Download Store.

Amazon is going out on a limb here, offering DRM-less MP3 tracks at 256kbps at $0.89 per song. DRM-less music download stores have been done before, but they usually lack in music selection. Amazon is looking to change the music download world by giving users the opportunity to do anything they want with their music while offering a huge selection of both popular and unpopular/underground artists, but does it do this well?

Summary: Amazon one-ups the iTunes store in every way except for popularity. Never once did I find an album to be more expensive on the Amazon store in comparison to the iTunes store. The download experience was pleasant, and the lack of DRM truly makes it YOUR music. I don't know of any other download service that could top the Amazon MP3 store.

To read the in depth review, which discusses the Amazon MP3 store in greater detail, click here."
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Klingons to take on Furries in bowling match 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25 2007, @07:35PM

An anonymous reader writes "Yes, you read the title right. BoingBoing reports that Atlanta will be hosting an epic bowling match pitting Furries versus Klingons. Who will dominate the pins, the brute or the cute? From the article,

"It's like Quadrophenia with furrs and trekkers instead of mods and rockers."
"

Demonoid torrent tracker site shut down by CRIA 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 25 2007, @07:07PM

An anonymous reader writes "As of Tuesday, 25th September 2007, Demonoid is currently down, with no prior warnings from any moderators of the site. Both the main torrent page and the forum (fora) are no longer accessible. It is still possible to ping and trace the IP address of the site and it locates itself as in Canada. As of 6:45pm EST on 9-25-07, SSH and SMTP services are no longer active. Torrentfreak.com has since reported this is due to legal actions from the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) who ordered Demonoid's ISP to shut down the site."

Dell goes to the Smithsonian

Submitted by eck011219 on Friday May 11 2007, @09:18AM

eck011219 writes "Michael Dell has donated his security badge and a couple of computers (old and new) to the Smithsonian Institution. From the article: "The objects will join an Altair computer, a first-generation IBM PC and an original Apple Macintosh in the museum's collection." The others are symbols of technological innovation — isn't Dell more a symbol of a successful business model?"

Pirate Bay User Records Stolen

Submitted by

spyrochaete

on Friday May 11 2007, @09:16AM

spyrochaete writes "The self-proclaimed "World's largest BitTorrent tracker", The Pirate Bay, has disclosed that their user database has been pilfered. Stolen data includes at least usernames, passwords, and email addresses, though they claim these fields are "_very_ encrypted"."

$8,648.64 "Value Meal" @ Burger King

Submitted by PixieDust on Friday May 11 2007, @08:49AM

PixieDust writes "Fox News and several other news agencies are reporting the story of a woman who was charged almost $9,000 for her ~$9 meal. She didn't even look at her receipt as she just signed it. Apparently she had the money in her account, so no flags went up, and it was some time before she noticed the $8,600 drain. Now she's having trouble paying rent, getting food, etc. The Burger King where it happened has "tried everything" to credit her account back the charges. Guess you really should check that receipt a little closer at the drive through."