laddy - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Glad to here. (Score 1) 164

by laddy on Wednesday May 20 2009, @02:49PM (#28030089) Attached to: 64-Bit Slackware Is Alive

First distro for me too, and still using it.

Comment: "The Watchmen"? (Score 1) 489

by laddy on Friday March 06 2009, @05:13PM (#27098545) Attached to: Watchmen Watched

Why in the fuck would I give any weight to a review that can't even be bothered to get the title correct?

Brazilian police arrests top Cisco execs 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 16 2007, @05:06PM

An anonymous reader writes "According to various Brazilian news agencies, top executives from local Cisco operation have been arrested today in what was called "Operation Persona". There's evidence of huge tax fraud (at least R$1,5B, roughly US$830M) involving Cisco (mostly) and others companies. Hardware was imported below its price to evade customs taxes. There's already many links covering this story, as it's still developing (just portuguese for now, sorry)."

TiVo Awarded Patent For Password You Can't Hack

Submitted by

Davis Freeberg

on Friday May 11 2007, @01:26AM

Davis Freeberg writes "TiVo has always been know for thinking outside of the box, but this week they were awarded an unusual patent related to locking down content on their hard drives. According to the patent, they've invented a way to create password security that is so tough, it would take you longer than the life of a hard drive, in order to figure out. They could be using this technology to prevent the sharing of content or it could be related to their advertising or guide data, but if their decryption technology is really that good, it's an interesting solution for solving the problem of securing networks."

Why Apple Should Acquire AMD

Submitted by Ice Wewe on Wednesday May 02 2007, @07:31PM

Ice Wewe writes "This CoolTech article explains why Apple may be looking at AMD as a possible acquisition in the future. From the article:

"...Apple could drop Intel altogether and adopt AMD for its Macintosh PCs. Sure, the transition is going to take sometime, and it would probably make Apple announce a brand new line of PCs. However, it will be well worth it. We know Steve Jobs is ruthless when it comes to making interesting deals with powerful companies. This makes AMD a perfect match."

"...Another benefit that Apple will reap out of this (other than adding another revenue stream) is to have complete control over its hardware from a cost standpoint. If it can convert Macs to AMD and ATI chips, all the key components are being developed in-house."
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Steve Jobs personally resolves customer complaint

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02 2007, @07:29PM

An anonymous reader writes "The Consumerist recently published a story about an Apple customer who went through support hell with a broken Macbook. After escalating the issue up the support chain, and a month wait for his Macbook, the guy gave up and simply wrote Steve Jobs a blistering flame-mail. So, was he surprised when Jobs' executive assistant responded back the next day! And he got both a brand new Macbook, as well as his old one to copy the hard drive. The guy also responded in a comment, and he turns out to be a slashdotter! He even wrote a journal entry here about the story.

I guess 'Think Different' really does work!"