Comment: mind games (Score 1) 198
you get a great deal on stuff only to find out it is of really bad quality and brakes in a year or that after new years it gos on sale for the same or lower price.
Comment: HBO (Score 1) 235
it is so they can bring back the Taxie cab confessions.... just now they don't have to tell them at the end of there ride it was recorded and consent to it.
Comment: and those that do fail (Score 2) 149
it is also a lot easier to retrieve data from disc then SSD that most of the time go without warning
Comment: no money (Score 1) 353
thats what happens when you have to spend money that could have gone to your investors to make your networks more secure.
Comment: bing (Score 1) 141
looks just like the birds eye view that Microsoft Bing maps use
Comment: gorilla glass (Score 1) 348
what they really need is to switch to gorilla glass that corning makes
Study Finds That "Extreme Gamers" Play 48 Hours a Week 272
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Soulskill
from the i-blame-blizzard dept.
from the i-blame-blizzard dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Think you're a big gamer? According to a new study from market research firm NPD Group, to be considered among the real hardcore you'll need to play an average of 48.5 hours a week — nearly seven hours a day. This group of gamers is, on average, '29 years old, and — perhaps surprisingly — one-third of them are female. They're more likely to play on consoles than on the PC, and on average they've purchased 24 titles in the past three months — a bill that could easily run over a thousand dollars. But dedicated though they may be, the Extreme Gamers are just a small minority: a mere 4% of the US's 174-million-strong gaming public. '"
Traffic-Flow Algorithm Can Reduce Fuel Consumption 328
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timothy
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.
thecarchik writes "New projects from German automakers Audi and BMW promise to ease congestion simply by looking at traffic signals and driving style, in an effort to smooth the flow of traffic. Through a test course in Munich, vehicles were able to post phenomenal fuel efficiency gains simply by adjusting the timing of traffic lights depending on traffic volume — to whatever speed provides a so-called 'green wave' of four or more synchronized signals."
Google Stops Ads For "Cougar" Sites 319
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samzenpus
from the here's-to-you-mrs-robinson dept.
from the here's-to-you-mrs-robinson dept.
teh31337one writes "Google is refusing to advertise CougarLife, a dating site for mature women looking for younger men. However, they continue to accept sites for mature men seeking young women. According to the New York Times, CougarLife.com had been paying Google $100,000 a month since October. The Mountain View company has now cancelled the contract, saying that the dating site is 'nonfamily safe.'"
Comment: sex (Score 2, Funny) 194
well research shows that the more you have sex and masturbate when you are young increases your chance of prostate canacer, and with teens having sex at a younger and younger age i think this company will be making some good money from this later down the road.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126082343.htm
Comment: Re:mythbusters (Score 1) 351
as i remember mb was going to do a episode about rfid and credit cards and found that it was really easy to brake the technology, then the credit card companys found out and prevented the episode to show.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10030509-52.html
The LHC Is Back Online 123
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kdawson
from the exercising-the-formula-one-around-town dept.
from the exercising-the-formula-one-around-town dept.
medea and several other readers noted that the LHC came back online early this morning. Here is the tweet from CERN announcing the milestone. As we discussed a few weeks ago, CERN plans to run the LHC at half power or less through 2011.
Comment: duck tape (Score 2, Funny) 300
it can fix anything!
Comment: AMD (Score 1) 211
it was a inside job put out by AMD to slow them down and get ahead of the compatation.
Comment: or... (Score 2, Interesting) 199
you can also go online and download one of many broadband meters... who knows there meter could be rigged to show you using more bandwidth then you really are just to give you a reason to overcharge you.