Comment: Re:Can we have this on comments too ? (Score 5, Funny) 257
[Can't] we have this [in real life] too? was how I micro-edited your comment.
What applications will help Middle East freedom?
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beachdog writes "What Internet and computer applications would help the millions of Middle East citizens seeking social justice and honest government?
I mean which free and open Internet apps can help countries and people move to better governments without warfare and fratricide?
I mean serious applications that can facilitate voting, constructive partisan organization, democratic government and economic re-balancing?"
I mean which free and open Internet apps can help countries and people move to better governments without warfare and fratricide?
I mean serious applications that can facilitate voting, constructive partisan organization, democratic government and economic re-balancing?"
Startup Dishes Recommendataions From Credit Data->
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itwbennett writes "Startup Bundle.com, a spinoff from Citigroup, is about to launch a service that founder and CEO Jaidev Shergill calls 'a more holistic' recommendation engine for dining and other retail establishments. Core to these recommendations will be analysis of the anonymized transactions from 25 million Citi credit card holders, who generate about 1 billion transactions a year. They are cross-indexed with U.S. Census bureau data and other third-party demographic information. 'We believe that [financial transaction] data can actually result in better recommendations and better decision-making for people,' Shergill said."
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BBC Caribbean Service makes final broadcast->
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NotSanguine writes "The BBC Caribbean Service has made its final broadcast, ending seven decades of programming for the region.
The service is being shut as part of budget cuts announced by the BBC World Service in January.
BBC managers say they have had to make tough choices because of a 16% cut in UK government funding.
But one critic called it a short-sighted decision, showing the BBC did not understand the complexities of the region.
The Macedonian, Albanian, Serbian and Portuguese for Africa services have also been closed in a bid to to save $75m (£46m) a year.
Seven other language services have moved away from radio to focus on online, mobile and television content.
These include Spanish for Latin America which last month ended its remaining radio broadcasts, on short-wave and intended mainly for Cuba"
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The service is being shut as part of budget cuts announced by the BBC World Service in January.
BBC managers say they have had to make tough choices because of a 16% cut in UK government funding.
But one critic called it a short-sighted decision, showing the BBC did not understand the complexities of the region.
The Macedonian, Albanian, Serbian and Portuguese for Africa services have also been closed in a bid to to save $75m (£46m) a year.
Seven other language services have moved away from radio to focus on online, mobile and television content.
These include Spanish for Latin America which last month ended its remaining radio broadcasts, on short-wave and intended mainly for Cuba"
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Obama v. Obama on Microsoft TV Watching Patent?
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theodp writes "'No country has more successful companies or grants more patents to inventors and entrepreneurs,' boasted a proud President Obama in his State of the Union address. So, as Microsoft looks for yet another patent on 'Encouraging Viewers to Watch Television Programs', they can expect to have the President's full support, right? Not so fast. Through her Let's Move initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama has fingered television viewing as a culprit in childhood obesity, and has even made a government-supplied TV viewing time log template available to encourage families to cut back. Any advice for the Patent Examiner handling this one?"
Comment: U-Verse - your guess is as good as mine (Score 2) 250
I subscribe to U-Verse and so I went to see how far off they were with my usage.
The U-verse data measurement report is currently under construction. When completed, you will be notified if your usage exceeds the allowance. Until that time, U-verse customers should not be concerned about their usage patterns for billing purposes.
Wouldn't it be nice to get enough notice to evaluate if AT&T's product meets my needs? Alas, my router tells me I've used 230 GB over the last month; that's pretty close to their 250GB limit, and if the numbers are 'fuzzy' then all bets are off.
Because U-Verse TV service is IP-delivered, I'd like assurances that they're not including this traffic in any metering - I'm already paying for this content and its delivery on the 'TV' portion of my bill.
RSA and SCADA: two ends of the disclosure spectrum->
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An anonymous reader writes "In the last week we have seen what I feel is two ends of the disclosure spectrum for security. The RSA SecurID incident with such a high level statement on one end (called "corporate spin" by Schneiner) and 34 vulnerabilities and proof of concept code on SCADA systems on the other; disclosed by a researcher without following responsible disclosure principles. Both are far from ideal and badly in need of improvement."
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Comment: Re:Subpoena for non-existent materials (Score 1) 172
Granted, the magstripe (or bar code) reader could be designed to accept the ticket in any of the four ways it fits in (like Disney's turnstiles, for example).but there's less problems with people not putting the paper tickets in gates correctly
ODP - Open Directory Project->
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