Comment Re:Not just AMP... (Score 1) 145
I couldn't find a media feature for "an input device more precise than a finger-operated touch screen is in use"
This feature will be available in CSS4: Pointing Device Quality: the pointer feature.
Comment Re:Hardly need spoofing in Canada (Score 2) 113
Feed Google News Sci Tech: Sun Storms May Affect Radios, Cell Phones - ABC News (google.com)
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By CHRISTINA NG (@ChristinaNg27) In this handout from NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory, a solar large flare erupts off the sun in space, June 7, 2011. (NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory/Getty Images) Intense solar activity may affect Earth today, ...
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By CHRISTINA NG (@ChristinaNg27) In this handout from NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory, a solar large flare erupts off the sun in space, June 7, 2011. (NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory/Getty Images) Intense solar activity may affect Earth today,
Massive solar storm 'will knock out radio signals and produce amazing Northern
Sun Storms May Slam Earth WednesdayFox News
Sun storms may super-charge the northern lightsmsnbc.com
The Daily Telegraph-Space.com-Discovery News
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Submission + - Verizon adds $2 charge for paying your bill online (geek.com) 2
An anonymous reader writes: With 2012 about to start, it seems Verizon has decided paying your bill online or over the phone is now worthy of an extra charge. So, from January 15, anyone choosing to pay their monthly bill using either method will incur a $2 charge.
Verizon is classing the charge as a “convenience fee” which translates into them deciding allowing you to pay either online or over the phone is a convenience. They also explain in the FAQ above that the fee allows them, “to continue to support these bill payment options.” Really, Verizon? When did offering online payments or accepting phone calls from customers get so much more expensive?
Verizon is classing the charge as a “convenience fee” which translates into them deciding allowing you to pay either online or over the phone is a convenience. They also explain in the FAQ above that the fee allows them, “to continue to support these bill payment options.” Really, Verizon? When did offering online payments or accepting phone calls from customers get so much more expensive?
Microsoft Proposes Fix For E-Voting Attack 111
Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft Research has proposed mitigation for a known potential attack against verifiable electronic voting machines that could help prevent insiders from being able to alter votes after the fact. The countermeasure to the 'trash attack' involves adding a cryptographic hash to the receipts that voters receive (PDF). Many verifiable voting systems already include hashes on the receipts, but that hash is typically made from the ballot data for each specific voter. The idea proposed by Microsoft Research involves using a running hash that would add a hash of the previous voter's receipt to each person's receipt, ideally preventing a privileged insider from using discarded receipts to alter votes. The trash attack that the mitigation is designed to address involves election workers or others who might be motivated to change votes gathering discarded receipts and then altering those votes."
Comment popularity != relevance (Score 2, Interesting) 246
Google search results are ranked by popularity, not relevance.Google does not do enough to differentiate "organic" search results -- those ranked by relevance
Submission + - Pfizer Worker Exposes Company Data with P2P (idm.net.au)
ColinPL writes: "A worker from the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in the US has inadvertently exposed the personal details of up to 17,000 company employees after a mishap with a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing program."
Submission + - TorrentSpy Ordered To Become MPAA Spy (torrentfreak.com)
ColinPL writes: "TorrentSpy, one of the world's largest torrent dump sites, has been ordered by a federal judge to monitor its users in order to create detailed logs of their activities which must then be handed over to the MPAA."
Submission + - Dell Exits LCD TV Business (dailytech.com)
Teksty Piosenek writes: "Dell Inc. announced this week that it will exit the LCD television business in an effort to focus on its core competencies — mainly computer systems. Dell executives announced that the company will end production of its LCD televisions by the end of this June. Dell currently sells LCD televisions in the U.S., Japan and other smaller markets."
Submission + - Why Music Really Is Getting Louder (timesonline.co.uk)
Teksty Piosenek writes: "Artists and record bosses believe that the best album is the loudest one. Sound levels are being artificially enhanced so that the music punches through when it competes against background noise in pubs or cars."
Submission + - Tips on how to not get busted for file-sharing (zeropaid.com)
RFC writes: "If you want to stay safe when downloading or sharing your favorite files online, these tips will help keep you from getting busted."
Submission + - Congressman Who Took Money From RIAA/MPAA Says Con (consumerist.com)
RFC writes: "The RIAA's campaign contributions are hard at work this week as members of Congress threaten to cut off federal funding to educational institutions if they don't stop file sharing on their networks."
Submission + - Copyright Silliness on Campus (washingtonpost.com)
RFC writes: "The House committees responsible for copyright and education wrote a joint letter May 1 scolding the presidents of 19 major American universities, demanding that each school respond to a six-page questionnaire detailing steps it has taken to curtail illegal music and movie file-sharing on campus. One of the questions — "Does your institution expel violating students?" — shows just how out-of-control the futile battle against campus downloading has become."
Submission + - Time Warner Cable Implements Packet Shaping (dslreports.com)
RFC writes: "Time Warner announces introduction of packet shaping technology.
"Packet shaping" technology has been implemented for newsgroup applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to audio, video, and voice over IP telephony. Road Runner reserves the right to implement network management tools for other applications in the future."
"Packet shaping" technology has been implemented for newsgroup applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to audio, video, and voice over IP telephony. Road Runner reserves the right to implement network management tools for other applications in the future."
Submission + - U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy
ColinPL writes: "China, Russia and 10 other nations were targeted by the Bush administration for failing to sufficiently protect American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy.
The Bush administration on Monday placed the 12 countries on a "priority watch list" which will subject them to extra scrutiny and could eventually lead to economic sanctions if the administration decides to bring trade cases before the World Trade Organization."
