Comment Re:I thought.. (Score 1) 548
They're calling it a 2 x 4. They're not saying that it's 2" x 4". There's a difference, and it's not subtle.
Submission + - Forbes forces readers to turn off ad blockers, promptly serves malware
akahige writes: From Extremetech comes this: "For the past few weeks, Forbes.com has been forcing visitors to disable ad blockers if they want to read its content. Visitors to the site with Adblock or uBlock enabled are told they must disable it if they wish to see any Forbes content. Thanks to Forbes’ interstitial ad and quote of the day, Google caching doesn’t capture data properly, either.
What sets Forbes apart, in this case, is that it didn’t just force visitors to disable ad blocking — it actively served them malware as soon as they did. Details were captured by security researcher Brian Baskin, who screenshotted the process."
What sets Forbes apart, in this case, is that it didn’t just force visitors to disable ad blocking — it actively served them malware as soon as they did. Details were captured by security researcher Brian Baskin, who screenshotted the process."
Comment with any luck (Score 1) 125
Maybe they'll use the name change as an opportunity to generate some further goodwill and kill off the browser plugin.
Flash does have uses outside the browser, and the new name reflects that. It's a completely dippy name for a browser plugin, though.
Adobe has ever been accused of forward thinking, but we can always hope.
Flash does have uses outside the browser, and the new name reflects that. It's a completely dippy name for a browser plugin, though.
Adobe has ever been accused of forward thinking, but we can always hope.
Comment I wonder... (Score 1) 130
...if they're smart enough to not sue Newegg?
Comment processing time reserved for (Score 1) 206
"[H]igher quality publications"... That would rule out Reuters. Granted, they're not the AP, but still...
Comment Too little, too late (Score 5, Insightful) 262
More to the point, how can you find out which chip the phone has before buying it?
Comment Re:How long until knowledge becomes normal (Score 1) 288
Since when does Grado make $80 headphones?
Comment O, the irony (Score 1) 288
Monster complaining that they're being bullied is rich.
Now they know how the legions of companies they've gone after for completely unrelated reasons feel.
They've deserved this for a very long time. It's nice to know that the boot they're feeling is being administered by a company big enough to not even remotely care how they feel about it.
Comment passwords are only half of a login (Score 1) 336
There's one important element of these leaks that I've never seen anyone comment on: it's all well and good to hack a weak password, but how do these people wind up getting their hands on lists of celebrities' private email addresses? It's not like you can just throw some terms at Google and come up with anything useful.
Comment Re:Double bind (Score 1) 1431
Are you implying that the shooter in this case wasn't mentally disturbed?
Comment Re:Now with google streetview! (Score 1) 81
Unless they've change it with this update, you can just skip the OCR half of the process, i.e. you only have to type the distorted text half.
Comment Re:Still sucks (Score 1) 127
You CAN do frame by frame advance: just hit "e".
Comment link around the paywall (Score 5, Informative) 178
Submission + - Steve Jobs (1955-2011) (apple.com) 1
akahige writes: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has lost his battle with cancer. The news has only just broken on Apple's home page, along with this brief announcement: "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."
