They (Giganews) were OK, performance-wise and price-wise. However, their method of 'pulling' content (for copyright I assume) was to break the download (remove one or more blocks) of the stream at the 33% mark. I understand the need to prevent the download, just disagree with their method.

Definitely needs a +5 Informative Mod!

I also advise running under an account that has no higher than 'Power User' as the permissions. Admin level should only be used when installing software that requires it, and only if you are sure of the trustworthiness of the source.

In a sense, yes. There is a microphone disable button on the top of all of the current models, and the light turns red when is disabled. I assume it blocks the microphone signal, vs telling Alexa to ignore the microphone.

It may simply be there is little interest in a minor character as lead in a movie. I never really followed that character as a kid, in any of the revisions, genders and revivals. Same with the DC character Martian Manhunter. He/She was just not interesting enough to spend my dollars on a separate comic/storyline.

And how, exactly, do they come up with 'stream-ripping YouTube' as most pppular? Do they have a magic way to tell you are streaming it to a file, rather than just listening to it?

According to a federal law or regulation http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/wireless911srvc.html, any cell phone, regardless of activation or billing issues, must be able to make a 911 call.

The number of cable and satellite TV subscriptions has been dropping for years due to rising prices and Internet-based alternatives, both legal and otherwise.

My conclusion: Charge fair prices, instead of soaking everyone while you can, and while the market will tolerate it. When the cost and inconvenience of replacing cable with internet alternatives and OTA (Digital antenna) becomes less of a deciding factor, more viewers will do so. Also, the younger generation wants portable media, not one bound to the cable box at home.

They weren't half-bad as a barcode scanner for the time, once you put the jumper in to unencrypt the output.

AnyDvd......Not that expensive.

Unless you drive a brand-new Ferrari to work, and the boss notices!

From the article: Patel had access to employee credentials because he was one of the company's senior system administrators, and kept a copy of a file with usernames and passwords on his laptop.

My first 'hack' was helping write a program to format the floppy disks on Chromemco computers, as they did not provide one to the user. They made a lot of money for a while, selling you their pre-formatted 8" diskettes. I think they charged about 3 times the price of industry-standard blank media for theirs. Once the hack came out, they realized the game was up, and provided a formatter. Obviously, this was before DMCA, and sue-happy manufacturers. :>