Comment Re:Real question is... (Score 4, Insightful) 290
Not sure how or why, but they still get a shit-ton of traffic and Yahoo Mail has 3x as many users as Gmail.
Comment Re:Can't resist ... (Score 1) 228
What would make a company that has no "real" assets that valuable?
Their brand alone is a valuable real asset. The data mined from their users' profiles is for the most part very real, as well. Most of the value lies therein.
Comment Every Legit Email Marketer Has Always Done This (Score 0) 108
How else would they have any stats?
Comment Re:And computers used to cost millions of dollars (Score 4, Funny) 471
didn't the PS3 and Xbox 360 cost more to make at launch time than they were selling for?
GM should have built an augmented reality gaming system into the windshield so they could make up the loss by selling new software.
Comment Re:Correct me if I'm wrong (seriously) (Score 1) 741
As far as I know it was never confirmed that they used boxcutters...no one really knows what they used since all the witnesses are dead and most of the evidence destroyed.
Comment Re:Oh well, what a pity (Score 1) 227
I think this could be accomplished with a few UI tweaks in Farmville. Zynga: You owe me royalties if I ever see an "Oilville" game.
Comment Re:anonymizers built into browsers by default? (Score 1) 227
If they would build such tech into web browsers as easy as checking a prominent preference button it could make a huge difference in the ability of governments to repress their people.
It would be easy enough for these countries to simply outlaw use of such browsers. Sure it would be harder to enforce than blocking individual sites, but it would only take a couple dozen public stonings for the masses to capitulate.
Submission + - Frozen Corpse of Pilot Found 20 Years After Crash (nycaviation.com)
longacre writes: The corpse of a Bolivian pilot was found in the country's snow capped mountain tops east of its capital, La Paz, 20 years after a plane crash, local media reported Wednesday. Benjamin Pabon Galindo died on October 19, 1990 after crashing a plane while transporting meat from Bolivia's northern Amazonian region of Beni to La Paz. Apparently, due to technical failure and severe weather conditions, the plane crashed into the Huayna Potosi mountain. Around 7 years after the accident, the body of another pilot that was also on board was found, but Pabon's bodily remains were not found until last Sunday by mountaineers hired by family members.
Comment Re:Nothing but Oracle-related news here at /. (Score 3, Funny) 66
Slashdot is a news aggregator...it can only link to stories that exist.
Submission + - Google Maps Blamed for Invasion of Costa Rica (google.com)
longacre writes: A Nicaraguan military commander is blaming Google Maps for accidentally leading his troops across the border into neighboring Costa Rica for a river cleanup operation. The official maps of both nations agree that Calero Island is within Costa Rican territory, but commander Eden Pastora inexplicably used Google Maps to plan his operation, in which Nicaraguan troops allegedly destroyed a Costa Rican forest, scooped sediment out of a river and dumped the sludge on Costa Rican land. SearchEngineLand notes that use of Bing Maps would not have resulted in an international incident.
Submission + - Travel Sites Go to War Against Google-ITA Deal (nycaviation.com)
longacre writes: On Tuesday, the online travel powerhouses Expedia, Kayak, Sabre and Farelogix launched an alliance to lobby the Department of Justice--and the public--against Google's purchase of ITA, arguing that the deal would give Google an unfair influence over the air travel market. Not only could Google's own flight search detract from how these sites attract travelers on Google, but they fear Google could limit access to ITA products and services while keeping them for their own use. The alliance's website, FairSearch.org, details a number of their interests in the market, and their concerns based on Google's previous brushes with anti-trust regulators. They are also pooling their resources to put lobbying boots on the ground in Washington.
Comment Of Course (Score 3, Funny) 264
If there were a picture of you under a word closely resembling "Dildo" you'd be upset, too.
Comment Earthlink? Network Solutions? (Score 3, Insightful) 170
Basically this stuff was never safe to begin with, and you're an idiot if you post anything there expecting to be anonymous.
Comment Re:Can someone then please explain (Score 2, Insightful) 498
Reuters publishes press releases on their site, which is fine. They should, however, do more to differentiate their appearance from the real news.
Comment Not a Reuters story (Score 5, Informative) 498
This is a press release written by some guys hawking their book, it was not written by a journalist.
