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PlayStation (Games)

Submission + - Sony PS3 Hack Brings Linux Back (thinq.co.uk) 1

Submitted by Stoobalou
Stoobalou writes: Sony-bating hacker GeoHot reckons he can restore the ability to run Linux on Sony's flagship console, despite the fact that the company has deliberately removed the functionality.
A recent firmware upgrade to version 3.21 killed the 'Install Other OS' option in fat versions of the console's operating system, angering academics and hackers alike.
According to GeoHot (AKA George Hotz — the chap also credited with hacking the iPhone) anyone who didn't take the plunge and update to 3.21 will soon be able to do so without losing the ability to install third-party operating systems.
Firefox

Submission + - IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet (msdn.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Over on Microsoft's IE blog they have an interesting comparison of browsers with regard to hardware accelerated page rendering. They write, 'One of our objectives with Internet Explorer 9 is taking full advantage of modern PC hardware to make the browser faster. We’re excited about hardware acceleration because it fundamentally improves the performance of websites. The websites that you use every day become faster and more responsive, and developers can create new classes of web applications through standards based markup that were previously not possible. In this post, we take a closer look at how hardware acceleration improves the performance of the Flying Images sample on the IE9 test drive site. When you run Flying Images across different browsers you’ll see that Internet Explorer 9 can handle hundreds of images at full speed while other browsers, including Internet Explorer 8, quickly come to a crawl.' Absent from the comparison is a nightly build of Firefox with the Mozilla's forthcoming Direct2D acceleration enabled.
Google

Submission + - EU Says Google Street View Violates Privacy (kitv.com)

Submitted by upto0013
upto0013 writes: The EU says that Google's Street View images violate privacy laws.

The case also asks that Google retain the images for only six months — instead of a year — and warn locals before the Google mobile comes to town.

Google said it would appeal the case, claiming it attacked freedom of speech on the Internet.

This case comes despite the fact that Google blurs faces and license plates and that it only photographs very public places.
Politics

Submission + - Chinese burecrats duel over right to regulate WoW (cbsnews.com)

Submitted by upto0013
upto0013 writes: Chinese democrats are battling each other for the right to regulate World of Warcraft so they can get the political clout and the revenue that comes along with controlling a new industry with potential for explosive growth.

"If you supervise a more dynamic area with a lot of growth potential, you have more budget and more administrative muscle," said Edward Yu, president of Analysys International, an Internet research firm in Beijing. "They see this pie is getting bigger and bigger, so it is no wonder different administrations are fighting over pieces of that territory."

It's absurd how orcs and elves (and Moonkin) can affect so many different faraway places.
Cellphones

Submission + - AT&T sues Verizon over TV ads (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: "Through the use of a coverage map in [Verizon] ads, they suggest through all white or blank space, not only that AT&T doesn't offer 3G coverage but no coverage at all," spokesman Mark Siegel said in an interview. "That's misleading and that's why we filed the lawsuit." In response, Verizon Wireless spokeswoman Brenda Raney said: "We feel the maps are accurate ... we make sure they are accurate." She said the TV ads clearly indicate in text that appears on the screen that the white areas are places where there is no 3G coverage, and not that there is no coverage at all.

Comment Re:Well Good (Score 1) 174

by upto0013 (#28849377) Attached to: Music Industry Thriving In an Era of File Sharing
And where are they seeking them? Social media marketing isn't that hard, and is insanely cheap compared to billboards and the like. Advertising on Mininova, Pirate Bay and other torrent sites is cheap. Getting in on Pandora and MySpace music players would be the best, finding people who want cheap or free but aren't tech-savvy enough for bittorrent. Advertise a free exclusive track for signing up for the trial, it's not that difficult to make people spend money -- it feels good after all. They can't compete with free if they're not actually trying. I think could succeed if they made torrents part of their business model instead of a quick test. Also, that crap on the side (concert tickets, T-shirts, buttons, etc.) actually goes to the band. Ask any recording artist, the bulk of their money comes from tours and crap sales.

Comment Well Good (Score 1) 174

by upto0013 (#28848681) Attached to: Music Industry Thriving In an Era of File Sharing
Well good, I can keep pirating music without feeling bad. But seriously, if the record companies caught on to the fact that people downloading music are doing so because they love music, not because they hate the industry, they could be making a lot of money. Lets say Atlantic records got their own paid torrent tracker and charged $20 a month to download albums at will. There would still be the super leeches taking 10-15 albums a month and after the first download it would be loose for everyone. But I know plenty of people that would pay the $20 a month, get two or three albums a month just because it's easier than navigating the spam and virus party that is bittorrent. When it becomes easier to buy music than steal it, people will actually buy it. But when I can get just about any album days, even months, before they are released in a matter of minutes, why would I go to the store which may or may not have it in stock even weeks after the release date. Until the record companies start seeking listeners where they live, they are going to keep floundering. Just look at iTunes, it took the record companies too long to figure out that people would actually pay the same amount for something that costs half what it does to produce a packaged album. Now some have and -- gadzooks -- people are actually buying more legal digital music. It'll be the same with torrents, hell, smart pirates are already charging for community-driven trackers and take requests for new content. Until then, I'll keep stealing music and spending that money on concert tickets and T-shirts. That way I'm actually giving money to all the actual band members in the bands that I never would have found browsing the local record store.

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