MrPerfekt - Slashdot User

Comment Bunk, This is flat out bunk. (Score 0) 589

by MrPerfekt on Saturday January 17, 2009 @08:29PM (#26501723) Attached to: MS Silverlight To Stream Obama Inauguration Events

I have no idea what the hell this article is talking about. This will be the most covered event in history, because, well, it is history. There will be many, many, many live video streams covering it and just because one provider has decided to use Silverlight doesn't mean the whole Internet has to use just one feed.

CNN.com for example will be covering this using their same live flash player they've been using for a while. So let's not kid ourselves and pretend that MS has a monopoly on the Internet.

kthnx.

Submission + - Has Apple become a vaporware producer?

Submitted by

MrPerfekt

on Friday March 02, 2007 @01:01AM

MrPerfekt writes: "I am a giant Apple fan, but with the recent Apple TV delay and complete lack of information about the release of Leopard, I think this is a fair question. The iPhone is still months off as well. Apple has been somewhat out of character the past year telling us about products that are in development in the first place but it highlights the fact that they haven't released anything groundbreaking in a while. Instead, we only seem to get tastes of what's to come. I think this is minorly intensified by the fact that Macintoshes now use Intel processors. We can see the Intel roadmap and what is due to be released when and can eagerly anticipate a future Apple release that may be a while off. So, is Apple now in the unenviable position of being a company that gets us excited about future products that may not show up for a long time, if at all?"

Journal SPAM: The EFF Cracks Secret FBI Printer Tracking Codes 2

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Monday February 05, 2007 @11:06PM

Almost all printers secretly print dots without your consent, which are invisible to the naked eye. Apparently Xerox (Docucolor series), and possibly others, have included this technology. This is being used by the FBI to keep an eye on groups such as Greenpeace and United for Peace and Justice. As an effort of their Machine Identification Code Technology project, the EFF has cracked the code, and provided a

Submission + - "Hold your Wee for a Wii" ends in tragedy

Submitted by highestregards on Saturday January 13, 2007 @11:16PM

highestregards writes: The Wii's name is inherently funny. However nobody's laughing now that a woman has died from participating in a radio contest to win one of the devices. A young mother has apparently died of water intoxication after participating in the "Hold your Wee for a Wii" contest. Maclean's has the story at http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/news/shownews.js p?content=w011361A

Ford Airstream Electric Concept Car 202

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 13, 2007 @09:23PM from the fill-it-up-with-H2 dept.

Not to be upstaged by GM's plug-in electric concept vehicle, Ford has unveiled its own concept. The twists are design by Airstream and a hydrogen-powered fuel cell to charge the battery. From the AutoblogGreen article: "The fuel cell, made by Ballard, turns on automatically when the battery charge dips below 40 percent. With the on-board charger (110/220 VAC), the battery pack can be refilled at home. Ford says the HySeries Drive is 50 percent smaller and less complex than conventional fuel cell system and should have more than double the lifetime."

Submission + - Sundance movies to be available on iTunes Store

Submitted by

BeerCat

on Saturday January 13, 2007 @07:14PM

BeerCat writes: "The BBC is reporting that "The Sundance Film Festival has struck a deal with Apple to allow festival films to be sold through its iTunes store" The film festival, starting 18 January, will allow several (currently 33) of the 71 short films to be made available on the (US) iTunes Store, for the price currently being charged for TV shows and short films ($1.99). This will be in addition to them being available on the Sundance site for streaming. However, it is not intended to allow any of the feature films to be sold this way, as, according to John Cooper of the Sundance Institute, "What Sundance is really known for is as a platform for people to sell their films, and that's mainly the feature film. We didn't want to really interfere with that yet."

Wonder if Apple will make the films available on other iTunes Stores sites other than the US one."

Decryption Keys For HD-DVD Found, Confirmed 473

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 13, 2007 @02:14PM from the house-of-cards dept.

kad77 writes "It appears that, despite skepticism, 'muslix64' was the real deal. Starting from a riddle posted on pastebin.com, members on the doom9 forum identified the Title key for the HD-DVD release 'Serenity.' Volume Unique Keys and Title keys for other discs followed within hours, confirming that software HD-DVD players, like any common program, store important run-time data in memory. Here's a link to decryption utility and sleuthing info in the original doom9 forum thread. The Fair Use crowd has won Round One; now how will the industry respond?"

Submission + - World of Warcraft now the size of New York City

Submitted by

DeadBugs

on Thursday January 11, 2007 @03:07PM

DeadBugs writes: "World Of Warcraft has passed 8 Million subscribers. This would put it on par with the population of New York (the largest city in the United States). With the first expansion coming out since the game was released, the game could easily pass 10 million people.

From the press release: "Since debuting in North America on November 23, 2004, World of Warcraft has become the most popular MMORPG around the world. Today, World of Warcraft is available in seven different languages and is played in North America, Europe, mainland China, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.""

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