Comment About time... (Score 0) 88
I've been waiting since Sept 1/88. Now if they'd only add support for the light gun my life would be complete.
Comment Re:Valve/Steam (Score 1) 76
Of course they haven't.
Comment Published checkpoint data is exempt from this ban (Score 1) 228
The rules specifically apply to checkpoint information that is NOT published by law enforcement agencies.
Section 22.8 of the updated App Store Review Guidelines reads:
"Apps which contain DUI checkpoints that are not published by law enforcement agencies, or encourage and enable drunk driving, will be rejected."
Some law enforcement agencies publish where DUI checkpoints will be located ahead of time, and these notices have been exempted from the ban.
Comment Re:Obligatory xkcd radiation chart (Score 1) 322
If you stand in an area with 100 millisieverts measured for a single second, you've been exposed to 100mS for a single second. If you stand in that area for an hour, you've been exposed to 100mS for an hour. There is no "per" in this description, the area has a measurement of 100 millisieverts.
Comment ACDSee Photo Manager (Score 1) 326
I've always been a huge fan of ACDSee Photo Manager. It lets me manage my photos in folders as I always have without any sort of import, and do everything you've asked for. It also has some great tools for renaming files/modifying dates that I just haven't found in other apps.
Comment Re:Hmm (Score 1) 103
The pool on the roof is open.
Comment And the login was... (Score 1) 344
login: iladministrator
pass: xxx
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Comment Re:Business plan (Score 1) 105
That part of the summary is not false but is very misleading.
While they are based outside of the US, they do respond within 24 hours on the takedown notices I've sent them over the past 2 years. I've provided them all the information asked for and each time the files were removed and checksum of those specific files blacklisted.
More Info: http://www.rapidshare.com/abuse.html
Comment Re:What's REALLY troubling (Score 3, Insightful) 470
You're oversimplifying the situation. What about US proxies or remotely connecting to another machine in the US. Maybe there was a VPN connection and his access to that wasn't removed. No, this could not have been avoided by locking this down to US IP addresses.
Submission + - Blu-Ray is cracked now too
An anonymous reader writes: Looks like Blu-Ray DRM has been compromised, for one disc at least:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=939873#pos t939873
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=939873#po
Submission + - TiVoToGo for Mac Announced
An anonymous reader writes: After much anticipation, some back peddling, a bite of hope, and a delayed release date, TiVoToGo Mac Edition is here. While there have been some unofficial hacks, those solutions have not been ideal for everyone. With support for transferring shows and burning to DVD/iPod, TiVoToGo is bundled as a part of Roxio's Toast Titanium software that will be announced tomorrow at Macworld.
Submission + - Planned to kill Bill Gates
An anonymous reader writes: The notoriuosly unreliable Swedish newspaper Expressen reports terrorist Shahawar Matin Sirajs planned to kill Bill Gates. Probably best to keep ones mouth shut.
Bar Performer Arrested For Copyright Violations 282
Edis Krad writes, "An elderly Japanese bar manager and performer has been arrested for playing copyrighted songs on his harmonica. From the article: 'Investigators accuse Toyoda of illegally performing 33 songs such as the Beatles' songs "Here, There and Everywhere" and "Yesterday," whose copyrights are managed by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. He allegedly performed the songs on the harmonica with a female pianist at the bar he operated between August and September this year.' This is for all those kids who are learning chords on their guitars — be ready to pay fees for practicing 'Smoke On The Water.' This story seems to be legit, though it reads like an Onion piece. It's only being reported in the Mainichi Daily News via MSN.
Lik-Sang Is Out Of Business 722
AKAImBatman writes "Thanks to Sony's heavy handed tactics, popular game importer Lik-Sang is closing its doors. All Lik-Sang customers are having their orders cancelled and refunded. Any attempt to place a new order redirects your web browser to the news of Lik-Sang's demise." From the announcement: "'Today is Sony Europe victory about PSP, tomorrow is Sony Europe's ongoing pressure about PlayStation 3. With this precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints from Sony America about the same thing, or from other console manufacturers about other consoles to other regions, or even from any publisher about any specific software title to any country they don't see fit. It's the beginning of the end... of the World as we know it', stated Pascal Clarysse, formerly known as the Marketing Manager of Lik-Sang.com. 'Blame it on Sony. That's the latest dark spot in their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire finally won, a few dominating retailers from the UK probably will rejoice the news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today.'" Many thanks to Sony for ruining it for the rest of us. I hope that your business model makes up for the customer goodwill you're lighting on fire today. Update: 10/24 21:34 GMT by Z : Eurogamer has Sony's response to Lik-Sang's accusations.
McDonalds Japan Distributes Infected MP3 Players 168
Tamas Feher from Hungary writes, "Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure reports that Mcdonalds in Japan distributed 10,000 infected MP3 players as customer prizes in a promotion with Coca-Cola. The USB sticks contained 10 free songs plus the QQPass Trojan, which is intended to steal login data. F-Secure reports that they have heard, but cannot confirm, that simply plugging the USB device into a Windows PC is sufficient to get infected. Investigation is still going on, but the mishap apparently happened in Hong Kong. Patrons nationwide are urged to quickly return their M-logoed sticks for replacement or call a 24hr hotline, if unsure." Here is the Mcdonalds Japan announcement (in Japanese, but Babelfish at Altavista handles it well).
