Comment Cyanogenmod never had it and will never have it (Score 1) 249
I have rooted my N1 long ago. Have been running CyanogenMod since CM6. No spyware on this phone.
Comment Re:why just the kindle? (Score 1) 182
I have carried my Nook through airport scanners lots of times. No problem whatsoever.
This is unlikely to have anything to do with the e-ink display. It is obviously some other "feature" of the Kindle (just like the "kill switch.")
Submission + - Web designers: Time to ditch Flash, Silverlight, a (tideart.com)
An anonymous reader writes: With the announcements of Adobe and Microsoft that Flash and Silverlight don't have long to live, now is time to switch to HTML5 if you haven't already.
Submission + - Foreigners Don't Take IT Jobs, They Create Them (informationweek.com) 1
gManZboy writes: "Might the Occupy Wall Street protests pressure U.S.-based companies to keep IT and other jobs in this country or face a backlash? One commonly espoused view is that if we keep more foreigners out of the U.S., employment will rise and the economy will rebound. "While I understand the deep frustrations and fear that accompany 9%-plus national unemployment, I'm not buying this line of reasoning," writes InformationWeek Editor-in-Chief Rob Preston. Evidence shows that highly educated tech pros who come to the U.S., or stay here after graduating, create jobs and economic growth because many start businesses, he writes."
Submission + - NASA: If there was life on Mars, it was likely und (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "NASA issued a study today that said if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting environments were most likely below the planet's surface. The hypothesis comes from analyzing tons of mineral data gathered over the years from more than 350 sites on Mars gathered by NASA and European Space Agency Mars space probes."
Submission + - Bill would require a warrant for digital tracking (thehill.com)
GovTechGuy writes: Sens. Mark Kirk and Ron Wyden used the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to stump for a bill that would require police to obtain a warrant before using an individual's cell phone, laptop or other digital device to track their location. Under current law the government can access that data without a judge's approval, or even access a user's email account without first getting a warrant.
Submission + - Samsung Nexus Prime Full Specifications, features (techno18.com)
Submission + - AT&T buys merger support from churches, charit (itworld.com)
bdking writes: Maybe AT&T figures it can't hurt to have God — or at least church representatives — on its side as the telco fights to gain approval of its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Numerous charities and churches who are lobbying the FCC to approved the deal recently have received funding from AT&T.
Submission + - Oracle to bring Dtrace on Linux
mvar writes: Dtrace co-author Adam Leventhal writes on his blog about Dtrace for Linux:
Yesterday (October 4, 2011) Oracle made the surprising announcement that they would be porting some key Solaris features, DTrace and Zones, to Oracle Enterprise Linux. As one of the original authors, the news about DTrace was particularly interesting to me, so I started digging.
Even among Oracle employees, there’s uncertainty about what was announced. Ed Screven gave us just a couple of bullet points in his keynote; Sergio Leunissen, the product manager for OEL, didn’t have further details in his OpenWorld talk beyond it being a beta of limited functionality; and the entire Solaris team seemed completely taken by surprise.
Leunissen stated that only the kernel components of DTrace are part of the port. It’s unclear whether that means just fbt or includes sdt and the related providers. It sounds certain, though, that it won’t pass the DTrace test suite which is the deciding criterion between a DTrace port and some sort of work in progress.
Yesterday (October 4, 2011) Oracle made the surprising announcement that they would be porting some key Solaris features, DTrace and Zones, to Oracle Enterprise Linux. As one of the original authors, the news about DTrace was particularly interesting to me, so I started digging.
Even among Oracle employees, there’s uncertainty about what was announced. Ed Screven gave us just a couple of bullet points in his keynote; Sergio Leunissen, the product manager for OEL, didn’t have further details in his OpenWorld talk beyond it being a beta of limited functionality; and the entire Solaris team seemed completely taken by surprise.
Leunissen stated that only the kernel components of DTrace are part of the port. It’s unclear whether that means just fbt or includes sdt and the related providers. It sounds certain, though, that it won’t pass the DTrace test suite which is the deciding criterion between a DTrace port and some sort of work in progress.
Comment Re:Complaint Text (Score 1) 433
I've pulled the complaint from PACER and uploaded it to docstoc:
How about using the RECAP Firefox plugin , so that it would get uploaded automatically to the Internet Archive?
Submission + - Android called 'Linux made easy' for developers (eetimes.com)
donberryman writes: "An EE Times article says Android provides advantages over "standard" Linux distributions. Such as "... a tightly coupled environment for application development where the frameworks and middleware components are selected by Google. Traditional Linux distributions are typically 'mix and match' ... which burdens the software designer with the need to invest time in understanding the very complex options and make difficult choices""
Submission + - Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT (infoworld.com) 1
snydeq writes: "InfoWorld's Serdar Yegulalp offers an in-depth look at DD-WRT, open source router firmware that can 'breath new life — and advanced features — into your old wired or wireless router.' Quality-of-service controls, iptables-based firewall, IPv6 support, DNS controls, Kai Daemon for allowing game console network tunneling, and a host of features for using your router as a public-access hotspot are among the many possibilities for hacking your router with DD-WRT."
Submission + - Samsung to Pay Microsoft for Android
theodp writes: GeekWire reports that Microsoft and Samsung just announced a patent licensing agreement that gives Samsung legal coverage for its use of Google's Android OS in its smartphones. Under the deal, which covers both mobile phones and tablets, Microsoft says it will receive unspecified royalties for every Android device that Samsung sells. Microsoft previously struck a similar patent deal with HTC, under which Microsoft is reportedly receiving $5 for every Android handset that HTC sells. This latest deal leaves Motorola Mobility, with which Microsoft is currently in litigation, as the only major Android smartphone manufacturer in the U.S. without a license to Microsoft’s patent portfolio.
Submission + - NY Times article on how Leo Apotheker was chosen (nytimes.com) 1
yuhong writes: "NY Times has an article about how Leo Apotheker ended up being appointed as CEO of HP."
Submission + - Meg Whitman Named HP CEO 2
adeelarshad82 writes: Hewlett-Packard on Thursday confirmed that Léo Apotheker is out as its CEO, and former eBay chief Meg Whitman will take his place.
