Comment Before this gets binspam'd (Score 1) 1
The MFLB is a great little vape, I use one myself and it was worth every penny.
Ordered mine from Amazon.com, rather than some shady site that's probably selling counterfeits.
Submission + - Sonic CD is Retturning to Consoles (gamergaia.com)
flipmop44 writes: "The Sega CD did a lot of things wrong; from small cruddy full-motion video to incredibly lackluster games, the peripheral definitely wasn’t Sega’s best invention. However, the Sonic game that came out of the console was actually a very good title. Often regarded as the best Sonic game to date, Sonic CD was probably the best thing about the Sega CD and now gamers will have the chance to play the classic Sonic title on just about any gaming device."
Comment Re:Answer = Proxy Server (Score 1) 89
Thanks for clearing that up.
Clarification: He has done things that would get him in more trouble than hacking Palin's e-mail.
Submission + - Filmaker make Hollywood Apocolypse film for $250 (twitchfilm.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Film makers David and Ian Purchase shook the internet 2 years ago, with Escape from City 17 Part One. Now Part Two is out and it is even more ground breaking. Coming in at 14 mins, you feel like you are in a Hollywood apocalypse film with visuals that put big budget Hollywood films to shame.
Comment Re:Yeah right (Score 1) 179
In America, it doesn't matter if you get caught, so long as you make a metric fuckton of money in the process.
Comment Good luck flying! (Score 1) 210
Imagine the TSA's reaction when you've got electronics AND liquids in the sole of your shoe!
Submission + - Private planes, private no more (chicagotribune.com) 3
chill writes: The Department of Transportation, which used to allow anyone with a private plane to choose not to have their flight plans made available for public consumption, has decided to eliminate that option. So if you want to snoop into someone else's travel itinerary, you can do it.
[Note: The filing of general aviation flight plans with air traffic control is strictly voluntary, but strongly encouraged. Their primary use is if the pilot doesn't arrive within an hour of schedule, where to start looking for the wreckage.]
Submission + - F5 protects against Apache Killer (f5.com)
An anonymous reader writes: It’s called “Apache Killer” and it’s on Wednesday we heard about yet another example of exploiting not a vulnerability, but a protocol’s behaviour. In this case, the target is Apache and the “vulnerability” is in the way multiple ranges are handled by the Apache HTTPD server. While Apache will be quick to respond with a patch, in the mean time, leading Application Delivery vendor F5 Networks, a popular choice for large web infrastructures often sitting in front of farms of Apache servers, today posted three configurable options for protecting against this vulnerability.
Submission + - Let's enhance that just got real (wordpress.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Of course, the second law of thermodynamics means that we cannot really CSI-style enhance images already recorded, but a new algorithm developed by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon university may mean we can extract what is there faster and more efficiently — by solving systems of linear equations much more rapidly than is presently possible: "in nearly mlogn time" says the scientific paper (http://kintali.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/focs-2011/)
Submission + - Neanderthal sex boosted immunity in modern humans (bbc.co.uk)
NotSanguine writes: Sexual relations between ancient humans and their evolutionary cousins are critical for our modern immune systems, researchers report (subscription only) in Science journal.
Mating with Neanderthals and another ancient group called Denisovans introduced genes that help us cope with viruses to this day, they conclude.
Mating with Neanderthals and another ancient group called Denisovans introduced genes that help us cope with viruses to this day, they conclude.
Comment Re:Answer = Proxy Server (Score 3, Interesting) 89
The guy who got into Palin's Yahoo used a VPN server, and those guys were more than willing to burn him when the Feds came knocking.
I went to college with the guy who ran that VPN server.
The only reason he cooperated with the Feds so readily is because he didn't want them flagging him as a Person Of Interest.
Submission + - RealNetworks crushes Dutch webmaster for hyperlink (pcadvisor.co.uk)
suraj.sun writes: RealNetworks has sued the owner of a website in The Netherlands for displaying a hyperlink to a competing freeware package. As the company seeks compensation for its claimed losses, the 26-year-old man is borrowing money from family to survive.
The case started in 2010 when RealNetworks demanded that the computers belonging to Hilbrand Edskes and his family be confiscated. A Dutch judge granted this in an ex-parte ruling, based on an alleged violation of copyright law and trademark law. The company claims that Edskes was hosting the infringing software. The move to secretly obtain the order was meant to ensure that evidence wasn’t deleted.
Edskes has a website, Codecpack.nl, that links to a wide variety of freeware programs. One of these is "Real Alternative", a competitor of the mediaplayer RealPlayer from RealNetworks.
However, Edskes wasn’t hosting the software, but just redirected to other sites for the actual download. The complaint turned out to be based on a hyperlink to the software. To date there have been two court sessions, and in December Edskes will have to testify under oath.
PC Advisor: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tech-industry/3299285/realnetworks-crushes-dutch-webmaster-for-hyperlink/
The case started in 2010 when RealNetworks demanded that the computers belonging to Hilbrand Edskes and his family be confiscated. A Dutch judge granted this in an ex-parte ruling, based on an alleged violation of copyright law and trademark law. The company claims that Edskes was hosting the infringing software. The move to secretly obtain the order was meant to ensure that evidence wasn’t deleted.
Edskes has a website, Codecpack.nl, that links to a wide variety of freeware programs. One of these is "Real Alternative", a competitor of the mediaplayer RealPlayer from RealNetworks.
However, Edskes wasn’t hosting the software, but just redirected to other sites for the actual download. The complaint turned out to be based on a hyperlink to the software. To date there have been two court sessions, and in December Edskes will have to testify under oath.
PC Advisor: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tech-industry/3299285/realnetworks-crushes-dutch-webmaster-for-hyperlink/
Submission + - Google +1 button upgraded! (pureinfotech.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Google has incorporated two features into the +1 button, sharing with your circle directly into Google+ right from a web page and +snippets which builds a nice preview of a web page for you to share and easily jump-start a conversation.
Submission + - Quick Tech Product Death More Humane? (nytimes.com) 1
HumanEmulator writes: The NY Times writes about how the Hollywood summer-movie business model is being applied to tech products: "Every release needs to be a blockbuster, and the only measure of success is the opening-weekend gross." New products are being pulled from shelves only weeks after a lackluster release. What if the TouchPad, the Microsoft Kin, or even Google Wave had had more time on the market? Is this blockbuster or bust model good thing?
Submission + - GameStop opening Deus Ex boxes, removing free game (arstechnica.com)
DisKurzion writes: A leaked GameStop memo indicates that employees are to open the regular PC release of Dues Ex: Human Revolution and discard the included OnLive coupon.
From TFA: GameStop spokesperson Beth Sharum confirmed the practice, telling Ars that "Square Enix packed the competitor’s coupon with our DXHR product without our prior knowledge and we did pull these coupons."
If you buy a PC game retail, make sure the box is sealed!!
From TFA: GameStop spokesperson Beth Sharum confirmed the practice, telling Ars that "Square Enix packed the competitor’s coupon with our DXHR product without our prior knowledge and we did pull these coupons."
If you buy a PC game retail, make sure the box is sealed!!
