So, I already posted this story: http://slashdot.org/submission/1655056/Apple-to-Prevent-iPhone-From-Filming-at-Events

Was mine not good enough or something?

I specifically blocked Itunes in my firewall; it doesn't get to connect to the internet at all. No problems. Amazon is better anyway.

Yeah, I highly doubt it. Being conservative, I've noticed that a majority of conservatives seem to be a bit older (40s and up); a lot of them probably don't even know how to edit a Wikipedia page, let alone deface it. Nothing wrong with that; it's just demographics. On the other hand, I've noticed that the left-wing seems to be quite a bit younger and naturally a bit more tech savvy. Plus, I've seen several Wikipedia entries slanted from a neutral bias to more of a left-leaning one; I don't recall ever seeing the opposite.

I'm going to call BS on this one.

Do you happen to have any firewall app recommendations for a non-rooted phone? I've seen a firewall app I liked, but I required the phone to be rooted. I have a Samsung Galaxy S, and so far it's done just about everything I need (including the WAP feature) without rooting, and I'd rather not if I can avoid it...

and water is wet, details at 11

http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/


Not as complex as you were suggesting per se, but searching by image is already here. I've used it a few times myself and like it so far.

I was thinking the same thing. XD

Global warming will cause [insert convenient crisis blown out of proportion here] unless we immediately [draconian freedom killing plan/initiative/law/policy].

This makes me pretty mad as well; any and all GPS tracking should require a warrant. Period. Sad thing is, with just about any cell phone, you can be tracked just by your position in relation to cell phone towers--not to mention all the devices that are GPS-enabled--without your knowledge.

Not sure how legal they are, but there are GPS-jamming devices that can be had for relatively cheap: http://goo.gl/4TUL6 . The problem with those is neither you nor the cars around you will be able to use GPS navigation either...

Hopefully the dog never bites its tongue...

Just got a new Android phone about a month ago. I never remember seeing that.

Actually, people who resell games, books, cars, etc. Do negatively affect those respective industries, but it's not like that's something that can be avoided. Companies that are still around, however, have learned to adapt. For example, college textbook publishers are constantly releasing newer versions of the same textbooks (with revisions/layout changes here and there to justify it). This forces students to buy new books regardless of how many of the old version are still saturating the market. For the automotive industry, they come out with new models every year that generally have improvements over prior-year models.

With videogames, it used to be that they simply raised the new purchase price. I remember (not too long ago) when the major title games went from $49.99 new to $59.99 new. That's because they only see revenue from the first sale, and the previous price wasn't enough to justify the cost of making the game in the first place. This is a good idea because not only do they still see all the revenue from the initial sale, but they also get another piece of that in subsequent re-sells.

The only problem I can see with this is if people start just buying the $15 license and use them on pirated installs...

[Citation needed].

I've seen something similar to this with cell phones when I'm at my parents' house. The Wifi works fine since it's within the house already, but cell phone reception there is terrible. I blame the metallic "sheets" that were inserted all through the inside of the roof.

Uninstalled the app, gave a negative review referring to this grand jury investigation, and upvoted all the other negative ratings for this privacy issue. I'm sure the damage has already been done, but this at least makes me feel better and hopefully hurts Pandora's reputation a bit.