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Comment Re:Botnets fighting botnets... (Score 1) 136

by Cyrack on Wednesday February 10, 2010 @10:34AM (#31086166) Attached to: New Russian Botnet Tries To Kill Rivals

And who do you think is going to cover the cost when the counter-bot-net screws up and wipes the PC instead of removing the bot? There are no gain for a company in making such a program, and any indivudal creating and distributing it is garanteed to get sued into oblivion.

Britannica Goes After Wikipedia and Google 385

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday January 22, 2009 @09:15AM from the let-us-know-how-that-works-out-for-ya dept.

kzieli writes "Britannica is going to allow viewers to edit articles, with changes to be reviewed by editors within 20 minutes. There is also a bit of a rant against Google for ranking Wikipedia above Britannica on most search terms."

Physically-Challenged Gamer Hacks Together Custom PS3 Controller 50

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @04:20AM from the quick-get-a-patent dept.

Destructoid has a neat post about a gamer whose condition prevents him from using a standard video game controller. With the help of a company called GimpGear, which markets devices for people with limited mobility, he designed and built a custom input device that makes use of fingers, toes, and even sips or puffs of air to control his favorite games. Pictures and a video of the setup are both available in the post.

New EMI Boss Says 'Downloads May Be Good' 173

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 03, 2008 @01:53PM from the burn-the-heretic dept.

warrior_s writes "Douglas Merrill was just installed as CIO of EMI (one of the big four that forms the RIAA). The ex-Googler recently stated it is a 'poor business model to sue your customers. I don't think that's a sustainable strategy.' Quoted by the Guardian, he was referring to Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG's current practice of trying to use legal systems around the world to force their customers into buying products rather than using the free P2P networks and independent music sites and services. 'Previously, the music industry has rubbished studies that claim file sharing can have a positive effect on music sales. "I think people will pay," Merrill said. "There is evidence that people we think are not buying music are buying music. They're just not buying it in formats we can measure."'"

Music From DNA Patented 203

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 30, 2007 @09:21PM from the tinkle-of-little-coins dept.

stm2 writes "Two lawyers have patented generating music from a DNA sequence. According to the patent, it covers 'music generated by decoding and transcribing genetic information within a DNA sequence into a music signal having melody and harmony.' A comment to the blog post mentions DNA-derived music being performed at a conference in 1995."

Designing With Web Standards 154

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 04, 2006 @03:05PM from the raise-your-standards dept.

Trent Lucier writes "If you've browsed the web design section of any bookstore lately, you've seen him staring at you. The blue hat. The mustache. The blinding neon background. He's Jeffrey Zeldman, publisher of the influential web development magazine, 'A List Apart' and author of the book Designing With Web Standards (DWWS). The first edition of the DWWS was published in 2003, and now 2006 brings us an updated 2nd edition. In a market flooded with XHTML, CSS, and web standards books, is DWWS 2nd Ed. still relevant?" Read the rest of Trent's review for the answer.

Firefox 2.0 Wins Phishfight Against IE7 181

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @10:47AM from the hi-ya dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new study that pitted the anti-phishing technology in Firefox 2.0 against that of IE7 generated some interesting results. From the Washingtonpost.com story: 'Firefox blocked 243 phishing sites that IE7 overlooked, while IE7 locked 117 sites that Firefox did not.' Microsoft responded by pointing to its own supposed comparison study that put it in front of Mozilla and others in phish fighting, but the story notes: '3Sharp, the company that authored the Microsoft study, clearly state on their site that their goal in creating 3Sharp was "to use the robustness, flexibility, and sheer native capabilities of the Microsoft communication and collaboration technologies to enhance the business of our customers."'"

Global Warming Debunked? 1120

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 06, 2006 @03:11PM from the concensus-or-what? dept.

limbicsystem writes, "I'm a scientist. I like Al Gore. I donate to the Sierra club, I bicycle everywhere and I eat granola. And I just read a very convincing article in the UK Telegraph that makes me think that the 'scientific consensus' on global warming is more than a little shaky. Now IANACS (I am not a climate scientist). And the Telegraph is notoriously reactionary. Can anyone out there go through this piece and tell me why it might be wrong? Because it seems to be solid, well researched, and somewhat damning of a host of authorities (the UN, the editors of Nature, the Canadian Government) who seem to have picked a side in the global warming debate without looking at the evidence." The author of the Telegraph piece is Christopher Monckton, a retired journalist and former policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher.

Practical Ajax Projects with Java Technology 98

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 23, 2006 @02:43PM from the more-ajax dept.

Simon P. Chappell writes "Is there anyone left in our industry that hasn't heard of Ajax, the ultimate client-side technology for web developers? Like many, I've read several books on it and now I'm even brushing up on JavaScript so that I can try it out. There is, however, an aspect of Ajax that often seems to get lost in the rush to play with the new browser tricks; Ajax enhanced web applications still need to work closely with server-side components. To even up the balance of books that concentrate on the browser end of Ajax, Apress brings us Practical Ajax Projects with Java Technology by Frank W. Zammetti.

Comment Re:It wasn't the police. (Score 1) 1189

by Cyrack on Thursday June 01, 2006 @11:31AM (#15446069) Attached to: ThePirateBay.org Raided and Shut Down

Well, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian might seem the same written, but spoken, thats another story. I'm from Denmark, and I do understand a bit Swedish and Norwegian, but a conversation is only possible because Swedish and Norwegian people generally is more fluent in Danish than the other way around (Danish is the most difficult language of the three).

Making a uniform, written language should be possible, but higly unlikely since there is to much PRIDE! involved.

Instead English should be the primary language of instead, preparing Scandinavia for the takeover of the world (ninjas go home!).

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