Comment Re:This is great (Score 1) 195
And the gas can and matches would take considerably less time to use too.
Comment Re:This is great (Score 1) 195
No, I don't.
Comment Re:This is great (Score 1) 195
Assuming that the data is reliable in any way.
I have a Nest, and I've turned off auto away because it was awful at predicting when I'd actually left the house. It could be useful in theory, but in practice it's a lot less accurate than you're giving them credit for. Is the Nest collecting data about you? Sure. Is that data likely to be useful against you in anyway, very unlikely.
Comment Re:This is great (Score 1) 195
What do you possibly have in your house that it's worth somebody's time to hack your thermostat?
Comment Re:Not a good time (Score 1) 526
(To those who will bleat "Vote!": I do vote but the only choices likely to be elected are those thoroughly venal politicians who will continue the irresponsible spending. It is built into the election process that those who are committed to significantly and actually cutting the government spending will never get the big donations necessary to win. The big donors give the big bucks to politicians who will turn the federal faucet in their direction -- not turn it off. )
Maybe they should be bleating "Get involved!" - it's not enough to show up at the polls every four years, democracy only functions if folks are involved with it year round. Corporations can donate big bucks, but it takes people to turn that money into action. Donate your time to a political party and have a say in how it works. It's easy to be a critic, much harder to work for what you believe in.
Comment Re:Uh oh (Score 1) 627
The "no" is that Firewire was pretty much the last hardware standard that Apple had a major hand in.
How about ARM?
Comment Re:In other words (Score 1) 160
So I guess this week we don't think that information wants to be free?
In the words of RMS
I believe that all generally useful information should be free. By 'free' I am not referring to price, but rather to the freedom to copy the information and to adapt it to one's own uses... When information is generally useful, redistributing it makes humanity wealthier no matter who is distributing and no matter who is receiving.
iPhone 3.1 Spotted In Field Testing 136
kai_hiwatari writes "Digitizor reports that the next generation of the iPhone was spotted in the analytics log of an iPhone app called iBart. The device, it seems, was identified as iPhone 3.1 in the log. When iPhone 2.1 was spotted, it was followed by iPhone 3G."
Your Opinion Counts At CNN — But Should It? 383
theodp writes "Some people love how CNN employs Twitter to engage its audience. Not Steve Dahl. 'I am not interested in the take of @stinky on the Fort Hood shootings or any other current events,' complains Dahl of the access the media gives to Internet know-it-alls. 'I am watching CNN because I expect them to gather the news, not act as a clearinghouse for any bonehead with a computer, a cable modem and a half-baked opinion.'"
Bionic Eye Gives Blind Man Sight 203
AmigaMMC writes "A man who lost his sight 30 years ago says he can now see flashes of light after being fitted with a bionic eye. Ron, 73, had the experimental surgery seven months ago at London's Moorfield's eye hospital. He says he can now follow white lines on the road, and even sort socks using the bionic eye, known as Argus II. I wouldn't go as far as claiming he regained his sight, but this certainly is a biotechnological breakthrough."
Canadian Nuke Bunker To Be Converted Into Data Fortress 197
miller60 writes "A hosting firm has purchased a nuke-resistant bunker in Novia Scotia, and plans to convert it into a data fortress for financial firms. Bastionhost hopes to attract European financial firms wary of housing sensitive data in the US due to the USA Patriot Act. The facility is one of a series of 'Diefenbunkers' built during the tenure of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to keep the Canadian government running in the event of a nuclear attack. While not all of these underground data bunker projects work out, a similar nuke-proof bunker in Stockholm, Sweden was recently converted into a stylish high-tech data lair for an ISP."
Comment Re:Basic feature? (Score 1) 668
Songbird lists the "add new files in this folder to my library" feature as "coming soon" - so I'm not sure how songbird is "better" than iTunes in this respect.
Out of the list of features in the summary, skins is the only addition... so this boils down to whether or not you wants skins.
Of course, if it's a closed- vs open-source question, then that can be discussed as well, but it wasn't raised in the summary.
Of course, competition is awesome, and I'm happy to see it coming to OS X - I just don't think the OP did a good job of summarizing the changes.
WB Took Pains To "Delay" Pirating of Dark Knight 642
Jay writes "The L.A. Times is reporting on a new studio tactic — not to prevent piracy, but to delay it, as was the case with special tactics used with Dark Knight. 'Warner Bros. executives said the extra vigilance paid off, helping to prevent camcorded copies of the reported $180-million film from reaching Internet file-sharing sites for about 38 hours. Although that doesn't sound like much progress, it was enough time to keep bootleg DVDs off the streets as the film racked up a record-breaking $158.4 million on opening weekend. The movie has now taken in more than $300 million. The success of an anti-piracy campaign is measured in the number of hours it buys before the digital dam breaks.'" You know what else helps to have a big opening weekend? Making a good movie.
Apple After Jobs 454
recoiledsnake writes "The connection between Apple and Steve Jobs is unlike any other brand and CEO relationship in corporate America, maybe the world. While Bill Gates has successfully transitioned himself away from his day job at Microsoft, can Apple do without Jobs at all? Once word started circulating that Jobs may be ill, Apple stock took a considerable hit, dropping more than $10 a share. And when Mr. Jobs was absent from last week's quarterly earnings conference call, the questions started again — and the stock fell again. What does this mean for corporate users of Apple for whom switching costs are high? Can Apple continue innovating in Job's absence?"
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