Comment Duh... (Score 1) 278
Obviously they all study engineering...
An Easy Way To Curb Smart-Phone Thieves, In Australia 234
First time accepted submitter xx_chris writes "Cell carriers can and do brick jail broken cell phones but they won't brick stolen cell phones. Except in Australia. The Australians apparently have been doing this for 10 years and it reduces violent crime since the thieves know they won't be able to sell the stolen phone. The article points out that cell carriers have a financial disincentive to do this since a stolen phone means another sale."
Comment Shielding (Score 2) 375
Try it, bitches.
Adobe Releases Flash 11 and AIR 3 174
iamrmani writes "Software maker Adobe Systems has launched Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR 3 even as the industry is shifting to HTML 5 on the Web that lessens the reliance of developers on Flash."
The Register has a bit more to say about Adobe's repositioning of Flash for games as a competetive strategy.
Comment Re:Aardvark huh? (Score 1) 167
I liked Aardvark, sure there were the "let me Google that for you" questions but all in all it was quite interesting. Unfortunately, within 3 months of Google buying them, nothing was going on, the admins disappeared and nothing new was happening.
Looks like Google bought them, stripped the tech they wanted and left it to rot.
Comment Re:On a side note - Vaccinations (Score 1) 229
Depends on where you are going. Malaria, for example is not found in most of South Africa (except the northern most parts)
Comment Re:I would love an invite, please! (Score 1) 1223
Done for you ;)
Comment Re:I'd appreciate an invite too (Score 1) 1223
Done ;)
Comment Re:As stated in the original story: (Score 2) 142
Agree, also it will cost $25,000 per annum on top of that. I think people jumping on the "this is bad" idea before reading all the facts. Go read this. Spending $200,000 and waiting 9-20 months just to get it taken down a week later isn't worth it, even for high rolling criminals.
Comment Re:Not much of a tooth brusher (Score 1) 116
Especially if the girl giving you head has a few rows of sharp teeth pointing backwards. Well maybe if you are into that kind of thing it wont bother you...
Comment Re:hahahahaha (Score 3, Funny) 892
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Comment Re:Nisaan Leaf violates the laws of physics (Score 1) 180
Wish I had points to mod up. Just made my day!
Comment Re:Epic Forums (Score 1) 76
Yes please note the difference between *hashed* and *encrypted* as passwords are usually hashed to obfuscate them.
Submission + - Sony compromised, again (washingtonpost.com)
Konsalik writes: The hacker group LulzSec on Thursday posted information it took from Sony Entertainment and Sony BMG on its site, called the LulzBoat.
Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run SonyPictures.com.
The information includes about a million usernames and passwords of customers in the U.S., the Netherlands and Belgium and is available for download and posted on the group’s site.
Lulz Security said it broke into servers that run SonyPictures.com.
The information includes about a million usernames and passwords of customers in the U.S., the Netherlands and Belgium and is available for download and posted on the group’s site.
Submission + - Motorola CEO criticises open Android store (computerworld.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "Motorola's CEO blamed the open Android app store for performance issues on some phones. Of all the Motorola Android devices that are returned, 70 percent come back because applications affect performance, Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola Mobility, said during a webcast presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Technology conference."
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