Comment "Burma"... (Score 1) 2288
... hasn't existed in that name for over 20 years.
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Comment Re:Only a week (Score 1) 148
Wow. I hope you're not representative of all non-Americans, because you do it as poorly as the Americans you're trying to deride.
Submission + - Tivo admins email security breach (tivo.com)
MoeDrippins writes: I received the following email from Tivo this morning:
TiVo® Service Announcement
Dear TiVo Customer,
Today we were informed by our email service provider that your email address was exposed due to unauthorized access of their system. Our email service provider deploys emails on our behalf to customers who have opted into email-based communications from us.
We were advised by our email service provider that the information that was obtained was limited to first name and/or email addresses only. Your service and any other personally identifiable information were not at risk and remain secure.
Please note, it is possible you may receive spam email messages as a result. We want to urge you to be cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown third parties.
We regret this has taken place and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.
If you have unsubscribed in the past, there is no need to unsubscribe again. Your preferences will remain in place.
Sincerely,
The TiVo Team
TiVo® Service Announcement
Dear TiVo Customer,
Today we were informed by our email service provider that your email address was exposed due to unauthorized access of their system. Our email service provider deploys emails on our behalf to customers who have opted into email-based communications from us.
We were advised by our email service provider that the information that was obtained was limited to first name and/or email addresses only. Your service and any other personally identifiable information were not at risk and remain secure.
Please note, it is possible you may receive spam email messages as a result. We want to urge you to be cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown third parties.
We regret this has taken place and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.
If you have unsubscribed in the past, there is no need to unsubscribe again. Your preferences will remain in place.
Sincerely,
The TiVo Team
Submission + - Top Gear fights back at Tesla (topgear.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Top Gear's producer Andy Wilman responds to Tesla's lawsuit: 'We never said that the Tesla’s true range is only 55 miles, as opposed to their own claim of 211, or that it had actually ran out of charge. In the film our actual words were: “We calculated that on our track it would run out after 55 miles”.'
Interesting points, and as far as I can remember also correct. But I'm assuming Tesla is going the get the PR they want on this regardless of any court rulings.
Interesting points, and as far as I can remember also correct. But I'm assuming Tesla is going the get the PR they want on this regardless of any court rulings.
Submission + - Scientists Develop New Method to Improve Passwords (arxiv.org)
An anonymous reader writes: Scientists at Max-Planck-Institute for Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany have developed a novel method to improve password security. A strong long password is split in two parts. The first part is memorized by a human. The second part is stored as a CAPTCHA-like image of a chaotic lattice system.
Submission + - Windows 8 To Get The Metro UI From Windows Phone 7 (digitizor.com)
dkd903 writes: Some screenshots of the successor to Windows 7 — Windows 8 — has been leaked earlier this week. According to the leaked screen shots, it looks the welcome screen has been heavily inflienced by Metro UI, which first made an appearance in Windows Phone 7.
Submission + - Windows 8 Welcome Screen Looks Very Metro (ispyce.com)
autospa writes: Microsoft is apparently using some recent design innovations from Windows Phone 7 and Office in early test versions of Windows 8, including aspects of its mobile Metro user interface and Office’s Ribbon. The early design changes tell us that Microsoft will likely be looking for further inspiration for Windows 8 from its mobile and office software — and perhaps elsewhere as well. Windows 7, for the most part, looks like a more polished version of the much reviled Vista. Now it seems like Microsoft may be aiming for a fresh start in Windows 8.
Comment Re:Reasons unknown?? (Score 1) 156
There was an episode on Nova that posited exactly this. Ultimately, pitot tubes iced over and the plane was unable to determine airspeed so kicked out of autopilot, and the human pilots were too slow to respond with the suggested throttle and pitch settings in such a case.
What amazes me is the incredibly thin window they (speedwise) they have to fly in to be safe. +/- 10kts or something like that.
Comment Why? (Score 0) 97
Why can't MS do stuff like this in all their departments? Are there not enough smart people to go around? You get truly cool things like this, juxtaposed with
lame "us too!" attempts like WP7 and Bing.
Comment Re:Sounds like a headache (Score 1) 1306
> Make cities denser
has led to
>
Where, exactly?
Comment Re:Damn! (Score 1) 150
I've heard that called "auto attack". I remember it first in Everquest. Having come from FPS' at the time, it was very foreign to me.
Comment Re:Bribery fines are funny (Score 1) 263
> I know what you mean, but what else can you do other than levy a fine?
The gov't and/or judicial arm has a very big carrot in future contracts they could easily withdraw for some period of time; say 5 years? Or, the corresponding stick of prison as someone else mentioned.
I don't necessarily think either of these is practical, but there are other means available.
Comment Re:Meh (Score 1) 260
> > Considering it takes me an average of 7865.349 msec to plug in my charger, still a fair trade..
> Really? You timed this to millisecond precision?
He listed it as an average, so he could have done it 1000 times and only tested to the second.
Comment Re:Bogus (Score 1) 260
> Also, did they test the battery life? which phone would die first?
No. Nor did they test weight, color, specific gravity, reflectivity, touchscreen sensitivity, resistance to solar flares, ability to pass through a bovine's intestinal tract unscathed, nor bullet-proof-ness.
Comment Re:Sandbox (Score 1) 492
It doesn't matter how good the idea is if the execution is sloppy. I do suspect browsers are more secure, and at least partially due to the sandboxing idea, than in the past, no?
