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Comment Re:No it doesn't. (Score 1) 249

by MrKahuna (#26246287) Attached to: Fairpoint Pledges To Violate Net Neutrality
It's a little different than that. Verizon had a deal with Yahoo that allowed Verizon users to keep their "@verizon.net" email addresses but use Yahoo's email servers. You could log into Yahoo with "user@verizon.net" and get your verizon.net email through Yahoo's webmail interface. In fact, logging into Verizon's portal just redirects to Yahoo. In addition, your POP server was "incoming.yahoo.verizon.net" instead of the normal Verizon server. Fairpoint is not continuing this deal with Yahoo so now to access your new "@myfairpoint.net" email through a web browser you'll have to go to Fairpoint's web portal instead of Yahoo's and have to use Fairpoint's POP servers. If you have an "@yahoo.com" email address nothing is changing as far as I can tell.

Comment Re:Doesn't matter (Score 1) 220

by MrKahuna (#23121416) Attached to: Windows Update Can Hurt Security
Yeah, that might work in a controlled environment. However, doing this in the home environment gets very difficult to the point of being unworkable it seems. It gets particularly tricky if the vulnerable service is in some piece of the networking stack, which in Windows probably includes IE.
Microsoft

Bill Gates Calls for a 'Kinder Capitalism' 601

Posted by Zonk from the kindness-starts-at-home dept.
Strudelkugel writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates is going to call for a revision of capitalism. He will argue that the economics that drive much of the world should use market forces to address the needs of poor countries, which he feels are currently being ignored. 'We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well,' Mr. Gates will say in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 'Key to Mr. Gates's plan will be for businesses to dedicate their top people to poor issues — an approach he feels is more powerful than traditional corporate donations and volunteer work. Governments should set policies and disburse funds to create financial incentives for businesses to improve the lives of the poor, he plans to say. Mr. Gates's argument for the potential profitability of serving the poor is certain to raise skepticism, and some people may point out that poverty became a priority for Mr. Gates only after he'd earned billions building up Microsoft. But Mr. Gates is emphatic that he's not calling for a fundamental change in how capitalism works.'"
IBM

Lenovo Delivers SuSE Linux-Based ThinkPads 149

Posted by kdawson from the another-nail dept.
angryfirelord notes a DesktopLinux article on Lenovo's promise to deliver ThinkPads with pre-installed Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 in the week of January 14. Quoting: "Lenovo will release pre-installed SLED 10 on its Intel Centrino processor-powered ThinkPad T61 and R61 14-inch-wide notebooks. In February, Lenovo's pre-integrated Novell Linux offering will expand to include some Penryn-based ThinkPads. The starting price for this system will be $949, $20 less than the same laptop with Vista Home Premium."
Media

Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? 361

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the digital-restrictions-monkeybusiness dept.
Depending on who you listen to Steve Jobs has supposedly been pitching the idea of selling "premium" DVDs that would include an extra fee for the privilege of transferring your legally-purchased DVD to a different device. "The courts have held that "space-shifting" your CDs to a portable music device is a fair use. So you can legally import your CD collection to your iPod, or any other device, without paying a penny. But Steve Jobs apparently wants to charge you $4 for the privilege of doing the same with your DVDs."
Wireless Networking

5 Cool Wireless Reseach Projects 50

Posted by CmdrTaco from the welcome-to-sunday-morning dept.
Bob B writes "Including an effort by MIT researchers to exploit dense urban networks of existing Wi-Fi access points to create municipal wireless networks rather than relying on EarthLink and cities to fund and build such wireless projects. Secure tunneling is the secret sauce for making it work and not making wireless AP owners liable for miscreants who might use the bandwidth, the researchers say."

How the iPod Touch Works 208

Posted by Zonk from the need-to-roll-out-wifi-syncing-in-an-update dept.
starexplorer2001 writes "The iPod Touch isn't in stores yet, but HowStuffWorks has a nice summary of how the 'touch' part of the iPod Touch works. Very similar to how the iPhone works, without those pesky rebates! From the article: 'The iPod touch also has a few other features that iPod enthusiasts had hoped to see on standard iPod models. Some users hoped for a wirelessly enabled iPod so they could synch their music or share files with friends over a Bluetooth or WiFi connection. The iPod touch is the first iPod to have wireless capability, although it doesn't use it to synch with a computer or friends' iPods. Instead, you can use it to browse the Web, watch YouTube videos or download music from a WiFi-specific iTunes Music Store. With its widescreen display and WiFi capability, the iPod touch might sound like a big step up from older iPod models. But the iPod touch isn't for everyone.'"
Wireless Networking

Submission + - 802.11n Draft 2.0 Finaly Approved by Working Group

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[Geeks Are Sexy] writes: "Yes folks, the 802.11 Working Group has finally approved Draft 2.0 of the 802.11n spec, brigning us a step closer to its final form. From the article: "With the positive vote from the 802.11n Working Group, the Wi-Fi Alliance will now begin officially certifying equipment as being compliant with Draft 2.0. That's an important step, as official Draft 2.0-compliant gear is guaranteed to be fully compatible with the final 802.11n standard.""
Programming

When a CGI Script is the Most Elegant Solution 256

Posted by CmdrTaco from the the-answers-is-always dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Writing local Web applications can be quick, easy, and efficient for solving specific Intranet problems. Learn why a Web browser is sometimes a better interface than a GUI application and why experienced Web developers find themselves struggling to learn a GUI toolkit, and descover that a simple CGI script would serve their needs perfectly well, if not better."

The 50 Year History of Play-Doh 182

Posted by samzenpus from the fun-factory dept.
tanagra writes "50 years ago U.S. Patent No. 3,167,440 was granted to Noah McVicker and Joseph McVicker for a "plastic modeling composition", (which was originally intended to be a wallpaper cleaner) now called Play-Doh. Little did they know that they had created the substance of childhood memories as well as many a childhood meal, unfortunately. Play-Doh persists as one of the most well known and popular children's "toys". As you attempt to clean your children's Play-Doh out of the carpet, the car, and the bathtub; take a look back with us at how it all got started."

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