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Submission + - Why developers still prefer iOS to Android (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Google Chariman Eric Schmidt recently addressed an Android user lamenting the fact that that mobile apps are often released on Apple’s iOS platform well before they finally reach Android. Schmidt cooly and curiously explained that this dynamic will change in just 6 months. Here's why he's wrong.

Though Google brags about the total number of Android users, developers care about certain kinds of users (those that pay for apps). A similar dynamic can be found in Television advertising where advertisers will more money for ad spots on less popular shows in order to reach desirable demographics, even though other programs may have many millions of more viewers.
Intel

Submission + - Self-Contained PC Liquid Coolers Explored (hothardware.com)

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MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "Over the last few years an increasing number of liquid coolers have been positioned as high-end alternatives to traditional heatsink and fan combinations. This has been particularly true in the boutique and high-end PC market, where a number of manufacturers now offer liquid coolers in one form or another. These kits are a far cry from the water coolers enthusiasts have been building for years. DIY water coolers typically involve separate reservoirs and external pumps. The systems tested here, including Intel's OEM cooler that was released with their Sandy Bridge-E CPU, contain significantly less fluid and use small pumps directly integrated into the cooling block as a self-contained solution. Integrated all-in-one kits may not offer the theoretical performance of a high-end home-built system, but they're vastly easier to install and require virtually no maintenance. The tradeoffs are more than fair, provided that the coolers perform as advertised."
Idle

Submission + - Czech nationwide census shows jump in Jedi Knights (ceskapozice.cz)

Submitted by il_genio
il_genio writes: The Czech Statistical Office (SÚ) unveiled the first results of its regular 10-year census on Thursday. While almost half the population, 4.8 million, shied away from answering the voluntary religious question, a surprising strong showing was given by those Czechs who described themselves as Knights of the Jedi and believers in “the Force” as depicted in the Star Wars films. Overall, 15,070 Czechs identified themselves as Knights of the Jedi with the biggest proportion of adherents in the capital, Prague, with 3,977 followers or 0.31 percent of the population
Android

Submission + - Carrier IQ responds to FBI drama, EFF wants more i

Submitted by realized
realized writes: Yesterday Carrier IQ released a report which tries to answer some questions about how the system operates. Also after reports of the FBI using Carrier IQ data – the company sidestepped the question their response by saying "Carrier IQ has never provided any data to the FBI. If approached by a law enforcement agency, we would refer them to the network operators" Additionally the EFF just released a report which says they believe keystroke data "oeis in fact being inadvertently transmitted to some third parties" but they would like to study carrier profiles to verify information.
Facebook

Submission + - 24 Year Old Asks Facebook For His Data, Gets 1,200 (threatpost.com) 1

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chicksdaddy
chicksdaddy writes: "Be careful of what you ask for. That's a lesson that Max Schrems of Vienna, Austria, learned the hard way when he sent a formal request to Facebook for a copy of every piece of personal information that the world’s largest social network had collected on him, as required under European law.
After a wait, the 24 year-old law student got what he was seeking: a CD with all his data stored on it — 1,222 files in all. The collection of PDF format documents was roughly the length Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace but told a more mundane story: a record of Schrems' years-long relationship with the world's largest social network, including reams of data he had deleted. Now Schrems is pushing Facebook to disclose even more of what it knows. Stay tuned!"
Firefox

Submission + - Firefox too bloated to be compiled (google.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Firefox has gotten so large that it cannot be compiled with PGO (Profile-Guided Optimization) on a 32-bit linker anymore, due to the physical memory limitation of 3 GB of RAM.

This problem had happened last year with 2 GB, which was worked around by adding a /3GB switch to the Windows build servers. Now the problem is back, things aren't quite that simple anymore.
China

Submission + - Chinese Government Tries to Control Rainfall With (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by formaggio
formaggio writes: China's government is intervening with nature by rolling out four regional programs to artificially increase precipitation across the country by 10 percent before 2015. The program is anticipated to bring in an additional 230 billion cubic meters of precipitation per year by 2015. This is on top of the 50 billion China already artificially creates annually in the northeastern province of Jilin.

Comment Re:Privacy settings in Chrome are lacking. (Score 1) 225

by OakWind (#38355870) Attached to: Google-Funded Study Knocks Firefox Security
Your right, thanks for the tip.
I have downloaded Chrome for my Debian box to test it out and I like it so far.
I wish I could set the cache to 0kb though, so that it does not even bother to create a cache.

Also I learned something new:

If you edit the launcher (Linux) or shortcut (Windows) and add -incognito at the end of command, it will launch chrome in that mode on start.

You learn something new everyday.
Facebook

Submission + - Facebook Launches Suicide Prevention Effort

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: Facebook launched an initiative that gives users who have expressed suicidal thoughts the option to connect directly with a crisis counselor via Facebook chat. Facebook doesn't troll the site in search of those who might be suicidal; with 800 million users who generate billions of posts, Facebook's algorithm could easily misinterpret comments. Instead, the new initiative is dependent on people speaking up when they feel a friend might be in danger.
Idle

Submission + - Google Engineer Builds Ultimate LAN Party House (gizmag.com)

Submitted by Zothecula
Zothecula writes: Anyone who has a attended a LAN party — where people connect their computers on one network in one location to play multiplayer games together — can tell you that they can be both very fun but also kind of a hassle. Playing games with your friends all in the same room: fun. Having to organize all your friends to each haul their usually-oversized gaming rigs to one person's house, ensuring they all have the same software, and inevitably dealing with one or more people having trouble connecting: not fun. With that in mind, it makes sense that one Google employee decided to bypass all that inconvenience and just build a house specifically for LAN parties, complete with multiple networked computers and TVs connected to game consoles.
Government

Submission + - House Panel To Move Forward On Piracy Bill (itworld.com) 1

Submitted by
itwbennett
itwbennett writes: "The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a debate and vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) for later this week. Representative Lamar Smith, the committee chairman and main sponsor of the bill, will offer an amendment that is meant to address some concerns with the bill. Smith's proposed amendment would clarify that the bill applies only to foreign websites, not U.S. sites, accused of aiding copyright infringement. The amendment takes away language requiring Internet service providers, search engines and other services to redirect Web users who try to access a foreign site accused of infringing copyright."

Comment Privacy settings in Chrome are lacking. (Score 1) 225

by OakWind (#38335356) Attached to: Google-Funded Study Knocks Firefox Security
I am still waiting for Google to add an option that allows me to have the History and other data delete on exit. The option to delete data on exit, excludes the history file. I think they use it to track users and market.
This does not sound verey secure to me. How about you?
I am a big Google fan and love Android, but when I realised the limited functionality when it comes to the privacy settings in the browser, I went back to Firefox.
I run Linux so I.E. is not an option, but I would try it if they would open it up.

Comment Chrome keeps your history on exit, no matter what. (Score 1) 585

by OakWind (#37566810) Attached to: Chrome Set To Take No. 2 Spot From Firefox
Most people do not realize that even if you set Chrome to delete files on exit, that it still retains your history and cahche.
Firefox can be configured to dump all your data on exit.

This is a big reason why I went back to Firefox.

There are blogs complaining about this, but Google remains silent.

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