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Comment Worst civil rights record in history (Score 1) 622

by SilentSage on Friday October 25, 2013 @06:35PM (#45240791) Attached to: Feds Confiscate Investigative Reporter's Confidential Files During Raid

Can any of you seriously defend the civil rights record of this president? Anything GW Bush did with the patriot act (Obama actually strengthened it) pales in comparison to the jackboot Obama has on the throat of the American people.

Comment Re:Already #1 in the US market (Score 1) 514

by SilentSage on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @01:15PM (#33125952) Attached to: Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months

Please read my post carefully and refer to the article in the link. This refers to a different survey where Android has already passed RIM.

Comment Already #1 in the US market (Score 5, Informative) 514

by SilentSage on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @01:05PM (#33125768) Attached to: Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months

Boy Genius and Engadget are circulating a report that says that Android has already overtaken Apple and RIM in the US. Android devices collectively represented a 34% share of the US market in the quarter, and with growth of 851% Android became the largest smart phone platform in the country.

Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months 514

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @01:05PM from the more-competing-please dept.

tomhudson writes "Despite all the hype about Apple's latest iPhone, Android has sold more in the last 6 months (27% of all smartphone sales) than Apple (23%). The gains for Android are coming at the expense of RIM (still #1 at 33%, down from 45% a year ago), Windows Mobile (11%, down from 20%) and the iPhone (down from 34% at it's peak 6 months ago). If the current trend continues, Android is expected to be #1 within the year."

Comment Thats what they get for screwing Gray Powell (Score 0, Troll) 1204

by SilentSage on Monday April 26, 2010 @05:55PM (#31989872) Attached to: Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor

When they posted the Apple Engineer's name and screen shots of his facebook page complete with picture I lost all sympathy for those bastards. Maybe a year in pound me in the ass prison is bad but afterwards he will go on a damn book tour like some kind of hippie hero. Meanwhile Gray Powell's life will still be ruined.

Comment Protecting your sources (Score 2, Interesting) 853

by SilentSage on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @02:39PM (#31913838) Attached to: Gizmodo Blows Whistle On 4G iPhone Loser

This guy is not only a grade A bastard he should be trusted even less than the person who coughed up the I-phone. The kid who leaked the I-phone did it on accident. He was careless. Gizmodo intentionally burned their source even going so far as to post screen caps of his facebook page and his picture on one of the most widely read tech blogs on the internet. Not even the lowest of tabloids will reveal a source like Gizmodo did. Gizmodo in general should be shunned and that bastard Jesus Diaz in specific should be fired and no media outlet should ever hire him again.

Can a Small Business Migrate Smoothly To OpenOffice.org v3? 503

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @03:00PM from the has-anyone-here-been-officially-trained-in-office dept.

Pay The Piper writes "As an IT Support Technician in a small corporation, I've been tasked by one of my managers to determine the feasibility of transitioning our small 40 or 50 person office from Microsoft Office 2000 to Open Office 3.0. What are some of the problems I may run into as far as document cross compatibility? Has the Open Office suite evolved to a point that permits easy transition from Microsoft's suite? Besides the obvious 'free vs. expensive' argument, what are some of the pros and cons of transitioning? Are there any reliable ways to view/edit/save a document saved in the OpenXML format through Open Office, or are my co-workers and I still going to be stuck in Microsoftland?" (Given that company-wide rollouts take some time to implement, this early look at the features of OO.o 3.1 may have some relevance, too.)

6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves 1044

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @12:39PM from the nudity-is-for-in-person-only dept.

mikesd81 writes "MSNBC reports six Pennsylvania high school students are facing child pornography charges after three teenage girls allegedly took nude or semi-nude photos of themselves and shared them with male classmates via their cell phones. Apparently, female students at Greensburg Salem High School in Greensburg, Pa., all 14 or 15 years old, face charges of manufacturing, disseminating or possessing child pornography while the boys, who are 16 and 17, face charges of possession. Police told the station that the photos were discovered in October, after school officials seized a cell phone from a male student who was using it in violation against school policy and the photos were discovered at that time. Police Capt. George Seranko was quoted as saying that the first photograph was 'a self portrait taken of a juvenile female taking pictures of her body, nude.' The school district issued a statement Tuesday saying that the investigation turned up 'no evidence of inappropriate activity on school grounds ... other than the violation of the electronic devices policy.'"

Submission + - Whole body scan in under a minute

Submitted by Smivs on Monday November 26, 2007 @01:26PM

Smivs writes: A new scanner has been unveiled which can produce 3D body images of unprecedented clarity while reducing radiation by as much as 80%. The new 256-slice CT machine takes large numbers of X-ray pictures, and combines them using computer technology to produce the final detailed images. It also generates images in a fraction of the time of other scanners: a full body scan takes less than a minute. "This scanner allows radiologists to produce high quality images and is also designed to reduce patients' exposure to X-rays," Steve Rusckowski, chief executive of Philips Medical Systems, said. "It is so powerful it can capture an image of the entire heart in just two beats."

How the BSA Squeezes the Little Guys 341

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 26, 2007 @01:04PM from the theres-yer-problem-right-here dept.

netbuzz writes "Actually, 90% of the Business Software Alliance's revenue is squeezed from small businesses accused of using unlicensed software. A lawyer who represents some of them says his clients often suspect that it was the IT guy who just left — and was responsible for maintaining the licenses — who ratted them out for a big BSA reward."

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