Traaj - Slashdot User

Comment Re:iPhone implied feature (Score 1) 325

by Traaj on Saturday January 20, 2007 @11:29AM (#17694610) Attached to: Sony and Universal Prohibit Sharing Via Zune

Well, when I open iTunes on my laptop on campus I see a dozen or so shared music lists on the network. If you want to share your music with the cute girl in the coffee shop it would be easy as pie with an iPhone - as long as you're on the same network.

Good point, but remember, iTunes will not stream ANY song purchased from iTMS unless the receiver is one of the four other computers authorized to play it.

New iPod Owner Onslaught Overwhelms iTunes 395

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 28, 2006 @03:18PM from the drowning-in-white-plastic dept.

Billosaur writes "In the post-Christmas rush to power up and use their new iPods, an onslaught of downloaders brought iTunes to its knees, according to CNN. Monday and Tuesday saw users posting message after message about slow downloads and the iTunes site denying them entry. The heavy traffic was apparently more than the system could bear, what with the large numbers of people receiving iPods and iTunes gift cards. Perhaps Apple was underestimating just how successful they were going to be?"

Homeland Security Director Defends Real ID 376

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 14, 2006 @07:22PM from the fighting-the-fight dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff is defending the upcoming rollout of the national ID card as vital for the nation's security. Chertoff reminded reporters of the importance of the initiative after this week's uncovering of an ID-forging ring. The Real ID Act of May 2005 dictates the uses and requirements for the documentation, which by 2008 may be required for everything from travel to banking. Just the same, the HSD has yet to dictate how exactly the cards will work. " From the article: "The Homeland Security chief, who is nearing his two-year mark with the agency, was likely trying to quell rampant skepticism about the IDs voiced by some privacy advocates, immigrants and other groups. Some have said they fear that the IDs are a stepping stone to a veritable police state, complete with ready surveillance of individuals. Some have argued that the idea of creating more tamperproof IDs is only a marginally better way to screen out those intent on committing terrorist acts because ID cards don't even begin to tackle a core crime prevention challenge: determining a person's unspoken intentions. "

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