Comment Re:I thought.. (Score 1) 548
They're calling it a 2 x 4. They're not saying that it's 2" x 4". There's a difference, and it's not subtle.
Comment with any luck (Score 1) 125
Maybe they'll use the name change as an opportunity to generate some further goodwill and kill off the browser plugin.
Flash does have uses outside the browser, and the new name reflects that. It's a completely dippy name for a browser plugin, though.
Adobe has ever been accused of forward thinking, but we can always hope.
Flash does have uses outside the browser, and the new name reflects that. It's a completely dippy name for a browser plugin, though.
Adobe has ever been accused of forward thinking, but we can always hope.
Comment I wonder... (Score 1) 130
...if they're smart enough to not sue Newegg?
Comment processing time reserved for (Score 1) 206
"[H]igher quality publications"... That would rule out Reuters. Granted, they're not the AP, but still...
Comment Too little, too late (Score 5, Insightful) 262
More to the point, how can you find out which chip the phone has before buying it?
Comment Re:How long until knowledge becomes normal (Score 1) 288
Since when does Grado make $80 headphones?
Comment O, the irony (Score 1) 288
Monster complaining that they're being bullied is rich.
Now they know how the legions of companies they've gone after for completely unrelated reasons feel.
They've deserved this for a very long time. It's nice to know that the boot they're feeling is being administered by a company big enough to not even remotely care how they feel about it.
Comment passwords are only half of a login (Score 1) 336
There's one important element of these leaks that I've never seen anyone comment on: it's all well and good to hack a weak password, but how do these people wind up getting their hands on lists of celebrities' private email addresses? It's not like you can just throw some terms at Google and come up with anything useful.
Comment Re:Double bind (Score 1) 1431
Are you implying that the shooter in this case wasn't mentally disturbed?
Comment Re:Now with google streetview! (Score 1) 81
Unless they've change it with this update, you can just skip the OCR half of the process, i.e. you only have to type the distorted text half.
Comment Re:Still sucks (Score 1) 127
You CAN do frame by frame advance: just hit "e".
Comment link around the paywall (Score 5, Informative) 178
Submission + - Patent Troll Says Anyone Using WiFi Infringes (patentexaminer.org) 1
akahige writes: The Patent Examiner blog has the incredible story of Innovatio IP, a patent troll that recently acquired a portfolio of patents that its lawyers (what, you think there are any employees?) appear to believe cover pretty much any WiFi implementation. They've been suing coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants and hotels first — including Caribou Coffee, Cosi, Panera Bread Co, certain Marriotts, Best Westerns, Comfort Inns and more. The lawyer representing the company, Matthew McAndrews, seems to imply that the company believes the patents cover everyone who has a home WiFi setup, but they don't plan to go after such folks right now, for "strategic" reasons. More info at Tech Dirt.
Comment Re:Translation (Score 1) 390
Even if he flat out stole the thing, 1973 was almost 40 years ago -- long past any statute of limitations. So where's the justification in trying to force him to return it?