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Submission + - Franken bill would protect consumers location data (thehill.com)

GovTechGuy writes: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) unveiled a new bill on Wednesday that would require firms like Apple and Google to obtain consent from consumers before collecting or sharing their smartphone location data with third parties. The bill would cover all mobile devices including tablets and require firms to inform consumers when they collect their data and allow them to delete it when requested.
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Submission + - Adobe Patches Second Flash Zero-Day In 9 Days (computerworld.com)

CWmike writes: "For the second time in nine days, Adobe has patched a critical vulnerability in Flash Player that hackers were already exploiting, Computerworld's Gregg Keizer reports. Adobe also updated Reader to quash 13 new bugs and several older ones the company had not gotten around to fixing. The memory corruption vulnerability in Flash Player could 'potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system,' Adobe said in an accompanying advisory. 'There are reports that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks via malicious Web pages.' Adobe last issued an 'out-of-band' emergency update on June 5, when it fixed a critical flaw that attackers were exploiting to steal Gmail login credentials. Those attacks were different from the ones Google disclosed the week before, when it accused Chinese hackers of targeting specific individuals, including senior U.S. and South Korean government officials, anti-Chinese government activists and journalists. Google, which bundles Flash Player with Chrome, also updated its browser Tuesday to include the just-patched version of Flash."
Science

Submission + - US pays $2B for for 500MW of solar power (networkworld.com)

coondoggie writes: "The US Department of Energy today said it was conditionally committing $2 billion to develop two concentrating solar power projects that it says will offer 500 megawatts of power combined, effectively doubling the nation's currently installed capacity of that type of power. Concentrated solar systems typically use parabolic mirrors to collect solar energy."

Comment Re:Good. He's a fucking traitor and a disgrace (Score -1) 844

i was criticizing candas NHS i meant it in a genial term trying to keep it civil some what rather then just calling it socialized medicine the UK is touted mostly because of the horrible wait times for basic care and the complete lives system witch is when your older you get less care the EU has the exact same system and just as evil.... i have a pace maker and shudder to think of the bullshit im gonna have to deal with when in my 70's and my pace maker needs replacement under any NHS

Comment Re:Good. He's a fucking traitor and a disgrace (Score 0) 844

if your health care is so damn good then why did one of your politicians " Danny Williams " come to the united states for heart surgery rather then letting that fantastic NHS do the heart surgery? also how are those nice long wait times for basic care? i have a pace maker and i absolutely refuse to let a NHS take root in the united states

Comment gilligan's island in space (Score 0) 111

ust sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port Aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailing man, The skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day For a three hour tour, a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, The tiny ship was tossed, If not for the courage of the fearless crew The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost.

Comment Re:Intellectual Property (Score 0) 374

they cant because parody is protected under free speech and DONT require permission to make distribute or sell ask weird al the supreme court ruled a long time ago that parody is protected and not infringing just weird al likes to maintain good relationships with artists so nows all we have to do is tag everything with parody and the RIAA and MPAA cant touch anyone brilliant

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