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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Internet 92

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @09:17AM from the vicky-who? dept.

MMBK writes "Our friends at JESS3 have unveiled The Ex-Blocker. It's a Firefox and Chrome plugin that erases all name and likeness of your ex from the Internet, even if they become a meme, or the president. You'll no longer have to threaten to delete your Facebook account or concoct an elaborate e-hoax to assuage the reality-shattering complications that are born from break-ups. Simply construct an Internet that omits bad vibes all together."

Ubuntu's "Lucid Lynx" Enters Beta 366

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 23, 2010 @10:32PM from the but-that-danged-button-arrangement-sucks dept.

ActionDesignStudios writes "The upcoming release of Ubuntu, titled 'Lucid Lynx,' has just entered the beta cycle. Alongside the usual desktop and server versions, a special version has been released that is designed to run on Amazon's EC2 cloud service. This release of Ubuntu does away with the brown 'Human' Gnome theme we've all become accustomed to, replaced by a new version Canonical says is inspired by light. The new release also includes much better integration with social networking services such as Twitter, identi.ca and Facebook, among others."

Hollywood Stock Exchange Set To Launch In April 100

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @03:08PM from the put-me-down-for-$10-on-portman dept.

You can buy and sell actor or movie "stock" for virtual cash on the website Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). Starting in April the company plans on letting you turn those movie performance predictions into real dollars. HSX filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for approval as an active trading site in November 2008 and has just entered the final phase of regulatory review. Richard Jaycobs, president of HSX's parent company, said, "The number of people who visit movie theaters each year and form opinions about a film's success is in the tens of millions. We believe that's the reason the public response to this product has been very positive."

Has Apple Created the Perfect Board Game Platform? 531

Posted by kdawson on Friday January 29, 2010 @04:12PM from the triple-word-score dept.

andylim writes "recombu.com is running an interesting piece about how Apple has created a 'Jumanji (board game) platform.' The 9.7-inch multi-touch screen is perfect for playing board games at home, and you could use Wi-Fi or 3G to play against other people when you're on your own. What would be really interesting is if you could pair the iPad with iPhones, 'Imagine a Scrabble iPad game that used iPhones as letter holders. You could hold up your iPhone so that no one else could see your letters and when you were ready to make a word on the Scrabble iPad board, you could slide them on to the board by flicking the word tiles off your iPhone.' Now that would be cool."

Seinfeld's Good Samaritan Law Now Reality? 735

Posted by samzenpus on Friday January 29, 2010 @12:48AM from the not-that-there-is-anything-wrong-with-that dept.

e3m4n writes "The fictitious 'good samaritan' law from the final episode of Seinfeld (the one that landed them in jail for a year) appears to be headed toward reality for California residents after the house passed this bill. There are some differences, such as direct action is not required, but the concept of guilt by association for not doing the right thing is still on the face of the bill."

Comment Re:No brainer (Score 2, Interesting) 281

by chip35 on Friday January 05, 2007 @02:30PM (#17476968) Attached to: Sony Shrugs Off Bad Press - Still A Strong Brand

I know when I took my Sony CD back to Best Buy because of the rootkit, the clerk told me that I breaking BestBuy's return policy of returning open product. While BestBuy were forgiving and allowed me to exchange the CD for a non Sony product I did feel like I had entered a new dimension.... The Service Clerk had not heard of the rootkit at the time. I agree there are 2 worlds. However as a boomer my reality is that Sony have been on a slippery slope for awhile now. I strongly desired my first Walkman and Trinitron TV in the early 80's. I paid extra money for them. I shopped at the Sony Store.... But after purchasing products with proprietary memory sticks and discs, this year's rootkit was the last straw for me. It may not be the breaking point for others, but I think there is a general trend. From a loyal fan, I now will avoid the Sony brand name. It took decades for this to happen, but I suspect the trend will continue and the mistrust of the brand name will grow. I don't see Sony changing anytime soon. I know what Sony does in the future will have less impact on me.

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