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Comment Re:NOT "2008 patent filing", but 1997! (Score 1) 265

by cottandr on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @09:35PM (#32597748) Attached to: USPTO Lets Amazon Patent the "Social Networking System"

The first patent (the one filed in 1997) describes a PIM a la microsoft exchange. The second patent (the one filed in 1999) distinctly mentions relationships and granting permission to view personal information. The 2008 patent just seems to adjust the claims to fit a current social network.

Comment But... (Score 5, Interesting) 205

by cottandr on Thursday May 20, 2010 @07:38PM (#32287212) Attached to: Penn. AG Corbett Subpoenas Twitter For Bloggers' Names

Twitter doesn't store personal details. Even putting a name in your profile name is optional. How can they provide information they don't even collect?

Comment Re:dropbox? (Score 1) 305

by cottandr on Thursday November 19, 2009 @06:36PM (#30165038) Attached to: Synchronize Data Between Linux, OS X, and Windows?

Dropbox's beta builds have LAN sync.

Submission + - eBay The Vote (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by

Internet Voting

on Friday October 19, 2007 @11:26AM

Internet Voting writes: "Voters in Argentina's upcoming presidential election have found an interesting solution to their political apathy, eBay. "New and unused" votes are being posted from $0.30 to $95. Electoral authorities say they're powerless to stop it."

Submission + - Standard Web Fonts No Longer Supported In Vista (hunlock.com)

Submitted by

BladesP9

on Friday October 19, 2007 @11:21AM

BladesP9 writes: "Beginning with Vista, Microsoft is no longer packaging the standard Web Core Fonts that it has since the late 1990s. "With the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has unleashed something quite new on the Web — the "C" fonts; Cambria, Calibri, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, and Corbel." The article goes on to state that "If you're a web designer and not using Vista then this download is mandatory since it will let you see your page as your Vista users see it." This means all of the web sites I have been developing with Arial, Helvetica and Verdana for the last ten years are now going to have display issues because of the new fonts. Lovely."

Submission + - Windbelt: Microwind Generator for lowpower systems (ecogeek.org) 1

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Sunday October 14, 2007 @06:05AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Shawn Frayne, has developed Windbelt, efficient, cheap lowpower wind generator. Built out of taught kite fabric, i could see these powering wifi transmitters."

Comment Re:OO already does that. (Score 1) 169

by cottandr on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @06:22PM (#19229013) Attached to: First OpenOffice Virus, Not In the Wild

UAC warns about almost everything.

Tasks that will trigger a UAC prompt, if UAC is enabled, include:[3]. * Changes to files in %SystemRoot% or %ProgramFiles%
* Installing and uninstalling applications
* Installing device drivers
* Installing ActiveX controls
* Installing Windows Updates
* Changing settings for Windows Firewall
* Changing UAC settings
* Configuring Windows Update
* Adding or removing user accounts
* Changing a user's account type
* Configuring Parental Controls
* Running Task Scheduler
* Restoring backed-up system files
* Viewing or changing another user's folders and files

from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Installing applications? I don't need a warning when I'm installing an application. I know that I'm installing an application.

However, I may need a warning that the file that I am opening has a script in in that could be a virus.

Oh, and by the way, have you ever heard of a malicious device driver?

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