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Submission + - Zuckerberg quits Google+ over privacy concerns (theinquirer.net)

Submitted by ianpm on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @08:57AM

ianpm writes: Mark Zuckerberg has decided to leave Google's new social network because he "doesn't want to be tracked".

In other news, the Internet's irony meter has just exploded.

Robert Scoble is now the most followed person on Google+ according to The Inquirer.

Comment Re:Problem with DVDs was... (Score 1) 649

by ianpm on Thursday April 02, 2009 @09:04AM (#27428919) Attached to: Obamas Give Queen Elizabeth an iPod

Actually, tucked into one of the DVD cases was a copy of DVD Shrink. Gordon simply needs to install that, and he's good to watch the movies without FBI warnings and unskippable trailers.

Comment It will buy a company that 'gets' SSDs (Score 1) 1

by ianpm on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @01:42PM (#25723017) Attached to: How Will Seagate Survive SSDs?

I can't help but think Seagate will eventually manage to work SSD out. Sure, it doesn't make solid state storage devices, but it could probably afford to buy a company that does. We're quite some way off SSDs being a prolific or as affordable as hard-drive based storage.

The Pirate Bay's Plans To Encrypt the 'Net 297

Posted by timothy on Friday July 11, 2008 @06:50AM from the pretty-ned8bdrnki(bdr## dept.

Keeper Of Keys writes "According to newteevee.com, The Pirate Bay, those fun- and freedom-loving Swedes, have embarked on a project to encrypt all internet traffic, probably by means of an OS-level wrapper around all network connections, which would fall back to an unencrypted connection when the other end is not similarly equipped. The move has been prompted by a recent change in Swedish law, allowing the authorities to snoop on network traffic. This will be a boon to filesharers and anyone else concerned about authorities and trade groups' recent moves towards 'policing' network traffic at the ISP level."

Submission + - Superconducting Power Grid Launches in New York (ieee.org)

Submitted by

EmagGeek

on Friday July 11, 2008 @06:02AM

EmagGeek writes: "There is an article in IEEE about a new superconducting power grid that was energized in April in New York State. The lines operate at 138kV and are cooled to 65-75K to maintain superconductivity. These lines are run underground and can carry 150 times more electricity than copper lines of the same cross section (the article didn't say if they meant current or energy). The project is funded with taxpayer dollars through the Department of Energy."

Will The iPhone Kill The iPod? 338

Posted by Hemos on Monday March 26, 2007 @12:08PM from the most-likely-yes dept.

Edward Sinovian writes "According to Cnet.co.uk, the days of MP3 players, digital cameras and satellite navigation systems are numbered with cell phones about to take center stage. "PDAs have already been crushed by smart phones and the same thing looks to be happening with standalone MP3 players, particularly the smaller flash ones — a theory supported by Apple's recent entry into the world of music phones. If you then take into consideration the convergence of camera, GPS, TV and laptop-like functionality into mobile phones, it raises the question of how long it's going to take before all you need is a mobile phone." With that in mind, do you think that the iPhone will kill the iPod?"

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