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Comment Re:Reduced battary life (Score 5, Informative) 495

by kingtheseus on Thursday February 24, 2011 @10:22AM (#35299404) Attached to: Quad Core, Thunderbolt In New MacBook Pros

Apple is now using a more realistic battery life testing suite: "Apple is using a new, more rigorous battery test that measures the results you can expect in the real world â" like surfing your favorite sites in a coffee shop or catching up on the latest web videos."

Hackers Finally Unlock iPhone 3G 186

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 03, 2009 @09:18AM from the information-and-iphones-want-to-be-free dept.

nandemoari quotes a story at Infopackets: "2009 has gotten off to a great start for a team of iPhone enthusiasts with little regard for Apple's licensing requirements. They've finally figured out a way to get the phone to work with any cell phone carrier (and not just AT&T). The iPhone Dev Team is best known for their work on 'jailbreaking;' the technique of altering an iPhone so that you can run any applications on it, not just those approved by Apple. Given the company's questionable vetting policy for entry to the official App store, it's not surprising many users approve of jailbreaking."

Irish Gov't Seeks To Rein In Cyber Bullying 211

Posted by timothy on Friday November 14, 2008 @05:20AM from the hands-stuck-in-wringing-position dept.

An anonymous reader points out a story on the Irish Times that says "the Irish government is looking for ways to combat 'cyber-bullying' after data indicated that a significant percentage of young children are subjected to this kind of abuse via their mobile phone and popular social network accounts. The industry has been asked to come up with solutions for this problem and a government office is due to publish a guide on the issue in the near future. Surely this is a problem faced by children in all developed countries these days." Add "for the children" to the list of reasons to track the Web-site habits of mobile web users in Ireland.

Comment Re:"Glitchs" in the financial markets (Score 1) 151

by kingtheseus on Monday June 11, 2007 @09:30AM (#19464467) Attached to: CNBC Software Flaw Worth $1 Million?

You might be thinking about Interactive Brokers - http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/high lights/apiHighlights.php?ib_entity=llc Every year they hold a university challenge where the winner gets something like $100,000 and a job with them for creating the most successful automated trading application.

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