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Submission + - Blink! Google is forking WebKit (chromium.org)

Submitted by Carewolf on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @05:19PM

Carewolf writes: Under the tittle Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project, Google has announced that Chromium (the open source backend for Chrome) will be switching to Blink a new WebKit based web rendering engine.

Submission + - MIT to end open-network policy in response to recent attacks

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @03:02PM

An anonymous reader writes: MIT announced that despite a long history of running an open network (so that any student can run a server on any port, without any questions asked), it will now end this policy due to recent denial-of-service attacks and gunman hoax. Thanks, Anonymous, for ruining a good thing.

Comment Does this include online content? (Score 1) 383

by mjoseff on Thursday December 13, 2012 @12:50PM (#42274929) Attached to: Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today

I wonder if Hulu, YouTube, and other content providers will be included under this; if not, will they follow suit?

Comment Anonymous? (Score 1) 315

by mjoseff on Monday July 25, 2011 @07:01PM (#36877262) Attached to: The Internet's Age of Rage

So, Anonymous wouldn't be as active if their masks were removed?

Submission + - Supreme Court to Hear Videogames Case (cnet.com)

Submitted by mjoseff on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @11:15AM

mjoseff writes: "The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether minors have the right to buy violent video games in a case that tests whether computer software is guaranteed the same free speech protections as books, newspapers, and magazines. "

Comment Not just the domain. (Score 1) 1049

by mjoseff on Monday January 11, 2010 @10:02AM (#30722462) Attached to: Does a Lame E-Mail Address Really Matter?

Yes, maybe not just the domain, but the individual who had "sxxygrrl69@hotmail.com" probably didn't get the job.

Submission + - USA Has More Open WiFi Wireless Hotspots than EU (ispreview.co.uk)

Submitted by Mark.JUK on Friday January 08, 2010 @06:07AM

Mark.JUK writes: Some 40% of wireless (Wi-Fi) Internet access Hotspots in the USA are unlocked and do not require a security password, which compares with 25% in Europe; according to WeFi based statistics. Across the world, approximately 30% of recorded Wi-Fi access points are unlocked, while some 70% are locked. Nice to see everybody taking security so seriously then. It should be perfectly possible to "share" Wi-Fi while using WPA or WPA2 security measures at the same time.

Comment Why can't they just clone my ex-wife? (Score 1) 527

by mjoseff on Friday August 14, 2009 @07:16PM (#29072221) Attached to: Team Aims To Create Pure Evil AI

She pretty much covers pure evil.

Comment Hybrid vs train (Score 1) 1137

by mjoseff on Thursday May 07, 2009 @07:59PM (#27870137) Attached to: Your Commuting Costs By Car Vs. Train?

Train = $36 Peak RT + $11 Parking = $47 Hybrid = ~$8 ( 4 gallons RT) + $24 Parking + $12 toll = $44 It really depends on if I want to sleep/read for two hours or take the train (it's so hard sleeping on the train for some reason).

Comment Slashdot kills websites. (Score 1) 231

by mjoseff on Thursday July 10, 2008 @06:58PM (#24144913) Attached to: Meet the Laptop You Will (Won't?) Use In 2015

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Misc Slashdot Anniversary: New Haven, CT, US 1

Submitted by mjoseff on Thursday October 11, 2007 @10:31AM

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