Comment Re:Missing option (Score 1) 501
I def looked for Dr. No first on the list and was disappointed......
Submission + - Stalling Cars Via OnStar: Hacker Dream Come True? (vortex.com) 3
Lauren Weinstein writes: "GM will be installing OnStar systems that allow law enforcement (or anyone who cracks the system) to remotely shut down vehicles."
Copy Protection Backfires on Blu-ray 378
An anonymous reader writes "The first two Blu-ray releases to hit the market encrypted with BD+ (an extra layer of protection designed to stave off hackers) are wreaking havoc on innocent consumers. As High-Def Digest reports, this week's Blu-ray releases of 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' and 'The Day After Tomorrow' won't play back at all on at least two Blu-ray players, while load times on other players (including the PS3) are delayed by up to two minutes. 'The most severe problems have been reported on Samsung's BDP-1200 and LG's BH100, which are both said to be incapable of playing back the discs at all. Less catastrophic issues (error messages and playback stutter) have been reported for Samsung's BDP-1000. The discs appear to play back fine on all other Blu-ray players ... Calls placed to both Samsung and LG customer support revealed that both manufacturers are aware of the issue, and that both are working on firmware updates to correct it. Samsung promised a firmware update within 'a couple' weeks, while LG said an update is expected in 3-4 days.'"
Submission + - David Pougue reviews the XO
Maximum Prophet writes: He seems to like it.
To quote "And sure enough, the bloggers and the ignorant have already begun to spit on the XO laptop. "Dude, for $400, I can buy a real Windows laptop," they say.
Clearly, the XO's mission has sailed over these people's heads like a 747.
The truth is, the XO laptop, now in final testing, is absolutely amazing, and in my limited tests, a total kid magnet. Both the hardware and the software exhibit breakthrough after breakthrough — some of them not available on any other laptop, for $400 or $4,000."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04pogue.html?em&ex=1191643200&en=54a7e1d4ece85192&ei=5087%0A
To quote "And sure enough, the bloggers and the ignorant have already begun to spit on the XO laptop. "Dude, for $400, I can buy a real Windows laptop," they say.
Clearly, the XO's mission has sailed over these people's heads like a 747.
The truth is, the XO laptop, now in final testing, is absolutely amazing, and in my limited tests, a total kid magnet. Both the hardware and the software exhibit breakthrough after breakthrough — some of them not available on any other laptop, for $400 or $4,000."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04pogue.html?em&ex=1191643200&en=54a7e1d4ece85192&ei=5087%0A
Submission + - Getting Gouged by Geeks (www.cbc.ca)
dottyslashdottydot writes: CBC Marketplace recently ran a sting operation and discovered that most home computer repair technicians failed miserably at diagnosing a simple RAM failure. Many techs tried to sell unneccessary software or upgrades. (or even a new computer!) However, the worst offender was one guy who claimed that the hard drive had failed, and that the only remedy was to pay $2,000 to have a special facility with a clean room recover the data.
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