Comment Re:As long as it has pandas! (Score 1) 295

by tjlaxs on Sunday May 06, 2012 @04:25AM (#39906669) Attached to: Bethesda Announces <em>Elder Scrolls</em> MMO

[Citation needed]

Comment Invest? (Score 1) 373

by tjlaxs on Saturday May 05, 2012 @06:47AM (#39900511) Attached to: Auto Makers Announce Electric Car Charging Standard

Good time to invest in nuclear power?

Comment Re:Optical Computers != Quantum Computers (Score 1) 55

by tjlaxs on Monday October 31, 2011 @02:08AM (#37891718) Attached to: Hybrid Technology Could Bring 'Quantum Information Systems'

Considering holography as a medium is in the news from time to time, it's almost 2/4.

Comment Investment... (Score 1) 822

by tjlaxs on Monday May 30, 2011 @02:18PM (#36289020) Attached to: Germany To End Nuclear Power By 2022

I think I'm investing in Finnish nuclear plants. I bet they are useful in the future europe.

Comment SCC (Score 1) 326

by tjlaxs on Monday November 22, 2010 @10:29AM (#34305520) Attached to: Intel Talks 1000-Core Processors

According to Intel it's Single-chip Cloud Computer. :P

Comment Re:No option for... (Score 1) 264

by tjlaxs on Saturday November 13, 2010 @09:44AM (#34215192) Attached to: Minutes I spend on the phone, on a typical day:

Agreed. A simple possibility to answer " 1 minute" would have been nice.

Comment Re:or just use proper security (Score 1) 122

by tjlaxs on Monday November 08, 2010 @10:07AM (#34160854) Attached to: Firesheep Countermeasure Tool BlackSheep

Forcing SSL on, for example, Facebook renders some features just unworking. :/ But yes, it's still better security to browse in some what nonworking environment.

Apple Mines App Store Submissions For Patent Ideas 307

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 05, 2010 @07:56PM from the or-at-least-it's-fair-to-suspect dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Apple has started filing a bunch of patents on mobile applications. That might not be so interesting in and of itself, but if you look closely at the figures in one of the patents, you can see that it's a copy of the third-party Where To? application, which has been on the App Store since at least 2008. There's also a side-by-side comparison which should make it clear that the diagram was copied directly from their app. Even though it's true that the figures are just illustrations of a possible UI and not a part of the claimed invention, it's hard to see how they didn't get some of their ideas from Where To? It might also be the case that Apple isn't looking through the App Store submissions in order to patent other people's ideas, but it's difficult to explain some of these patents if they're not. And with the other patents listed, it's hard to see how old ideas where 'on the internet' has been replaced with the phrase 'on a mobile device' can promote the progress of science and useful arts. This seems like a good time to use Peer to Patent."

Tech Specs Leaked For French Spyware 212

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 05, 2010 @12:09PM from the i-see-what-you-did-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the 'three strikes' law now in effect in France, the organization tasked with implementing it, Hadopi, has been working on technology specs for making the process work — and those specs have now leaked. It appears to involve client-side monitoring and controlling software, that would try to watch what you were doing online, and even warn you before you used any P2P protocol (must make Skype phone calls fun). It's hard to believe people will accept this kind of thing being installed on their computers, so I can't wait to see how Hadopi moves forward with it. It also appears to violate EU rules on privacy."