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Blizzard Rolls Out Real ID Privacy Options 145

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 01, 2010 @01:13AM from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

tacarat writes "The last time Blizzard mentioned their new Real ID system, there was a strong backlash from users over privacy issues. Blizzard reconsidered their plans to require real names for forums, and little has been heard about it since. Now, they've announced new privacy settings, allowing users to limit how their name gets shared or to disable the system entirely. Quoting: 'These options provide Real ID users with additional tools for customizing the service based on their preferences, enabling the ability to opt in or out of the Real ID "Friends of Friends" and "Add Facebook Friends" features or to turn off Real ID altogether.'"

Australian Politician Caught Viewing Porn 150

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 13, 2010 @02:00PM from the stiff-opposition-party dept.

destinyland writes "An Australian Parliament member has resigned after admitting he'd used government computers to access porn and gambling sites. McLeay 'gave an uncomfortable press conference outside Parliament House,' notes one technology site, 'during which he admitted he had acted in a standard not expected of cabinet ministers.' Paul McLeay was also the Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources as well as the Minister for Ports and Waterways. In resigning, he apologized to his constituents and parliamentary colleagues, as well as to his wife and family."

JavaScript/HTML 5 Gaming? 201

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 14, 2010 @06:25AM from the five-by-five dept.

cjcela writes "Lately I've seen some HTML 5/JavaScript games popping up on the web. Most of them lack sound, and are not polished, but little by little this is changing. As an example, check Galactic Plunder. While it is only a single-level proof of concept, it is one of the first arcade non-Flash games that I've found playable. Do you know of other comparable or better pure JavaScript games?"

Comment A Pixel Is Not A Little Square (Score 1) 304

by tokzic on Thursday July 08, 2010 @11:54AM (#32840858) Attached to: Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board

It is probably worth referencing Alvy Ray Smith's (co-founder of Pixar) enlightening memo from 1995 entitled: A Pixel Is Not A Little Square, A Pixel Is Not A Little Square, A Pixel Is Not A Little Square! (And a Voxel is Not a Little Cube)"

Journal Journal: DIGG: WTF? 8

Journal by eno2001 on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:55PM

I was over on Digg dirtying myself with the hoi-poloi. OK, just kidding. I was over there with "the rest of us" and was shocked to see that a feature story was a link to this site about using a magnet and wire to generate electricity. The title on Digg was something like "Making Electricity in your Hands". I was hoping for something pretty earth shattering as I assume that at least 75% of the online population is aware of in

Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting? 329

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 05, 2007 @02:03PM from the lots-of-polishing-to-do dept.

ICA writes "It appears after years of criticism, Diebold may be ready to withdraw from electronic voting entirely. The company is concerned that this relatively small and marginally profitable unit is hurting the company's overall image."

Journal Journal: RIAA kills internet radio

Journal by Reavantos on Monday March 05, 2007 @01:50PM

I am A internet radio DJ for DNDRadio.com (ddo.mmoradio.com) and i want to bring to your attention that the RIAA is at it again. this time, they are killing internet radio! "direct qoute from our website" The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced its decision on Internet Radio royalty rates, rejecting all of the arguments made by Webcasters (an MMORadio) and instead adopting the "per play" rate proposal put forth by SoundExchange (a digital music fee collection body created by the RIAA).

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