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Comment Hello (Score 1) 443

by traznaie on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @05:09AM (#44550483) Attached to: Despite Global Release, Breaking Bad Heavily Pirated

You can't just do this once or twice and expect everyone to stop downloading :)

Submission + - Google, PayPal Want to Get in Your Pants

Submitted by theodp on Sunday September 18, 2011 @01:44AM

theodp writes: Fourteen years ago, Microsoft Wallet promised 'secure, convenient purchasing on the Internet.' That was then, this is now. TechCrunch reports that the first commercial for Google Wallet has been unveiled, and it stars Seinfeld’s George Costanza and his overstuffed, exploding wallet. At launch (TBD), Google Wallet will allow you to use a Google Nexus S 4G (from Sprint) to tap-to-pay using Citi MasterCard cards or the Google Prepaid Card. Not to be outdone, PayPal offered a video sneak peek of its upcoming virtual wallet offering, which is promised to be more than 'just shoving a credit card on a phone.' In May, PayPal sued Google over electronic wallet technology, alleging that the search giant hired two of its former execs to obtain trade secrets for a mobile transactions project.

Submission + - Clever Patch Cable Management

Submitted by sooth... on Friday September 16, 2011 @05:52PM

sooth... writes: What clever ways have network administrators found to cleanly sort varying length patch cables withing IDFs, BDFs, and MDFs or simply wiring closets? Pictures or examples are welcome.

Zynga and Blizzard Sued Over Game Patent 179

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 06, 2011 @07:06AM from the swinging-for-the-fences dept.

eldavojohn writes "Thinking about developing a game involving a 'database driven online distributed tournament system?' Well, you had better talk to Walker Digital or risk a lawsuit, because Walker Digital claims to have patented that 'invention' back in 2002. The patent in question has resulted in some legal matters for the makers of 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 and 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: World at War, Blur, Wolfenstein, DJ Hero 2, Golden Eye 007, World of Warcraft and its expansions, Mafia Wars, and many others.' Walker Digital (parent company of Priceline.com) said it's not sure how much damages are going to be, and requested that through discovery in the court. If you think Walker Digital is not a patent troll, check out their lawsuit from two months ago against Facebook for using privacy controls Walker Digital claims to have patented. It would seem that any online competitive game that uses a database to select and reward contestants in a tournament could potentially fall under this patent — of course, those with the deepest coffers will be cherrypicked first."

Honeycomb To Require Dual-Core Processor 177

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @10:56PM from the expand-the-requirements dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "According to managing director of Korean consumer electronics firm Enspert, Google's new Android Honeycomb tablet OS will require a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor to run properly. That means that many existing Android tablets will not be upgradeable to Honeycomb, as they lack the processor necessary to meet the spec. Currently, Nvidia's Tegra 2 platform is the only chipset in products on the market to include a Cortex-A9, although other manufacturers have said they're moving to the new processor architecture for 2011 products."

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