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Psystar "Definitely Still Shipping" Mac Clones 833

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 14, 2008 @11:12AM from the everyone-deserves-a-hackintosh dept.

Preedit writes "Continuing its defiance of Apple, Psystar is reassuring customers that it is "definitely still shipping" its line of Mac clones. And, in a further nose-thumbing at Steve Jobs, Psystar this week said it's now making Leopard restore disks available to its customers, even as Apple insists that Mac clones sold to date be recalled. In its story on the latest developments, Infoweek is reporting that tiny Psystar apparently has no intention of backing down in its legal dispute with the much larger Apple."

Intel Releases USB 3.0 Controller Interface Spec 374

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 14, 2008 @10:16AM from the lookit-all-them-wires dept.

hardsky submitted thrilling news about everyone's favorite interconnect cable by saying "USB 3.0 is set to deliver data-transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s, initially over tweaked connectors and wiring and, later, over optical links."

Measuring the "Colbert Bump" 674

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 14, 2008 @09:31AM from the wish-i-had-a-bump dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Democratic politicians receive a 40% increase in contributions in the 30 days after appearing on the comedy cable show The Colbert Report. In contrast, their Republican counterparts essentially gain nothing. Moreover, even a cursory analysis demonstrates that despite being a comedy program The Colbert Report appears to exercise 'disproportionate real world influence' — likely due to the 'elite demographic' of its audience." In my home we refer to Stephen as "Loud Daddy" because my child would scream bloody murder when we paused him (and only him) on screen. Even at 8 months old the kid has strange taste.

US Failing To Prosecute Online Criminals 154

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 14, 2008 @07:59AM from the get-out-of-jail-free dept.

Ashlynne9423 writes "A report by the Center for American Progress and the Center for Democracy and Technology has found there is too little action being taken against online criminals, despite rising consumer concern about online safety. The report found that state officials were spending only 40 per cent of case time investigating online fraudsters, preferring instead to concentrate on higher profile solicitation and pornography cases."

Apple's Market Cap Exceeds Google's 689

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 14, 2008 @03:45AM from the big-apple dept.

Lawrence Person writes "Mac Daily News was one of many Apple-followers to note that Apple Inc.'s market capitalization exceeded Google today. That means that the combined value of all Apple's outstanding shares of stock exceeded the combined value of all Google's outstanding shares of stock. Apple's stock is worth $157 billion and change vs. Google's $156 billion. Other companies Apple has surpassed in market cap include Cisco, HP, and Intel. Also, Apple is now worth 3 times the value of Dell Computer, despite Dell's founder and CEO declaring over a decade ago that if he ran Apple, he'd 'shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.'"

Comment Re:Accenture... (Score 1) 936

by walker9010 on Thursday July 03, 2008 @02:31AM (#24040321) Attached to: Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major?

Actually, that is a good point--technology consulting may be a smart way to go.
With your CS background, you would have the understanding to be able to deploy for clients...if you also have an aptitude for marketing/selling, you could easily excel in that area.
And, as some other slashdoters have pointed out, a lot of consultents only have their ability to sell, so if you have the intelligence/know-how as well, you are going to be well positioned to climb high.

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