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Comment my deepest sympathies (Score 1) 191

by x975 (#36360662) Attached to: Has iTunes Been Hacked?
My iTunes account was also hacked last September (2010). We just happened to see the incoming charges and immediately stopped payment. Both Pay Pal and iTunes removed the charges from our account. But, the thing that got me off iTunes was the overly sympathetic attitude of the iTunes Apple advisor. He said, "First and foremost, I have to tell you I sympathize with you. I've been through fraud three times, two of which I got no recovery from. I really understand how you feel, the unfortunate part is Apple, nor any company, can 100% guarantee your account safety. In the same way you cannot promise your insurance company you will never have a car accident therefore should pay a much lower monthly payment these sorts of things happen. The people who perpetrate these actions are always evolving and using so many different ways of getting away with this. And sometimes, and I cannot say in your case, the customer has onus in the situation. They may use a password that is easy to guess, they may have spyware/keyloggers on the system that report the password used back to the unauthorized user, inadvertently give out account information through phishing scams and the sort. There are always ways to keep your account as secure as possible, but nothing is 100% and so I cannot possible assure you of that, nor can Apple send you a letter on that. As for why your account was breached, I am just not privy to that information. So, I consulted my superior, who in turn consulted their superior and I have been told we cannot release such information. I am truly sorry. " Funny that. I have since removed my credit card info from iTunes. And, no my password wasn't perfect, but it wasn't bad either. At the time, quite a lot of other users were hacked.

Submission + - More Data Centers Using On-SIte Solar Power (datacenterknowledge.com)

Submitted by 1sockchuck
1sockchuck writes: Solar power hasn’t been widely used in data centers because it takes a very large installation of photovoltaic solar panels to generate the levels of energy required by these facilities. But the month of April has seen the debut of four new data centers featuring on-site solar arraysn. Is this sustainability PR, or might solar power have a future in the data center?
Android

Submission + - Android Conunrum: Tablets Tank, Smartphones Surge (infoworld.com)

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GMGruman
GMGruman writes: "Android smartphones have overpowered the iPhone in market share, yet Android tablets barely register in sales versus the iPad. Android tablets are as competitive in most respects against the iPad as Android smartphones are against the iPhone. So why the difference in success? Galen Gruman examines five theories for the gap, and concludes the reason is that Android tablets' real competitor is in fact not the iPad."
Businesses

Submission + - Lunch, Anyone?

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: 'I've been on teams that eat together every day,' writes Joel-on-Software Spolsky, and it's awesome. I've been on teams that don't, and lunch every day is, at best, lonely.' Spolsky is firmly in the camp that believes where and with whom we eat lunch is a much bigger deal than most people care to admit. 'There's a lot of stuff that's accidental about Fog Creek and Stack Exchange,' he concludes, 'but lunch is not one of them. Ten years ago Michael and I set out with the rather ambitious goal of making a great place to work. Eating together is a critical part of what it means to be human and what it means to have a humane workplace, and that’s been a part of our values from day one.'
Idle

Submission + - Using AI to identify opportunities for innuendo (computerworld.com.au)

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angry tapir
angry tapir writes: ""Well that was hard!" "That's what she said" Turning seemingly normal comments into sexual innuendo by adding the words "That's what she said" is a cultural phenomenon. This has led some to wonder whether it is possible to determine when it is appropriate to add those magic four words to a sentence. As it turns out, identifying humour through software is hard. Two researchers at the University of Washington, however, were willing to give it their best shot. In a recently released paper entitled "That's What She Said: Double Entendre Identification", the researchers describe what they've found and introduce their new approach to the problem: "Double Entendre via Noun Transfer" or DEviaNT for short."

Comment Back in the day (Score 1) 69

by x975 (#35915178) Attached to: Google Will Save Videos After All
I emailed Google Video suport back on 3.31.08 about transferring 30 videos over to YouTube. They replied "Thanks for your email. Unfortunately, there is no way to transfer videos from one account to another account at this time." I guess I was ahead of the curve, or I should I say, cloud.
Space

Submission + - China Space Official Confounded by SpaceX Price (aviationweek.com)

Submitted by hackingbear
hackingbear writes: Declining to speak for attribution, the Chinese officials from Great Wall Industry, a marketing arm of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CAST), say they find the published prices on the SpaceX website very low for the services offered, and concede they could not match them with the Long March series of launch vehicles even if it were possible for them to launch satellites with U.S. components in them. According to the SpaceX website, launch on a Falcon 9 — which has an advertised lift capacity of 10,450 kg. (23,000 lb.) — from Cape Canaveral costs $54 million — $59.5 million. If the SpaceX price is real and its quality is proven, both are big IFs, it is remarkable to see that US can beat China in term of price. Between August 1996 and August 2009, the Chinese rockets have achieved 75 consecutive successful launches were conducted, ending with a partial failure in the launch of Palapa-D on August 31, 2009. If we all learn from SpaceX, maybe soon China will outsource from the US.
Businesses

Submission + - This Tech Bubble is Different 3

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: Tech bubbles happen, writes BW's Ashlee Vance, but we usually gain from the innovation left behind. But this one — driven by social networking — could leave us empty-handed. Math whiz Jeff Hammerbacher provides a good case study. One year out of Harvard, 23-year-old Hammerbacher arrived at Facebook, was given the lofty title of research scientist and put to work analyzing how people used the social networking service. Over the next two years, Hammerbacher assembled a team that built a new class of analytical technology, one which translated insights into people's relationships, tendencies, and desires into precision advertising and higher sales. But something gnawed at him. Hammerbacher looked around Silicon Valley at companies like his own, Google, and Twitter, and saw his peers wasting their talents. 'The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads,' he says. 'That sucks.' Silicon Valley historian Christophe Lecuyer agrees: 'It's clear that the new industry that is building around Internet advertising and these other services doesn't create that many jobs. The loss of manufacturing and design knowhow is truly worrisome.'

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