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GameBoy, you should take back your apology.. people like Blue Stone are common where they make-believe that just 'saying' something is suppose to make everyone believe it, and act on their empty statements.

Two reports on how CleanFeed is NOT working (because of the work-around created by Newzbin-2 new client apt, which is more thorough than the browser plugin, for this particular web interaction (ie. news-feeds)).

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/11/3/bts-newzbin-block-circumvented/

and

https://torrentfreak.com/newzbin2-release-encrypted-client-to-defeat-website-blocking-110914/

The next link explains about proxies in general and transparent ones as well..

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Proxy_server#Transparent_proxy

and a discussion on the legal decision

http://www.francisdavey.co.uk/2011/10/newzbin2-order.html

As far as those with only 2 brain cells, fighting over who is boss, who call themselves 'Authorities', banning ip addresses, even temporarily... well.. they would have an impossible time doing that with ip6, with the almost infinite amount of numbers, where someone could hide from these kooks.

Good ALWAYS wins out in the end.

-- I will gladly lose all of life's battles.. if thats what it takes, to win the war...

Look at it from a different angle; maybe it was his own fault. Maybe he forgot to lock the door.

Actually, some people think that the end of the programming era is not far off: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/8/22/dr-dharmendra-modha-cognitive-computing/

But my main point was that computer science is not programming, and programming is not computer science. To equate the two is like equating the study required of a car mechanic with the study required of an automotive engineer.

No. We don't.

...the "mad Australian" let nothing get in the way of his quest for mastery. Not even a feline.

"Julian was constantly battling for dominance, even with my tomcat Herr Schmitt," says the German.

"Ever since Julian lived with me in Wiesbaden he (the cat) has suffered from psychosis. Julian would constantly attack the animal. He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat's throat.

(and let me just note that - with such violence against cats - Assange crossed the line, broke all limits, as far as I am concerned)

..and I'd be wrong apparently: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/9/7/seagate-ships-4tb-hard-drive/

I rather don't have everything about me known by a single company, so I like to use Facebook much more than let Google know all my personal details, my friends, my web searches, my YouTube views, my emails and every site I visit on the internet

Oh believe me, Zuckerberg's no slouch when it comes to tracking facebook users.

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/30/facebooks-button-tracking-you/

"that he's talking about blocking individuals from social networks"

I did not find anything about this in here: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/8/11/cameron-threatens-shut-down-uk-social-networks/

Could you please provide a specific quote from URL that says that or provide another URL?

You don't have to join Facebook to be tracked by them. See those Facebook buttons on almost every site? Yeah, they're using those to track you.

"When a user does not have a Facebook account, there is no cookie and no user ID available. In this case, an HTTP GET request for the 'Like' button doesn't issue a cookie.
"However, when a site is visited which includes Facebook Connect, this application issues a cookie. From that moment on, visits to other websites which display the 'Like' button result in a request for the Like button from the Facebook server including the cookie."

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/30/facebooks-button-tracking-you/

Sure, it can be blocked fairly easily, but it's an opt-out, not opt-in. And many (most?) people have no idea.

I just upgraded from Window XP to WIndows 7 now you want to tell me you're planning windows 8 already with in the year?

TFA has incorrectly quoted a different article. They say this:

Microsoft exec Tami Reller told attendees at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 taking place in Los Angeles yesterday that any PC capable of running Windows 7 today would be capable of running Windows 8 when it is released, towards the end of the year if Steve Ballmer's ramblings are to be believed.

Note the link - it is copied as is from TFA. But if you follow it, it goes to an article titled "Evidence mounts for a Windows 8 release in 2012", and specifically:

Lewin, corporate vice president for strategic and emerging business development, has suggested a timescale for the Windows 8 launch process - the first version of Windows to support the ARM architecture - that would see the new operating system released towards the end of 2012.

Lewin spoke at his company's LAUNCH event for start-ups and let slip a few informed guesses as to Microsoft's plans for Windows 8. "If you look at the crystal ball and just say what happened in the past is a reasonable indicator of what our forward looking timelines will be and just speculate," Lewin circuitously explained. "We've made the point about having a developer conference later this year, and then typically we enter a beta phase, and then in 12 months we're in the market. So, let's make that assumption."

So they're a year off. Even then, of course, it's not an official release date, hence why all the talk about "crystal ball" etc.

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/3/25/government-gives-250000-to-bletchley-park/ PM Gordon Brown said sorry for all the chemical castration and that back in March. And coughed up £250,000 for the park's upkeep

How much you wanna bet that stoobalou (the contributor of this 'article') is one of the editors of Thinq? http://www.thinq.co.uk/staff/ Gee... I wonder who's name there could be shortened to 'Stoo'?

Really, it must be humor http://media.thinq.co.uk/photos/skypefirked_big650.jpg : the net is down, but "good news" according to skype is that you can still download and USE skype. They don't say how I am going to be able to use it if the net is down. Are they making fun of us? Seems like.

Nice comment article about why Facebook's 'Like' button is utterly meaningless here, worth a read.

The Arduino is an open-source development system for the creation and programming of electronic gadgets. Powered by an ATMega microcontroller, it's a popular platform for both experienced developers and newcomers to the hobby - and has been chosen by Google to form the heart of its Open Accessory project for Android.

Full specs and prices here http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/2/24/apple-updates-macbook-pro-range/ Mr Taco beat me to it by seconds, as usual.

"Julian was constantly battling for dominance, even with my tomcat Herr Schmitt,"
"Ever since Julian lived with me in Wiesbaden he (the cat) has suffered from psychosis. Julian would constantly attack the animal. He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat's throat."

Assange abused my cat: WikiLeaks insider Assange touched my pussy ...but of course such levels of farce must be reliable.

"Julian was constantly battling for dominance, even with my tomcat Herr Schmitt,"
"Ever since Julian lived with me in Wiesbaden he (the cat) has suffered from psychosis. Julian would constantly attack the animal. He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat's throat."

...and Assange broke those limits, as far as I am concerned.

(it even sheds some light on Swedish investigation: Assange touched my pussy)

No fair Slashdot! WSJ don't need the hits but we do. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/2/9/rumour-apple-ipad-2-production/

I guess Peter Cogge doesn't keep up with current events in the tech industry like this one: http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/1/24/new-nanotape-tech-promises-cooler-chips/

Maybe my dictionary is out of date, but I never have thought that a court ordered subpoena is a "spying" activity. If they broke in to twitter and trolled through data that would be spying.

Looking at the website it's coming from... maybe I understand now why they think a subpoena is "spying". They say the Bradley Manning is currently being tortured by US jailers, and insinuate the subpoena is a front to cover the trail of supposedly confirmed NSA wiretaps 2x blocks from Twitter HQ. Sure sounds like level headed, unbiased facts abound there.

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2011/1/8/us-wants-read-wikileakers-twitter-accounts/

yes, it is wrong to rush to judgment

as equally as wrong as your attitude, which is obviously extremely eager to absolve him of guilt

Look, I'm NOT saying he's guilty or innocent. All I know, like you, is what I've read in the papers about the case, including this statement from his attorney from a month ago:

...Both women have declared that they had consensual sexual relations with our client and that they continued to instigate friendly contact well after the alleged incidents. Only after the women became aware of each other's relationships with Mr. Assange did they make their allegations against him.

The warrant for his arrest was rightly withdrawn within 24 hours by Chief prosecutor Eva Finne, who found that there was no "reason to suspect that he has committed rape."

...Eva Finne's decision to drop the "rape" investigation was reversed after the intervention of a political figure, Claes Borgstrom, who is now acting for the women. The case was given to a specific prosecutor, Marianne Ny.

...Despite his right to silence, my client has repeatedly offered to be interviewed, first in Sweden, and then in the UK (including at the Swedish Embassy), either in person or by telephone, videoconferencing or email and he has also offered to make a sworn statement on affidavit. All of these offers have been flatly refused by a prosecutor who is abusing her powers by insisting that he return to Sweden at his own expense to be subjected to another media circus that she will orchestrate. ...Before leaving Sweden Mr. Assange asked to be interviewed by the prosecution on several occasions in relation to the allegations, staying over a month in Stockholm, at considerable expense and despite many engagements elsewhere, in order to clear his name. Eventually the prosecution told his Swedish lawyer Bjorn Hurtig that he was free to leave the country, without interview, which he did.

(emphasis added)

The fact that he was held WITHOUT BAIL for a month after all that? Despicable. His rights under Swedish and British law? Nonexistent, apparently, precisely BECAUSE he chose to push for transparency in government. Don't you find that just the least bit horrific? I certainly do.

You need to block Facebook widgets because they track even without your being signed in (or even a member):
Facebook's 'Like This' button is tracking you (Whether you click it or not)
which is derived from this paper:
Facebook Tracks and Traces Everyone: Like This! (Social Science Research Network)
Assuming you are not a member of facebook and have no need of the "Share" and "Like" buttons, the hosts file is your friend. Just enter 127.0.0.1 for facebook.net, facebook.com, facebookcdn.com (there may be others but I can't be bothered to look for them right now)

Try as I might, I see ZERO MENTION of the jester being arrested in the linked article. Here's the real article, pulled from the original submission:

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/12/1/wikileaks-hacker-raided-cops/

Interestingly enough, thinq.co.uk seems to be one of only a few, if more than one, reporting on the subject. A few quick google searches turned up nothing regarding his arrest..

Reply posted on the link you provided above: "UPDATES: Reports of the raid and confiscation of equipment are most likely a hoax or an elaborate social engineering scheme to capitalize on current news events: https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/9916-Hacker-The-Jester-Reports-Raid-By-Law-Enforcement.html "

Try as I might, I see ZERO MENTION of the jester being arrested in the linked article. Here's the real article, pulled from the original submission:

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/12/1/wikileaks-hacker-raided-cops/

Interestingly enough, thinq.co.uk seems to be one of only a few, if more than one, reporting on the subject. A few quick google searches turned up nothing regarding his arrest..

Is there also a tag for the news source that properly edits it? The one, for example, that knows the difference between "brakes" and "breaks"?

The summary was correct.
Google has a tag for newspapers that obey UK Defence Advisory Notices which put the brakes on a story.

That's not quite correct. It was the UK host which complied with the police request. The site is now hosted in the USA for precisely the reason that the British police can't touch it.

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/20/rage-hd-sets-bar-iphone-gaming/

Looks like the GMP doesn't have much of a sense of humour - it's threatening spoof account holders with the crime of impersonating a police officer. Shame, because some of 'em are very well done - such as the Super Mario Brothers version...

Well, if you read the actual blog post instead of that jackass written article, you will find the blog is actually pretty light and makes little, if any offensive comments or insinuations. Really, it's pretty cut and dry and somewhat silly. So, after three posts, I've decided Gareth Halfacree is a total douchebag, and the author of the blog itself, Leslie Sobon comes off as pretty date-able. Also, I posted three separate times because everything is better in triplicates, and work is extremely slow today.

You're predicting the end of youtube?

The Kinect project lead has also predicted the end of PC gaming.

There are also Mac OSX and Windows versions. http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/9/16/adobe-releases-64-bit-flash-player/

Pirate Bay down, police raids across Europe
Co-ordinated swoop in 14 countries
[...] the bulk of police action seems to have taken place in Sweden.
[...] Swedish Prosecutor Frederick Ingblad confirmed to Swedish newspaper Expressen that WikiLeaks was not involved in the current action.

Oh, if he says it...

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/8/12/jailbreak-hackers-unleash-exploit-code/ Unless people update really soon, assorted malware could cut a swath through the iOS 4 user base.

So fags might get diseases from having intercourse with other fags. Oh dear oh no. iPhone Aids!

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/8/12/jailbreak-hackers-unleash-exploit-code/ Unless people update really soon, assorted malware could cut a swath through the iOS 4 user base.

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/8/3/iphone-4-jailbreak-gets-early-update/

Something like this maybe ?:

"100 Million Facebook Pages Leaked On Torrent Site

A directory containing personal details about more than 100 million Facebook users has surfaced on an Internet file-sharing site. The 2.8GB torrent was compiled by hacker Ron Bowes of Skull Security, who created a web crawler program that harvested data on users contained in Facebook's open access directory, which lists all users who haven't bothered to change their privacy settings to make their pages unavailable to search engines."

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/7/28/100-million-facebook-pages-leaked-torrent-site/
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/07/28/1350222/100-Million-Facebook-Pages-Leaked-On-Torrent-Site?art_pos=3

That might potentially be true of the PC market, but interestingly the console games market is different - 64% prefer physical media.

As a games collector, I prefer physical copies, but I also buy my fair share of stuff digitally as well. It really comes down to price and availability a lot of the time.

One print page: http://www.thinq.co.uk/news/2010/5/17/exclusive-seagate-confirms-3tb-drive/?full

What about external HDDs? I only saw 2 TB and read that they can't go higher. :(

"XP is 9 years old and Win7 is a very good replacement for newer machines"

RTFA:
"According to Seagate, this includes the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Vista, as well as modified versions of Linux,"

So 7 is not immune. For example, there is no 64-bit version of Windows 7 Starter, and many manufactures don't publicize if the OS they're offering is 32-bit or 64-bit.

I think this confusion is microsoft's fault, they should have clearly labeled versions of Windows 7 32bit and 64bit, like Windows 6 is 32 and Windows 7 is 64bit. Customers will not be happy when they buy 8gb of ram or 3tb hard drives only to find out their new Windows 7 computer can't use it.

I found this article to be a pretty good summary of the situation, including the trade secrets angle: http://www.thinq.co.uk/features/2010/4/28/iphone-4-case-could-see-gizmodo-in-the-dock/ (from a UK site, no less!)

If you bought your PS3 in a 'reputed' store, they will not make you much trouble and refund you, even the games you bought provided you still have the receipts, and then sony will be blasted for the return.

Except as noted before, Sony won't reimburse retailers that do that: http://www.thinq.co.uk/news/2010/4/14/sony-refuses-to-sanction-ps3-refunds/ Of course, that specifically applies to fat PS3s and the 'Other OS' feature, but fat chance getting Sony to refund for anything related to EULA issues. And if retailers know they can't get their money back from Sony, why would they take a major loss by refunding disgruntled users out of their own pockets?

Therefore it will Amazon (in this case) that come knocking on Sony's door for a refund, not Joe Public. Sony may have a harder time brushing them off.

In all the comment soup you seem to have missed TFA: http://www.thinq.co.uk/news/2010/4/14/sony-refuses-to-sanction-ps3-refunds/

"The decision by Amazon to give a consumer a partial refund is clearly between Amazon and the consumer, but we do not expect the decision to have a legal basis and we have no plans to compensate retailers."

They have just publicly said they don't have Amazon's back. It will likely take a court ruling for them to kiss and make up.

Does anyone know if Sony would replace bricked PS3s caused by this update, even if they are out of warranty?

Article author uses a very broad definition of "bricked" which seems to consist mostly of "some people had some problems with the update". This is perhaps to be expected -- as a look at his profile page shows that he spews out from 4-7 "articles" in a day. Given that, it doesn't seem surprising that he's not able to do any real research (or even provide sources).