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  1. MotoActv on Google Reportedly Making a Smartwatch, Too · · Score: 2

    Google already owns a smart watch. It is called the Motorola MotoActv. It is a smart GPS watch running android and can interface with some android phones. It has Wifi, BT, ANT+, FM, with GPS, Touchscreen, music player, etc. I believe that someone has jailbroken it already. Unfortunately, Moto was slipping on their support and since Google has bought them it has just gotten worse.

  2. If they dropped the word Back on Duke Nukem Forever Back In Development · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article title, it would be much closer to reality...

    "Duke Nukem Forever in Development"

  3. I actually prefer Bing Maps over Google Maps on Bing Maps Wows 'Em At TED2010 · · Score: 1

    If you had told me a year ago I would say that I would not have believed you.

    We are looking for a new house. I have found that Bing is much more accurate that Google. This is especially true for new developments. The easy explanation for this is that Bing is using more up to date data. However, there have been times where google is off by 2-3 houses and Bing is right on the money.

    I have also found that Bing's Bird Eye View is superior in my needs than street view is when trying to examine neighborhoods.

    On the other hand, I have disabled the silverlight view of Bing maps and gone back to the old view because of speed.

  4. Re:Confusion? on ModSecurity 2.5 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I believe they classify this as a Web Application Firewall (WAF). So, theoretically, it would catch stuff like XSS, SQL Injection, etc. Now, you have your Apache misconfigured, I am not sure what it will do for you.

  5. Re:Watch out, MW2 lovers... on EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely · · Score: 1

    Interesting... Thanks!

  6. Re:Watch out, MW2 lovers... on EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely · · Score: 1

    Not to defend IW or anything, because I think that they killed a lot of aspects of the game. But, I believe that in this case, the individuals are hosting the game vs. IW hosting it. Now, to what degree Steam / IW are involved in matchmaking I don't know.

    Now, I have been surprised that the setup works at all. But, it does work, for now. But man, if something goes wrong, everyone in your party has to leave, you have to send invites out, etc.... It would have been much simpler to just included dedicated servers. I will be surprised if the next version from IW comes out for the PC at all. The consolization of the game reminds me of the shenanigans that EPIC pulled with UT3.

  7. Resume? on What Do You Do With a Personal Domain? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why don't you post a copy of your resume and redirect all hits to your domain to that page?

  8. So.... on Engineering Students Build Robotic Foosball Players · · Score: 1, Interesting

    They came up with a hardhack version of pong?

  9. I had to go to live.com on Google Search Flagging Everything As Potentially Harmful · · Score: 1

    What is the world coming to?

  10. Re:Linux? Really? on Netflix Comes To Tivo, AppleTV, Linux · · Score: 1

    I had to switch to safari for streaming from Netflix. It kept degrading the signal and stopping and reloading under firefox. Not sure if I have an extension interfering or not. Switched to safari and 0 issues besides netflix having poorly encoded items.

  11. Re:Simple... Get an Intel based Apple... on Setting Up a Home Dev/Testing Environment? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I agree.

    I have an Intel Mac with fusion. With 4 GB of ram, which is pretty cheap these days, I can run OSX, Vista, Linux, and Solaris at the same time. Put each box on a different Spaces window and you can flip around them easily.

    Now fusion is not a power user friendly setup, but it is certainly usable.

  12. Re:Isn't this just Novell's suit against SCO? on Final Judgment — SCO Loses, Owes $3,506,526 · · Score: 1

    Right... The rest of the lawsuits still need to play out, correct? Redhat. IBM. Autozone. Etc.

  13. Am I missing something? on HP's Fury At Vista Capable Downgrade · · Score: 1

    Where is the link for the second quote of the story?

  14. Re:Life after college on Beating the College Bubble · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, at least they won't be going and getting loans that they can't afford to purchase a house they don't need. ;)

  15. Re:Are they distributing the software? on Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL · · Score: 1

    Thanks! I had a brain fart there.

  16. Are they distributing the software? on Suit Claims Diebold Voting Machines Violate GPL · · Score: 0

    If not, where would the violation be?

  17. Re:iPhone??? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1

    Regardless, Apple is in the minority in this. And while other companies undoubtably would be impacted by the law, it isn't that much of a attention grab to mention them when talking about this issue. They are one of the highest profile items out there without user accessable batteries.

    That was my point. ;)

  18. Re:iPhone??? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1

    Interesting distinction. Do you think that anyone would bother, in all seriousness? Or just toss it. I am not even sure mine have the feature. I would probably have to tear it apart to find out and I don't really want to get into that. ;)

  19. Re:iPhone??? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1

    That is true. I guess I keep thinking after 10 years they would get their act together, but what was I thinking?? ;)

  20. Re:iPhone??? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 1
    Another apple device.. MacBook Air.

    My last two toothbrushes are not user replaceable.

    I don't think that my wife's old MP3 has a user replaceable battery.

    Sure, the majority are. But, this is clearly a grab for add revenue by making the iPhone the primary part of the article and the headline vs. the actual regulations.

  21. iPhone??? on EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sounds like both slashdot and hothhardware are using the iPhone to get clicks. The regulation is not targeting the iPhone. The iPhone would just have to meet any new regulations that come out. Just like any other electronics device that uses batteries.

  22. Re:I am not sure what the point of this is on Council Sells Security Hole On Ebay · · Score: 1

    No, I think it is some little English town council. Again, there is no security flaw, etc. There are just bad policies in place, or someone wasn't doing their job.

  23. I am not sure what the point of this is on Council Sells Security Hole On Ebay · · Score: 1
    It was a used device that the previous owner did not clear properly. Their policies and processes for destruction and sanitization are apparently lacking. This happens at a lot of places.

    It would be one thing if this was straight into the DoD, but this is some little town council from what I can tell.

  24. Re:As a former MythTV User on MythTV Allows Multiple Front-Ends On Wide Range of Platforms · · Score: 1

    Well, MythTV is certainly free. However, there is a nominal charge for the listings, which I think is like $20 for the year? That was pretty much out of their hands, and I think that they found the best possible solution for it. It also affected more programs than just MythTV.

  25. Tron on Huge Data Center Looks Like a Circuit Board · · Score: 1

    Tron was the first thing I thought of looking at the top picture. "I need to contact my user."