In the wake of its slightly perturbing Galaxy S4 launch, Samsung accepts criticism of a South African presentation that featured, yes, swimsuited dancers.
Samsung: Sorry about that sexist show | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Was that a meteor over New York (and zipping across Twitter)? | Cutting Edge - CNET News
Apparently the bright object that people reported seeing shooting over the East Coast of the United States last night -- and that left a glittery trail across Twitter -- may well have been a meteor.
Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environmental Office told the Associated Press that, "going on visual reports," the flash was "a single meteor event."
"The thing is probably a yard across. We basically have (had) a boulder enter the atmosphere over the northeast," he added.
The object lit up Twitter last night at about 8 p.m. East Coast time, with numerous people registering their surprise and excitement. And of course, a bogus photo or two appeared as well, triggering hasty retweets and retractions, as well as at least one amusing parody shot featuring an astro cat.
Was that a meteor over New York (and zipping across Twitter)? | Cutting Edge - CNET News
Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environmental Office told the Associated Press that, "going on visual reports," the flash was "a single meteor event."
"The thing is probably a yard across. We basically have (had) a boulder enter the atmosphere over the northeast," he added.
The object lit up Twitter last night at about 8 p.m. East Coast time, with numerous people registering their surprise and excitement. And of course, a bogus photo or two appeared as well, triggering hasty retweets and retractions, as well as at least one amusing parody shot featuring an astro cat.
Was that a meteor over New York (and zipping across Twitter)? | Cutting Edge - CNET News
Schmidt: One Google OS to Rule Them All Not Happening Soon | Operating Systems | TechNewsWorld
Schmidt: One Google OS to Rule Them All Not Happening Soon | Operating Systems | TechNewsWorld: "Recent leadership shuffles regarding the people in charge of the Android and Chrome operating systems don't mean that an OS merger is on the horizon, according to Google's Eric Schmidt, who was asked about the subject this week during an overseas trip. The company could be waiting for Chrome to gather more momentum, but with desktops and mobile devices sharing more, Google may have to make a decision sooner rather than later.
Google will keep its Chrome and Android operating systems separate, but company executive chairman Eric Schmidt reportedly said this week the two will have more features in common."
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Utilities: Google's Google problem | The Economist
GOOGLE is killing Google Reader. That may not matter much to many of you; use of Google Reader [a tool, by the way, for reading online content via RSS] was concentrated among a small group of relatively intense users. As it happens, that small group includes quite a lot of people who write for or as part of their living (it's the second tab I open most days, after Gmail). And so Google Reader has been mourned over, angrily at times, a bit more than the many other Google services that have come and gone with little ado.
It isn't that hard to imagine what Google was thinking when it made this decision. It's a big company, but even big companies have finite resources, and devoting those precious resources to something that isn't making money and isn't judged to have much in the way of development potential is not an attractive option. Dropping Reader isn't going to hurt the company's business, and Google may have calculated that it won't even be bad for users in the long run. Someone else will come along to provide the service and, if they give it their full attention, to improve it.
Utilities: Google's Google problem | The Economist
Friday, March 22, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Cheaper LED Bulbs Make It Easier to Switch Lights - NYTimes.com
Cheaper LED Bulbs Make It Easier to Switch Lights - NYTimes.com: "People sometimes have trouble making small sacrifices now that will reward them handsomely later. How often do we ignore the advice to make a few diet and exercise changes to live a longer, healthier life? Or to put some money aside to grow into a nest egg? Intellectually, we get it — but instant gratification is a powerful force. Enlarge This Image
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
How to get the most out of Feedly on your desktop | How To - CNET
Google Reader users are flocking to Feedly as a potential Reader replacement, now that Reader's expiration date has been announced. We've got some tips to help you get the most out of Feedly on your desktop.
How to get the most out of Feedly on your desktop | How To - CNET
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Cops: U.S. law should require logs of your text messages | Politics and Law - CNET News
Cops: U.S. law should require logs of your text messages | Politics and Law - CNET News: "Silicon Valley firms and privacy groups want Congress to update a 1986-era electronic privacy law. But if a law enforcement idea set to be presented today gets attached, support for the popular proposal would erode."
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China's state media attack on Apple appears to have backfired
A report by the state-run China Central Television that intended to smear Apple as bad for consumers has instead harmed the network's remaining credibility after a local celebrity apparently flubbed his lines when posting phony outrage as a disgruntled "Apple fan."
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal "China Real Time Report" blog, the Communist Party's CCTV initially aired a "Consumer Rights Day" broadcast on March 15th that celebrated consumer power, complete with song and dance routines.
The broadcast mixed in accusations that Apple was "biased against Chinese consumers in its warranty and customer service policies," along with implications that Volkswagen was selling defective cars in China.
China's state media attack on Apple appears to have backfired
Monday, March 18, 2013
Goastse Hacker Who Hacked 110K AT&T iPad Customers Sentenced To 41 Months | Cult of Mac
Back in 2010, a team of hackers who went under the group handle Goatse Security exploited a hole in AT&T’s website to steal over a hundred thousand iPad subscribers’ email addresses.
The first of the pair, Daniel Spitlier, plead guilty to the attack back in 2011, bringing him a 12-18 month maximum sentence.
His partner, though, hasn’t gotten off nearly as easily: Andrew ‘weev’ Auernheimer has just been sentenced to forty-one months.
The sentencing follows Auernheimer being found guilty on one county of identity fraud and one count of conspiracy to access a computer without authorization back in November of last year.
Auernheimer apparently made quite a show of the sentencing:
Before his sentencing, Auernheimer held a press conference on the courthouse steps, where he read John Keats’ The Fall of Hyperion and told the assembled crowd, “I’m going to jail for doing arithmetic.” Just prior to the judge’s reading of the sentence, Auernheimer was cuffed by agents in a struggle over his tablet. Under the terms of his pre-sentence parole, Auernheimer was unable to use a computer with a keyboard. Asked for the device, Auernheimer tried to hand it to attorney Tor Ekeland, and was returned to the courtroom five minutes later in shackles.
Auernheimer was an outspoken character who has consistently tried to play the part of victim in this case, but his actions have always seemed more like standard anarchy raze-and-burn behavior than ethical hackery: for example, Auernheimer at the time of the hacks admitted he never even tried to alert AT&T to the vulnerability he had exploited before leaking customers’ details into the wild. Pretty shady.
Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/220101/goastse-hacker-who-hacked-110k-att-ipad-customers-sentenced-to-41-months/#Igx2C4qKlJCWch71.99
Goastse Hacker Who Hacked 110K AT&T iPad Customers Sentenced To 41 Months | Cult of Mac
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