An anonymous reader pointed us to an article talking about Google TV and AppleTV challenging the major networks and taking their place in your living room. It'll be a tough battle, amusingly waged on cable company wires in many major markets. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room
Posted by clementw 29 minutes ago (http://rss.slashdot.org)
Rackspace Shuts Down Quran-Burning Church's Sites
Posted by clementw 1 hour 59 minutes ago (http://rss.slashdot.org)
theodp writes "In response to a complaint, Rackspace has shut down the websites of the Dove World Outreach Center, a small 50-member church which has received national and international criticism for a planned book burning of the Quran on the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. The center 'violated the hate-speech provision of our acceptable-use policy,' explained Rackspace spokesman Dan Goodgame. '
IOS 4.1 Jailbroken Already
Posted by clementw 2 hours 59 minutes ago (http://rss.slashdot.org)
mspohr writes "Just hours after Apple released iOS 4.1 to great fanfare, hardware hackers found a way to jailbreak devices that run the new operating system. More surprising still, there doesn't appear to be anything Steve Jobs can do to stop them in the near future. The exploit in the boot ROM of iOS devices was first announced by iPhone Dev-Team member pod2g. It was soon confirmed by other hack
Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half
Posted by clementw 5 hours ago (http://rss.slashdot.org)
bonch writes "A new study on Greenland's and West Antarctica's rate of ice loss halves the estimate of ice loss. Published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the study takes into account a rebounding of the Earth's crust called glacial isostatic adjustment, a continuing rise of the crust after being smashed under the weight of the Ice Age. 'We have concluded that the Greenland and West Antarctica
DARPA Wants Extreme Wireless Interference Buster
Posted by clementw 6 hours ago (http://rss.slashdot.org)
coondoggie writes "This month the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will begin looking for technology that will let wireless communications work through the most extreme interference. From the article: 'The CommEx program will assess next generation and beyond jamming threats and then develop advanced interference suppression and avoidance technologies to successfully communicate in the p
Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates
Posted by clementw 9 hours ago (http://rss.slashdot.org)
thelostagency writes "Girish Kumar, managing director of Aiplex Software says his company is being hired by the film industry to attack online pirates. He says if a provider did not do anything to remove the link or content hosted on its site, his company would launch what is known as a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the offending computer server. From the article: 'Kumar said that at the mome
The Real "Stuff White People Like"
Posted by clementw 11 hours ago (http://rss.slashdot.org)
Here's an interesting and funny look at 526,000 OkCupid users, divided into groups by race and gender and all the the things each groups says it likes or is interested in. While it is far from being definitive, the groupings give a glimpse of what makes each culture unique. According to the results white men like nothing better than Tom Clancy, Van Halen, and golfing. Read more of this story at S
Big Brother In the School Cafeteria?
Posted by clementw 11 hours ago (http://rss.slashdot.org)
AustinSlacker writes "An Iowa school district's lunch program asks children as young as 5 years old to memorize a four-digit PIN code so it can monitor what they eat in the school cafeteria - prompting some parents to claim it's an unhealthy case of 'Big Brother.' An over reaction by parents or an unnecessary invasion of privacy?" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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