January 2010
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“Tell the guy you’ll upgrade your iPhone to a Droid when he upgrades his...”
– From a chat with a friend on O2 reps trying to snag a contract extension.
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Activists Missing After Declaring “War on Leather”... →
Makes me proud to be a biker :)
[Thanks Stu!]
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Chinese Government behind Google attack →
Citing sources in the defense contracting and intelligence consulting community, the iDefense report unambiguously declares that the Chinese government was, in fact, behind the effort. The report also says that the malicious code was deployed in PDF files that were crafted to exploit a vulnerability in Adobe’s software.
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Death by Coddling: Safety practices in children's... →
I saw this headline and died a little on the inside. The very fact that we live in a culture where this sort of study is even undertaken makes me want to punch someone in the face. An excerpt for your consideration:
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“The entertainment industry has improved its portrayals of walking, cycling and boating in movies aimed at children, but half of scenes still show risky behaviour, U.S....
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No Multitouch on Nexus One 'A Gentlemen's...
Google’s newly released Nexus One has received mixed reviews from the tech press, but one of the key questions for the so-called ‘iPhone Killer’ was the reason for its apparent lack of multitouch capabilities.
According to a source working on the handset’s innards, multitouch is indeed supported on the Nexus One’s Android API’s. The decision not to implement...