Jerry Rivers - Slashdot User

Submission + - Spotify bug exposed users' private account information... (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by Jerry Rivers on Thursday December 10, 2020 @05:45PM

Jerry Rivers writes: ...and it took the music service seven months to notice.
'In a data breach notification filed with the California attorney general’s office, the music streaming giant said the data exposed “may have included email address, your preferred display name, password, gender, and date of birth only to certain business partners of Spotify.” The company did not name the business partners, but added that Spotify “did not make this information publicly accessible.”'

Submission + - Canadians to get unbundled cable TV channels (financialpost.com)

Submitted by Jerry Rivers on Friday July 20, 2012 @02:30PM

Jerry Rivers writes: The CRTC, Canada's communications regulator, has approved changes to the way cable companies bundles programming to allow the purchase of selected channels while dropping others they do not want. However, they won't necessarily be paying any less.

Submission + - Researches use a "decoy" molecule to treat

Submitted by Jerry Rivers on Friday February 02, 2007 @05:36PM

Jerry Rivers writes: The Globe and Mail is reporting that scientists in British Columbia have successfully used a "decoy" molecule to shrink advanced prostate tumours. Citing a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the the Globe story explains how the researchers are the first to find a way to block the process of androgen reception in cells and prevent, a key trigger in the onset of prostate cancer. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.2 0070201.BCCANCER01/TPStory/National

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