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Comment Re:Bin it and call it lesson learned. (Score 1) 252

by bassgoonist on Saturday May 29, 2010 @01:00AM (#32386542) Attached to: Low-Level Format For a USB Flash Drive?

If you look at reviews for the previous generation of the same brand of sdhc card you'll see it received newegg's customer choice award. Adata made one of the best class 6 16gb sdhc cards, so it was only natural to think their new generation had a good chance of being good as well.

Comment Re:It's a hardware problem (Score 1) 252

by bassgoonist on Saturday May 29, 2010 @12:57AM (#32386530) Attached to: Low-Level Format For a USB Flash Drive?

I had a flash drive that came with some goofy partition table that caused linux machines to freeze until the drive was removed. I repartitioned it and the problem was gone.

Submission + - Google to remove identifying data from search logs

Submitted by

darkuncle

on Thursday March 15, 2007 @12:36PM

darkuncle writes: "Via techdirt: a couple of Google lawyers have announced via the Google Blog that Google will begin removing identifying data from search logs after 18-24 months in an effort to make logs "much more anonymous". This is particularly interesting in light of recent stories about search log data being used in trials. One wonders (as noted by TechLiberation) how data can be made "more anonymous" — either it is, or it isn't. In any case, law enforcement (especially the U.S. government) will probably be less than thrilled with this development (witness pending legislation and general calls by law enforcement for mandatory data retention, both in the U.S. and abroad)."

California Joins Open Document Bandwagon 188

Posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:30AM from the stretching-the-lobbiests-thin dept.

Andy Updegrove writes "A legislator in California has decided that it's time for California to get on the open formats bandwagon. If all of the bills filed in the last few weeks pass, California, Texas, and Minnesota will all require, in near-identical language, that 'all documents, including, but not limited to, text, spreadsheets, and presentations, produced by any state agency shall be created, exchanged, and preserved in an open extensible markup language-based, XML-based file format.' What type of formats will qualify? Again, the language is very uniform (the following is from the California statute): 'When deciding how to implement this section, the department in its evaluation of open, XML-based file formats shall consider all of the following features: (1) Interoperable among diverse internal and external platforms and applications; (2) Fully published and available royalty-free; (3) Implemented by multiple vendors; (4) Controlled by an open industry organization with a well-defined inclusive process for evolution of the standard.'"

Journal Journal: Will the Wii's Success help Playstation 3? 2

Journal by fistfullast33l on Thursday March 01, 2007 @10:45AM

The Wii currently is the hottest item on the block. You can't find it in stores at all and it's all the rage on the internets. Early fanboy reports imply that the Wii is the king of the next generation, and that the 360 and the PS3 will just be afterthoughts. Obviously, it's way to early to tell this. However, a more important fact is pointed out by the success of the Wii. Third party developers will be listening and acting on this. The Wii will begin to gain momentum, and business sens

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