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Comment MotoActv (Score 2) 196

by jfinke (#43247523) Attached to: Google Reportedly Making a Smartwatch, Too
Google already owns a smart watch. It is called the Motorola MotoActv. It is a smart GPS watch running android and can interface with some android phones. It has Wifi, BT, ANT+, FM, with GPS, Touchscreen, music player, etc. I believe that someone has jailbroken it already. Unfortunately, Moto was slipping on their support and since Google has bought them it has just gotten worse.
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Brazilian Spider Bite May Become the Next Viagra 144

Posted by samzenpus from the Is-that-a-spider-in-your-pocket? dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Scientists believe a spider could lead to a breakthrough in sexual health after finding a single bite can cause a four-hour erection. According to the report, researchers at the Medical College of Georgia believe the venom of the Brazilian wandering spider could lead to a new cure for erectile dysfunction. Dr Kenia Nunes, a physiologist at the college, said it works in a different way to Viagra. 'This is good because we know that some patients don't respond to the conventional therapy. This could be an optional treatment for them,' she said. Her study, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, involved experiments using hypertensive rats with severe erectile dysfunction."

Comment I actually prefer Bing Maps over Google Maps (Score 1) 277

by jfinke (#31134634) Attached to: Bing Maps Wows 'Em At TED2010

If you had told me a year ago I would say that I would not have believed you.

We are looking for a new house. I have found that Bing is much more accurate that Google. This is especially true for new developments. The easy explanation for this is that Bing is using more up to date data. However, there have been times where google is off by 2-3 houses and Bing is right on the money.

I have also found that Bing's Bird Eye View is superior in my needs than street view is when trying to examine neighborhoods.

On the other hand, I have disabled the silverlight view of Bing maps and gone back to the old view because of speed.

Comment Re:Confusion? (Score 2, Insightful) 25

by jfinke (#30754722) Attached to: ModSecurity 2.5
I believe they classify this as a Web Application Firewall (WAF). So, theoretically, it would catch stuff like XSS, SQL Injection, etc. Now, you have your Apache misconfigured, I am not sure what it will do for you.

Comment Re:Watch out, MW2 lovers... (Score 1) 341

by jfinke (#30668720) Attached to: EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely

Not to defend IW or anything, because I think that they killed a lot of aspects of the game. But, I believe that in this case, the individuals are hosting the game vs. IW hosting it. Now, to what degree Steam / IW are involved in matchmaking I don't know.

Now, I have been surprised that the setup works at all. But, it does work, for now. But man, if something goes wrong, everyone in your party has to leave, you have to send invites out, etc.... It would have been much simpler to just included dedicated servers. I will be surprised if the next version from IW comes out for the PC at all. The consolization of the game reminds me of the shenanigans that EPIC pulled with UT3.
Apple

Submission + - The speculative prehistory of the iPhone (technologizer.com)

Submitted by harrymcc
harrymcc writes: The blogosphere is abuzz with rumors about "iSlate," Apple's supposed upcoming tablet. It's constructive to look back at coverage of the first iPhone in the months before it was announced. A high percentage of what was reported turned out to be hooey--as I remembered as I reviewed stories that said the iPhone would have a click wheel, a slide-out keyboard, and two batteries, and would run on an Apple-branded wireless network. I'm guessing that much of what we "know" about iSlate is similarly off-base.
The Courts

Chapter 11 Trustee Appointed For SCO 89

Posted by timothy from the why-not-a-trusty-instead dept.
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The judge overseeing the SCO Chapter 11 bankruptcy case has issued an order appointing a chapter 11 trustee to oversee SCO's operations. However, the judge's reasoning is far from clear. While the judge believes that SCO has 'abandoned rehabilitation' to bet its future on litigation, he doesn't think it appropriate to convert their case to Chapter 7 liquidation. So SCO's management hasn't been fired yet, but they're no longer fully in charge either. It's not clear why the bankruptcy judge opted for this solution, when even the US Trustee was pushing to fire SCO's management and convert the case to Chapter 7. In short, SCO is still only mostly dead, rather than all dead, and in desperate search of a miracle worker."
First Person Shooters (Games)

New Left 4 Dead DLC Coming Next Month 55

Posted by Soulskill from the mo-zombies-mo-problems dept.
Valve said yesterday that they're working on a new campaign for Left 4 Dead, and they plan to release it in September. It's called Crash Course, and while it will be free for owners of the PC version, Xbox 360 users will need to purchase it. The new campaign "bridges the gap between the end of the 'No Mercy' campaign and the beginning of 'Death Toll' in the original game, expanding the game universe with new locations, new dialogue from the original cast, and an explosive finale." Crash Course isn't as long as the other campaigns, a deliberate decision by Valve to enable players to finish a Versus-mode game in about 30 minutes. A preview of the new content on Destructoid notes, "Since we've got a shorter campaign, much more has been packed into a smaller space. Lucky players who know where to look can upgrade to second-tier weaponry almost straight away. However, they'll have their work cut out for them, because there's a chance to get swamped by the horde right from the very beginning."

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