Amazon.com homepage is inexplicably down for us. When you navigate to Amazon.com we’re getting a series of errors. Initially the page only read “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable,” but we’ve been getting the failure page above, as well as straight-up browser fails. We’ve confirmed the problem on both the east and west coasts. More »
Being tricked into submitting nude pictures of yourself online is a pretty disgusting crime, but to then use those photos to extort more nude photos from the same person is downright despicable. As outrageous as that story sounds, that is exactly what happened a few days ago according to a recent FBI release.
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Show your guests that they’re welcome, while at the same time letting them know you’re a true computer nerd with this fun doormat from Russia’s Art Lebedev.
The Enter Key doormat, aka “Enterus Korvrikus” – which sounds like one of those captions on a Road Runner cartoon – is the perfect addition to any geeky front door. It’s made from durable coconut fiber, so will actually help trap dirt, mud and dust while also looking cool. Though once you hit this Enter key with your feet, there’s no “Undo” key.
Grab the Enterus Kovrikus doormat for appx. $41 (USD) over at Art Lebedev Studios.
Apple has hinted that it will give Mac Pro aficionados some love with a professional Mac follow-up sometime this year. For Europeans, though, it might not come soon enough: the company has confirmed that it’s officially stopping sales of the current Mac Pro in European Union-affiliated countries as of March 1st. Why? Soon-to-be-implemented tougher standards require that companies shield their fans and electrical ports more thoroughly than we see in the existing system, Apple says. While there’s no immediate sign of a replacement, prospective customers who want the tower for projects won’t be completely left out — resellers will be free to sell what stock they have after the cutoff date. That might still be small consolation to European pros who need heavier iron for their tasks than an iMac.
Via: MacRumors
Source: Macworld UK
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Kim Dotcom’s Mega is off to a high-profile start, but today we’re hearing of seemingly inevitable copyright woes for the site. Mega has only been officially up and running for 11 days, but according to ComputerWorld, the website has already received 150 copyright warnings for 250 files. Since Mega lacks a search function and requires users to share links in order to share content (which is encrypted when uploaded), how are these copyright holders finding their content on Mega?
It would seem the problem lies with sites that index the content on Mega, with one site in particular – Mega-search.me – getting some attention today. Users can submit submit links for their Mega files to Mega-search.me, allowing others to access them. Apparently, these copyright holders are finding their content through indexes like Mega-search.me and then issuing takedown requests.
That all appears to add up, but now we run into another problem, as content that’s completely legal is also being taken down. Many of the links on Mega-search.me have gone dead in just a matter of hours, with users seeing their legal content disappearing after receiving a DMCA takedown request. This isn’t very easy to explain, but TorrentFreak suggests that someone out there is filing fake DMCA requests and Mega is complying with most of the copyright warnings.
Another possibility is that Mega itself is targeting these indexes as a way to prevent users from finding and sharing copyrighted content uploaded to the site. Whatever is happening, it’s got some Mega users understandably upset, and the rest of us scratching our heads. We’ll be keeping an ear to the ground for more information, so keep it here at SlashGear for additional details.
Mega search engine listings appear as files get the axe is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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All right, so the bionic man that will be featured on a Channel 4 documentary that is titled, “How to Build a Bionic Man” might not be worth all of six million dollars, but it will show off the latest in the realm of artificial limbs, organs, and yes, even artificial blood by building a 6-foot tall android. The program is hosted by Dr. Bertolt Meyer, a social psychologist from Switzerland, who currently sports an iLimb Ultra as he was born sans a left arm. This prosthetic hand from Touch Bionics costs around $48,000, just in case you were wondering.
The eye of the bionic man will hail from the University of California in the form of a pair of glasses that are camera-equipped, sending images to a microchip that is inserted directly onto the retina. As for its aural capabilities, Macquarie University in Sydney would be the ones supplying the cochlear implant. SynCardia of Arizona will offer their battery-powered artificial heart, while other parts such as its pancreas, kidney and legs, too, will be sourced from different manufacturers located around the world. The finished article is far from polished, and it does seem that a Data-like droid is still a far away dream.
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No matter how large and influential an entity is, and regardless of your war chest, you will still need to bow down to regulatory requirements in a particular area. Case in point, Apple, the second most valuable company in the US on the stock market, will stop selling their Mac Pro desktop in Europe when the calendar hits March 1st, simply because new regulatory requirements in the region would come into play from that day onwards.
Apple made know of this stop in sales for the Mac Pro desktop via a letter that they sent to resellers today, citing Amendment 1 of Regulation IEC 60950-1. Unfortunately, the letter itself failed to shed light on just what is inside the Mac Pro desktop that violated said regulatory requirements. This should not come across as negative news to be reflected in the share price, since the high-end professional desktop is more or less a niche product for the company, and sales of the machine in Europe would hardly be a drop in their bucket. Rumor also has it that Apple intends to update the Mac Pro this year, which would mean it will comply with the new European regulations.
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Due to changes made to regulatory standards, Apple will be discontinuing the Mac Pro in Europe starting March 1. MacRumors received a copy of a note sent out to European distributors regarding the discontinuation of Apple’s tower computers, saying that the Mac Pros “are not compliant with Amendment 1 of regulation IEC 60950-1, Second Edition which becomes effective on this date.”
While the Mac Pro has been slowly dying off the past couple of years, due to lack of demand and what seems like no interest from Apple to give the series a big update, the discontinuation of the Mac Pro in Europe actually has nothing to do with this lack of demand from users. This only affects Europe and a few other surrounding nations, so Mac Pro sales will continue in all other countries as usual.
The new product certification standards in Europe appear to have something to do with a few internal components in the Mac Pro systems, such as power supply parts and various wiring. It’s currently unclear exactly which aspects of the Mac Pro line don’t meet regulatory standards, but any new Mac Pro systems will not be shipping over to Europe after March 1.
Resellers in Europe will be able to continue selling existing Mac Pro systems that have already shipped over, even if the March 1 date has passed, but starting at that point, no new shipments will be going to Europe. Apple has announced that a redesigned Mac Pro will come sometime this year after the company barely updated the line in June 2012 with outdated processors and no big improvements.
[via MacRumors]
Apple discontinuing Mac Pro in Europe starting March 1 is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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