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e-David Robot Does Art
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Jul 15
CompuLab Announces Utilite Computer
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Jul 15
VLC is not a TV show. Nor is it a movie. Nor is it a music album. Nor is it anything but open source software that the entire Internet knows as the greatest video player in all the lands. HBO, however, apparently doesn’t know that. The It’s Not TV TV company recently sent Google a takedown request for VLC citing copyright infringement.
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Jul 15
It was not too long after Microsoft made the announcement that their Xbox One, a next generation video game console, will be launched later this coming November to meet the crazy holiday season demand, a bunch of retailers already begun […]
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Jul 15
It goes without saying that the Sony Xperia Z Ultra is one rather impressive device, with high end specifications that are capable of holding out on its own against the other flagship models from different manufacturers. Having said that, who […]
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Jul 15
The PRISM news may have slowed in recent weeks, but the backlash against companies who were accussed of giving the government unmitigated access to their users’ data hasn’t, and these companies are responding to clear their names. Yahoo! is one such company, and it has recently received a victory in court, with a ruling being issued that will declassify a document showing that it fought against FISA orders.
PRISM, of course, is the name of the program leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, in which it was claimed that major US companies – Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others – had given the government direct access to its servers, allowing it to grab users’ data at will. The companies all spoke out against this, stating that such was not the case and that no direct access to information was given.
Yahoo took issue with this, and petitioned for a declassification of legal documents that will prove it fought against the FISA orders on behalf of its users, something that was granted today. Under the order, the Department of Justice is required to make available documents filed in 2008, which Yahoo says contains information proving its innocence and battle to keep information private.
The order came from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court, more commonly called FISA, and was then signed by the FISC. Said the ruling: “The Government shall conduct a declassification review of this Court’s Memorandum Opinion of [the Yahoo case] and the legal briefs submitted by the parties to this Court.” We’ll know within the next two weeks how long this declassification process will take.
Shortly after the PRISM accusations had surfaced, Yahoo! denied the claims, and later went on to petition for the right to reveal more detailed data request numbers, something it was granted with fairly substantial limitations. According to the report, the company received between 12,000 and 13,000 law enforcement data requested in last half of 2012.
SOURCE: Daily Dot
Yahoo court document to be declassified showing FISA opposition is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 15
AT&T Next to offer yearly upgrades as part of new monthly installment plan
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Could it be that T-Mobile’s efforts aren’t going unnoticed in the wireless community after all? Less than a week after John Legere unveiled Jump — and just hours after we heard rumors about Verizon’s forthcoming upgrade program — AT&T has taken the wraps off of AT&T Next, an upgrade program that begins on July 26th. Next takes some elements of Jump and the UnCarrier’s monthly installment model and adds its own spice to it. So here’s how it works: instead of paying for a subsidized phone or tablet and agreeing to a two-year contract, the retail price of the device gets split up into twenty separate monthly payments that get added to your standard bill (so yes, it’s still technically a financial commitment — just done in a different manner). You can pay off the phone faster, if you prefer, or just stick out the 20-month period. As an example, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 will cost you $32 a month on top of your standard wireless plan. While that doesn’t sound like a bedazzling option, AT&T is hoping to sweeten the deal by letting Next customers trade in their current handset or slab after the first year of use and swap it out for a fresh model. This won’t cost you anything up front, but it resets your monthly payment plan back to month zero.
We asked AT&T if these plans will come with any other hidden restrictions or if certain features will be shunned in favor of the traditional contract, and we were assured that they would remain the same across the board; we even confirmed that grandfathered unlimited data plans are still allowed on Next. As for other matters of fine print, all tablets and phones (including the iPhone) are available through the program, and you won’t have to worry about upgrade or activation fees, though the standard credit check applies. Small business customers won’t be able to take advantage of Next at the time of launch, but AT&T tells us that it’s coming and we’ll have it by the end of the year. It also appears likely that this isn’t meant to be an eventual replacement to the existing two-year contract option. Your move, Verizon.
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Jul 15
Roy Scheider is the tannest guy you know. More bronzed than his baby shoes, Scheider’s immaculately impeccable skin tone is rivaled only by his acting prowess. I mean, how else could Captain Nathan Bridger glow that deeply while 20,000 leagues under the sea? [Indistinguishable from Magic]
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