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Remarks by Vice President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu in a Joint Statement to the Press

12:36 P.M. (local) PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU:  Vice President Biden, Joe, welcome to Israel and welcome to Jerusalem.  We’ve been personal friends for almost three decades.  Can you believe it has been that long?  VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN:  No.  ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/09/2010 - 09:31 - 0 comments

Europeans: finally a chance to ask your reps to oppose ACTA

European MEPs from Greece, the Czech Republic and Germany have submitted a declaration opposing ACTA, the secret copyright treaty that is the first piece of global Internet law to be negotiated in private, without participation from poor countries, the ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/04/2010 - 23:27 - 0 comments

Ubisoft's notorious "uncrackable" unfair game DRM falls in less than 24h

Games maker Ubisoft drew global ire when it announced that all its new titles, starting with Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed 2, would henceforth be crippled with a DRM that would kick you off the game and wipe out your play if your Internet ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/04/2010 - 23:11 - 0 comments

Great hardware, shame about everything else. Guess who!

Photo: Polapix Be sure to catch Gizmodo's series on the decline of Sony . It highlights--among other things--why very good isn't good enough when you have excellent competitors. Its problems are legion. Aside from the ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/04/2010 - 13:57 - 0 comments

Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker]

Discounted laptops, HDTVs with iPod docks, camcorders, and more await you in today's Dealhacker roundup. Not in the buying mood? How about some drink samples and free tunes? Computer Gear! Dell PowerEdge T100 Server Desktop for $259 ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/04/2010 - 11:00 - 0 comments

Gallery: Valve tease Steam/Half-Life/Left 4 Dead for Macs, in style

If you thought Valve's switch from Internet Explorer to WebKit for its new beta version of digital distribution platform Steam -- or the semi-irrefutable hints of OSX compatibility within -- were just coincidence, this morning's latest ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/03/2010 - 14:35 - 0 comments

EFF's annual DMCA whitepaper gets a refresh

EFF has updated its annual(ish) white paper, "Unintended Consequences: ___ Years Under the DMCA" (currently standing at 12 years). This is one of EFF's most compelling pieces of policy writing, a huge, well-organized and tightly argued indictment of the ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/03/2010 - 13:44 - 0 comments

The Evil Mad Scientists make a five-color LED-lit fake-seven-segment pseudo-digital pot, based on advanced mattress pad technology

The reason I admire Lenore and Windell (aka The Evil Mad Scientists) so much is because they are curious about the world and they design and make lots of things to help them understand it better. They also put a great deal of thought into making ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/03/2010 - 12:59 - 0 comments

Pick the Best Parking Space by Focusing on a Quick Exit [Parking]

Most of us tend to focus on getting a spot as close as possible to the door of a store to save time, but focusing on leaving the store can help you pick a better spot. Photo by alex92287 . Over at the productivity blog Productivity501 ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/03/2010 - 11:00 - 0 comments

Microsoft Security Exec Suggests Internet Tax To Pay For 'Computer Health Care' Program

Tank Szuba alerts us to the story about a Microsoft security exec suggesting that it might make sense to implement an internet usage tax to help fund a "computer healthcare system" to fix the notoriously insecure software that his company produces. It ...

feed item - whytewolf - 03/03/2010 - 07:35 - 0 comments

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