PS3 fat models time bombed
Sony advising all owners of non-Slim PS3 consoles to switch-off
Playstation 3 consoles around the world are experiencing serious problems after a major blunder by Sony, which relates to the system date and time. They are telling all owners of the older fatter consoles to leave them switched off, until they've worked out how to fix the issue.
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Climate Change Leaders On the Defensive: How Did We Get Here?
From Care2
Climate Change Leaders On the Defensive: How Did We Get Here?
It was an interesting weekend for the climate movement. On Saturday, Al Gore published on Op Ed piece in the New York Times entitled "We Can't Wish Away Climate Change", and The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a statement that they intend to establish an independent committee to review IPCC procedures. Clearly, some of the most visible players in the climate movement are on the defensive. With only 35% of Americans now convinced that climate change is caused by human activity, it's no wonder.
But how did we get here? Gore points to three causes:
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Product Watch: Free Tool Cleans Up 'Rusty,' Unsafe Firewall Settings
From DarkReading
Matasano Security rolls out open-source product that cleans up and checks firewall configurations for security holes
SAN FRANCISCO -- RSA Conference 2010 -- Matasano Security here today rolled out a new Web-based open-source tool that scans for any firewall rules that are outdated, redundant, or could potentially expose a network to security threats.
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Elements of Firefox overhaul arrive for testing
From C/Net News
Mozilla, faced with new competitive pressures, has begun work on three separate, significant changes to Firefox.
First is a new JavaScript engine that--with a transfusion from the project behind Apple's Safari--should run Web-based programs at least 30 percent faster. Second is a new graphics engine for Windows that will take advantage of hardware acceleration for graphics and text. And third is a programming tool to help bring to fruition a new system for Firefox add-ons.
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Online news is bigger than print
From the Inquirer:
Punters ditch the daily fishwrap
ACCORDING TO RESEARCH by the Pew Internet Group, Americans would rather get their news on the web than have to deal with all that tree destroying, cumbersome newspaper business.
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