Highlights of this day in history: ‘Saturday Night Massacre’ takes place during Watergate scandal; Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns to Philippines; Jacqueline Kennedy weds Aristotle Onassis; Three Lynyrd Skynyrd members die in plane crash. (Oct. 20)
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When Google’s Street View cars glide through your neighborhood next, you can leave the WPA2 encryption off — Canada says that the company has “discontinued” the practice of snooping on unsecured WiFi networks with its mapping vehicles, and “has no plans to resume it.” That’s one of several findings in a report by Canada’s privacy commissioner today, which also claims that the controversial data collection feature was the work of a single Google engineer, and that Google intends to use smartphones to pinpoint WiFi networks from now on. Naturally, the latter caused the commissioner concern that Android phones might capture the same data as the cars. Perhaps you’d best keep those shields up after all. Google’s wardriving days are over, says Canadian privacy commissioner originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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A group of mothers in California voiced their support for the legalization of marijuana. California voters will consider a ballot proposition that would allow cities to regulate and tax marijuana and legalize possession of small amounts of pot. (Oct. 19)
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The city of Bell, Calif., drew quite a bit of unwanted attention to itself last summer with the revelation that several top officials were pocketing ridiculously high salaries at the expense of its citizens. Now it’s looking like payback time, as the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is on the case.
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The iOS dev community already shattered the new Apple TV, but now it’s been poisoned , too. What does this mean for you? It means that there’s still a chance your $99 set top box might be jailbroken to run apps , even though Shatter is gone . Now we’ll just have to wait and see if someone figures the hard part out, and gets some apps installed. Those Angry Birds don’t fling themselves, you know. Apple TV jailbroken again with Greenpois0n, lets Shatter off the hook originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …CBS’s Nancy Giles: Bristol Palin ‘Makes Me Ill,’ ‘Making Money & Leaving Her Baby at Home’
October 20, 2010 No CommentTeetering no longer . According to Reuters , satellite phone maker TerreStar has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect itself from liabilities in the range of $1.6 billion. As expected, a restructuring is in order, with Blackstone Group LP providing financial advice for such a move. One of TerreStars’ creditors, EchoStar, is offering $75 million in financing to help keep the company operate while it goes through the bankruptcy. Shame that it’s the icing on the cake for its Genus , having just launched on AT&T not one month ago. Them’s the breaks. [Thanks, Brian] TerreStar makes it official, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Watch Life Unexpected S2E6: Honeymoon Interrupted The new installment of our favorite foster child of Life Unexpected, which is entitled “Honeymoon Interrupted” is the teen drama hit TV show’s 6th episode of the 1st season that aired last 10/19/2010 Tuesday at 9:00 PM on CW.
Continue reading …Watch One Tree Hill S8E6: Not Afraid The new installment of our favorite half brothers of One Tree Hill, which is entitled “Not Afraid” is the teen drama hit TV show’s 6th episode of the 8th season was aired 10/19/2010 Tuesday at 8:00 PM on CW. Halloween is fast approaching, and with that, Brooke, Julian and the Tree Hill gets an unexpected visitor. Meanwhile, Mia and Haley gets to host an open mic night at Tric, Nathan starts off on his new career, Quinn and Clay continues to struggle with their life back at the beach house. Watch One Tree Hill 8×6(0806) Free Online Streaming Full Episodes Replay of the Latest Season and Video Clip Download Link:
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It’s a pretty long trip down memory lane for us to return to ASUS’ ultra-thin RT-56U router; last time we saw it was behind plexiglass at CeBIT in March . At long last it’s returned to the spotlight, only this time that luminance is provided by the FCC’s notorious labs. The dual-band Gigabit Wireless-N device gets just one image — and given the unflattering angle, we’re not quite sure if it’s retained that slender figure. The filing is dated October 11 with a 45-day confidentiality agreement and enough references to US sales that we wouldn’t be surprised to see it hit stateside retail in the not-too-distant future — with or without its lean frame. ASUS’ ultra-thin RT-N6U router hits FCC, adherence to diet in question originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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