"ITC to investigate Apple’s claims of HTC patent theft
By Chris Davies on Friday, Apr 2nd 2010 No Comments Apple’s legal case against HTC – in which they allege the smartphone manufacturer impinged on their intellectual property with various Android and Windows Mobile based handsets – has been green-lighted by the US International Trade Commission (ITC). The decision means that, within the next 45 days, the ITC must announce a date by which it expects to have come to a conclusion over whether HTC did, in fact, infringe Apple patents; if it finds in Apple’s favor, HTC could be forced to block functionality in their devices or even barred from importing them into the US altogether."
http://www.slashgear.com/search/apple+legal+htc
Looks like Apple is jealous lol
flamers stfu if you already know about this. This is for those who don't
Already know about this. They see me trollin, they hatin. Flamers ftw
I heard Obama was elected president
Yes that is pretty old news!
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I heard Obama was elected president
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Oh ****, THAT I did not know! Thanks for posting!
bob2300nx said:
I heard Obama was elected president
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Roman G said:
Yes that is pretty old news!
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Well exccuuuussse me...its news to me.
EDIT: Your ninja post before this post, ruined it....Thanks alot jerk!
OP just messing with you.
Regardless its something, at least you got something to read rather than sitting down at your pc waiting for a Dev to release another rom whilst tabing back and fourth between world of warcraft and Youporn. so. yeah its old news but you know what..... I dont care
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Regardless its something, at least you got something to read rather than sitting down at your pc waiting for a Dev to release another rom whilst tabing back and fourth between world of warcraft and Youporn. so. yeah its old news but you know what..... I dont care
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why is my penis orange? **blinks at empty cheetos bag**
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Regardless its something, at least you got something to read rather than sitting down at your pc waiting for a Dev to release another rom whilst tabing back and fourth between world of warcraft and Youporn. so. yeah its old news but you know what..... I dont care
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On a serious note, strong post/join date.
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why is my penis orange? **blinks at empty cheetos bag**
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winnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
bob2300nx said:
On a serious note, strong post/join date.
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Thanks, im more of a stalker than anything. by the way nice panties in your drawer, i see you wearing them often when i am rubbing one off to your mother across the street
obelisk79 said:
why is my penis orange? **blinks at empty cheetos bag**
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hahahahahhah!!!!!!!!!!!:d
^----I try to provide some comic-relief...
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hahahahahhah!!!!!!!!!!!:d
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Yeah looks like there's no new info in that case. HTC has been in the smartphone game way longer than Apple, even if apple gets a couple of patents in that are enforcable, I'm pretty confident that HTC has several up their sleeve that are just as actionable. That'll most likely end with a draw, but if not then both sides could be losing some serious money on fighting each other.
Poor apple, they need to go put on an ipad before they get their panties all messy.
Woo, if Apple were to actually do this, there would be lotsss of very angry people.
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On a serious note, strong post/join date.
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sarcasm can be soooo effective sometimes and this one has me in stitched... i've been laughing since i read it and through the end of the thread and even now as i type... thank you for a laugh that i've needed for some time...
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Looks like Microsoft's patent attorneys decided to strike a licensing deal over infringing patents with HTC instead of suing them.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20003602-56.html
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Looks like Microsoft's patent attorneys decided to strike a licensing deal over infringing patents with HTC instead of suing them.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20003602-56.html
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I just wish Microsoft would actually show what patents they claim to have instead of all this posturing and chest-thumping.
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I just wish Microsoft would actually show what patents they claim to have instead of all this posturing and chest-thumping.
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Maybe it is to HTC's advantage to keep it under wraps if it gives them the upper hand with their pending Apple lawsuit.
This whole Apple VS HTC thing does suck, and would be nice to hear some new info on it. But in the end, I dont think it matters to much for us. With the dev's we have in this community. Anything HTC is forced to remove software wise. we all know the dev's will replace or find/make an alternative. If HTC will be hurt hardware wise. Then we have an issue. Also if having the devs add features back into roms will be illegal, we all know we will be able to find them on another forum that doesn't care about the content posted.
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id like to apologize for being a real jerk for the past few years.....it took my account being hacked to make me realize how ive been. I thought "***MOD EDIT***" was a secure password but I guess not. Anywho my sincere apologies to all I offended
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id like to apologize for being a real jerk for the past few years.....it took my account being hacked to make me realize how ive been. I thought "***MOD Edit***" was a secure password but I guess not. Anywho my sincere apologies to all I offended
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??? past years?
who are you? you joined this month...
Hi, oh wait bye.
Hands down best password ever, lmao
Can we get a full disclosure of all of your identities to go along with that apology?
*edit- nvm, I just remembered no one gives a 5h!7...
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That pic makes me LOL every time I see it.
Clearly Fixxxer here is trying to cover his crazy ass.
haha... yrah reminds me of my dog now.
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Clearly Fixxxer here is trying to cover his crazy ass.
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clearly, you have no idea who this is... but I do.
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clearly, you have no idea who this is... but I do.
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I was being sarcastic. I forget observations on a forum with no discussion + sarcasm based on said observations dont wont work on a forum.
Cuz anything that has XX or XXX in it is Fixxxer (tard).
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my advice on the whole fixxxer debacle
to fixxer:
its probably best if you stop posting. i dont mean altogether, only in the regard that if your not inputting help in a qeustion thread, or reporting a bug, or asking a question of your own, its best if you just keep your lips zipped. this isnt because i think less of you or your opinions, its simple because these guys will never leave you alone. also, IF by chance you do have 100000000 different alias s on here, stick to one, because it would be kinda of creep if you were pretending to be a bunch of people, and even creepier that you use those other people to defend you
to everyone else:
stfu. whatever happened to development? you know, before the cdma portal was created, android and any other development community was not in shambles. in alot of places, the devs take part in conversations, love to joke around and have fun, but i notice that none of know the devs on a personal level because their the only ones who keep a sane head. all of their posts are impartial and strictly too the point...but people here bring the drama, and their obviously above that, they only bother posting when their making a release of some sort. it like, if your so smart, if your lame responses to fixxxers threads should be valued above what hes actually saying, then why post at all?
hey you.
oh, and you.
thats right, even you!
try and be an adult.
i wish the moderation was a bit more strict here. a mod told me once that they "moderate", not "police" but in a place like this, i think policing is required. i truely believe a majority of the people here are teenagers, and if im wrong, and your all adults, i think it best that you go buy a moto razr, because you dont belong here.
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fixxxer?? Is that you?
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fixxxer?? Is that you?
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Oh me, stop being ridiculous. Sandbox has openly announced he's gay, fixxxxxxxxer would never do that.
Working in the technology field i know if someone were to have several screen names on here the moderation could easily find out by tracking the IP Address. That's unless of course you have several people from the same household on here. I agree with the above comment that the silliness should end and we should focus more on development.
Not trying to add to the debacle at all, but I am certainly a teenager, but I do not act the way some of the members of this community act. In my honest opinion, I think it is sad how some members criticize others.
@sandboxlove, Not trying to offend, but the stereotype that ALL teenagers are immature, incompetent forum users..Just trying to clear that up.
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Working in the technology field i know if someone were to have several screen names on here the moderation could easily find out by tracking the IP Address. That's unless of course you have several people from the same household on here. I agree with the above comment that the silliness should end and we should focus more on development.
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wow, that's a very interesting avatar. For some reason it looks familiar...
Anyhoo, welcome to xda, congrats on your first post, blah blah...
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wow, that's a very interesting avatar. For some reason it looks familiar...
Anyhoo, welcome to xda, congrats on your first post, blah blah...
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Thanks, not sure if i should take your welcome seriously or not? Anyways anybody know why there is a 5 minute restriction on posting or is it a noob type deal?
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Thanks, not sure if i should take your welcome seriously or not? Anyways anybody know why there is a 5 minute restriction on posting or is it a noob type deal?
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Why yes we have another personality here.... you are quite the odd fellow
lol.....
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wow, that's a very interesting avatar. For some reason it looks familiar...
Anyhoo, welcome to xda, congrats on your first post, blah blah...
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wow, that's a very interesting avatar. For some reason it looks familiar...
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It's the Offspring logo...
Translates to: People do not work together will surely die. Good luck to those who wish to root, unrevoked use case... according to google. Has there been more of their work leaked recently?
God I hope not...that jackass that blabbed on the NAND thing hopefully died...erm...I mean....got an iPhone instead and will leave us alone forever.... these guys work way too hard with little to no compensation for that kind of garbage.
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Ok i am new so what does this mean?
I'm left scratching my head...why is it in Chinese and what the fark are they talking about?
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I'm left scratching my head...why is it in Chinese and what the fark are they talking about?
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Sorry but it is Japanese...just saying
Babel Fish (does anyone even use that anymore?) translates it as: "The people who do not cooperate together die by all means. To the people who pray root of good fortune, it utilizes unrevoked."
Sac's Droid said:
Sorry but it is Japanese...just saying
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s r y b r o m y b a d
alexdw369 said:
God I hope not...that jackass that blabbed on the NAND thing hopefully died...erm...I mean....got an iPhone instead and will leave us alone forever.... these guys work way too hard with little to no compensation for that kind of garbage.
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You talking about me or the guy who leaked the files of theirs.
I just told people how to do a temp nand unlock. If you are talking about me you can suck my
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If not have a nice day.
To the OP:
If you think they will stop putting work out, I don't think so, I'm sure they like getting donations, everyone likes $.
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You talking about me or the guy who leaked the files of theirs.
I just told people how to do a temp nand unlock. If you are talking about me you can suck my
If not have a nice day.
To the OP:
If you think they will stop putting work out, I don't think so, I'm sure they like getting donations, everyone likes $.
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if they mean you, they are losers, but im sure they mean the other guy.
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If you think they will stop putting work out, I don't think so, I'm sure they like getting donations, everyone likes $.
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We have earned exactly $0.
Yes, we have a donation link: it goes to the EFF, a cheritable foundation which supports our legal rights to reverse-engineer these devices.
The online translators always mangle things, especially with eastern languages, but they're not too far off.
i know what it translsted to, but what could this possibly mean?
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My guess would be that they're just having a chuckle at folks who hang on their every word...
Haha no I was referring to the guy that actually leaked files entrusted to him and then proceeded to insult shadowmite and the unrevoked team directly for kissing ass or something to that effect.... that was ridiculous. That thread is long gone
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We have earned exactly $0.
Yes, we have a donation link: it goes to the EFF, a cheritable foundation which supports our legal rights to reverse-engineer these devices.
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That's kind of dumb. Considering this
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/...-root/?utm_source=engadget&utm_medium=twitter
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Haha no I was referring to the guy that actually leaked files entrusted to him and then proceeded to insult shadowmite and the unrevoked team directly for kissing ass or something to that effect.... that was ridiculous. That thread is long gone
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Not if you know how to use google...
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We have earned exactly $0.
Yes, we have a donation link: it goes to the EFF, a cheritable foundation which supports our legal rights to reverse-engineer these devices.
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we appreciate your efforts!
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That's kind of dumb. Considering this
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/...-root/?utm_source=engadget&utm_medium=twitter
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Not really, considering that just got passed... and unrevoked has been taking donations for the EFF before that had gotten passed.
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Not if you know how to use google...
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lol lets see
*How To Use Google*
Step 1. Type query in search box
Step 2. Press Search
ta-da!
g00s3y said:
lol lets see
*How To Use Google*
Step 1. Type query in search box
Step 2. Press Search
ta-da!
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I was referring to him saying the post is gone, but with google cache and knowing the right words to search for, its never gone.
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That's kind of dumb. Considering this
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/...-root/?utm_source=engadget&utm_medium=twitter
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That just got passed yesterday thanks to the EFF's support. Without them I doubt it would've ever gotten half as far:
Every three years the Copyright Office asks for proposed exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act's rules against breaking access protections, and this time around the lovable scamps at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have asked that jailbreaking phones -- like, yes, the iPhone -- be classified as one of those exceptions.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/13/apple-and-eff-spar-over-iphone-jailbreaking-and-the-dmca/
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Just wondering, I put my username and password in all different kind of roms and android builds, but how do I know someone is not getting my information?
You don't. The Devs are really just harvesting all our personal and bank account details to commit the biggest swindle in history.
The codename for this piece of criminal mischief is project Nand!
Beware.
OMG is this true?!?! Thanks for the warning! I definitely wont be upgrading to NAND when it is available now!!
Don't laugh, a few months ago I saw someone on here offering to sell credit card details and other personal details at 20 bucks a piece...it might be a valid question. Hope we don't have a reason to worry though!
Lol, dont use your phone for money transactions then..
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You don't. The Devs are really just harvesting all our personal and bank account details to commit the biggest swindle in history.
The codename for this piece of criminal mischief is project Nand!
Beware.
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I don't want to overstate the obvious but... no, this is not true.
Some folk are just born gullible. HAHA!
nobnut said:
I don't want to overstate the obvious but... no, this is not true.
Some folk are just born gullible. HAHA!
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I am not so sure. Perhaps you are just involved in the conspiracy now? Maybe they paid you off. If you deny it then that just proves it!
Pass that bong over here
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I am not so sure. Perhaps you are just involved in the conspiracy now? Maybe they paid you off. If you deny it then that just proves it!
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Your retarded
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OMG is this true?!?! Thanks for the warning! I definitely wont be upgrading to NAND when it is available now!!
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Your retarded
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No no, he's not retarded.
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This thread delivers.
My 2 Cents
Here is something to think about.
when you begin hacking your phone (flashing/rooting/custom roms/emulations/etc) you are exposing yourself to a level of risk, your phone is no longer as secure and could be open to various means of attack. but then in today's world your phone is at risk to some extent when you turn it on because it is connected to the network/wifi/bluetooth/etc so do what you can to keep your private data secure, use your brain to make choices and if you are unsure about something then don't do it, (if you are not comfortable with this then don't use your phone to do finance related transactions) that being said, in my time here I have not become aware of any intentional attempts by the devs to conduct such a scam. this is a mostly self policing community and I know any number of members here that would react very negatively to any attempt at such activity. so that is my 2 cents and take them as you will.
Cheers
BR
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No no, he's not retarded.
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We are watching you as you have exposed a highly guarded secret
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We are watching you as you have exposed a highly guarded secret
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DAMNIT!!!!
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Apple is stealing passwords since years !!!
The Password stealing program is calling "itunes" !!!! I'm wondering why nobody knows that !
p.s. sorry for my bad english
Wow people have got some imaginations but it is worth thinking about, we install everything at our own will so if something like this does occur during the line, we only have ourselves to blame but I trust the developers as iIve been using custom roms for a few years now and nothing like this has occurred
Oh dear, looks like you found out
Time to flee!
Of course that's a joke
If you're concerned about your account, thats perfectly fine.
The kernel source is out there so you can inspect it for yourself if there is anything suspicious
As for builds, you can check those by mounting the system.ext2 file in a linux O/S and inspecting those files too.
Hope that helps
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Oh dear, looks like you found out
Time to flee!
Of course that's a joke
If you're concerned about your account, thats perfectly fine.
The kernel source is out there so you can inspect it for yourself if there is anything suspicious
As for builds, you can check those by mounting the system.ext2 file in a linux O/S and inspecting those files too.
Hope that helps
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Yeah that's also a key point although, me included in this, alot of members wont actually understand the kernal source code but we trust the developers, i see you posted the picture on the IRC Log lol
all kernel commits are reviewed on submit, and reverted if bad (only markinus and letama can directly commit anyway)
as for builds...use your own not that hard to get cm6 nightly and add the libs needed for leo (which you can build yourself from android source)
Believe me, your Google account is never safe...
'Project NAND' will soon be the greatest successful conspiracy since the 12 Monkeys
The hackers just won't give poor Sony a break, will they? Following the infamous PSN breach last month and an attack on the company's Greek online music service earlier this week, Sony Ericsson has now seen another intrusion that extracted personal data of more than 2,000 Canadian Eshop customers. Fortunately, the company claims that passwords taken were encrypted and no credit card details were lost, but this is still worrisome nevertheless. Right now, the Eshop service has been taken off line -- for the sake of Sir Howard and his Japanese chums, let's just hope that this will be the last Sony breach we hear about.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/25/sony-ericssons-canadian-online-store-hacked-more-than-2-000-cu/
People earlier said that it is Sony which was hacked and SE users should not worry..what about this now
I just hope this doesn't affect the gingerbread update coming out. Yeah, I read a similar article on www.cnet.com.
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Hmm ... and nothing will hacking soon .
Sony != SE
WTH's wrong with these hackers... It's not just Sony being hacked..
I honestly think they are just trying to put sony out of business by making everyone think they aren't trustworthy. I know I'm not giving my credit card to sony right now
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WTH's wrong with these hackers... It's not just Sony being hacked..
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I agree there are loads of sites getting hacked.
Fox, Eidos, Sony, Sony Erricson, Skype, Facebook.
All were mined for personal info.
It's really scary.
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I agree there are loads of sites getting hacked.
Fox, Eidos, Sony, Sony Erricson, Skype, Facebook.
All were mined for personal info.
It's really scary.
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Agree. Luckily i deactivated my facebook account so hopefully no **** is taken from me or i'll hammer these F***** hackers.
JingleJo said:
Agree. Luckily i deactivated my facebook account so hopefully no **** is taken from me or i'll hammer these F***** hackers.
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Oh ****. Does that mean everyone with facebook is hacked?
This is what bad guys do.....
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I wouldn't say they are BAD people they are just teaching people a lesson to not rely so much on technology... And if you do then you might as well get used it and protect yourself better cause they aint goin away plus if your dumb enough to keep your entire life online then you damn well deserve everything comin to you
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I wouldn't say they are BAD people they are just teaching people a lesson to not rely so much on technology... And if you do then you might as well get used it and protect yourself better cause they aint goin away plus if your dumb enough to keep your entire life online then you damn well deserve everything comin to you
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Not everyone lives online, alot of normal people just drop the odd tweet or message.
Should they be punished?
I spend alot of time online cuz i live miles away from cities and there's very few people here to talk to.
Why should people feel threatened online.
Maybe Santa "Satan" is making a list and checking it twice?
I suppose there is a little bit of an upside to this. This all started with Sony suing GeoHot. Hopefully they'll learn their lesson and stop ****ing with developers and maybe they'll start being more open with devices (PS3). There's the chance this could spill over to SE and we might finally see more unlocked bootloaders etc.
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...poor Sony....
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u joking right?
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I suppose there is a little bit of an upside to this. This all started with Sony suing GeoHot. Hopefully they'll learn their lesson and stop ****ing with developers and maybe they'll start being more open with devices (PS3). There's the chance this could spill over to SE and we might finally see more unlocked bootloaders etc.
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I doubt this is activity from "Legion"
I think "Legion" may have had something to do with Sony getting hacked.
But to some of these other sites, why hack them withoutr explaining the cause?
As many of you may know XDA went on a blackout from 8AM to 3PM today in protest against the pending legislation SOPA. But XDA is not alone. Today hundreds of websites all across the internet are also taking action. But I must say, I love the way Google is promoting awareness of SOPA. Take a look for your self:
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For more information on the online protests taking place today see this informational C|net article.
Google is the bomb haha and yea Im protesting too my friends support it but Its gonna kill the economy if they try to censor any part of the internet. Internet=life. Welcome to the 21st century....
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haha, I know this is a serious deal and all... but There is NO way in HELL that SOPA or PIPA will be approved without CHANGES.
I'm not against SOPA nor PIPA, just how they generalize EVERYTHING.
The Generalization means that big companies, for example, Sony , if they wanted could pretty much shut down YouTube because someone had one of their copyrighted music on there.
Do you realize how bad that sounds? If this does get passed, well... all hell will break loose.
Internet is the ultimate boss in the 21st century, people need to get out of their 1940's and look on their computer and look at stats. 2,095,006,005 people use the internet worldwide DAILY, 272,066,000 Just in North America.
The growth is just AMAZING on the internet, no one is going to stop that. NO ONE has rights against innovation and freedom.
Good luck to you, SOPA/PIPA.
from CNN Breaking News: Google says 4.5 million people signed anti-SOPA petition today
Mountain View, Calif., USAWed Jan 18, 4 p.m. PST: The +Los Angeles Times reports that 4.5 million people added their names to +Google's anti-SOPA petition today.The petition, which is available at https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ , states that although fighting online piracy is important, the plan of attack described in the...
The thing that pisses me off, is that a lot of politician are/were for this, and they didn't even know what the hell it was or how it worked. All they knew was that it was for stopping online piracy. But now, since all of these big companies are against it, they are actually looking at it and realizing what it is. Just a bunch of idiots. I'm not even going to get started on the MPAA or RIAA....
dpaul007 said:
The thing that pisses me off, is that a lot of politician are/were for this, and they didn't even know what the hell it was or how it worked. All they knew was that it was for stopping online piracy. But now, since all of these big companies are against it, they are actually looking at it and realizing what it is. Just a bunch of idiots. I'm not even going to get started on the MPAA or RIAA....
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So true, so true...
Edit: Did you know that SOPA can ban (foreign) generic drugs? That's where this legislation crosses the line for me... See Here.
N00B_IN_N33D said:
So true, so true...
Edit: Did you know that SOPA can ban generic drugs? That's where this legislation crosses the line for me... See Here.
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Thats just screwed up, I understand all the piracy and what not, but what does Generic Drugs have to do with this anti piracy!??!?!?
Right! Here is a snippet from the Wikipedia article on SOPA about it...
Protection against counterfeit drugs
Pfizer spokesman John Clark testified that patients could not always detect cleverly forged websites selling drugs that were either mis-branded or simply counterfeit.[18]
RxRights, a consumer advocacy group, issued a statement saying that Clark failed "to acknowledge that there are Canadian and other international pharmacies that do disclose where they are located, require a valid doctor's prescription and sell safe, brand-name medications produced by the same leading manufacturers as prescription medications sold in the U.S."[19] They had earlier said that SOPA "fails to distinguish between counterfeit and genuine pharmacies" and would prevent American patients from ordering their medications from Canadian pharmacies online.[20]
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that doesn't ban generic drugs. that just bans drugs from outside the US.
dardani89 said:
that doesn't ban generic drugs. that just bans drugs from outside the US.
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My older brother actually gets his prescription from Canada, because not only is it CHEAPER and i'm not talking like 5 dollars cheap, its beating the price from here by atleast $50, but it also makes the original product that is imported to US and sold for a higher price. I don't know the EXACT name of the product, but its like a eye drop, his eyes get dry easily with contacts.
So if SOPA passes (lololol) then yep, my brothers broke haha
Maybe this is what the Mayans saw.....
bfranklin1986 said:
Maybe this is what the Mayans saw.....
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lmfaooooooooooooo
bfranklin1986 said:
Maybe this is what the Mayans saw.....
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Hahahaha that's funny
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Hahaha I never have laughed here till you said that lol
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iwillkillyou said:
Hahaha I never have laughed here till you said that lol
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Really? 'Cause I thought what Whitehawkx said in this thread on page 3 was pretty darn funny...
N00B_IN_N33D said:
Really? 'Cause I thought what Whitehawkx said in this thread on page 3 was pretty darn funny...
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Good times good times. You never seem to see trolls like that anymore around here
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Really? 'Cause I thought what Whitehawkx said in this thread on page 3 was pretty darn funny...
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That's a typical respond, I see it all the time. I remember reading that back then... Reading it again brought up memories lol. What he(not whitehawkx) said was unexpected making it funny.
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