Update: Dropbox 2.0.21
I have no idea what’s in this release except that it’s the latest and you should install it immediately.
& his MacBook Air
XBox ONE Controller
Well, it looks nice.
What Marketshare Really Means This Time
I just love this info graphic from John Kirk on TechOpinions ―
XBox One Review
AnandTech has a full review of the hardware. And I’m glad I read to the end of the article for this nugget ―
Arguably the most interesting thing in all of this is the dual-OS + hypervisor software setup behind the Xbox One. With the Windows kernel running alongside the Xbox OS, I wonder how much of a stretch it would be to one day bring the same setup to PCs. Well before the Xbox One hits the end of its life, mainstream PC APUs will likely be capable of delivering similar perormance. Imagine a future Surface tablet that was capable of doing everything your Xbox One can do. That’s really the trump card in all of this. The day Microsoft treats Xbox as a platform and not a console is the day that Apple and Google have a much more formidable competitor.
1TB for Flickr
Before you jump for joy, please read the whole Flickr Terms of Service and specifically section 9. While I’m not an attorney, and you should consult one of you have any questions, it would seem that Yahoo! Services would own the content you post if you post it to the Internet or on Yahoo! Groups until you remove said content; otherwise, if you post your content only to your account then you own it.
If you remove the content then Yahoo! Services no longer owns it. Read Section 9 below.
9. CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE YAHOO! SERVICES
Yahoo! does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Yahoo! Services. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services, you grant Yahoo! the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license(s), as applicable:
a. With respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of Yahoo! Groups, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Yahoo! Services solely for the purposes of providing and promoting the specific Yahoo! Group to which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Yahoo! Services and will terminate at the time you remove or Yahoo! removes such Content from the Yahoo! Services.
b. With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services other than Yahoo! Groups, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Yahoo! Services solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Yahoo! Services and will terminate at the time you remove or Yahoo! removes such Content from the Yahoo! Services.
c. With respect to Content other than photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services other than Yahoo! Groups, the perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicensable license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content (in whole or in part) and to incorporate such Content into other works in any format or medium now known or later developed.
“Publicly accessible” areas of the Yahoo! Services are those areas of the Yahoo! network of properties that are intended by Yahoo! to be available to the general public. By way of example, publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services would include Yahoo! Message Boards and portions of Yahoo! Groups and Flickr that are open to both members and visitors. However, publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services would not include portions of Yahoo! Groups that are limited to members, Yahoo! services intended for private communication such as Yahoo! Mail or Yahoo! Messenger, or areas off of the Yahoo! network of properties such as portions of World Wide Web sites that are accessible via hypertext or other links but are not hosted or served by Yahoo!.
Tip: Re-indexing Spotlight
I use the built-in spotlight to launch applications and find documents on my Mac. Recently, it’s behavior went south.
I found a nice article by Neil Gee that solved all my issues.
The important Terminal lines to execute are below:
To turn Spotlight off
sudo mdutil -a -i off
To turn Spotlight on, and force a re-index
sudo mdutil -a -i on
Spotlight is re-indexing my machine as I write this.
Update: iTunes 11.0.3
See Apple’s iTunes page.
Update: Dropbox 2.0.12
- Fix icon overlays not showing up in Windows XP.
- Lower CPU usage when idle.
Here.
Update: Firefox 21
Just run Firefox and watch it update in the About box.
Transparency and Accountability
From Bruce Schneier:
Long ago, we realized that simply trusting people and government agencies to always do the right thing doesn’t work, so we need to check up on them. In a democracy, transparency and accountability are how we do that. It’s how we ensure that we get both effective and cost-effective government. It’s how we prevent those we trust from abusing that trust, and protect ourselves when they do. And it’s especially important when security is concerned.
Read the whole and short article here.
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