MC2 Post 1831 Looking for the Artful Dodgers on TV

Finding New Ways to Hate Cable, 

and Kill a Fan Base at the same time.

Dodgers Watch

Dodgers channel still not available to much of Los Angeles

From:  http://www.latimes.com

Wingman notes:

 

((  Tuesday's Game will be available on ESPN 2  )).

Link:   http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-dodger-channel-los-angeles-20140328,0,3743109.story#axzz2xYg0PzJz

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In new case, Supreme Court revisits 

the question of software patents

From:  http://www.washingtonpost.com

Link:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/in-new-case-supreme-court-revisits-the-question-of-software-patents/2014/03/28/a3da1c52-ad3a-11e3-9627-c65021d6d572_story.html


 

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Google’s Public DNS intercepted in Turkey

Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:45 PM
Posted by Steven Carstensen, Software Engineer

We have received several credible reports and confirmed with our own research that Google’s Domain Name System (DNS) service has been intercepted by most Turkish ISPs 

                               (Internet Service Providers).

 

A DNS server tells your computer the address of a server it’s looking for, in the same way that you might look up a phone number in a phone book. Google operates DNS servers because we believe that you should be able to quickly and securely make your way to whatever host you’re looking for,

                           be it YouTube, Twitter, or any other.

 

But imagine if someone had changed out your phone book with another one, which looks pretty much the same as before, except that the listings for a few people showed the wrong phone number. That’s essentially what’s happened: 

Turkish ISPs have set up servers that 

masquerade as Google’s DNS service.

From:   http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com

Link:   http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-public-dns-intercepted-in-turkey.html

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/o4xz4ll

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MC2 Post 1830 The Day after the La Habra 5.1 Moderate Quake.

When they get that many in a given stretch of time, 

they call them a SWARM.

We keep forgetting. we do live in an 

earthquake area in California.  

Yesterday, was just a reminder.

From:  http://earthquaketrack.com

 


 

Link:   http://earthquaketrack.com/r/southern-california/recent

 

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/mbm5hzt

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MC2 Post 1829 HTC moves to the outer rail in hopes of sneaking around Leaders

Bold Moves by HTC, means it's not happy 

in 4th/ maybe 5th place 

in the smart phone business.

HTC's news reader and 'Zoe' camera apps will be made 

available for other Android phones

From:  http://www.theverge.com

Link:   http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/26/5549542/htc-news-reader-zoe-camera-blinkfeed-other-android-phones

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/kzv3a46

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The facebook boy wonder:  

Tries to hit a few Bat-Balls 

 into the shallow outfield.

Facebook refuses to call a drone a drone

From:  http://pando.com

Why Robots and Lasers are the Cool Future...

Link:  http://pando.com/2014/03/27/facebook-refuses-to-call-a-drone-a-drone/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/p3ulwa3

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BlackBerry earnings: 10 key things CEO Thorsten Heins 

said on the call...

Somewhere in the canadian northwest: 

 

Blackberry's Last Chance Saloon.

From:   http://www.zdnet.com

Link:   http://www.zdnet.com/blackberry-earnings-10-key-things-ceo-thorsten-heins-said-on-the-call-7000013249/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/ozutxda

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MC2 Post 1828 Citigroup Fails Federal Reserve’s Stress Test for 2nd Time in 3 Years

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New York, New York.

Wingman:  New York is Still the Place.   You make it Here, 

You Can Make It  

ANYWHERE! 

They just got Phil Jackson didn't they?  

A not a minute too soon.

Did you see what the bottom of  the low end Lakers Did to Phil Jackson's New Team?

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Phil Jackson Rips New York Knicks' 

'Awful' Showing vs. Los Angeles Lakers

Losing is a foreign concept in Phil Jackson's world of Zen, so when the New York Knicks president watches his team suffer a shellacking, he's going to be harsh.

 

On Tuesday night, he was harsh.

Link:   http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2006300-phil-jackson-rips-new-york-knicks-awful-showing-vs-los-angeles-lakers

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And Why the New York Times (and LATimes, if you know where to look.),
is infinitly more important than Newsweek or Time magazine's
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Mike Mayo says Get Rid of CITI CFO, in baseball, three strikes and you're out.

Who's Watching the Watchers?

From:  http://dealbook.nytimes.com

Citi Fails Fed Stress Test ..... (again.)

The Federal Reserve dealt an embarrassing blow to Citigroup on Wednesday, attacking the bank’s financial projections for its sprawling operations and denying the bank’s plan to increase dividends and repurchase stock.

In a report, the Fed rejected Citigroup’s plans to manage its capital, citing concerns about the “overall reliability of Citigroup’s capital planning process.” It was the only one of the nation’s top five banks that failed to persuade the Fed to bless its plans for shareholder payouts.

 

The Fed did not give many details behind its rejection, which was the second denial of Citigroup’s capital plan in the past three years. But analysts and investors said the message 

from the regulator was clear.

Link:   http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/fed-rebuffs-citigroup-on-capital-plans/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/q7gwxfs

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The Best TV  CBS Sunday Morning. 

A tour of Tokyo's largest fish market

March 23, 2014, 10:52 AM|Tokyo's largest fish market, Tsukiji, is packed with every type of seafood imaginable, from brightly-colored octopus and shrimp to tiny sardines. 

It's a top destination for Tokyo's sushi chefs - and tourists. 

Seth Doane pays a visit.

From:  http://www.cbsnews.com

Link:  http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/a-tour-of-tokyos-largest-fish-market/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/oo667fa

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MS New Conference announcing MS Office 

for iPad.  

See Paul Thurotts' page for  review points.

Microsoft Office for iPad Review

Hands-on with a tremendous new set of mobile apps

  
Mar 27, 2014 Paul Thurrott


From:   http://winsupersite.com

Link:   http://winsupersite.com/office/microsoft-office-ipad-review

 

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/prqnphd

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MC2 Post 1827 Facebook's Zuckerberg Gets Game -- Buys Oculus VR for $2B

From:  http://www.forbes.com




In a Tuesday afternoon shocker, Facebook announced it is buying hot virtual reality gaming company Oculus VR for $2 billion. That includes $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook stock. There’s also an additional $300 million potential earn-out in cash and stock based on “the achievement of certain milestones.”

Link:   http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/03/25/facebook-buys-oculus-virtual-reality-gaming-startup-for-2-billion/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/p32tuu5

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Sour market debut for Candy Crush maker 

King Digital

From:  http://www.reuters.com

(Reuters) - Shares of King Digital Entertainment Plc, maker of the wildly popular "Candy Crush Saga" game, fell as much as 15 percent in their trading debut on Wednesday, underscoring concerns about the company's reliance on a single hit game.

 

King's shares fell to a low of $19.08 from their IPO price of $22.50, valuing the company at about $6 billion.

Link:  http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/26/us-kingdigital-ipo-idUSBREA2O1ZQ20140326

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/oa386tc

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Pictures at a Exhibition

Google Moves toward More Subtle and 

FaceBook Jumps Into Immersive..

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You Tube music as we ponder the possibilities

of a Virtual Reality Environment.

Wingman.

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Modest: Mussorgsky/ Maurice Ravel -  
Pictures at a Exhibition

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MC2 Post 1826 Apple Wants Their Own PIPE Just like flappy bird

"Apple wants its own path on Comcast network 

for streaming service....."

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"Yeah, That's NOT going To Happen...."
(Mike Elgan Tech News Today)
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From:  http://arstechnica.com

Link:   http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/03/apple-wants-its-own-path-on-comcast-network-for-video-service-wsj-says/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/kpp5683

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The NYT on NSA’s Huawei Penetration [UPDATED]

From:  http://www.lawfareblog.com

Link:  http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/03/the-nyt-on-nsas-huawei-penetration/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/ol5opk5

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MC2 Post 1824 The World of VR -- Every One Wants to Get In Your Face

Sony reveals Project Morpheus, its VR headset 

for PlayStation 4

From:   http://www.theverge.com

Sony has revealed its plans for virtual reality technology on the PlayStation 4. Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, showed off a prototype headset at a Game Developers Conference 2014 event entitled Driving the Future of Innovation. "Nothing delivers a feeling of immersion better than VR," said Yoshida. "VR has been a dream of 

many gamers since the computer was invented.

 

Many of us at PlayStation have dreamed of VR and 

what it could mean to the gaming community."

Link:   http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/18/5523984/sony-reveals-project-morpheus-its-vr-system-for-ps4

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/ouucxl7

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The Verge:  Sony PlayStation 4: Everything You Need to Know

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Link:  http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/20/4010774/sony-playstation-4-dualshock-4-everything-you-need-to-know

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Headset combines virtual and augmented 

reality with holodeck-like results

From:   http://www.engadget.com

Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/19/holodeck-headset-sulon-technologies/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/naz2fg8

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WEARABLES Updated.

From Today's TNT Netcast: with Mike Elgan.

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Link:  https://docs.google.com/a/twit.tv/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AnfwL2-_1Rv3dHR2NlljRHhrWXRHd1BjTEJQdFJ0LUE&gid=79

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Google senior V.P. Sundar Pichai announced this morning on a blog post a new

project called Android Wear, which he said is Android extended to wearables.

Pichai said Google is working with companies that will make smartwatches based on Android that will ship this year. These companies include: Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung and even Fossil. Moments after Google’s announcedment this morning, LG announced a smartwatch called the G Watch. Motorola announced this morning a new smartwatch 
called the Moto 360

http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/sharing-whats-up-our-sleeve-android.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqZl2QIz0c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnerqDWwVgg

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MC2 Post 1823 How To Dance Droid in Windows and WHY

A Taste of   Google's  Android Apps on Your Windows Desktop

Link:   http://www.bluestacks.com/

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Mozilla and Epic Preview Unreal Engine 4 Running in Firefox

From:  https://blog.mozilla.org

Link:  https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/12/mozilla-and-epic-preview-unreal-engine-4-running-in-firefox/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/no32eag

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Apple Getting VERY interested in monitoring your health. 

This is Healthbook, Apple’s major first step into health & fitness tracking Seven years out from the original iPhone’s introduction, and four years past the iPad’s launch, Apple has found its next market ripe for reinvention: the mobile healthcare and fitness-tracking industry. Apple’s interest in healthcare and fitness tracking will be displayed in an iOS application codenamed Healthbook. I first wrote about Apple’s plans for Healthbook in January, and multiple sources working directly on the initiative’s development have since provided new details and images of Healthbook that provide a clearer view of Apple’s plans for dramatically transforming the mobile healthcare and fitness-tracking space…

From:   http://9to5mac.com

Link:   http://9to5mac.com/2014/03/17/this-is-healthbook-apples-first-major-step-into-health-fitness-tracking/

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iPhone 6 FEELS your heat, wetness... and it'll TELL Apple –  

report

From:   http://www.theregister.co.uk

A Chinese Apple analyst has claimed the next iPhone will be fitted with sensors which can detect pressure, humidity and temperature.

In a post on her Weibo page, ESM-China's chief analyst Sun Chang Xu said top-ranking fruity sources had told her about Cupertino's plans.

Google provided the following translation of Sun's post*: "A top MEMS [microelectromechanical systems] sensor friend told me that iPhone6 may add a pressure sensor and a temperature and humidity sensor. It seems to be the added plus to go."

Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/17/the_iphone_6_will_be_wetter_hotter_and_harder/

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