mMark

20,000+ votes and counting!

If you're rooted using MIUI, CM, or any other custom mod you won't be able to do the update - it verifies the ROM you're on - wants stock GB.

Use this ROM instead. *Still uploading at time of post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396038

Delayed... till Wednesday.

I can hear the glass that was the internet shattering from the future.

Mike Masnick: Update.... Or not. Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as possible, before the momentum of opposition builds up even further.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111216/11102617108/sopa-m...

Legal tax avoidance in the United States (I'm not American - qualifier) is a common trait throughout most large businesses. If anything, taking part in avoidance would put Megaupload into the same company as GE, Wells Fargo, DuPont, Boeing, Honeywell... All companies who had revenue in the hundred of millions and billions of dollars, yet still received Government rebates.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073743/Revealed-The...

Furthermore, Google does +2 billion queries daily yet they still only pay between %2-3 in taxes.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/10/googles-...

I'm not saying it's right. I'm just saying that it doesn't make Megaupload "shady" for using these legal loopholes.

Furthermore, most people in the piracy "scene" know not to use Megaupload because of their quick compliance with DMCA takedown notices - something that's come over years of investment in their technology and takedown procedures. Anything but shady in my opinion.

Great analysis!

You've got to take into account the fact though that the labels don't give two poops about what they're doing to the services they're killing. Spotify. MOG. Rdio. Hulu. They're all fronts to appease those of us that are interested in a different delivery route for our content. They're the proverbial pylon that the industry can point to and say "there, we tried to innovate, piracy is bad, killing us!"

We talk about guaranteed failure of the labels and studios in the long run because of their pig-headed nature and their resistance to change - but they say "nay-nay". They know that these short term gains will accomplish a few goals that will guarantee their business model for decades to come. Paying their lobbyists to run up to capital hill and enact new favorable legislation...

If we've learned anything, having power is the key to business, not a good idea or a steady execution. Once you get to a certain point you're immune to the regular rules of market dynamics.

Just as the banks before them, we're currently seeing legislation being put forward to protect a broken, legacy, business model by ensuring a monopoly for a select few, and stifling innovation for many.

And just as the financially misguided before us, the people in black suits will soon be coming to take our homes, or in this case, our domains.

I see no problem with this.

It's not "censorship" as TorrentFreak wants to linkbait. All results are still indexed, even sites that are obviously piracy related.

All Google is trying to do is cover their asses when it comes to contributory infringement.

If they were ever sued search engines are USUALLY safe. The exception being when sites actively push users towards pirated content - as we've seen through cases such as the isoHunt case where having a "Top Torrents" list that had mainly studio IP condemned them to heavy losses.

I think the last thing anyone wants is Google to lose a copyright infringement case. The precedent would be the gold standard against search engines and would be enough to start knocking out indexers and torrent sites all over the place.

If they see cause to do a bold move such as this to protect themselves, I say all the more to them.

Someone should let BackBlaze know that this crappy company is promoting them...

*w/affiliate link :-/

Backify is no longer in service. LiveDrive has terminated Backify's reseller account, and Backify.com is no longer in service.

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BackBlaze.com offers unlimited storage for backups, for as low as $3.96/month.

This is plain old stupidity at its finest on Backify's part. They should have at least called, confirmed, and triple confirmed in writing that client files would be saved if they unilaterally terminated their contract.

As for the credit card allegations it seems to me as LiveDrive was just trying to protect people who used Backify's service.

We are Backify's reseller -> They cancelled their reseller account through us -> All purchased accounts through Backify are now null -> Are they committing fraud using our services?' - That's at least what they'll be arguing in court as they're being sued by a stupid company that will undoubtedly soon be sued by their clients for lost data.

Hopefully it won't have to come full circle back to YouTube. The Puerto80/RojaDirecta case seems like it has lawyers who know what they're doing(cough unlike a certain other Harvard-based lawyer cough) - I'm hoping they get a good precedent before SOPA even takes effect

It's terrible in that a lot of the times smaller organic sites are much more relevant than big-box "trusted" sites. That's why organic search algorithms are good.

Furthermore, there's a terrible burden for startups moving into certain spaces if suddenly you can't get ranked because you're not a Trusted source.

Plus, controlling search engine neutrality or listing position is not the business of the government or rightsholder. Remember, Google is a private entity.

After reading all the comments, I'll definitely be sticking with Backblaze

Norton Ghost?..

I've had the same problem with a couple government websites up here in Canada (don't ask why our Canadian Gov websites aren't compatible yet... incredibly frustrating).

Installed a fully secured suite of FF in a law office w/IETabs. Forms wouldn't load in it. Chaos ensued.

None of them ever used FF again and now tell everyone it's "that crappy program tech support installed".

Now I didn't uninstall IE but I hid the icon. Lesson learned. Just leave the icon in their quicklaunch with FF on the left of it. Instruct them to use the orange icon because it's safer and faster. If they don't use it and their computer gets fubar'd you can just tell them that you told them so and fix it up for them.

Content of video:

- Back to around 80%

- Group video chat and offline IMs may be down for a while

- Currently using dedicated servers to restore service

- Looking into giving credit vouchers to paying customers

TechCrunch also has more on comments on their thoughts on the solution.

At less than half of what I would be charged for my regular landline for calls to China, the UK, and NA I think it's fair to give them some slack and let them have a few hours to repair things.

Worldwide prostitution has ended! (/sarcasm)

Thank you to all the politicians who lobbied to make it possible for human traffickers to move further into the recesses of the web, allowing them to continue advertising in other print and net classifieds without Craigslist's continued cooperation with the authorities.

---- Ms. Bartz also said the company is working closely with advertisers on developing new ad formats. She added that Apple currently "has this obnoxious control" over what kind of ads and content can appear on some of its devices, but it "won't last," suggesting that advertisers don't want to be told what their ads should look like. ----

bazinga!

Personally, I agree with others that the $35 minimum may be a little restricting on new developers who are trying to build site experience. Maybe a new developer rule could apply in which for the first 5 or so jobs the mandatory minimum is waived when they're sending in offers.

You could also have something like Gold Star, Silver Star, Bronze Star rating for new developers so as to alleviate anxiety from selecting a bid from a new buyer.

New user star rating earned by things like, experience and references from their LinkedIn, Open Source attributions, and a rating on their website (by standards, how many posts their website has - don't tell them that can help their ranking though. Also could include in the ratings formula any tests that they completed on your site if you implement that (maybe make it so the highest rating they can be without completing any tests is Silver Star even if their resume is above and beyond).

I agree with everyone else who mentions escrow (most definitely) and testing for developers.

What hasn't been mentioned yet is some kind of work tracking system. I personally don't like systems which seem like big brother is looking over my shoulder as I code (you know which sites I'm talking about), but a system where the dev could post a snippet of what they're doing or even the ability to post the updated source (to be archived and viewable by you only of course, to be seen in cases of a dispute in hours).