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  • GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as... 2010-09-02T21:03:00Z
  • GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as... 2010-09-02T21:03:00Z
  • DNA-Less 'Red Rain' Cells Reproduce At 121 C eldavojohn writes "A new paper up for prepublication from the controversial solid-state physicist Godfrey Louis claims that the cells Louis collected from a Keralan red rain incident divide and... 2010-09-02T20:11:00Z
  • Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang Hugh Pickens writes "The Guardian reports that in his new book, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine... 2010-09-02T12:54:00Z
  • UN Telecom Chief Urges Blackberry Data Sharing crimeandpunishment writes "The top man in telecommunications at the United Nations is weighing in on the Blackberry battle ... and he says share the data. The UN's telecom chief says governments... 2010-09-02T19:26:00Z
  • Ping Could Be Apple's Social Networking Backdoor? rsmiller510 writes "Could Apple's announcement about Ping, a music-based social network be Apple's social networking trojan horse? Facebook might want to be concerned." Of course it is. Update... 2010-09-02T14:37:00Z
  • AMD Hates Laptop Stickers As Much As You Do pickens writes "David Pogue writes in the NY Times that when you buy a new Windows PC, it comes festooned with stickers on the palm rests: one for Windows, one for Skype, one for Intel, one for the... 2010-09-02T18:39:00Z
  • New German Government ID Hacked By CCC wiedzmin writes "Public broadcaster ARD's show 'Plusminus' teamed up with the known hacker organization 'Chaos Computer Club' (CCC) to find out how secure the controversial new radio-frequency... 2010-09-02T17:53:00Z
  • Facebook Post Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Assigned Homework eldavojohn writes "A Michigan judge removed a juror after a Facebook comment and also fined her $250 and required her to write a five-page paper about the constitutional right to a fair trial. The... 2010-09-02T15:23:00Z
  • Cisco Planning To Acquire Skype rexjoec writes "Cisco is making a bid for Skype. The deal, if successful, would derail a planned initial public offering from Skype and redraw the battle lines in the lucrative market of video... 2010-09-02T16:56:00Z
  • Another Gulf Oil Rig Explodes A few readers have noted that another gulf oil rig has exploded. This one is off the coast of Lousiana. So far all the workers are accounted for, but they are in immersion suits waiting for... 2010-09-02T16:20:00Z
  • Open Source PS3 Jailbreak Released tlhIngan writes "Despite all the lawsuits and injunctions by Sony to keep the PS3 Jailbreak out of modder's hands, it appears that a third party has made a clone. The best part is, it only requires... 2010-09-02T16:09:00Z
  • Facebook Posting Juror Gets Fined, Removed, Homework eldavojohn writes "A Michigan judge removed a juror after a Facebook comment and also fined her $250 and required her to write a five page paper about the constitutional right to a fair trial. The... 2010-09-02T15:23:00Z
  • Lineage II Addiction Lawsuit Makes It Past the EULA We recently discussed a man who sued NCsoft for making Lineage II "too addictive" after he spent 20,000 hours over five years playing it. Now, several readers have pointed out that the lawsuit has... 2010-09-02T07:29:00Z
  • Charles Darwin's Best-Kept Secret beschra writes "BBC writes of 'terra-forming' Ascension Island, one of the islands Charles Darwin visited. He and a friend encouraged the Royal Navy to import boat loads of trees and plants in an... 2010-09-02T04:42:00Z
  • Samsung Shows Off Galaxy Tab, Android Allegiance cgriffin21 writes "Samsung is making no bones about it: Google Android is its future. And with the revealing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the company is showing that it's all in when it comes to... 2010-09-02T13:44:00Z
  • Woman Wins Libel Suit By Suing Wrong Website An anonymous reader writes "It appears that Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones and her lawyer were so upset by a comment on the site TheDirty.com that they missed the 'y' at the end of the... 2010-09-02T13:38:00Z
  • IBM Unveils Fastest Microprocessor Ever adeelarshad82 writes "IBM revealed details of its 5.2-GHz chip, the fastest microprocessor ever announced. Costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, IBM described the z196, which will power its... 2010-09-02T11:57:00Z
  • The Best Video Games On Awful Systems Buffalo55 writes "For the most part, classic games manage to reappear on different systems. Just look at Nintendo. The publisher has done an excellent job bringing NES, SNES, Genesis and even old... 2010-09-02T10:39:00Z
  • Solving an Earth-Sized Jigsaw Puzzle aarondubrow writes "Three years ago, researchers from Caltech and The University of Texas at Austin came together to create a computational tool that could model the Earth and answer the most pressing... 2010-09-02T08:56:00Z
  • Target To Sell Facebook "Credits" As Gift Cards Julie188 writes "Target will begin selling Facebook's virtual currency as gift cards on September 5, becoming the first brick-and-mortar retailer to do so. Facebook Credit gift cards will be available... 2010-09-02T06:48:00Z
  • Australian Crackdown On Console Modchips Likely To Continue angry tapir writes "Late last week an Australian court issued an injunction against a handful of retailers selling or importing hardware — commonly known as 'mod chips' — that allows... 2010-09-02T05:41:00Z
  • Charles Darwin's Best-kept Secret beschra writes "BBC writes of 'terra-forming' Ascension Island, one of the islands Charles Darwin visited. He and a friend encouraged the Royal Navy to import boat loads of trees and plants in an... 2010-09-02T04:42:00Z
  • Li-Ion Batteries Get Green Seal of Approval thecarchik writes "It is not an easy task to compare the environmental effects of battery powered cars to those caused by conventionally fueled automobiles. The degree to which manufacture, usage... 2010-09-02T03:04:00Z
  • A New Species of Patent Troll Geoffrey.landis writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, there's a new species of patent troll out there. These new trolls sue companies that sell products with an expired patent number on... 2010-09-02T02:18:00Z
  • Mexico president defends drug policy, admits violence worse Mexican President Felipe Calderon admitted drug violence was worsening in Mexico but said the cartels had been weakened by the toppling of several major drug bosses, in his annual address Thursday. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:20:42 GMT
  • Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:06:33 GMT
  • Hurricane Earl bears down on East Coast Hurricane Earl took aim at North Carolina on Thursday and was on track to lash its barrier islands with dangerous winds and pounding surf before cutting a path up the U.S. East Coast to Canada. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:14:59 GMT
  • The Stig's ID is 'Top Gear' secret no more The opaque visor of one of Britain's most famous helmets has been lifted. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:01:31 GMT
  • God did not create Universe: Hawking God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published Thursday from a new book. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:02:25 GMT
  • Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:27:16 GMT
  • Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics "unprecedented." Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:09:04 GMT
  • Oil sheen spreads from platform after fire An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames on Thursday and unleashed a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico, just as engineers on a nearby platform were resolving the worst offshore oil spill in history. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:18:47 GMT
  • mTrip app for iPhone uses augmented reality The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:42:50 GMT
  • Mexico confirms 2nd migrant survived massacre A second migrant survived the massacre of 72 Central and South Americans near the border with the U.S., Mexican authorities confirmed Wednesday, and they said he has given information that helped their investigation. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:40:48 GMT
  • Guard Delonte West returning to Celtics Delonte West is returning to the Boston Celtics. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:07:22 GMT
  • No sign of oil spill after Gulf platform fire The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:24:09 GMT
  • Burger King okays buyout as it struggles against rival Burger King said Thursday it had accepted a four-billion-dollar takeover bid by a little known investment firm, as the fast food chain tries to close the gap with leader McDonald's and expand overseas. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:27:47 GMT
  • God did not create the universe, says Hawking God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:08:52 GMT
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab Makes Its Intriguing Debut (PC World) PC World - Samsung's latest addition to its Galaxy series, the Galaxy Tab Android tablet made its very first appearance today at IFA in Berlin. The Tab will initially launch in Europe in mid-September and makes its way to the U.S. and Asia in coming months. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT
  • Could New York City Handle a Hurricane? (LiveScience.com) LiveScience.com - The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Earl may swing by dangerously close to the U.S. East Coast before curving back out to sea. While the odds are it won't strike New York City directly, such an event is not unprecedented, and the city has plans in place to evacuate - and to hunker down - if need be. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:40:48 GMT
  • Army: Chaplain is 1st killed in action since '70 A chaplain killed in Afghanistan this week was the first Army clergyman killed in action since the Vietnam War, the military said Thursday. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:56:27 GMT
  • Young golfer disqualifies self, gives up medal Zach Nash was shocked when he discovered he had one too many golf clubs in his bag a couple hours after winning a junior Wisconsin PGA tournament. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:19:52 GMT
  • Ping on iTunes - Not So Hot (PC World) PC World - Apple's big overhaul of iTunes, announced Wednesday, turns the media management software into a fledgling social network thanks to a newly introduced feature called Ping. I would have expected more from Apple with this first attempt at building a community around iTunes. It's not all bad, but if Ping doesn't improve soon this music-oriented social network will bomb faster than an American Idol wannabe. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:59:00 GMT
  • Coroner: California doctor suffocated in chimney A doctor whose decomposing body was found in a narrow chimney suffocated after she tried to get into the home of her boyfriend, authorities said Wednesday. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:02:11 GMT
  • 2010-08-30 Trunk builds

    Fixes:

    • Fixed: 574217 - Land TabCandy (aka Panorama, TabView) on trunk. (Aza's post, post on the Mozilla Blog.)
    • Fixed: 583339 - Build with Sync.
    • Fixed: 490705 - Support Audio Data API: Get, Manipulate, Play & Save. (Humph's post, BeatScape demo (requires enabling WebGL), more demos.)
    • Fixed: 519897 - Support indexed Ogg files. (Chris's post)
    • Fixed: 569520 - Implement JS animation-scheduling API, mozRequestAnimationFrame. (roc's post, internal uses)
    • Fixed: 537890 - Implement new DPI system (with CSS unit changes).
    • Fixed: 573229 - Enable D2D by default on DirectX 10+ GPUs.
    • Fixed: 495115 - Implement Strict-Transport-Security (was ForceTLS) to allow sites to specify HTTPS-only connections. (Security blog post, Hacks post.)
    • Fixed: 36619 - Calling click() on file upload control should bring up file picker.
    • Fixed: 130078 - Integrate iframe into chrome view hierarchy (link view managers / trees between chrome and content). (tn's post)
    • Fixed: 572522 - Add experimental mozResponseArrayBuffer to XHR.
    • Fixed: 520309 - Perf: Replace "fastload cache" with new "startup cache".
    • Fixed: 193911 - Perf: Increase default disk cache size.
    • Fixed: 513008 - Perf: Make cache reads asynchronous.
    • Fixed: 563088 - Perf: Re-enable image discarding.
    • Fixed: 559961 - Perf: Reorder jar files as part of PGO.
    • Fixed: 590179 - Perf: Build with -fomit-frame-pointer on Mac.
    • Fixed: 563723 - Perf: Create local version of default home page (about:home), similar to the current Google-hosted default home page.
    • Fixed: 564953 - Perf: Replace old regexp engine with JavaScriptCore's "YARR" engine.
    • Fixed: 429507 - Implement Function.prototype.bind.
    • Fixed: 345822 - Implement HTML5 "required" attribute for form elements.
    • Fixed: 345512 - Implement HTML5 "pattern" attribute for input elements.
    • Fixed: 345624 - Implement HTML5 Constraint Validation API.
    • Fixed: 344615 - Implement HTML5 <input type="url">.
    • Fixed: 555559 - Implement HTML5 <input type="email">.
    • Fixed: 457801 - Implement :-moz-placeholder for HTML5 <input placeholder>.
    • Fixed: 506826 - Implement -moz-element(): using arbitrary elements as the source for CSS backgrounds. (roc's post, Hacks post.)
    • Fixed: 462076 - Dynamically inserted iframes on refresh sometimes trade places.
    • Fixed: 94514 - POST result page should not appear in global history or history autocomplete results.
    • Fixed: 585950 - New appearance for addon manager list view (mockup).
    • Fixed: 251431 - about:config doesn't show new prefs while filter is applied.
    • Fixed: 588874 - Replace Minefield with Firefox in UA string.
    • Fixed: 565966 - Location bar search: do a normal search rather than "browse by name" (which sometimes goes to the first result and sometimes shows search results).
    • Fixed: 586821 - Location bar search: use affiliate URLs.
    • Fixed: 572695 - Remove "Report a Broken Website".
    • Fixed: 546857 - Remove support for XUL and XBL on web sites.
    • Fixed: 578868 - OOPP are also loaded in main process.
    • Fixed: 575870 - [Windows] Implement the firefox button on xp, classic, and aero basic.
    • Fixed: 523410 - [Windows] Stability: Disable LSPs in WinSock that don't have categories for Firefox on Vista and above.
    • Fixed: 577316 - [Mac] Add pref accessibility.mouse_focuses_formcontrol.

    Fixes for recent regressions:

    • Fixed: 587366 - Regexp failure for ")".replace(")","*$&*");.

    All changes between 2010-08-07 04:00 and 2010-08-30 04:00

    Windows builds: Windows nightly (discussion)

    Mac builds: Mac nightly

    Linux builds: Linux nightly

  • 2010-08-07 Trunk builds

    Fixes:

    • Fixed: 499233 - Multiple master password prompts triggered by filling form logins in multiple tabs.
    • Fixed: 380960 - Implement closing tabs animation.
    • Fixed: 508906 - Experimental support for Touch events.
    • Fixed: 562622 - Improve addon update UX.
    • Fixed: 566034 - [Mac] Enable favicons on the bookmarks toolbar.
    • Fixed: 575245 - Z-Level issues with the windows taskbar and browser windows that display the firefox button (auto-hide).
    • Fixed: 571782 - Make "New Tab" a split menu button that includes "New Tab" and "New Window" options.
    • Fixed: 293834 - Save Page As should save form inputs' state.
    • Fixed: 540537 - In China, set default browser does not work.
    • Fixed: 520805 - Fullscreen video plays back on wrong monitor (multiple monitor setup).
    • Fixed: 508082 - Implement raw video decoder.
    • Fixed: 572270 - SVG SMIL: Implement SMIL TimeEvents.
    • Fixed: 552982 - Titlebars for panel.
    • Fixed: 549143 - JS perf: Fat unboxed values.
    • Fixed: 578171 - JS perf: Keep a static table of all length-2 strings.
    • Fixed: 578205 - JS perf: Keep string characters inline for small strings.
    • Fixed: 579173 - JS perf: Use ropes to avoid large copies in simple string replace cases.
    • Fixed: 581747 - JS perf: Avoid n^2 performance when using JSOP_CONCATN.
    • Fixed: 549806 - JS perf: Disentangle cycle collector and JS GC.
    • Fixed: 580803 - JS perf: De-crazy-ify JS memory pressure handling.
    • Fixed: 563106 - JS perf: Compartmentalize Gecko (tie XPConnect to compartments).
    • Fixed: 574481 - Graphics perf: Fix ownership model and lifetimes of nsWindow, its layer manager, its GLContext, managed layers, and their textures.
    • Fixed: 576169 - Graphics perf: Use fill() instead of clip(); paint() for image painting in canvas.
    • Fixed: 583838 - Graphics perf: Use ANGLE if available for WebGL under D3D.
    • Fixed: 563584 - Changes to float layout implementation.
    • Fixed: 583908 - Enable TLS false start.
    • Fixed: 572223 - Too much cookies.sqlite io.
    • Fixed: 546606 - Make redirect API async - part 2.
    • Fixed: 572520 - Make all imgIDecoderObserver notifications asynchronous.

    Fixes for recent regressions:

    • Fixed: 579421 - Title bar (window without body) appears at the upper left corner of monitor screen.
    • Fixed: 579869 - Half of a App Tab Covers or is Covered by Part of the First Normal Tab, the New Tab Button or Other App Tabs after it is reopened.
    • Fixed: 577486 - Check-in for Breakpad 64-bit on OS X dropped Windows 2000 support.
    • Fixed: 579264 - Selected menu item not repainted when the menu is closed and then reopened.
    • Fixed: 552742 - Support multi-package XPIs again.
    • Fixed: 583115 - Scrolling causes some pages (e.g. with fixed backgrounds) to smear/repeat.

    All changes between 2010-07-22 04:00 and 2010-08-07 04:00

    Windows builds: Windows nightly (discussion)

    Mac builds: Mac nightly

    Linux builds: Linux nightly

  • 2010-07-22 Trunk builds

    Fixes:

    • Fixed: 564991 - Retain layers and layer contents.
    • Fixed: 563878 - Allow documents in the same view manager hierarchy to have different zoom.
    • Fixed: 475530 - Support X-FRAME-OPTIONS header for clickjacking defense.
    • Fixed: 511339 - Implement experimental support for -moz-font-feature-opentype.
    • Fixed: 518663 - ES5: Object.getOwnPropertyNames.
    • Fixed: 576553 - Don't restart for extension installation any more (No EM restart).
    • Fixed: 558287 - Add support for searching add-ons on AMO via the addon manager's search bar.
    • Fixed: 560692 - Create style panel for web page inspector.
    • Fixed: 575560 - Hook up session restore with app tabs.
    • Fixed: 553576 - Implement css resize property behaviour (change -moz-resize to resize).
    • Fixed: 549475 - Implement HTML5-specified value sanitization algorithm for HTMLInputElement.
    • Fixed: 289384 - Rich text editor: cmd+left should go to beginning of line, not back in history.
    • Fixed: 575896 - Bookmark Toolbar context menu does not work after customize.
    • Fixed: 322736 - Reorder menus so "New Tab" items are above "New Window" items.
    • Fixed: 514739 - Remove "Block images from www.site.com".
    • Fixed: 556400 - Implement asyncable VisitURI.
    • Fixed: 578696 - Stop holding strong refs to mutation observers.
    • Fixed: 577309 - Stop using indices into content child lists in frame construction.
    • Fixed: 574517 - Separate inner and outer window classes.
    • Fixed: 516832 - Conservative Stack Scanning for JS GC.
    • Fixed: 574299 - TM: implement a runtime-wide wrap hook.
    • Fixed: 574539 - TM: implement new chrome wrappers (aka COW).
    • Fixed: 574502 - TM: implement new content wrappers (aka SJOW).
    • Fixed: 574924 - TM: implement remaining wrappers.
    • Fixed: 575222 - [Windows] Exiting out of fullscreen always restores window.
    • Fixed: 575005 - [Windows] Status bar disappears when enabling the menu bar.
    • Fixed: 573412 - [Mac] Remove the toggle toolbar (pill) button from the main window.

    Fixes for recent regressions:

    • Fixed: 557225 - [Mac] [OOPP] plugin processes should not show up in the dock.
    • Fixed: 574511 - Make bookmarks button customize-able (movable and removable by users).

    All changes between 2010-07-05 04:00 and 2010-07-22 04:00

    Windows builds: Windows nightly (discussion)

    Mac builds: Mac nightly

    Linux builds: Linux nightly

  • 2010-07-05 Trunk builds

    Fixes:

    • Fixed: 568691 - Use manifests and data tables to register XPCOM components.
    • Fixed: 571166 - Merge from e10s (electrolysis branch) to mozilla-central.
    • Fixed: 513162 - [Windows] Drawing in the Title Bar for the New Firefox Theme.
    • Fixed: 492458 - In SVG Animation (SMIL), Firefox doesn't correctly handle seeking to before current interval.
    • Fixed: 576033 - Accept-Encoding syntax causes upstream cache inefficiency.
    • Fixed: 574654 - Remove browser.tabs.tabMinWidth and browser.tabs.tabMaxWidth in favor of CSS.
    • Fixed: 565187 - Need icons for new geolocation notification.
    • Fixed: 538813 - Make about:cache and about:cache-entry prettier.
    • Fixed: 502694 - Images should not have individual discard timers.
    • Fixed: 437296 - [Mac] Allow the user to tab to drop down boxes (combo boxes) and other form controls despite OS settings.

    All changes between 2010-06-27 04:00 and 2010-07-05 04:00

    Windows builds: Windows nightly (discussion)

    Mac builds: Mac nightly

    Linux builds: Linux nightly

  • 2010-06-27 Trunk builds

    Fixes:

    • Fixed: 472529 - Implement WebSockets.
    • Fixed: 553413 - Implement IndexedDB (asynchronous parts).
    • Fixed: 485377 - Implement HTML5 <mark>.
    • Fixed: 573356 - Implement HTML5 <figure> and <figcaption>.
    • Fixed: 300992 - Implement onreadystatechange.
    • Fixed: 398776 - Mechanism for site-specific notification (doorhanger).
    • Fixed: 544817 - Create Bookmarks Widget with placement dependent on Bookmarks Bar status.
    • Fixed: 571992 - [Windows] Switch default position for tabs to "tabs on top".
    • Fixed: 574435 - [Windows] Turn Firefox Button on by default for Vista/7.
    • Fixed: 365805 - Copy/paste lists should not add #.
    • Fixed: 433047 - Rendering artifacts in APNG frame.
    • Fixed: 443067 - Disk cache overflow when downloading large files.
    • Fixed: 569709 - Disk cache should have a higher max number of entries.
    • Fixed: 557877 - "Find in Page" should not persist in a new window.
    • Fixed: 555767 - Selecting "Switch to tab" in autocomplete results should close "empty" tabs.
    • Fixed: 544356 - Exit when only the download manager window is open and there are no downloads.
    • Fixed: 573438 - Mousewheel (middle) click in tab bar should open empty tab.
    • Fixed: 543206 - Tab opening animation.
    • Fixed: 461483 - Ignore 'www.' when searching in the the awesome bar.
    • Fixed: 552121 - Omnijar packaging for improved startup speed.
    • Fixed: 569531 - [Mac] Enable harfbuzz by default.
    • Fixed: 559034 - [Mac] New location bar style.

    All changes between 2010-06-12 04:00 and 2010-06-27 04:00

    Windows builds: Windows nightly (discussion)

    Mac builds: Mac nightly

    Linux builds: Linux nightly

  • 2010-06-12 Trunk builds

    Fixes:

    All changes between 2010-06-08 04:00 and 2010-06-12 04:00

    Windows builds: Windows nightly (discussion)

    Mac builds: Mac nightly

    Linux builds: Linux nightly