'Beavis & Butthead' return
After we sort through all the hate mail, we turn to a story about Internet domain squatters taking advantage of the #OccupyWallStreet trend to make money off the protesters. beavis and butthead,
And in the same way that Bacolicio.us set the veganism movement back several years, a new site called OccupyTheURL is turning the 99% into an online gimmick--type in any Web site, even The 404 homepage works, and your page will soon be flooded with graphic pop-ups of protesters blocking your access. We'd rather have bacon. +beavis and butthead oct. 27 10 p.m.,
Speaking of spam, details have surfaced about Facebook's massive cyber-security system dedicated to refining the keywords that identify viruses on the site. It's a project that consists of 30 diligent workers at Facebook HQ and their results are impressive: over the last three years, the Facebook Immune System (FIS) has successfully refined the algorithm so that fewer than 1 in 200 users accounts on the social network experience spam on any given day. beavis and butthead jersey shore,
Understandably, the group doesn't give too many details about how the system works, but we don't really need to know--just as long as our News Feeds stay clear of offers for "free iPads."
We talk about Siri on the iPhone 4S alot, but we can't help but cover a cultural misstep for the voice recognition system. It turns out a lot of Scottish iPhone users are experiencing serious issues with Siri misinterpreting their Scottish accents.
This video shows confusion over how the user pronounces "reminder", and he's not the only one. Lots of Scots are complaining on the Internet about this, despite Apple's claims that Siri can handle all accents of US and UK origin. At least the Cantonese can still use it with positive results.
If you hate Coldplay as much as Jeff, you'll be happy about the news that the band just pulled access to their forthcoming album "Mylo Xyloto" from streaming music sites like Spotify, Rhapsody, and MOG. Coldplay reps are keeping quiet about why they're turning their backs on the Internet, although you'll still be able to download it on iTunes.
Sources closes to the band speculate the the band may want listeners to hear the album in its entirety, instead of picking songs a la carte, but that doesn't make sense to us since you can still put any song you want in a playlist, or on a mix. Regardless, this story already smells like Metallica snubbing their fans by limiting access to their catalog, and while we're on the subject- why can't we hear Tool songs on Spotify? Lots of unanswered questions here.
We're not done, so check out the rest of today's 404 Podcast for more news from the world of tech culture!
Source: cnet
