(Hackers vs Sony) vs The People

Hackers Spill over 1,000,000 Sony Pictures Online Accounts - Gizmodo

I love PS3. I really do. I think it is the epitome of processing power. It's being used in Grid/Cluster Computing, for building supercomputers, by the USAF for image processing and what not. I even use it for gaming among other things.

So the question really grates my mind as to how a company that can create a gaming rig that has the potential of HPC, can't protect tons of personal data from a simple SQL injection attack? And even if they didn't whose brilliant idea was it to actually store this information in plaintext?

But the gem lies in the fact that neith Sony nor Lulz (the hackers) are having to pay much because of this fiasco. It's the end-users whose public data is lying on some P2P network. Neither Sony nor Lulz deserves any consideration. Sony screwed up by not encrypting the data at the very least. Lulz released that list to the public to "demonstrate" the seriousness of the issue.

All things considered, somebody summed up this fiasco pretty nicely. Between Sony and the Hackers, it's ultimately the end user who's getting a thorough screw-over.

Unlike Rating: 3/5 Hacks!

FMD: Foot in Mouth Disease

A common disease especially noticeable in high profile figures and celebities.

Motorola Backtracking on Android Market Accusations | Android Community

Thankfully they backtracked quickly enough. Am not sure how much damage may have been done. I'd guess little, but they now know there is a group of power users and developers who closely follow the news

Unlike Rating: 4/5 Foots in the Mouth

Motorola CEO makes a dumbass comment

Motorola CEO Blames Device Returns on Android Market, Looks to MOTOBLUR to Mend
While I believe that Mr. Jha has full confidence on whatever underling spewed this garbage to him, I'd say that ole batwings (thats the big M) needs to go back and figure out just what kind of CPU load testing has been done for their "visionary" MOTOBLUR. I've used three Motorola devices in the past few months with BLUR and have concluded that it's a horrible piece of unoptimized software.
Don't take my word for it. Go to any retail store and try one of the M phones with Android. They all lag like crazy. My view is that sub optimal gui like what Motorola provides is the reason why people think Android is useless.
What Mr. Jha says is essentially true that Google's open garden has some serious flaws. But blaming 70% of return phones on it is laughable. Coming from their head honcho, it's a disappointing statement indeed. I'd say that Motorola needs to clean their own backyard before trying to piss in someone else's (apologies for the mixed metaphor)

Unlike Rating: 5/5 "Donkeys"