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enviado por christian ferreira christiana linuxigmai lacom referancia yro.slashd ot.org....... [Show More]
just came across this on slashdot.
full story here httpwww.wa shingtonpo st.comwpdy n...100703 245.html
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hutc hins told the committee it was not accurate to describe the program as spying. i doubt anyone who has used that term has ever met a spy he told the committee.
what john walker did is spying hutchins said referring to john walker jr. a communic... [Show More]
nearly nine years after filing for a patent on the dock in os x its finally been awarded to apple. steve jobs is listed as one of its three inventors. besides the general idea of a userbar with a plurality of item representations that consolidates features like launching and managing running applications the patent focuses particularly on the docks magnification feature that makes icons bigger as ... [Show More]
irvu writes a new jersey better court judge has prohibited the release of an analysis conducted on the sequoia avc advantage voting system. this report arose out of a lawsuit challenging on constitutional grounds the use of these systems. the study was conducted by andrew appel on behalf of the plaintiffs after the judge in the case ordered the company to permit it. that same judge has now withhel... [Show More]
the cold war between endnote the bibliographic software owned by thomson reuters that has long had a virtual monopoly on the academic market and zotero the open source alternative created by the incredibly resourceful and innovative center for history and new media at george mason university has finally broke out into an open conflict.
endnote clearly saw its grip on the academic market coming to... [Show More]
cnet ip bill passes in the house
cnet what to expect from a new ip cabinet position
slashdot commentary.
prof patry commentary.
ars technica coverage....... [Show More]
networkworld reports that realnetworks makers of realplayer and now realdvd have launched a lawsuit against the mpaa.
apparently tired of waiting to be sued by the motion picture industry over its new dvdtopc copying software realnetworks this morning announced that it will file a preemptive legal action of its own in an attempt to establish the products legality.
i wonder how this will end.
netw... [Show More]
why legalted because were using 18th century dispute resolution technology to solve 21st century conflicts. because were all scratching our heads over items like the one below from slashdot ibm wants a patent on finding areas lacking patentsposting them and then going on with our business days as if there werent anything we could do about it waiting for congress for instance to solve a problem t... [Show More]
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i read on slashdot that walmart is ending support for drm encumbered music. this is both good and bad news at the same time.
the good news is that with the worlds largest retailer moved to drm free music last year they gave a lot of additional momentum to the entire movement to get content providers to stop hogtying users with drm. they the riaa and big content need to ... [Show More]
while babs vocal stylings may be an acquired taste today i have a new appreciation for the streisand effect.
thanks to slashdot i learned that thomson reuters is suing the commonwealth of virginia alleging that zotero an opensource referencemanagement addon for firefox contains features resulting from the reverseengineering of endnote a competing commercial reference management product.
turns ou... [Show More]
us captitol source kmmcoy wikimedia
the intellectual property enforcement act of 2008 has passed through the senate with slight modificati on.
howeve r a controversial measure granting the justice department the authority to sue copyright infringers on behalf of hollywood and the music industry was removed after the white house lobbied against assuming those new powers.
we are pleased that the ... [Show More]
walmart
walmart has dropped its drm server.a they are asking everyone who bought drmd music to back it up.
if you have purchased protected wma music files from our site prior to feb 2008 we strongly recommend that you back up your songs by burning them to a recordable audio cd. by backing up your songs you will be able to access them from any personal computer. this change does not impact songs or... [Show More]
disbarred Post Source: chris.sartoris.org Posted: Sep 26 2008 02:50:36
a few sites are reporting that jack thompson has been disbarred.
personall y im happy. ano i dont actually know the guy but hes been one of the more vocal and idiotic voices oppsing video games for the last few years. ahes usually one of the first to blame any new tragedy on video games. ahes been suing companies left and right aharassing anyone who doesnt agree with him atrying to get all sorts... [Show More]
apple es opresivo con los desarrolladores del iphone prohibe aplicaciones que compitan sus programas que dupliquen funciones del iphone y hasta les prohibe a sus desarrolladores que hablen entre sa publiquen libros tutoriales o creen foros de desarrollo.
en este contexto se lanza el primer telafono de google g1 con su sistema operativo libre y basado en linux abierto a todos los desarrolladores a... [Show More]
grave et brevets Post Source: guerby.org Posted: Sep 24 2008 18:12:00
lu sur expatica european patent office staff on strike
19 september 2008
brussels patent examiners and other staff of the european patent office epo demonstrated outside the european commission offices thursday demanding a thorough reexamination of the epo. they claim that the organisation is decentralising and focusing on granting as many patents as possible to gain financially from fees gen... [Show More]
follow me on a journey a journey of bad data stretched conclusions and mysterious results.
on sept. 18th kaplan released a survey remember this one that at top schools one out of ten admissions officers has visited an applicants social networking web site as part of the admissions decisionmaking process. the survey was conducted with a whopping 320 admission counselors.a link
i caught the story on... [Show More]
sehr geehrte damen und herrn
wie telefonisch besprochen schicke ich ihnen nun meine anfrage in schriftlicher form
die csu unterstreicht bei jeder gelegenheit die wichtigkeit des bayerntrojaners und das er als modernes instrument zur terrorabwehr unerlasslich sein soll. anfang des jahres wurden der piratenpartei einem zusammenschluss von datenschut zaktiviste n und computerexperten interne dokumen... [Show More]
watch out Post Source: moregyan4u.wordpress.com Posted: Sep 18 2008 17:29:00
every time there are news reports of a terror attack apart from the people whose lives are completely shattered there are also some more innocent citizens who bear the wrath of the offenders in question using wireless wifi networks to send emails claiming responsibility of the blasts .
this came to light majorly during the 2 recent blasts and made me tense .
i use a bsnl broadband connection with ... [Show More]
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lest we forget technology is as much about control as it is innovation check out this article on torrentfreak about the state sponsored trojans used to tap skype calls. the other side of the gothic and horrific when it comes to the web has as much more to do with centralized control and power then the omnipresent tales of the lone wolf psychopath predator. what makes it scarie... [Show More]
the spokesperson of the german pirate party saw his house raided after the party published a leaked document which showed that the government uses a homemade trojan to wiretap skype conversations. in addition a server from another party member was seized.
the pirate party is known for its battle against the ever increasing government surveillance on the public. so when an anonymous whistleblower s... [Show More]
i dont usually curse in titles but this idea scares the hell out of me.
with all the economic troubles on the horizon i dont expect to see this go anywhere right away. still its really dangerous with potential for abuse beyond my imagination to describe.
its uses for evil exceed the most fiendish imagination of the most depraved authoritarian. and of course sold with the heart wrenching cry think... [Show More]
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