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RIAA Wants To Throw In the Towel On 3-Year-Old CaseNewYorkCountryLawyer writes "After three years of pursuing a home health aide in Brooklyn who has never even used a computer, the RIAA has announced it's ready to throw in the towel. Only thing; it wants the dismissal to be 'without prejudice' so it won't be liable for attorney's fees. The courts have been saying that where a copyright plaintiff gives up, the defendant is presumptively entitled to an attorney's fee award. So, Ms. Lindor says 'no way.' She wants the dismissal to be 'with prejudice,' and she wants her attorney's fees." We've been discussing this case and Ms. Lindor's fight against the RIAA for quite some time.Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:02 pm Rwandan Legislators Pass Bill Banning Polythene BagsText of report by James Karuhanga entitled "Bill against polythene bags passed" published in English by Rwandan newspaper The New Times website on 4 July Legislators Wednesday [2 July] approved a bill prohibiting the manufacturing, importation, use and sale of polythene bags in the country.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am BRIEF: Celebrations Leave You All Choked UpBy Glen Warchol, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 5--The state Air Quality office says fireworks add to the Wasatch Front's pollution situation that is already approaching the unbreathability of the surface of Venus.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Gas Pipeline Must Avoid Creek, Park, State SaysBy Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Jul. 5--State officials have again asked federal regulators to require the builders of a natural-gas pipeline to avoid crossing the Big Darby Creek altogether and to avoid crossing the Little Miami River within Caesar Creek State Park.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Rare Fairy Shrimp Found In GrotonBy Kim Martineau, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Jul. 5--NEW HAVEN -- -- A Yale scientist who recently rediscovered a rare type of fairy shrimp in a woodland pool is asking the state to put the tiny critter on its endangered species list.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Panel Upholds Army Recruiters' Right to Overtime Back PayBy Pamela Manson, The Salt Lake Tribune Jul. 5--As civilian military recruiters in Utah, Gary Clements and David Gerber were "selling" the U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Army to potential soldiers.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Sacramento's Fourth Marked By Families, Fun, Some Fireworks: This is the Deck for the Fourth Centerpiece Over 9 Lines PleaseBy Gwen Schoen, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jul. 5--Even with low water levels at Folsom Lake, high fuel costs and an appeal from the governor to forgo fireworks, area residents still celebrated the Fourth of July with a big dose of tradition.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Gasper Landing Makes for a Nice Day to FishBy Jennifer Hall, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo. Jul. 5--Little has changed since George Graves was a kid fishing at Lake Contrary. The sunshine, cool breeze and a bucket full of night crawlers beside him bring him back to the good days at the lake.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am County, Ex-Official Settle for $650,000: Former Manager Accused Union Commissioners of Wrongfully Firing Him. County Says Deal Prevents Costly Court Battle That Could'Ve Topped a Million.By Mike Torralba, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Jul. 5--MONROE -- Ending a bitter and costly lawsuit, Union County commissioners Thursday agreed to pay former County Manager Mike Shalati at least $650,000 to settle his wrongful firing suit against the county.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Settlement Near For Spring Lake, TyrellBy Gary Pinnell, Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla. Jul. 5--SPRING LAKE -- Joe DeCerbo thinks he's finally solved Spring Lake's water problem.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Officials Remind Boaters to Play It Safe on Water: HOLIDAY TIPSBy Ruth Rendon, Houston Chronicle Jul. 5--KEMAH -- As boaters descended onto Clear Lake on Friday morning, Brent Walker and Mario LaSoya were there to help make sure the holiday weekend got off to a safe start.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Newspaper's Web Site a Must-Click for ReadersBy Mary Lynn Plageman, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Jul. 5--I'm forever amazed at the time that some people spend on the Internet.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Minneapolis Teen is Up There With Madonna and Mariah: Palbasha Siddique, 17, Sings in a Hit YouTube Video Seen Around the World and is Now Headed to a Competition in Bangladesh.By Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Jul. 5--When Palbasha Siddique starts her senior year at Minneapolis' Southwest High School, she'll have quite a story to tell about what she did on her summer vacation.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Merged Church Opens SundayBy Laura Legere, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. Jul. 5--NEWTON TOWNSHIP -- Four Newton/Ransom area United Methodist churches will celebrate their first official service as a merged church on Sunday.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Houston Chronicle Shannon Buggs Column: Nonprofits Should Make Use of Social NetworkingBy Shannon Buggs, Houston Chronicle Jul. 5--WHEN I like something, I tell my friends.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am BRIEF: George Patton's Third Army PrayerBy Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Jul. 5--In December 1944, Gen. George Patton asked his chaplain for a prayer to improve the weather that was hindering his fight against the Germans. Here is that famous prayer.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Relgion in Brief for July 5, 2008By Erin Wisdom, St. Joseph News-Press, Mo. Jul. 5--First Presbyterian to welcome new pastor The Rev. Krista Kiger will present her first sermon as pastor of First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. Seventh St., during the 10:30 a.m. worship service July 6.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 (Macworld.com)Macworld.com - For personal organization, Apple has focused on the basics with its Address Book and iCal programs, which are included with Mac OS X. These are fine light-duty programs, but they lack power for anything more than simple contact and calendar management. Chronos's SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 suite provides a feature-rich alternative that will appeal to business and power users for whom Apple's offerings are insufficiently powerful or versatile.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 5 Jul 2008 | 10:30 am More African Toy VehiclesSome kids in Africa make the greatest home-made trucks. I find their creativity endless fascinating. For instance, using a big wheel to steer a little car, like the kid in the middle picture here is doing...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 10:12 am Can You Build A Business On Browser Extensions?This is something I've been pondering a bit lately. Certainly there are some notable successes with browser extensions: - StumbleUpon - one of the most popular Firefox extensions was sold to eBay last...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 10:08 am ICANN Loses Control of Its Own Domain NamesNotNormallyNormal writes "CBC picked up an AP story about ICANN recently losing control over two of their domain names on Thursday, June 26. A domain registrar run by the group transferred the domains to someone else. ICANN's press release had this to say: 'As has been widely reported, a number of domain names, including icann.com and iana.com were recently redirected to different DNS servers, allowing a group to provide visitors to those domains with their own website. It would appear the attack was sophisticated, combining both social and technological techniques, but was also limited and focused.' Comcast has had similar troubles lately as well."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 5 Jul 2008 | 8:59 am CSX National Gateway to Improve Traffic FlowBy Anonymous CSX Corporation launched the National Gateway, a $700-million public-private infrastructure initiative to create a highly- efficient freight transportation link between the Mid-Atlantic ports and the Midwest.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, Connie Bloom Column: Big Resource for Dog OwnersBy Connie Bloom, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jul. 5--If your border collie is sipping lattes instead of herding sheep, look no further than the Working Dogs Book Store for online help.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Church Plans to Launch Two New Campuses in Fall: Hudson Community Chapel to Stream Video Messages During Some Services to Smaller Aurora and Stow-Kent SitesBy Colette M. Jenkins, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jul. 5--The leadership at Hudson Community Chapel is working on a new way to be big enough to make a difference while small enough to care. "I don't know if God ever intended for us to have megachurches.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Points for StyleBy Holtz, Shel Points for style bookmark While not especially well organized, this slim volume offers solid guidance on handling Web-related style issues about the book The Elements of Internet Style: The New Rules of Creating Valuable Content for Today's Readers by EEI Press Editors EEI Press (with Allworth Press), 2007 162 pages I have to confess to being a bit confounded by The Elements of Internet Style: The New Rules of Creating Valuable Content for Today's Readers.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 5 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Japanese sailor first to cross Pacific in wave-powered boatJapanese sailor and environmentalist Kenichi Horie has completed a 110-day solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a boat propelled by wave power to claim another world first.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 7:30 am U.S. not prepared for possible asteroid strike, group saysSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Digital download model puts song exposure above salesSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Test may aid cancer treatmentSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears - Reuters
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 5 Jul 2008 | 6:05 am Installing Ubuntu On an OLPC XOMatt Lincoln Russell writes "Installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the OLPC XO is not for the faint of heart, but Drew Beckett has got the process down. This setup is pretty slow on the XO, but the good news is that Netbook Remix is a work in progress, and can be expected to get better."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 5 Jul 2008 | 5:55 am Awesome Experiences for Auction - Sweemo (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Sweemo hopes to do for experiences what eBay did for products. Their slogan? "Live more than one life." The UK company, whose name stands for "sweet moments," allows people to bid...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 5:20 am Interview with Charlie Angus, Canadian MP who's fighting the Canadian DMCAAdam Reimer secured an interview with Charlie Angus, the ex-punk-musician turned Canadian Member of Parliament who'se leading the charge against the Canadian DMCA. Adam solicited interview questions from...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 5:12 am Interview with Charlie Angus, Canadian MP who's fighting the Canadian DMCAAdam Reimer secured an interview with Charlie Angus, the ex-punk-musician turned Canadian Member of Parliament who'se leading the charge against the Canadian DMCA. Adam solicited interview questions from the web and got a great interview with a thoughtful, intelligent, and honorable politician. Link, Link to mirror (Thanks, Adam!)Source: Boing Boing | 5 Jul 2008 | 5:12 am Barlow's Forth of July messageVinay sez, "John Perry Barlow is in Iceland for the Icelandic Foundation for Digital Freedoms' conference. We shot this Fourth of July talk with him at Thingvellir, the ancient site of Iceland's historic parliamentary republic, B. 930 AD, D. about 3 centuries later." Link (Thanks, Vinay!) Source: Boing Boing | 5 Jul 2008 | 5:01 am Barlow's Forth of July messageVinay sez, "John Perry Barlow is in Iceland for the Icelandic Foundation for Digital Freedoms' conference. We shot this Fourth of July talk with him at Thingvellir, the ancient site of Iceland's historic...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 5:01 am Innovative Club Houses - The Sempachersee in Switzerland (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Every single golf club house I have been to, or even seen in magazines, looks like suburban bank lobby or funeral home. The design of the Golf Club Semparchersee in Switzerland is just...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 5:00 am 660 Lb Eco Cars - Volkswagen One-Liter Car(TrendHunter.com) Volkswagen has reveled the green car of the future after six years of perfecting the design. The cute little pod vehicle gets its name for its ability to travel 100 km on only one...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 5:00 am Kawasaki shelves plan for robot plant: paperTOKYO (Reuters) - Kawasaki Heavy Industries decided to cancel its plan to spend 10 billion yen ($94 million) to build a new industrial robot plant as auto and microchip makers curb capitalSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 4:57 am Eco Cars Without Doors - Peugeot M-Please-V (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) One of the designs entered in the Peugeot Design Contest was a multi function, lightweight, simple and economical vehicle, the M-Please-V. The driver and passengers become one with...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 4:40 am Patriotic Fashion - Celebs Wear the American Flag (GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Who said celebrities are not patriotic? American celebrities (and Bono) are seen in these photos wearing the American flag. The stars wrapped themselves in it the star spangled banner,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 4:40 am iPhone 3G launches in one weekHappy July 4th to all our American readers. We just wanted to remind those of you who live in one of the initial launch countries that iPhone 3G launches in just one week. Remember, unlike last year, the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 4:22 am Cassini's Primary Mission Ends, Two-Year Extension Beginswooferhound points out recent news that the Cassini probe has completed its original four-year mission and is beginning a two-year extended mission, which was authorized earlier this year. Cassini's first mission brought us a treasure trove of information about Saturn and its various moons. The new mission will target two of those moons in particular for further study: Titan and Enceladus. Quoting: "The spacecraft is extremely healthy and carries 12 instruments powered by three radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Data from Cassini's nominal and extended missions could lay the groundwork for possible future missions to Saturn, Titan or Enceladus. [The two moons] are primary targets in the two-year extended mission, dubbed the Cassini Equinox Mission. This time period also will allow for monitoring seasonal effects on Titan and Saturn, exploring new places within Saturn's magnetosphere, and observing the unique ring geometry of the Saturn equinox in August of 2009 when sunlight will pass directly through the plane of the rings."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 5 Jul 2008 | 3:49 am Where the Linear Crosses the Exponential: Kevin Kelly
Snip from an essay published by Kevin Kelly today over on his Technium blog: All extropic systems -- economy, nature and technology -- are governed by self-accelerating feedback cycles. Like compounding interest, or virtuous circles, they are powered by increasing returns. Success breeds success. There is a long tail of incremental build up and then as they keep doubling every cycle, they explode out of invisibility into significance. Extropic systems can also collapse in the same self-accelerating way, one subtraction triggering many other subtractions, so in a vicious cycle the whole system implodes. Our view of the future is warped and blinded by these exponential curves.Where the Linear Crosses the Exponential [Kevin Kelly] Source: Boing Boing | 5 Jul 2008 | 2:46 am Jesse Helms leaves the planet.US Senator Jesse Helms died today. Here were his words in 1956, responding to criticism that a fictional black character in his newspaper column was racist:To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that he doesn't have a natural instinct for rhythm and for singing and dancing.Jesse Helms quotes on life and politics [AP] Source: Boing Boing | 5 Jul 2008 | 2:40 am Iran: death penalty for “corrupt weblogs”
New legislation has been proposed in Iran that could make blogging a crime punishable by death. Cyrus Farivar has a story on today's edition of the PRI radio show The World: Iran considers harsh penalty for some bloggers (3:30). Over at Global Voices, Hamid Tehrani writes: On Wednesday, Iranian members of parliament voted to discuss a draft bill that seeks to “toughen punishment for disturbing mental security in society.” The text of the bill would add, “establishing websites and weblogs promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy,” to the list of crimes punishable by death.A translated English copy of the proposed legislation is here. [International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran]
Image: "Women In Black," by Matthew Winterburn, who has some really neat photos of Iran in his Flickr stream. Source: Boing Boing | 5 Jul 2008 | 2:14 am Some douche steals Ian Curtis' (of Joy Division) headstoneThe headstone marking the final resting place of deceased Joy Division singer Ian Curtis is suddenly missing. Whoever stole it is a total douche, and deserves a special place in hell where screaming emo demons torture them with burns from a thousand clove cigarettes, poke them with a million blunt eyeliner applicators, and blind their eyes with painfully asymmetrical hair extensions for all eternity. The grave marker, wherever it is now, reads: "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80" and the words "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
Here is a story in the Times UK, and above is a music video by Jonathan Beamish for the earliest recorded version of "Love Will Tear us Apart," produced as a John Peel Session for the BBC in 1979 (jesus! 30 years ago, wow). Source: Boing Boing | 5 Jul 2008 | 1:53 am Captain America, Fuck Yeah!Happy Fourth of July, everyone. Blow some shit up! Captain America Fuck Yeah Source: Boing Boing | 5 Jul 2008 | 1:45 am Working Towards an Eco-Friendly Fireworks Displayphobos13013 writes "Here's an article just in time for 4th of July fireworks shows! The ACS's Chemical and Engineering News provides a fairly technical discussion about the hazardous chemicals in modern fireworks displays. Perchlorate is currently the oxidizer of choice in fireworks, but it is also known to be a thyroid blocker. Since perchlorates are water-soluble anions, they dissolve into groundwater quickly. A study performed last summer over a lake in Ada, Oklahoma showed that less than a day after a fireworks display, the lake's chlorate levels jumped by a factor of 1,000. It took weeks for the levels to drop back down to their baseline. On the other hand, heavy metals are used to produce the pretty colors typically associated with the best fireworks. The trend is to start using nitrogen-based oxidizing fireworks; they produce less smoke, which means a smaller amount of colorizing agents can be used in displays."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 5 Jul 2008 | 1:45 am Firefox 3 Boosts Browser's Market Share Over 19% - InformationWeek
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 5 Jul 2008 | 1:43 am Terrible new Brazilian Internet law proposal will criminalize brazillions of peoplePedro sez, "Brazil is about to pass possibly the strictest legislation ever regulating the internet. The bill will be voted in the next few days by the Brazilian Senate. Please see below the translation of the article published today by Folha de Sao Paulo, the largest newspaper in the country:"According to Ronaldo Lemos, by referring to "computer networks", "communication devices" and "information systems", the draft law covers not only computers, but also MP3 players, cell phones, DVD players, software systems and even digital TV set-top boxes, not to mention websites. Following this line of reasoning, the bill would cover even the act of unblocking a cell phone.Link (Thanks, Pedro!) Source: Boing Boing | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:31 am Study suggests serotonin plays a role in SIDSSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 5 Jul 2008 | 12:22 am Interview With Author of the First Spoof LanguageAn anonymous reader brings us Computerworld's interview with Don Woods, one of the creators of Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym (INTERCAL). INTERCAL and its documentation were created in 1972 as a parody of that era's languages and instruction manuals. Among other things, Woods had this to say: "We designed the language without too much trouble. Writing the manual took a while, especially for things like the circuit diagrams we included as nonsensical illustrations. The compiler itself actually wasn't too much trouble, given that we weren't at all concerned with optimising the performance of either the compiler or the compiled code. I admit I'm surprised at its longevity. Some of the jokes in the original work feel rather dated at this point. It helps that the language provides a place where people can discuss oddball features missing from other languages, such as the 'COME FROM' statement and operators that work in base 3."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:43 pm Will Self and Lynne Truss on the horrors of text speakSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:15 pm 2b or not 2b: David Crystal on why texting is good for languageSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:15 pm Oil prices: Warning of 20p a litre rise for petrolMotorists are facing further pain after a warning yesterday that the latest surge in crude oil prices to record highs could add another 20p to a litre at the pumps within weeks. The forecast, from the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:09 pm On the road with Sam Wollaston: Ford KugaFord Kuga, Ford Kuga, sounds familiar ... Got it! Sounds a bit like Ford Cougar. Phonetically identical, in fact. That's not very imaginative; they couldn't think of a new name for their new car, so they...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:06 pm Giles Foden, Dork talk: LG 'Secret' KF750Astonishing how things can pass one by. There was I thinking that Black Label is a whisky when in fact it's a series of phones. The new LG "Secret" KF750 (free on contract, dependent on tariff: lgmobile...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:06 pm Bobbie Johnson, Gadget clinic: Apple Mac SatNav, FreeviewI recently bought a TomTom satnav that claimed to be compatible with Apples. In reality, it's limited: I had a total crash, and the company's advice is to find someone with a PC to correct the problem...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:06 pm UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linkedThe global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 10:47 pm 2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos (AP)AP - Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 4 Jul 2008 | 10:44 pm IE 8 To Include New Security ToolsTrailrunner7 writes "Internet Explorer has been a security punching bag for years, and rightfully so. IE 6 was arguably the least secure browser of all time. But Microsoft has been trying to get their act together on security, and the new beta of IE 8, due in August, will have a slew of new security features including protection against Type-1 cross-site scripting attacks, a better phishing filter and better security for ActiveX controls."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 4 Jul 2008 | 10:44 pm 2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videosTwo teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 10:43 pm Canadians skirt the law to view American TV programs in the Web, study saysSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 10:09 pm NC Judge Takes "A Fresh Look" At RIAA SubpoenasNewYorkCountryLawyer writes "When some North Carolina State students recently brought to the attention of the Court the apparent illegality of the RIAA's investigations by unlicensed investigators, they also caught the attention of the judges. After reading these new papers, District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, who admits that she's been routinely signing the RIAA's ex parte discovery orders in the past, has indicated that she is now going to take 'a fresh look' at the RIAA's tactics. She issued a stay of the subpoena, ordering NC State not to respond to it, and referred the motions to dismiss the cases to a Magistrate Judge for him to take that 'fresh look' at what has been going on."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:56 pm Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal (CNET)CNET - Ask.com, the fourth-ranked search engine, has completed its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group, which owns Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:52 pm Fibre Internet adds more subscribers worldwide than cable: reportNEW YORK - For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fibre-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm. ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:39 pm Adobe tool to improve search engines' view of Flash videoNEW YORK - Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format. Adobe Systems Inc., the format's developer, has released a...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:37 pm More drunken driving arrests, fewer fatalities so far this holiday ... - San Jose Mercury News
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:29 pm Microsoft Hopes Office Subscription Plan Will Counter Free Software - InformationWeek
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:10 pm Open Source Twitter Competitor Emergesruphus13 writes "Twitter has had a lot of public woes with Open Source technologies like Ruby on Rails, and a lot of alternatives have sprung up in the micro-blogging world, but no one has managed to dislodge twitter in its usage or appeal. Now, an Open Source alternative by Identi.ca, backed by project Laconica has emerged. From the article, 'It supports OpenID for logins, is completely free software, and is designed to apply a Creative Commons license to all the traffic that it carries. It's also built to support the OpenMicroBlogging protocol, meaning that (at least in theory) it can attack scalability issues by federating together multiple autonomous servers. The underpinnings of Laconica include PHP, PEAR, and XMPP. You can download a tarball of the source, or check it out directly if you're using Darcs (there's also an unofficial mirror on Google Code, giving you Subversion access for a read-only copy).' The community will still need to work on this, if a true competitor to twitter is to be had. It is lacking APIs, and SMS integration. Oh, and millions of users!"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 4 Jul 2008 | 9:05 pm Sony Wants to Make Blu-Ray More Interactive. - X-bit Labs
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 4 Jul 2008 | 8:43 pm 1 euro eBay baby goes home (CNET)CNET - The German baby taken from his parents after they put him up for sale on eBay for a euro--apparently as a joke--is back home, according to the Associated Press.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 4 Jul 2008 | 8:37 pm Lost Footage of "Metropolis" Foundram.loss writes "According to a Reuters article, a long version of Metropolis has been found at a cinema museum in Argentina, by a newly appointed archivist. The reels have been authenticated by the Murnau foundation at Germany. 'Although estimates of its original length vary depending on the speed at which it is shown, Possmann said "Metropolis" was conceived as a film lasting just over 2-1/2 hours. Around 20 to 25 minutes of footage that fleshes out secondary characters and sheds light on the plot would be added to the film pending restoration, he added. But around 5 minutes of the original were probably still missing, he said.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 4 Jul 2008 | 8:12 pm New eBoy Peecol figures
Our friends at eBoy, creators of BB's mascots including the lovely and talented Jackhammer Jill, released their latest in the Peecol line of toy figures. My favorite is Rilla, the diaper-wearing gorilla! They're $9.95 each from Kidrobot. eBoy Peecol (Kidrobot) Source: Boing Boing | 4 Jul 2008 | 8:01 pm MSFT’s acquisition of Powerset is not about search - ZDNet
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 4 Jul 2008 | 7:49 pm Tattooed living zombieBizarre magazine interviews a Montreal gentleman named Rick who is tattooing his entire body to look like the living dead. From the interview (photo by Neville Elder):Zombie tattooed man (Bizarre) Source: Boing Boing | 4 Jul 2008 | 7:25 pm Apple cuts price of high-end SSD MacBook Air by $500 - Computerworld
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 4 Jul 2008 | 7:13 pm First Results From Messenger's Mercury Flyby - Slashdot
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 4 Jul 2008 | 6:59 pm Hideo Kojima's Top 5 Memorable GamesThe maestro of pixelated sneaking lists his top five memorable games and, weirdly, his own 'Metal Gear Solid' made the cut.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 4 Jul 2008 | 6:57 pm Canadian telecom BCE, suitor agree on termsBCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it has agreed on terms of a $35 billion sale to a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the biggest leveraged...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 6:31 pm No revamp of EU rules on GMO crops: ministerial meetingA review of the European Union's procedures for vetting genetically modified crops does not imply the policy will undergo far-reaching change, a French environment minister said Friday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 5:32 pm Indigenous people urge G8 action on climate changeIndigenous people from around the world on Friday called on leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations to think about them by taking action on climate change at their summit next week.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 4 Jul 2008 | 5:28 pm Led Zeppelin Won't Lend Music to Rhythm GamesDespite the success of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, you won't see Led Zeppelin's iconic tunes pop up in either game any time soon. The band isn't comfortable giving gaming companies access to the group's master recordings -- a necessary step in adding the band to any game.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 4 Jul 2008 | 5:00 pm Lithuania: Attacks Focused on Hosting Company (PC World)PC World - A vulnerability in a Web server contributed to the attacks on some 300 Web sites in Lithuania earlier this week, a computer...Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 4 Jul 2008 | 3:10 pm Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy - New York Times
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 4 Jul 2008 | 1:33 pm Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:52 am Court Orders YouTube to Fork Over Video LogsA federal judge orders YouTube to disclose who watches which video clips and when to Viacom and other copyright holders involved in a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against the video-sharing service.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:52 am Study: Price, Not Availability Keeping Dial-Up Users From Broadband - AHN
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 4 Jul 2008 | 11:50 am
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