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Comment Re:Ignorance of net neutrality (Score 1) 72

I was trying to explain that website owners can comply with the law by taking down copyrighted material if copyrighted material resides on their website. Anyway, torrent-finder was taken down by the ICE. However, the website does not contain copyrighted material. Is an iframe to isohunt considered as copyright infringement?

Comment Re:Ignorance of net neutrality (Score 1) 72

The Internet has had a great effect on society by boosting innovation and the economy. I'm worried about blocking domains because this can certainly be misused. Suppose that a powerful organization lobbies the DoJ to block the next Google because is 'against their' policy or because 'they have a patent on it' .

Comment Re:Ignorance of net neutrality (Score 2) 72

Are you telling me that you are perfectly fine with a government that blocks domains because they do not *like* it? What's next?
- Block a domain because it has offended the president
- Block a domain because they are 'against us'
- Block a domain because of activists

and the list goes on...
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - ATM repairman accused of faking cash (gawker.com)

fysdt writes: "An ATM repairman was nabbed in Phoenix on charges of having stolen about $200,000 in ATM funds from San Francisco-area branches of Bank of America. His method was almost brilliant in its sheer stupidity: He pocketed the cash, and replaced it in the machines with "counterfeit or photocopied $20 bills.""
Science

Submission + - Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven' (guardian.co.uk)

fysdt writes: "A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said.

In a dismissal that underlines his firm rejection of religious comforts, Britain's most eminent scientist said there was nothing beyond the moment when the brain flickers for the final time.

Hawking, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21, shares his thoughts on death, human purpose and our chance existence in an exclusive interview with the Guardian today."

Iphone

Submission + - No 4G In iPhone 4S (informationweek.com)

fysdt writes: "Reports surrounding the next-generation iPhone have ranged from the conservative to the outlandish. The latest prognostication about the next-gen iPhone's features comes from Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek.

"According to our industry checks, the device should be called iPhone 4S and include minor cosmetic changes, better cameras, A5 dual-core processor, and HSPA+ support," he wrote in a research note."

Security

Submission + - Man's Twitter followers recover stolen laptop (msn.com)

fysdt writes: "Twitter may make you stupid, as some journalists have recently claimed. But dang, if it isn't good at recovering stolen property.

A Canadian Web consultant got a message last night from tracking software that his stolen MacBook Pro was being used at a bar in New York City. He then got his Twitter followers to go to the bar, confront the user and get back the computer.

Sean Power (@seanpower) was in New York City last week on business when his laptop bag was stolen. In it were his MacBook, his cellphone, his Ontario health card and two copies of his birth certificate."

Submission + - Modern Warfare 3 details leak (digitaltrends.com)

fysdt writes: "Details on the next Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 3, have not just leaked onto the internet, they have flooded. Among other details, a November 8 release date was released.

According to the a report coming from Kotaku, what was just a month ago among the best kept secrets of the gaming industry—details on the next Call of Duty game—has just become anything but."

Power

Submission + - Solar plane lands after 1st international flight (msn.com)

fysdt writes: "A solar-powered plane landed in Brussels on Friday evening after a 12-hour flight from Switzerland, the futuristic aircraft's first international sortie.

The Solar Impulse single-seater prototype took off from Payerne airfield in Switzerland at 8:40 a.m. (0640 GMT; 2:40 a.m. EDT) after a three-hour delay because of strong winds."

Facebook

Submission + - Microsoft, Facebook could use Skype against Google (computerworld.com)

fysdt writes: "Facebook may not have bought Skype, but the social networking company may still reap the benefits.

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced that it had reached a deal to buy Skype to buy the voice and video communications company for $8.5 billion in cash.

In a press conference Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software maker will connect Skype to major Microsoft services, like the Outlook email client and its Xbox and Kinect gaming systems."

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