Submission + - Data storage administrators go on trial (computerworld.com)
Lucas123 writes: "Just as e-mail retrieval played a central role in the $1.58 billion judgment in favor of Ronald Perelman against MorganStanley, U.S. companies are more likely today to find themselves in the cross hairs of lawsuits and at risk of e-discovery legal challenges, according to a series of Computerworld stories. More than 60% of organizations have been ordered by a court or regulatory body to produce corporate e-mail or other electronic documents, according to new research."
Submission + - Highway 35W Collapses into Mississippi (wcco.com)
dcapel writes: "In what has been called the worst engineering disaster in decades, a bridge of highway 35W, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has collapsed into the Mississippi. The collapse took place during late rush-hour traffic, so an estimated 50 cars were on the bridge at the time. There is no evidence for terrorist involvement, but an engineering or safety flaw of immense proportions must have been involved. As someone who was working only blocks away at the time, this happened entirely too close to home."
Submission + - Australia to ban P2P
Karl_R writes: The guys at whirlpool.net.au have posted a story about a U-tern by the Australian Federal government.
"The federal government has shocked industry by rushing a bill through parliament that will compel ISPs to block all P2P traffic. It is a back-flip on a promise made just weeks ago that the government would move ahead with its filtering plans using PC-based parental controls, which, at the time, it argued would provide flexibility for internet users. (source whirlpool.net.au)"
"The federal government has shocked industry by rushing a bill through parliament that will compel ISPs to block all P2P traffic. It is a back-flip on a promise made just weeks ago that the government would move ahead with its filtering plans using PC-based parental controls, which, at the time, it argued would provide flexibility for internet users. (source whirlpool.net.au)"
