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Submission + - Bell Canada wants pirate websites blocked for Canadians 1

Submitted by wierzpio
wierzpio writes: According to Rob Malcolmson, Bell Canada's VP of regulatory affairs, Canada is a safe haven to internet pirates and the only solution is to create federally mandated blocklist of pirate websites. Unlike existing blocklist in the U.K., Bell's plan appears to involve no judicial oversight. "'Engaging in extrajudicial attempts to block access to sites, I think, raises all kinds of Charter of Rights and Freedoms issues,' argues Michael Geist, a University of Ottawa professor and internet law expert."

Submission + - The FCC has proposed to reduce the standard for broadband 1

Submitted by pots
pots writes: In 2015 the FCC raised the definition for what constitutes a broadband connection, from 4/1 to 25/3 Mbps. Doing so meant that a lot of people, 55 million people, now lacked internet service which qualified under the new standard. Since congress has delegated to the FCC the task of determining whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans, and to take immediate regulatory action if it is not, this created a problem. Now in 2017 the FCC is proposing to solve that problem by redefining the standard again, from 25/3 to 10/1 Mbps.

Submission + - Russia suspected of using GPS spoofing attacks (wired.co.uk)

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: After trawling through AIS data from recent years, evidence of spoofing becomes clear. GPS data has placed ships at three different airports and there have been other interesting anomalies. "We would find very large oil tankers who could travel at the maximum speed at 15 knots," said a former director for Marine Transportation Systems at the US Coast Guard. "Their AIS, which is powered by GPS, would be saying they had sped up to 60 to 65 knots for an hour and then suddenly stopped. They had done that several times."

"It looks like a sophisticated attack, by somebody who knew what they were doing and were just testing the system,"

Comment Re: Prove it's true (Score 1) 307

by GunJah (#54955185) Attached to: Linux Kernel Hardeners Grsecurity Sue Open Source's Bruce Perens

our announcements were for future modules, which will not be gpl2. the acused told everyone they would be criminals by being our clients because we would release the new modules as gpl2, which we won't. hence he is disrupting our business. "

GRS does not have the right to release future modules that are not GPL2.
That's the whole point of friction in this issue.

Submission + - Ocado evaluating robotic manipulation for online shopping orders (robohub.org)

Submitted by Kassandra Perlongo
Kassandra Perlongo writes: Ocado, the world’s largest online-only supermarket, has been evaluating the feasibility of robotic picking and packing of shopping orders in its highly-automated warehouses through the SoMa project, a Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation funded by the European Union.

Comment Re:Count me in (Score 1) 703

by GunJah (#33470262) Attached to: The Push For Colbert's "Restoring Truthiness" Rally

And your point is... what exactly?

His shtick is funny and has more truth in it than O'Reilly/GB's festering mouth(s) could ever dream of.

Festering mouths? Really? Why the hatred?

Festering mouth is right, and its not hatred. Any Projection is on your part.
If I see someone walking around with a festering wound for a mouth I don't hate them, but I sure am concerned that something dangerously ungood is happening.
Music

Submission + - When IP Protection Incites Consumer Rage

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: How many industries of late have managed to generate such genuine consumer hatred over the last several years? says Richard Menta about the record industry. He was refering to that industry's aggressive activities to control its content in the digital age and he makes a solid argument that these efforts, including oppressive DRM tactics and legal actions, have alienated the consumer to the point where it is a key contributor to decreasing CD revenues. This quarter alone EMI saw a 20% drop in CD sales, while Warners 3rd quarter loss widened. The article lays out 17 events including the Sony rootkit scandal and the payola scandal that have tarnished the industry's public image and undermined its credibility with the average record buyer.
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Submission + - Manners maketh man.

Submitted by akintayo
akintayo writes: The New York Times reports that in response to the recent brouhaha, some technology bloggers have suggested raising the level of civility on tech blogs by implementing a code of conduct. Kathy Sierra, a technology blogger and friend of O'Reilly was subjected to threats and insults from readers and other bloggers. In partial response, O'Reilly and others have proposed a code of conduct which could include restrictions like the outlawing of anonymous accounts.

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