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Biotech

Robot Invented To Crawl Through Veins 99

Slatterz writes "Scientists from Israel's Technion University have unveiled a tiny robot, made using Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, purportedly able to crawl through a person's veins in order to diagnose and potentially treat artery blockage and cancer. The little robot — with a diameter of just one millimeter — has neither engine nor onboard controls, instead being propelled forward by a magnetic field wielded on it from outside the patient's body."

Comment Reverse Precedents (Score 1) 296

What's stopping EFF or other entities like this 'country lawyer' to find somebody infringing on someone who's willing to participate and try taking this case to court and see how much damages the court awards. or even better, set up the exact circumstance as per the case, but use different music, ie performed by artists who support the cause. Are there any law stopping people defendant/plaintiff conspiring to go to court to make precedents?

Comment Re:Apple cannot block and it's not illegal (Score 1) 338

That would cost too much in processor time just to encode/DRM the file that's going to the iPod, but it's possible in the future since you're not supposed to be able to copy things of iPod anyway. But still, there's nothing stopping people from dragging the non-DRMed files to something that's connected as USB masss storage
Portables

Submission + - Palm Pre 'iTunes hack' detailed by DVD Jon (nanocr.eu)

CNETNate writes: "As the reviews of the Palm Pre start to roll in, DVD Jon expands on previous coverage of the Pre showing up in iTunes as some sort of an iPod, by publishing the offending code Palm has used to enabled the feature. As suspected, in regular USB mode, the phone addresses itself as a standard peripheral. But in 'Media Sync' mode, it claims to be an iPod... from a vendor known as Apple."
The Courts

Submission + - SPAM: Sears gets wrist slap over spyware activities

coondoggie writes: "Sears today agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to disclose the depth of consumers' personal information it collected via a downloadable software application. The settlement calls for Sears to stop collecting data from the consumers who downloaded the software and to destroy all data it had previously collected. If Sears advertises or disseminates any tracking software in the future, it must clearly and prominently disclose the types of data the software will monitor, record, or transmit, the FTC stated. Sears must also disclose whether any of the data will be used by a third party, the FTC said. [spam URL stripped]"
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