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Submission + - Israel tops malicious net activity per capita

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Jerusalem Post has an article boasting that Israel tops the world on a per capita basis in malicious Internet activity, followed by Taiwan, then Poland & USA. From the article:

The sophistication of Israel's Internet users and its developed hi-tech sector have contributed to the high level of malicious Web activity, said Arie Danon, Symantec manager for the Mediterranean region.
Perhaps for websites not expecting an international audience, some of these domains might be good ones to block.
Encryption

Submission + - EMI removes DRM from parts of catalog

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Ars Technica is reporting that EMI will announce on Monday that it will be freeing much of its catalog from the shackles of DRM. The Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter," reports (sub. required) that Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be present at the announcement in London and that the music will be sold through the iTunes Store and possibly other online outlets. n early February rumblings were heard that EMI was thinking about ditching DRM, but EMI was unable to entice the likes of Apple, Microsoft, and others. As it turned out, EMI wanted a considerable advance payment to offset what it perceived as a "risk": selling DRM-free music online. EMI's position was simple: if they sell music without DRM, then users will find trading it that much easier.
Software

Submission + - IBM's Will Duckworth Podcast on wireless mobility

Submitted by
marrowmonkey
marrowmonkey writes: "Will Duckworth, the IBM wireless leader of Asia Pacific draws on his extensive experience in delivering wireless solutions, and highlights the key technology areas affecting quality wireless solutions.
The podcast includes:
— Key attributes of wireless solution
— Develop in-house or not?
— Benefits of stateful architectures

Can be heard here"
Movies

Submission + - TRON Classified "Sensitive" by Homeland Se

Submitted by
ewhac
ewhac writes: "Apparently a Jeff Bridges film is now a credible threat to the Republic. Reports are emerging from Hollywood that the Department of Homeland Security has classified the film TRON as "sensitive" and ordered Disney studios to surrender all its copies. Concern reportedly surrounds the live action scenes shot at the Shiva nuclear fusion research facility, which apparently after 25 years are now considered to reveal sensitive details about nuclear technology."
Businesses

Submission + - Fool.com Proposes CEO Bill of Rights

Submitted by vcadambe
vcadambe writes: Fool.com is proud to announce that we've been working tirelessly with key members of the U.S. Congress to draft H.R. 401, The CEO Bill of Rights Act of 2007. This is important and necessary legislation because America's CEOs are under attack. Our corporate leaders — all in, making a precious few hundred times the average worker today — are being labeled greedy, self-dealing scoundrels. We're losing perspective, people. Without these leaders, most of our public companies would be in shambles. Who would run our companies without these CEOs? If we let the "pay police" continue to pick at and pry into every filing footnote on compensation, we — the common-stock shareholders — will be the real losers.
Announcements

Submission + - Architect Claims to Solve Pyramid Secret

Submitted by Alreadybutnotyet
Alreadybutnotyet writes: A French architect claimed Friday to have uncovered the mystery about how Egypt's Great Pyramid of Khufu was built — with use of a spiral ramp to hoist huge stone blocks into place. The construction of the Great Pyramid 4,500 years ago by Khufu, a ruler also known as Cheops, has long befuddled scientists as to how its 3 million stone blocks weighing 2.5 tons each were lifted into place.
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Neil Gaiman One Step Closer to Sainthood

Submitted by
Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person writes: "Locus Online is reporting that bestselling fantasy writer, comics god, and all-around cool guy Neil Gaiman had officially been beautified, bringing him one step closer to Sainthood. "Vatican spokesman Cardinal Bertoli insisted that Gaiman had met the church's stringent requirement of three miracles necessary for sainthood, saying 'Truly the Holy Ghost works though the Venerable Gaiman's hands.'""
Announcements

Submission + - Hillary Clinton Sets Fundraising Record

Submitted by HScomedown
HScomedown writes: Two Democratic presidential candidates broke previous fundraising records during the first three months of the year, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton setting a high bar of $26 million in new contributions for the quarter. Former Sen. John Edwards raised more than $14 million since the beginning of the year. Clinton also transferred $10 million from her Senate campaign account, bringing her total receipts for the quarter to $36 million.
The Internet

Submission + - Participate in the second annual CSS Naked Day

Submitted by
pmrpi
pmrpi writes: ""Last year over 500 web sites participated in this event of showing how far web accessibility has come since HTML 4.0 and what CSS does in full for your overall web site design. The event is on April 5th and lasts all day without CSS for your design" You can get more info about this at: naked.dustindiaz.com"
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Unlevels the Playing Field

Submitted by
morlock_man
morlock_man writes: "I'm a former content provider for Shared Media Licensing Inc. I have since cut my ties with this agency. Since the rollout of the Zune distribution model and the release of Vista, it has become obvious to a number of us (ICPs) that Microsoft is attempting to close down the Weedshare network in favor of it's own network. It was recently announced that Shared Media would be disabling its licensing system as of April 9th, 2007. This closure will mean the end of a fair and equal distribution system. Under this system independent artists need no longer deal directly with record labels to profit from their work and consumers were given the ability to trade media at a profit for themselves. This closure represents the end of the world's first digital media marketplace where everyone existed on a level playing field. Disabling this format is an attempt by Microsoft to gain a monopoly over the patent that allows this form of distribution to take place. An online petition is available for signers, and a more detailed information regarding what is taking place is available at the Digital Dark Age blog."
User Journal

Journal Journal: April Fool's Submissions Overboard and Underfunny 2

Journal by evought

I agree with some of the comments and submissions I have seen today that the yearly stupidity on Slashdot is just plain dumb. Unfortunately, these comments are drowned out. One or two good hoaxes would have made my day. ("Google Paper" was actually quite good). A score of idiotic and unbelievable posts just ruins the site and real news is buried. Having looked through the Firehose at several points today, there have been several serious submissions that have been voted up but have never made
Slashdot.org

Submission + - OFFICIAL: Slashdot shit on April 1st.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Anonymous researchers in North Korea have conclusively demonstrated that internet users with inflated opinions of their "comedic genius", combined with low editorial standards, make the popular geek news site slashdot.org utterly pointless on April 1st. According to the lead researcher "One or two gags are to be expected on the first day of April, but when you are in the situation where every single story is an unimaginitive and unbelievable 'prank' then you know things have gone too far!". One of his graduate students continued: "In North Korea our resources are limited, so we are forced to dedicate time and effort to the task of crafting a small number of believable ruses. In the west you squander your ill gotten capitalist riches to produce reams of unreadable dross." Analysts generally back these conclusions, although they caution that unimaginative submitters are not sufficient to explain this phenomenon alone. Linus Torvalds was overheard to mutter: "The editors must have some pretty low standards for this crap to get through." RMS was not available to comment.
Nintendo

Submission + - Man Crushes Testicle With Wii Controller

Submitted by
Bony Tlair
Bony Tlair writes: "A Leeds accident and emergency unit reported that a man was admitted to hospital in the early hours of april the 1st with severe injuries to his testical after playing with his Nintendo Wii console in the nude. Doctors reported that he had apparently jerked his Wii so hard he accidently crushed a testicle by jamming the controller against a loose testical. Doctors advised him not play with his Wii again until the swelling went down. http://www.maxitmag.com/game-on/game-articles/man- crushes-testical-with-wii-controller.html"

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