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Submission + - 2 large media companies sending false DMCA claims

Submitted by bs0d3
bs0d3 writes: Today there's two large stories about false DMCA notices sent by large media corporations. One in which Universal tried to censor a megaupload commercial song created by many famous artists including P Diddy, Will.i.am, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown, The Game and Mary J Blige. Universal sent persistant notices to cause the video to be removed by reason of copyright infringement. However these were false notices as megaupload claims that they can prove that they own the copyright to their content. The other story is from a scientific video that used Jamendo audio in the back ground. All the tracks used by the video creator were creative commons licensed and not in violation of any copyright. A complaint made by the Music Publishing Rights Collecting Society has been persistant in removing these videos. After contacting the artist, "Jamendo" ; Jamendo has reiterated that the music is licensed under a creative commons attribution license and has sent a counter take down letter to youtube on behalf of the video creator.
Android

Submission + - Intel Supports Any x86 Android, So Long As It's Th (hothardware.com)

Submitted by
MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "Intel's decision to join Google and become a major Android developer was big news in 2011, but it appears the CPU giant's fondness for x86 support in Android is a wee bit more specific than you might have thought. Intel has made a number of major contributions to Android in the past six months, but the Android-x86 project, which substantially predates Chipzilla's efforts, has been left in the cold. Apparently, AMD has reportedly stepped into that gap. The lead developer of Android-x86, Chih-Wei Huang, has stated that "Yes. AMD provides great support to us, including devices donation and engineer's support. On the other hand, Intel still refuses to provide any help to this project. They closed all contact windows I've ever tried.""

Submission + - BufferBloat: What's Wrong with the Internet?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Internet delays—we’ve all experienced them before and, unfortunately, they are becoming more common than ever. So what exactly is wrong with the internet? According to Jim Gettys (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs) the problem is what he calls bufferbloat, which refers to “excess buffering inside a network, resulting in high latency and reduced throughput.” In this recent case study from acmqueue Gettys, along with Vint Cerf, Van Jacobson and Nick Weaver, examine the problem as well as discuss potential solutions.
Security

Submission + - TSA Facing Death By A Thousand Cuts (house.gov)

Submitted by OverTheGeicoE
OverTheGeicoE writes: The Transportation Security Administration is getting a lot of negative attention, much of it from the US government itself. A recent congressional report blasted TSA for being incompetent and ineffective (PDF). A bill to force TSA to reduce its screening of active duty US military members and their families was approved unanimously by the House of Representatives. After a TSA employee was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman while in uniform, a bill has been introduced to prevent TSA from wearing police-style uniforms and badges or using the title 'officer'. The bill's sponsor calls these practices 'an insult to real cops.' The FBI is getting involved by changing its definition of rape in a way that might expose TSA's 'enhanced pat-down' screeners to prosecution. Lastly, public support for TSA's use of X-ray body scanners drops dramatically when people realize there is a cancer risk.
China

Submission + - China 'has up to 3,000 nuclear weapons hidden in t (dailymail.co.uk)

Submitted by WindBourne
WindBourne writes: China may be using thousands of miles of underground tunnels to hide a nuclear missile arsenal that is far bigger than current estimates, according to researchers.


They spent three years translating secret military documents, scouring the internet and studying satellite images for clues – and concluded that China may have as many as 3,000 missiles, compared with general estimates of between 80 and 400.
Censorship

Submission + - The National Defense Authorization Bill effectivel (opencongress.org) 3

Submitted by
crhylove
crhylove writes: "Many sites all over the web are reporting on this, but there's been an almost complete TV and radio media blackout. The president signed into law today "The National Defense Authorization Act" http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S.1867: which effectively makes US citizens potential enemy combatants in a war zone and allowed to be held without any kind of due process.

Great video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM6FWnPBU5o&feature=share basically explaining some of the details."
Android

Submission + - Why Android Upgrades Take So Long

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: Google released the Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" code base to the general public and the manufacturers. Though it maybe a while before it's actually rolled out to the phones. In an attempt to explain why it takes so long, Motorola and Sony Ericsson shed some light on the process involved. Motorola described the long testing process involved where as Sony explained the issue with the time consuming certification process.

Comment Re:Illegal Search (Score 2) 658

by TPoise (#37875350) Attached to: TSA's VIPR Bites Rail, Bus, and Ferry Passengers

My question is the following, if this is illegal why is it still happening, since it is not a new event, why?

It's not illegal if you consent to the search. The problem is too many people just agree with these searches like sheep. Unfortunately, airports and Amtrak are government-owned, so if you refuse the search the TSA can refuse to let you board. But buses and ferries are private, and the TSA has no authority to prevent you from boarding if you refuse the search. (Though the bus or ferry company could refuse on the advice of the TSA if the ticket contract allows it.)

You can be arrested if you do not consent to the search. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-11-20/business/sfl-airport-scans-pat-downs-refual-20101121_1_tsa-airport-checkpoint-sari-koshetz
Firefox

Submission + - Meet Firefox's built-in PDF reader (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Not long ago, Mozilla coders announced that they were starting to build PDF.js, a way to display Acrobat documents in the browser using pure web code. No longer will you have to fight with an external PDF plug-in in Firefox. Development on PDF.js has progressed to the point now where you can take an early peek at it. Huzzah!
Government

Submission + - TSA Checkpoints Now On On US Highways (tennesseenewspress.com)

Submitted by
SonicSpike
SonicSpike writes: "The TN Department of Safety and DHS on Tuesday partnered with TSA and several other federal and state agencies for an operation on Tennessee’s interstates and two metropolitan-area bus stations. They are randomly inspecting vehicles on highways in Tennessee. “People generally associate the TSA with airport securitybut now we have moved on to other forms of transportation, such as highways, buses and railways,” said Kevin McCarthy, TSA federal security director for West Tennessee."

Submission + - Redbox Raises its Prices to $1.20 per Day (redbox.com)

Submitted by
nixkuroi
nixkuroi writes: "Redbox, apparently not having noticed the backlash against Netflix, as decided to charge its customers 20% more per day. Though there will be a discounted grace period for the first day of rental until Nov. 30 2011, the full pricing increase will kick into effect on December 1. Merry Christmas movie lovers!"
Security

Submission + - US Police drone design revealed (suasnews.com)

Submitted by
garymortimer
garymortimer writes: "AeroVironment Introduces the Qube Small Unmanned Aircraft System for Public Safety Professionals; Announces Test and Evaluation Program

  First solution tailored to law enforcement, first response and other public safety missions from the leading supplier of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

  Based on proven small UAS experience with hundreds of thousands of operating hours supporting U.S. and allied armed forces

  Will be made available to select public safety agencies for testing and evaluation"

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