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Submission + - Google Apps Problems

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dawhippersnapper
dawhippersnapper writes: "Google's DNS has had major failures today for their Google Apps, I have not seen a reply from Google yet.

http://groups.google.com/group/hosted-the-basics/b rowse_thread/thread/ba884d5bf12c1704

This shows a list of some people experiencing the problems.

The problem is the Custom URL option uses a CNAME to change their hosted apps to ghs.google.com, then Google's DNS server routes it to the proper page. I believe the latter function is broken."
Censorship

Submission + - Uri Geller Using DMCA to Block YouTube Clip

Submitted by
There is No Spoon
There is No Spoon writes: "The EFF has filed a lawsuit against Uri Geller over his DMCA Takedown Notice targeting a YouTube clip critical of his claims of psychic powers. The video, which is twelve minutes long, apparently contains no more than a three second clip of Uri, which is the only part he could possibly claim copyright on. Thus, the EFF believes that this was a clear case of fair use and they are asking for damages, an injunction against Uri, and attorney's fees. Note that this is not the first time Uri has sued his critics, as one critic has pointed out, "[Uri] calls himself a psychic and has sued several people for millions of dollars for saying otherwise. His psychic powers were not sufficient to reveal to him, however, that he would lose all the lawsuits against his critics.""
The Internet

Submission + - VA Tech Shooting Spurs Domain Exploiting

Submitted by
eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: "I just read an article about a guy who registered the following domain names shortly after the VA Tech incident: CampusKillings.com, VirginiaTechMurders.com, SlaughterInVirginia.com & VaTechTheMovie.com. Fred McChesney was hoping to make a quick buck by offering these domain names after the incident — although he hasn't sold any so far, he has donated a memorial domain to the students. He likened his entrepreneurial endeavor to "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." It's interesting because some of these domains were revoked: "Jeremiah Johnston, chief operating officer for domain name broker Sedo.com, said his company has shut down domains named after the victims as well as dozens of others related to the tragedy, including BlacksburgBloodbath.com and SchoolSlaughter.com." While these domain names may be seen as socially sick or unkind to the families, is it really ok to revoke the right to select a domain based on this? Will this lead the way for politicians to force down domain names that are negative political commentary? Where does one draw the line? Will this happen for every widely publicized news event?"
Microsoft

Submission + - FAA Balks At Vista Hardware Requirements

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: New details have come to light about the FAA's moratorium on upgrades to Window Vista and Office 2007. InformationWeek reports on a leaked internal memo from top Federal Aviation Administration officials, which worries that Vista requires "twice the memory ...than that currently specified in the FAA Desktop standard configuration." The memo, dated January 26, 2007, (a few days before the Vista launch) was hand signed by FAA CIO Dave Bowen and VP for acquisition James Washington. The memo also warns tech staffers at the FAA to be on guard against heavy sales pitches from Microsoft during the initial rollout period for Windows Vista. "We anticipate that this introduction will be accompanied by significant advertising hype and salesperson activity," the document states. (The original story on the FAA moratorium is here.)
Movies

Submission + - George Lucas Anounces Two New Star Wars Movies

Submitted by alberion
alberion writes: In interview to the Fox News, George Lucas anounces two new Star Wars Movies. From the interview:
Lucas tells me he will make two more live-action films based in the "Star Wars" era. "But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he said. "They will be other people of that milieu." The two extra films will also be made for TV and probably be an hour long each. But, like "Clone Wars," Lucas doesn't know where on TV they will land.
Music

Submission + - Club Owner Has To Pay $40k For 10 Cover Songs

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The music industry continues to look to squeeze money out of every possible place. The latest is the story of a club owner in Colorado who was forced to pay $40,000 because a cover band performed at his club and played 10 whole songs. It's true that the club owner in question did not have an ASCAP license, but it's hard to imagine why the club owner should be paying those fees rather than the band, and how it could possibly be fair to pay $40,000 for 10 cover songs that, if anything, probably acted as advertising for the real bands' songs.
Intel

Submission + - Intel Launches Two New Centrino Mobile Platforms

Submitted by
crazyeyes
crazyeyes writes: "Intel launched two new Centrino mobile platforms . Intel calls them the Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro. The first is for mainstream users, while the second is for business users. There are also six new Core 2 Duo processors — four standard processors and two low-voltage processors.

The report has specifications of those processors as well as new key features of both platforms and a comparison of the two new platforms. Here's a quote from the article :

The new Santa Rosa mainstream mobile platform will continue to use the Intel Centrino Duo brand name, replacing the Napa platform which was released in 2006. So, there will be some confusion as to which notebook has the latest Santa Rosa technology and which is still based on the older Napa platform. Good luck trying to get the correct information from your local retailers. Some still cannot explain the difference between a platform brand (e.g. Centrino) and a processor (e.g. Core 2 Duo).

Perhaps that's the effect Intel marketing is looking for. Why bother about such details? All you need to know is that it's an Intel Centrino notebook and that's what you should buy!
"
Privacy

Submission + - Harvard prof: computers need to "forget" m

Submitted by Jessamine
Jessamine writes: A Harvard professor argues that too much information is being retained by computers, and the machines need to learn how to forget things as humans always have. "If whatever we do can be held against us years later, if all our impulsive comments are preserved, they can easily be combined into a composite picture of ourselves," he writes in the paper. "Afraid how our words and actions may be perceived years later and taken out of context, the lack of forgetting may prompt us to speak less freely and openly." Will such massive databases make us all act like politicians? Is data retention creating a "panopticon"? These are questions that the good doctor raises.
Movies

Submission + - Lucas To Make New Live Action Star Wars films

Submitted by DrNASA
DrNASA writes: An article that quoted George Lucas as saying that SpiderMan 3 is a 'silly movie' also had this interesting bit of King Geek speak: "And here's a little news: Lucas tells me he will make two more live-action films based in the "Star Wars" era. "But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he said. "They will be other people of that milieu." " TFA — http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270874,00.html
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Long-range eye tracking for advertisers

Submitted by holy_calamity
holy_calamity writes: A Canadian firm has launched a device that can track the gaze of multiple people from up to 10 metres away. Originally developed at Queen's University, Ontario, they hope to sell it to advertisers to allow them to monitor how many people look at their ads. Admittedly they are trying more benign stuff too like better hearing aids, but I doubt that will make up for movie posters that make a song and dance whenever you glance their way.
Security

Submission + - Over 10,000 malware sites hosted by IPowerWeb

Submitted by
mdm42
mdm42 writes: "Ethan Zuckerman blogs that a friend's website, hosted with IPowerWeb, got hacked. Turns out that almost eleven-thousand websites hosted by IPowerWeb have also been hacked in the same manner, but IPowerWeb denies that they have a security problem. The crack injects malicious JavaScript into hosted web pages; the purpose of the JavaScript? To load Windows trojans onto client machines that access the websites.

To the rest of us it looks like their systems have been compromised from the ground up. Or perhaps an inside job...?"
Programming

Submission + - Build and Brand an Eclipse RCP app

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: This article provides step-by-step guidelines on how to package and manage a Rich Client Platform (RCP) application as a product with your own branding by using Eclipse's Production Configuration and PDE. Thanks to Eclipse V3.1's new Production Configuration feature, you can now wrap their applications with dependencies and branding elements easily. This article details how to leverage Eclipse Product Configuration with a sample RCP application.
Books

Submission + - Learn how to deal with bosses who are IT jerks

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An anonymous reader writes: http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2127212, 00.asp

CIO Insight has just published an interview with author Robert Sutton regarding this new book, "The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Here's an excerpt:

Robert Sutton's book, The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't (Warner Business Books, February 2007), stemmed from articles he wrote for the Harvard Business Review and CIO Insight. "I was surprised how much suffering there was out there," says the Stanford management science professor, referring to the deluge of e-mail messages he received after those pieces were published. He spoke with CIOI Senior Writer Edward Cone about jerks and bullies in the IT workplace.

Read More: http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2127212, 00.asp

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