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Submission + - YouTube set to filter content

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 24, 2007 @01:04PM

An anonymous reader writes: Computer world reports that Google is racing to head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube and will soon offer antipiracy technologies to help all copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing. But YouTube has also said the process of identifying copyrighted material is not automated and requires the cooperation of media company partners.

Submission + - Second Google Desktop vulnerability uncovered

Submitted by

zakkie

on Saturday February 24, 2007 @11:41AM

zakkie writes: "According to InfoWorld, Google's Desktop indexing engine is vulnerable to an exploit (the second such flaw to be found) that could allow crackers to read files or execute code. By exploiting a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on Google.com, an attacker can grab all the data off a Google Desktop. Google is said to be "investigating"."

Submission + - Europe Gets Nerfed PS3: No Motion Sensing

Submitted by

AbsoluteXyro

on Saturday February 24, 2007 @05:13AM

AbsoluteXyro writes: "In an effort to control costs Sony has nerfed some PS3 functionality for the upcoming PAL launch. Most notably, Wii-like motion sensing control has been ditched. This is another kick in the behoogies for PAL territories, after long delays and the recent news that backwards compatibility would be limited. Sucks to be those guys."

Submission + - Boycott the RIAA in March

Submitted by

bblboy54

on Saturday February 24, 2007 @12:58AM

bblboy54 writes: "Gizmodo has declared March the month to boycott the RIAA. Sound The Sirens and p2p.net have both already shown their support for this.
From the article:
Gizmodo is declaring the month of March Boycott the RIAA month. We want to get the word out to as many people as humanly possible that we can all send a message by refusing to buy any album put out by an RIAA label. Am I saying you should start pirating music? Not at all. You can continue to support the artists you enjoy and respect in a number of ways."

Submission + - Conservapedia

Submitted by on Friday February 23, 2007 @11:27PM

An anonymous reader writes: Claiming to be "A conservative encyclopedia you can trust", the makers of Conservapedia seek to create "a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American" and proudly point to their quarter-million hits, and almost fifteen thousand page edits since going online. Online spoof in the key of Colbert, or serious outlet for those dis-satisfied with politically correct bias in Wikipedia?

Submission + - Windows ME is an Apple OS?

Submitted by

Dmpstrdvr

on Friday February 23, 2007 @10:30PM

Dmpstrdvr writes: "We have all heard that Microsoft has terminated support for Windows ME/98 etc. I still have several Windows ME machines that dual boot with Linux. Some applications only supply Windows client software.. but, still support Win ME. Today, I ran "Windows Update" on one of the Win ME machines, and got the following message: "Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site. This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows operating systems only. To find updates for Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh operating systems, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/. " link to the page here: http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/thank s.aspx?ln=en-us&thankspage=2& I repeated the "Windows Update" with another machine — same result! It appears that they are trying to "distance" themselves from Win ME!"

Feed Blogger Jailed for Slamming Islam (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Thursday February 22, 2007 @05:12PM

Outspoken criticism of Muslim extremists and Egypt's president earns an Egyptian man a four-year prison sentence. By the Associated Press.

Feed New Crackdown on Student Piracy (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @08:12PM

The music industry redoubles its efforts to drop the hammer on college students who illegally download music, leaning on the universities for support. By the Associated Press.

Journal Journal: RIAA tripples Student Harassment 1

Journal by twitter on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @07:26PM

Despite talk about giving up DRM and lawsuits, the RIAA is threatening Universities like never before. Since December they have complained about 15,000 students at 25 schools , already triple the number from last year. Responses vary from school to school.

Submission + - Penny Arcade reporting news

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @06:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: Gabe of Penny Arcade fame posts an information e-mail from the stepmother of one of the teens charged with killing a homeless man and blaming it on violent video games.

Submission + - Cellphone on cellular a thing of the past

Submitted by Daas on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @05:44PM

Daas writes: Followup to http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/29/028243 Telus Canada has stopped selling porn for cellphones to its customer after numerous complaints from customers, investors and religious groups. Telus was selling pornographic material for cellular phone since the end of January, a few thousand customers had already begun to "enjoy" the service.

Submission + - Vista not selling well because of...piracy?

Submitted by techmuse on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @03:16PM

techmuse writes: DailyTech reports that Steve Ballmer blames the slow sales of Windows Vista (down 60% compared to the launch of Windows XP) not on the 5 year delay in shipping, the failure to ship before the holiday season, the high system requirements, the poorly implemented user account control, the significantly harsher licensing restrictions, the price increase, the increased interest in Mac OS and Linux, or the much stricter antipiracy technologies already built into the OS. Rather, he blames the entire drop in sales on piracy, and promises to step up antipiracy efforts. What do you think?

Submission + - Wikipedia Banned at College

Submitted by

Zatoichi007

on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @02:54PM

Zatoichi007 writes: "The NYT is reporting that Wikipedia is now being banned as a source for research at Middlebury College. It seems that the last straw for the college occured when students in a Japanese history class wrongly asserted that the Jesuits aided in the Shambara Rebellion, using Wikipedia as the reference point. Is Wikipedia a valid source for "serious" research or just a starting point to find out what might be interesting about a particular topic?"

Submission + - YouTube permanently bans Gisburne, changes story

Submitted by

mijkal

on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @08:01AM

mijkal writes: "YouTube has told atheist member Nick Gisburne that he is now permanently banned from the site. This stems from his posting of a video slideshow of quotes from the Quran. Originally YouTube said it was because of 'inappropriate content', but now it has changed its story and is claiming copyright infringement because it has a soundtrack (nevermind that hundreds of lip-synch videos as well as official music videos readily available on YouTube). Had Nick known this was the reason to begin with (YouTube admits it made a mistake), he wouldn't have reposted the video (or encouraged others to do the same). YouTube has decide to evoke the DMCA and its '3 strikes' policy, and is trying to reassure us all that the content has nothing to do with the banning of a certain unnamed account, but rather because of recurring copyright infringement. YouTube is also covering its tracks by changing the reason the videos were removed. All of his videos from all of his accounts have been removed, and anyone who's spent some time on YouTube and seen Nick's videos should clearly see this policy is not routinely executed, so why is Gisburne being unfairly targeted here? Given the context, it seems Gisburne is being treated rather harshly by the YouTube censors. (And just to nip this in the bud, yes, YouTube has the right to censor; and we all have the right to call YouTube on it when we feel its unfair and YouTube can change its policy or we can move on; no one's equating this with government censorship.)"

Feed News: Here we go again (penny-arcade.com)

From feed by pennyarcadefeed on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @07:12PM

Gabe: You might have seen this story on CNN about the teens that murdered a homeless guy and then equated it to the sort of thrill one might get from a violent video game. There will be plenty of articles focusing on these kids and their crime. I"d like to take a second and talk about the parents of these teenagers instead. It is the job of a parent to teach their children certain rules. Obviously the rules themselves and the emphasis each family places on them will vary, but there are certain universal constants that these parents obviously failed to pass on.

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