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Submission + - Brazil court orders YouTube shut on celeb video

Submitted by

fmobus

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @11:33AM

fmobus writes: "according to reuters, a Brazilian court ordered YouTube to shut its services down until it removes a celebrity erotic video from its site. It is unclear wether brazilian ISPs are supposed to deny access to youtube for their users or if youtube will be blocked at a higher level. This is not the first case of brazilan attempt to censor Google subsidiaries. Last year, a Brazilian court demanded Google disclose data on local users of its social networking site Orkut who had pages with content supporting racism or child pornography."

Submission + - Energy Star for servers?

Submitted by

BDPrime

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @11:25AM

BDPrime writes: "The EPA is thinking about adding servers to its Energy Star program."

Submission + - El People or El Nino?

Submitted by

ThatGuyPat

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @11:07AM

ThatGuyPat writes: "From an article on Spiegal Online (http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,457759 ,00.html):

"It has become an annual tradition among climatologists in this age of climate change. Every January, they announce where the just-ended year fits in among the warmest years on record.

While global warming caused by human activity is a major factor in the warm year to come, a mild El Nino will also play a large role. Because the effects of El Nino are often felt for months afterwards, the phenomenon will likely raise global temperatures throughout the spring."

How do we differentiate between nature and us "unnatural" human folk in global warming? Gets a little cloudy (no pun intended) when there are articles the Associated PRess put out (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld /2003433914_webwarming16.html) about the positive effects pollution may be having on slowing global warming."

Submission + - GP2X Value Pack Launched

Submitted by Joan Cross on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:47AM

Joan Cross writes: The handheld Linux based system the GP2X today relaunches with a new Value Pack Containing 5 Commercial games, the pick of the bunch being Payback and Vektar, the value pack also contains all the accessories needed bar a SD memory card.

Submission + - Why Windows Wins and Linux Loses

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:45AM

An anonymous reader writes: Today, you can do everything you want with a Linux desktop, except play the latest games. Even there, Linux is catching up. So, why do only a handful of people run Linux instead of Windows? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols — not exactly an anti-Linux blogger — offers his top four reasons why Linux lags Windows in adoption, and suggests what is most needed for that situation to change. I'm wondering: what do Slashdot readers think these days? Does Linux still stand a chance of meaningful desktop penetration? Will the release of Vista increase, or decrease, the use of desktop Linux?

Submission + - Ruling: City Contracted Data is Public Property

Submitted by

lar

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:36AM

lar writes: "According to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, data collected by municipal contractors may be considered open records "regardless of their contractual arrangements with the independent contractors and the copyright protection claims." In the case (here), three Wisconsin municipalities had contracted out the collection and maintenance of property assessment information. When an open records request was made, "municipal officials, attorneys and representatives of the firms involved debated who was legally responsible for complying with the request, copyright issues and other matters." Bill Lueders, president of the Freedom of Information Council of Wisconsin, agrees with the ruling: "It's an important ruling because it affirms that municipalities and public officials cannot evade the requirement to comply with the law.""

Submission + - Italy begins censorship against Pedopornography

Submitted by

bitbreaker

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:30AM

bitbreaker writes: "Today Italian Government approved a law that impose ISPs to block pedopornography over the Internet.
All national ISPs are obliged to block their user's connections against Web sites from a special reporting-organization (National Centre against Pedopornography).
At Technical Level, the block should act at Website IP address level: it means all sites with the same IP (shared hosting sites) will be blocked.
Moreover, dynamic IPs sites will not be blocked unless a new report is delivered.
The censorship will be checked at single ISP level every six months.
Italy is not new to Internet censorship: another block is up against unapproved bidding sites.
What's next ?"

Submission + - 2007 Sets Out To Be Warmest Year On Record

Submitted by

s31523

on Thursday January 04, 2007 @10:01AM

s31523 writes: "People around the world are gawking at record high temperatures as the year 2007 rings in. The UK's Met Office is saying that 2007 is going to be the warmest year on record, and this news has some yelling global warming and some yelling natural temperature cycling. With growing concern over melting polar ice and increased atmospheric greenhouse gases many people are on the side of those yelling global warming."

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