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Submission + - Aboutus.org posting WHOIS info on crawled pages

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: www.Aboutus.org is crawling webpages and posting the WHOIS info of all domain name owners! They have essentially created a reverse domain name lookup. If you google someones name, their aboutus.org "page" will come up in the results...along with their domain name registration info. Anyone can now be googled to see what domain names they own! You can narrow your results with the person's city, state, zip or phone number! They even provide a google map linked right to your address! Please make this a story and turn the heat up on these jerks! This is WRONG!

UK Report Proposes Changes To IP Laws 146

Posted by Zonk from the shaking-things-up dept.
NKJV writes "A new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research, a UK think tank, has some concrete suggestions on how to reform the UK's dated intellectual property laws. The starting point for its deliberations is the notion that knowledge is both a commodity and a public good, and it recommends that the UK move from a model where knowledge is 'an asset first and a public resource second' to one where knowledge is primarily a public resource and secondarily an asset. Is that an anti-business attitude? The report's authors don't think so."
Biotech

Submission + - Scibuntu makes your computer a scientific workstat

Submitted by
Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "Scibuntu is Ubuntu Linux for scientists and science students. Scibuntu is not just another Linux distribution. It is a script that adds scientific programs and other convinient tools to the plain desktop Ubuntu.

Most programs in Scibuntu are already out there in the Ubuntu repositories Scibuntu collects them for the user and puts them into your computer. Some programs are fetched from other places.

What is included

        * Tools for reading and writing scientific text: LaTeX, Ghostscript, Ghostview and Acroread.
        * Math and statistics tools like Octave and r
        * Plotting tools like Gnuplot, Grace and Labplot
        * Bioinformatics packages like Clustalw, Clustalx, Treepuzzle, Treewiewx and T-coffee
        * Chemistry tools like RasMol, PyMol, GROMACS and
        * More console tools shar, memtest, dos2unix, strings, strip etc.
        * Development packages for C, C++, Bioperl, Biopython, FORTRAN and Emacs.

http://urban.it.hik.se/scibuntu/"
Programming

Submission + - Valve to add multi-thread support to Source Engine

Submitted by
Mr.Crow
Mr.Crow writes: "From the article:

This year, Valve is talking to us about what is possibly its most difficult iteration of the Source engine yet — adding multi-thread support to make the most of the new dual-core and quad-core CPUs coming from Intel and AMD. The timing of the day is to coincide with the release of Intel's Kentsfield quad-core chip, which is released today.
Valve's multi-core transition is about allowing hardware enthusiasts to get hold of software that really takes advantage of the awesome new power we're going to see over the coming months. But more than that, it's about driving games further and deeper, making them — simply — better."
Music

Submission + - A interview with Peter Jenner About DRM

Submitted by skelator2821
skelator2821 writes: This is a fascinating Interview from one of the best Minds in music. Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury, Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg — who he manages today. He's also secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenn er/

A Security Guide For Non-Technical Users? 274

Posted by Cliff from the advice-that-anyone-can-understand dept.
kin_korn_karn asks: "Like many of you, I am the family IT department. I cannot convince my parents to follow proper PC security procedures. I'm not talking about enterprise-level things such as card swipes and fingerprint scanners, just simple measures like logging off of the PC when it's not in use. They, like many people of their generation, seem to be willing to sacrifice security for convenience, as long as their real data isn't being impacted. I can't seem to get it through to them that it's only a matter of time until they are. Since my own arguments aren't working, I need documented proof to back it up. Can Slashdot offer up some kind of arguments or information that I can use?"
Music

Submission + - RIAA Sued Santangelo Kids in Press, Not in Court

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NewYorkCountryLawyer
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "It appears that the RIAA's much trumpeted lawsuit against 2 of Patti Santangelo's kids — a 16 year old and a 20 year old — was actually leaked to the press before being filed in Court, says p2pnet.net, which stated about the supposed lawsuit: "Having made New York mother Patti Santangelo's life quite literally a living hell, Warner Music, EMI, Sony BMG and Vivendi Universal have now turned their attentions to two of her children, Michelle and Robert, going so far as to blackmail Robert's best friend into making statements against him.". I have been trying to confirm, through PACER, the press reports of a lawsuit being filed to no avail."
AMD/OSTG

Journal Journal: Dell does its first AMD laptop

Journal by OSTG Marketing
For the first time, Dell has begun selling an AMD laptop . Offering buyers a choice between AMD's entry-level Sempron, the mobile-centric Turion 64, and the dual-core Turion 64 X2 processors, the Inspirion 1501 is aimed at consumers and small businesses. The Inspirion 1501 is the latest addition to Dell's growing portfolio of AMD based products.
Privacy

Submission + - US citizens to be required ''clearance'' to leave

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Renew and Improved
Renew and Improved writes: "According to this article, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (HSA) has proposed that as of January 14, 2007, all airlines, cruise lines — even fishing boats — be required to obtain clearance for each passenger they propose taking into or out of the United States. Your passport will no longer serve as an adequate travel document. Determination of who does or does not get to travel will be made in secret, with no right of appeal."
United States

Submission + - Air Force to Create Cyberspace Command

Submitted by Daemonstar
Daemonstar writes: The US Air Force is going to create a cyberspace command. From the article:
The U.S. Air Force plans to set up what could become a major command aimed at safeguarding U.S. military and civilian cyberspace, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said on Thursday.
You would think they would have done this some time ago.
Power

Submission + - Biomass Fuel One Step Closer

Submitted by
eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: "Research done at the University of Minnesota has brought us one step closer to extracting energy from biomass. From the article, "We're trying to turn biomass into renewable fuels, that's the Holy Grail of 21st century energy," said Lanny Schmidt, a Regents professor of chemical engineering and materials science. Back in 2004, Schmidt drew global attention for developing a system to extract hydrogen from ethanol. This time, Schmidt and his team focused on cellulosic energy, or breaking down a plant's cell structure, and tapping the sugars inside to make usable energy. The findings are published in the Nov. 3 issue of Science." Hopefully this process has a better net BTU than our existing corn ethanol processes which have been under fire for potentially using more energy than they produce."

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