Comment popularity != relevance (Score 2, Interesting) 246
Google search results are ranked by popularity, not relevance.Google does not do enough to differentiate "organic" search results -- those ranked by relevance
Submission + - Pfizer Worker Exposes Company Data with P2P (idm.net.au)
ColinPL writes: "A worker from the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in the US has inadvertently exposed the personal details of up to 17,000 company employees after a mishap with a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing program."
Submission + - TorrentSpy Ordered To Become MPAA Spy (torrentfreak.com)
ColinPL writes: "TorrentSpy, one of the world's largest torrent dump sites, has been ordered by a federal judge to monitor its users in order to create detailed logs of their activities which must then be handed over to the MPAA."
Submission + - Dell Exits LCD TV Business (dailytech.com)
Teksty Piosenek writes: "Dell Inc. announced this week that it will exit the LCD television business in an effort to focus on its core competencies — mainly computer systems. Dell executives announced that the company will end production of its LCD televisions by the end of this June. Dell currently sells LCD televisions in the U.S., Japan and other smaller markets."
Submission + - Why Music Really Is Getting Louder (timesonline.co.uk)
Teksty Piosenek writes: "Artists and record bosses believe that the best album is the loudest one. Sound levels are being artificially enhanced so that the music punches through when it competes against background noise in pubs or cars."
Submission + - Tips on how to not get busted for file-sharing (zeropaid.com)
RFC writes: "If you want to stay safe when downloading or sharing your favorite files online, these tips will help keep you from getting busted."
Submission + - Congressman Who Took Money From RIAA/MPAA Says Con (consumerist.com)
RFC writes: "The RIAA's campaign contributions are hard at work this week as members of Congress threaten to cut off federal funding to educational institutions if they don't stop file sharing on their networks."
Submission + - Copyright Silliness on Campus (washingtonpost.com)
RFC writes: "The House committees responsible for copyright and education wrote a joint letter May 1 scolding the presidents of 19 major American universities, demanding that each school respond to a six-page questionnaire detailing steps it has taken to curtail illegal music and movie file-sharing on campus. One of the questions — "Does your institution expel violating students?" — shows just how out-of-control the futile battle against campus downloading has become."
Submission + - Time Warner Cable Implements Packet Shaping (dslreports.com)
RFC writes: "Time Warner announces introduction of packet shaping technology.
"Packet shaping" technology has been implemented for newsgroup applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to audio, video, and voice over IP telephony. Road Runner reserves the right to implement network management tools for other applications in the future."
"Packet shaping" technology has been implemented for newsgroup applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to audio, video, and voice over IP telephony. Road Runner reserves the right to implement network management tools for other applications in the future."
Submission + - U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy
ColinPL writes: "China, Russia and 10 other nations were targeted by the Bush administration for failing to sufficiently protect American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy.
The Bush administration on Monday placed the 12 countries on a "priority watch list" which will subject them to extra scrutiny and could eventually lead to economic sanctions if the administration decides to bring trade cases before the World Trade Organization."
Submission + - More Blogosphere Explosions
jeevesbond writes: "Hot on the heels of the revealing post from Kathy Sierra of death and sexual harm threats made against her, comes this from — well known Microsoft contractor/Web Standards blogger — Molly Holzschlag:
It appears Andy Clarke used Molly to get a book published, more details on Molly's blog post: 'Stuffed with Nonsense'."
Today I found out that I am no longer welcome at the Web Directions event. Instead, the man who used me for the last two years to forward his career will be invited.
It appears Andy Clarke used Molly to get a book published, more details on Molly's blog post: 'Stuffed with Nonsense'."
Evolution of Mammals Re-evaluated 249
AaxelB writes "A study described in the New York Times rethinks mammalian evolution. Specifically, that the mass extinction of the dinosaurs had relatively little impact on mammals and that the steps in mammals' evolution happened well before and long after the dinosaurs' death."
Bookmark Why is the newborn screening program important for babies being adopted internat (adoptiondoctors.net)
Submission + - Games Firm Pursues 500 Pinball 'Pirates'
ColinPL writes: "Zuxxex, the German games software distributor, has hired lawyers to chase down about 500 British file-sharers, launching the first in a series of swoops by computer forensic experts.
File sharers were reported under court orders served on 18 ISPs at Davenport's request after computer forensic experts associated their IP addresses as sources for downloaders of Dream Pinball 3D, a computer game that's unleased in the UK — it goes on sale in June."
File sharers were reported under court orders served on 18 ISPs at Davenport's request after computer forensic experts associated their IP addresses as sources for downloaders of Dream Pinball 3D, a computer game that's unleased in the UK — it goes on sale in June."
Submission + - Mysterious Hexagon Spotted Over Saturn
popo writes: "A mysterious hexagon has been spotted on Saturn's North Pole by NASA's Cassini orbiter. The bizarre geometric formation spans the size of two planet Earths and is stationary with clouds spinning around it. Kevin Baines of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said: "This is a very strange feature, lying in a precise geometric fashion with six nearly equally straight sides. ...We've never seen anything like this on any other planet.""
