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Submission + - Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk 1

Submitted by marto on Tuesday January 06, 2009 @09:03AM

marto writes: Florian Schneider leaves Kraftwerk after thirty nine years. Schneider left Organisation to form Kraftwerk with Ralf Hütter in 1970, and have been bringing joy to geeks (and many others) for years.

Submission + - BBC 'must offer iPlayer for all'

Submitted by marto on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @06:24AM

marto writes: The BBC must deliver an online TV catch-up service that lets users of all computers download programmes, the corporation's regulators have said. BBC news article

Submission + - Man hacks 911 system, sends SWAT on bogus raid. 5

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 17, 2007 @01:57AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Orange County Register reports that a 19 year old from Washington state broke into the Orange County California 911 emergency system. He randomly selected the name and address of a Lake Forest, California couple and electronically transferred false information into the 911 system. The Orange County California Sheriff's Department's Special Weapons and Tactics Team was immediately sent to the couple's home. The armed officers surrounded the home.Inside the home lived a couple with two toddlers who were asleep and unsuspecting of what was going outside the home. The SWAT team handcuffed the husband and wife before deciding it was a prank.

Submission + - This is How We Catch You Downloading

Submitted by marto on Sunday April 15, 2007 @06:26AM

marto writes: "All over Europe thousands of people are being threatened with court action for allegedly sharing games like Dream Pinball 3D on P2P networks. Now, documents obtained by TorrentFreak show details of the anti-piracy company's techniques for identifying alleged file-sharers on the internet and the gathering of claimed 'forensic quality' evidence for use in court cases."

Full story: http://torrentfreak.com/this-is-how-we-catch-you-d ownloading/

Submission + - Microsoft admitted Xbox 360 flaw

Submitted by j_sp_r on Sunday April 15, 2007 @06:03AM

j_sp_r writes: Microsoft has admitted, after thousands of complaints from users, that there is a flaw in the Xbox 360.
Using the flawed series of the Xbox 360 can cause scratches on disks, so has the Dutch consumer program "Kassa" found out.
First Microsoft stated it's the fault of the users who failed to handle the disks with care.
It affects a set of 1 a 2 million Xbox 360's. The problem is caused by an absent of protective pads around the machines lens.
Original article is here in Dutch and the babelfish translation is here

Feed News: Big Fish Audio releases Drums OverKill (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @07:52AM

Big Fish Audio has released a new collection of drum sounds called Drums OverKill. The new collection is compatible with Kontakt Player 2, EXS24 and HALion.

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