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Comment Re:Multiple interpretations (Score 1) 542

by Lunatrik (#26212327) Attached to: The RIAA's Rocky Road Ahead
Oddly enough, EA is just now (As of yesterday, I think) putting their catalog on Steam.
Also, try X3: Terran Conflict off of Steam for a good space sim - I was not at all a fan of X2 (waaay too complicated) or X3: Reunion (played a demo), but X3:TC does a great job in redesigning the interface so that it is accessible to folks like me (coming out of a Escape Velocity (Ambrosia Software) background largely, too young for Elite and whatnot, although I did play the text-based Federation back when it was on AOL...) -L
Apple

Jobs Not Giving This Year's Macworld Keynote 371

Posted by kdawson from the no-more-things dept.
Many readers including thermopile wrote in about Apple withdrawing from Macworld Expo after this year. The other bad news for Apple fans is that Steve Jobs won't be delivering the keynote in 3 weeks — we may have seen his last "one more thing." Apple VP Phil Schiller will be doing the honors. He's "an Apple executive notably lacking in Jobs's showmanship and star power," according to the Fortune blogger. Apple's press release states that "trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers." While this may be true, the keynote addresses have been a critical venue for major new product announcements. Apple's stock is taking a 6% hit in after-hours trading, possibly on concerns about Jobs's health. Reader Harry has gathered together YouTube clips from most of the Macworld keynotes Jobs given since 1997.
United States

Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy 2369

Posted by CmdrTaco from the stuff-that-matters dept.
A number of folks have been submitting topics that indicate that they want to have a serious discussion on the issues surrounding this election. Since we're under a week now, I've decided to run a series of discussion stories to give you guys a place to discuss the issue. So here's the first one: The Economy. It's the biggest topic these days, eclipsing even war as the most important issue to most Americans. But how will that affect your choice next week? And why?
Upgrades

Submission + - Tweaking Solid State Drive Performance on Linux (zdnet.com)

Submitted by
perlow
perlow writes: "While expensive and shouldn't be used exclusively for primary storage, Solid State Drives perform exceedingly well for things like MySQL databases, provided you tweak your kernel, BIOS, and filesystems accordingly. Here's a few tips to exact excellent performance out of your new $500-$900 on a Linux system."
Networking

Submission + - AT&T Blocking access to Newsgroup Aggregators

Submitted by PrairieDog2k
PrairieDog2k writes: It seems like I can't access my newsgroup aggregator service using by AT&T Broadband connection. However, the site is up and I can get to it using an internet proxy. Furthermore, the site announcement indicates no issues of connectivity issues. I am wondering if this is one of the ways that AT&T and other ISP's are going to block newsgroup access. I was wondering if other newsgroup aggregator sites are being blocked, as well.
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Star Trek TOS streaming on CBS.com (cbs.com)

Submitted by qaz20
qaz20 writes: This was a surprise. At least the first 3 years of TOS now
on demand at CBS.com CBS has to get some karma for making this
available. When did this happen? how did I miss it?
Now what am I going to with my VHS tapes?
Handhelds

Submission + - Ubisoft Developing Games for Iphone, Ipod Touch (snagwiremedia.com)

Submitted by
Erik J
Erik J writes: "Ubisoft recently revealed that its Games for Everyone division will be developing games for mobile equipment including the iPhone and iPod touch. In an interview with CG, executive producer Pauline Jacquey explained that Ubisoft wished to target a wider range of platforms, specifically mobile devices. She elaborated: "We don't want to keep it too narrow. We'll be making games not only on PC, PS3 and 360, but on iPhone and iPod touch as well. When it comes to the mobile industry, Ubisoft sister company Gameloft looks after that and I'm not in charge of it. They will be borrowing more from the Games For Everyone range.""
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Need more Tubes: Internet at Capacity in 2010 (zdnet.com)

Submitted by
Lunatrik
Lunatrik writes: "The fear-mongering techniques that ISPs are using to push against net neutrality have come to a new pitch, with AT&T's declaration that the internet, without investment in infrastructure, would hit full capacity in 2010.

When pressed further on the issue of net neutrality, AT&Ts spokesman described it as "a solution in search of a problem"."
Businesses

Submission + - Million dollar domain LH.com stolen by Lufthansa

Submitted by Cartack
Cartack writes: Domain names are valuable property. The recent sale of pizza.com for 2+ million is evidence of that. Short domains expecially 2 character domains, are also extremely valuable, and command prices of several hundred thousand to several million dollars.

Lufthansa tried to buy LH.com for $1,000,000 and was unsuccessful. Now they have acquired the domain in an underhanded manner by arguing that they own the rights to "LH", and that lh.com is infringing on thier trademark.

If thats the case, then several thousand other businesses and individuals have the same rights to "Lh". This decision is precedent setting, and i suspect we will see many big pocketed businesses going after individuals who own valuable generic domains.



http://okok.com/?p=30 "A scandalous decision has once again been reached by the so called wipo arbitration panel. The disputed name is LH.com The name is currently still owned by 'elequa'. Well known in the domain industry and owns a vast portfolio of short acronym domains. Including 'i.net' ! A gem dating back to 1995. It is Lufthansa who have effectively hijacked this name now. Reverse hijacking (or daylight robbery) is on the increase as firms desperate to own a unique short web address try and take via court action from legitimate owners. Let's make no mistake, cyber-squatting is when people register something like BurgerKing.com and feed off someone's trademark. Or register typos. A pure generic acronym like LH is common to many firms across the world. There have been rumours circulating that wipo are not entirely 'clean' themselves and we have read many rumours recently of shenanigans going on with biased panels. I think we can clearly see this again with this ruling . Simply beyond belief and i for one believe the panelists have been influenced. Thank God these idiots, named and shamed below, are only taking decisions based on property, imagine if there were fools like this deciding on peoples freedom? Unfortunately there are."
The Courts

Submission + - US Government : Listening in on your Lawyer (nytimes.com)

Submitted by
Lunatrik
Lunatrik writes: "The New York Times is reporting on the Monitoring the US Government is performing on lawyers dealing with "terrorist" clients. Citing two officials from the Justice Department:
"If a terrorist suspect living in a foreign country is calling into the United States and all of his calls are being monitored, the calls to his lawyers here might be intercepted, as well," one of the officials said. "It's not as if we're targeting the lawyer for surveillance. It's not like we're eager to violate lawyer-client privilege. The lawyer is just one of the people whose calls from the suspect are being swept up.""

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