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Comment Re:As an Australian Resident,,, (Score 1) 277

But then, as it seems to be in America now, shops will just not stock games with these high ratings to avoid any risk of incurring the fine, effectively the same fate as if it had been banned anyway.

For the record, I and all of my friends (we're 17) play violent video games, but we are capable of distinguishing between real life and the games ourselves.
Australia

New Aliens Vs. Predator Game Doesn't Make It Past AU Ratings Board 277

Posted by Soulskill from the gauntlet-thrown dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Australia refused to give Rebellion's new Aliens Vs. Predator game a rating, effectively banning it in the country. Rebellion says it won't be submitting an edited version for another round of classifications, however. (As Valve did with Left 4 Dead 2.) They said, 'We will not be releasing a sanitized or cut down version for territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices.'"

Comment Re:What Part of "No" Don't You Understand? (Score 1) 267

by therealmorris (#29443981) Attached to: BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts
Nooo... http://tvlicensing.metafaq.com/templates/tvlicensing/main/answerPage?_mftvst:answerRef=%24http%3A%2F%2Fapi.transversal.com%2Fmfapi%2Fobjectref%2FEntryStore%2FEntry%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.metafaq.com%2Fmfapi%2FMetafaq%2FClients%2Ftvlicensing%2FModules%2FlicensingInfo%2FTopics%2Fgeneral%3A134832%3A5&_mftvst:moduleID=%24licensingInfo&_mftvst:topicID=%24&id=HS56T6VEPE7PUG02M2572GVV3M
Handhelds

Submission + - NVIDIA Tegra SoC to power new Zune HD (pcper.com)

Submitted by Vigile
Vigile writes: Last month Microsoft announced the upcoming Zune HD with an impressive set of specifications including a 3.3-in 480x272 OLED multi-touch screen, support for 720p output over an HDMI connection, HD radio receiver and more. What wasn't known at the time was that NVIDIA's new system-on-a-chip known as Tegra would be powering the entire device. With impressive specifications like the ability to playback an SD video stream using just 150mW of power and output audio using just 20mW, Tegra could actually give the Zune HD a competitive advantage over the iPod touch for the first time. Additionally, with Flash acceleration coming to the Tegra platform very soon, the Zune HD will finally have a killer feature unavailable to iPod/iPhone users.
The Internet

Submission + - Plans for "broadband levy" on landlines in (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by therealmorris
therealmorris writes: The Digital Britain report in the UK lays out plans for a 50p per month (£6/$9.80 per year) levy on all fixed line phones to pay for faster internet access for everyone.
"Every Briton with a fixed-line phone will pay a "small levy" of 50p per month to pay for faster net access. The national fund created by the levy will be used to ensure most Britons get access to future net technologies. The proposal is part of the Digital Britain report outlined by Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw in Parliament. The report also includes a pledge to curb unlawful file sharing by giving regulator Ofcom new powers to identify persistent pirates. "
Networking

Submission + - Adobe opens up the RTMP protocol (adobe.com)

Submitted by damirn
damirn writes: We've been waiting for this one and finally, here it is! Adobe opens up the RTMP protocol specification as they promised. Grab the docs, fix your bugs and implement the remaining bits of your FMS replacement!
Censorship

UK Gov. Clueless About Own Internet Blacklist 203

Posted by kdawson from the get-me-someone-with-a-clue dept.
spge writes "Computer Shopper magazine has interviewed the UK Home Office about its relationship with the Internet Watch Foundation and discovered that the government doesn't actually know what the IWF does, although it still plans to force UK ISPs to subscribe to the IWF's blacklist. The main story makes for interesting reading, but the best bit is the full transcript of the interview. Short version: the IWF investigates suspected child porn websites and adds any it finds to a list that ISPs can use to block these sites; uk.gov wants ISPs to use this list; however, the IWF is not an official government organization, does not appear to have legal permission to view child pornography, and quite possibly is breaking the law by doing so."

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