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Submission + - Vengeful programmer gets two years in prison (networkworld.com)

coondoggie writes: "Putting a finishing punch on what was a nasty online retribution attack, a federal court in New Jersey has sentenced a former programmer to two years in prison, plus three years of supervised release for building a botnet-based virus that infected about 100,000 PCs and attacked a number of media outlets such as Rolling Stone and Radar."
Google

Submission + - Why Google Pushes Chrome So Hard (conceivablytech.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Google executives commented during the quarterly earnings call, between the lines, on the importance of Chrome. The only purpose of the browser appears to be locking users into Google search, which may also be an explanation why Microsoft is countering Chrome so fiercely these days. IS IE9 simply a defense against Google swallowing search and advertising market share?
Microsoft

Submission + - Truste wants to add tracking in IE9? (networkworld.com)

Roberto123 writes: "Truste, a company focused on protecting online privacy and security, is defending itself against complaints from a privacy group about its role in the creation of a Tracking Protection List (TPL) for users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 Web browser. When a beta version of Truste’s TPL for IE9 was released in February, it listed nearly 4,000 domains for Web sites that users should allow to do tracking, causing the privacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to call it “anti-privacy technology.” But Truste says the final version of its TPL is much shorter."

Comment Re: NO (Score 1) 335

Almost, but not quite. There shouldn't be a comma before "and" in the first sentence. The remainder of the sentence, "may have had the ability for some time", isn't an independent clause.

I wait 2 years before my first slashdot post, proofread it multiple times, have my girlfriend proofread it, and then get an "impeccable grammar" praise.

Then you have to come along and take it all away.

Damn you I say, damn you Mr. 4 digit! ...I'm going back to my corner now...

Google

Submission + - Google Chrome now has resource-blocking adblock (google.com)

MackieChan writes: "It seems to have slipped under the radar, but Google Chrome now has resource-blocking abilities, and may have had the ability for some time. Using the "beforeload" event on the document, an extension can now intercept resources from loading. Adblock for Chrome has already added it, and I expect the other 'ad-blocking' extensions have as well. Before you start praising Google, however, its the WebKit team that deserves your credit; one chromium developer responded to praise by stating '... thank Apple — they added it to WebKit, we just inherited it.' Firefox vs Chrome just got a bit more exciting."
Firefox

Submission + - Mozilla's New JavaScript Engine Coming September 1 (conceivablytech.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Mozilla has reached an important Milestone as its new JavaScript engine “JaegerMonkey” is now faster than the current “TraceMonkey” in a key benchmark. Mozilla wants JaegerMonkey to be faster than the competition and launch on September 1, which means that JaegerMonkey will make it into Firefox 4.0.
Media

Submission + - US court strikes down media swearing ban (npr.org)

mysidia writes: A federal appeals court in Manhattan struck down a policy of the FCC which banned broadcasters from allowing curse words on live TV. The court concluded the rule was unconstitutionally vague and had a chilling effect on broadcasters. In the 2 to 1 ruling, the court found that policy was "arbitrary and capricious", but that the FCC might be able to craft a policy that does not violate the First Amendment.

"'By prohibiting all `patently offensive' references to sex, sexual organs and excretion without giving adequate guidance as to what 'patently offensive' means, the FCC effectively chills speech, because broadcasters have no way of knowing what the FCC will find offensive,' the appeals court wrote."

Fox Stations, owned by News Corp., and other networks had brought suit in 2006 after the FCC cited use of profanity during the airing of awards programs.

Submission + - eBay sued for $3.8 bln in PayPal patent case (reuters.com)

Zerimar writes: From TFA: "According to the complaint filed Tuesday by XPRT Ventures LLC in the federal court in Delaware, eBay allegedly stole information shared in confidence by the inventors on XPRT's own patents, and incorporated it into features in its own payment systems, such as PayPal Pay Later and PayPal Buyer Credit."
Microsoft

Submission + - Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta Goes Public (h-online.com)

suraj.sun writes: At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, Microsoft has announced, a little earlier than scheduled, the release of the first beta version of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.

Service Pack 1 will include all patches previously released via Windows Update and several additional hot-fixes. There is no new functionality for Windows 7, although interaction between Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 sees the addition of features including RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory. Further details about those features can be found on the Microsoft server division blog ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2010/07/12/available-for-download-windows-server-2008-r2-sp1-beta.aspx ).

Microsoft is expressly not making the pre-release version available to home users and will not support it in any way. As with all pre-release versions, use in production environments and on mission critical systems is not advised.

To download ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/evalcenter/ff183870.aspx ) the pre-release version, you will first have to overcome the usual Microsoft hurdles. Firstly, you'll need a Windows Live ID. Once logged in, to proceed you need to answer the question "which best describes your activity" with 'Developer' or 'IT manager'. Answering 'consumer', 'student' or 'technology enthusiast' will get you booted out.

H-online: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Public-beta-of-Windows-7-Service-Pack-1-now-available-1037282.html

Firefox

Firefox 3.5 Now the Most Popular Browser Worldwide 422

gQuigs notes a graph up at StatCounter Global Statistics, which shows that in the last few days Firefox 3.5 became the most used browser version worldwide, edging ahead of IE7. IE8 is rising fast (along with Windows 7), but over the last few months the slope of Firefox's worldwide curve has been steeper. (In the US, IE8 has always been ahead of Firefox 3.5; in Europe Firefox has led since late summer.) The submitter suggests using the time when Firefox rules the roost, globally speaking, to put the final nail in the coffin of IE6, which still has a 14% global share (5%-7% in the US and EU; China and Korea are holding up IE6's numbers).

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