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Submission + - Amazon Takes Wikileaks Offline, Sells Cables (swns.com) 1

Submitted by
Khyber
Khyber writes: "Irony, thine name is Amazon. After shutting down Wikileaks, an Amazon user has re-packaged a set of the cables in an E-book format and is selling them on Amazon. Of course, through this, Amazon makes a profit from part of the sale, and has yet to issue any statement regarding this. Many users of the site are expressing extreme displeasure at Amazon profiting from something they they originally had available for free, and there might be a possible backlash just in time for the Christmas season."

Submission + - WikiLeaks and the value of knowing (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by Nunavut
Nunavut writes: Imagine that you go to a public market and have your choice of two ways of buying tomatoes. One vegetable stand offers you tomatoes in a closed cardboard box labelled "Farm Fresh Tomatoes." The other lets you see them, smell them, feel them or even taste a sample. You know which you would be more likely to choose...

For the most part these "secrets" are secret to nobody but the citizens of the government that has been trying to keep them. Like a scene from the Wizard of Oz, the U.S. government has, preposterously, told its own employees not to read the WikiLeaks documents.

"The great Oz has spoken. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
Canada

Submission + - Canada - "No right to lawyer in police interview" (www.cbc.ca)

Submitted by Nunavut
Nunavut writes: The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that a person questioned by police in connection with a criminal case does not have the right to have a lawyer present during the interview.

In a trio of related decisions, the Supreme Court also said a suspect doesn't have the right to re-consult with a lawyer midway through an interview, unless the situation in the interview has changed significantly.

The court also said a suspect does not have the absolute right to consult with a specific lawyer if that attorney can't be reached within a reasonable time.
Australia

Submission + - Aussie gamer loses PS3 court case over "Other OS" (gamepron.com)

Submitted by dotarray
dotarray writes: An Australian man who took Sony to court over the company'(TM)s decision to remove Linux functionality from the PS3 console has lost his claim, with the court clearing the manufacturer of any wrongdoing regarding the upgrade.

Comment Re:Coincidence (Score 1) 75

by Nunavut (#33425592) Attached to: iFixit Moves Into Console Repair
FYI - The PS3 cannot suffer from RROD (Red Ring Of Death) but it can get YLOD (yellow light of death). RROD refers to the Xbox and YLOD is for PS3. I too had just recently fixed a 60 GB launch PS3 from YLOD using guides from YouTube. The power supply was fine, your power supply may working just fine too. I just needed a heat gun to re-flow the solder points on the BGA for the Cell BE and RSX chips. I think its great there is information available for those that are willing to try fix it themselves.

Submission + - Scientists Discover Gene Causing Migraine

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A new study has linked a gene on chromosome 8 to persistent migraine headaches and suggests that having that particular variation of a gene could actually raise the risk of getting the disease. The study is among the first to identify a genetic variant associated with the common types of migraines, including those with and without aura, the notes the study conducted at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in England.

Submission + - How to deal with webmail giants dropping e-mail?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: I run an MTA on my personal e-mail server, and I'm not listed on any blacklists for SPAM that I'm aware of. When I send e-mail to certain URLs, though, it frequently never reaches the intended recipient. Yahoo seems to be notorious for labelling almost anything sent as spam unless and until the recipient adds my e-mail address as a whitelisted entry. Others also seem to get dropped without any response. Checking the maillog, I can see where it's accepted by the MX of the recipient; what else can I do?
Crime

Submission + - Apple manager arrested in kickback scheme (mercurynews.com)

Submitted by pickens
pickens writes: A midlevel Apple manager was arrested Friday and accused of accepting more than $1 million in kickbacks from half a dozen Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories in a federal indictment unsealed and a separate civil suit. Paul Shin Devine, a global supply manager, and Andrew Ang, of Singapore, were named in a 23-count federal grand jury indictment for wire fraud, money laundering and kickbacks. "Apple is committed to the highest ethical standards in the way we do business," Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said in a statement. "We have zero tolerance for dishonest behavior inside or outside the company." The alleged scheme used an elaborate chain of U.S. and foreign bank accounts and one front company to receive payments, the indictment said, and code words like "sample" were used to refer to the payments so that Apple co-workers wouldn't become suspicious.
The Military

Submission + - Nvidia lands $25 million US defence grant (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Stoobalou
Stoobalou writes: Nvidia has been awarded a $25 million research grant by the US Defence Department to help solve its 'crisis in computing'.

Nvidia now has a four-year contract to work with the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on its Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC) programme.
Iphone

Submission + - Flash ported to iPhone 4 (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Stoobalou
Stoobalou writes: We've all been looking for a viable reason to jailbreak the iPhone 4 for some time now but as yet have remained unconvinced by most arguments to footle with the innards of our precious handset.

But if there's one application bound to send iPhone users scurrying off to jaibreakme.com in order to open up the Holey Handset to the big bad world outside of Apple's walled garden, it's probably Adobe's video and animation package Flash.
Games

Submission + - PC gaming: a platform to rule them all (kingofgng.com)

Submitted by KingofGnG
KingofGnG writes: It’s one of the most debated issues within the PC world: how much is the computer video games market worth, what financial results does the PC gaming hardware gain compared to the — seemingly much healthier — major home consoles one? The reply comes from the PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA), the publishers and producers non-profit organization “dedicated to driving the worldwide growth of PC gaming” which details heavy numbers and proclaims: the computer definitely is the largest, most widespread and financially important gaming platform out there.
Google

Submission + - Google is testing Airborne Camera Drones (www.wiwo.de)

Submitted by mbone
mbone writes: According to the German language site WirtschaftsWoche (an English version is available from the IBTimes) Google has purchased a German "Microdrone" for evaluation. These devices can take off, fly a mission and land automatically using GPS, and can carry night vision cameras or even "see through walls" Far IR cameras. Of course, the maker of these drone assures us that they cannot be a "Big Brother der Lufte" because that is "verboten."

Is it just me, or is Google entering into dangerous airspace here ? It seems like the ruckus from a backyard-after-dark addition to Street View could make the legal tussles Google has already encountered with the driving vans seem minor by comparison.

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