Actually, you can install homebrew software, linux, flash custom firmware and many other hacks doing *basically* what he was arrested for (there are a number of variations, and as the articles don't illustrate his exact hack I dont know which one he was doing, although all of the variations are very similar.)

modding the xbox dvd drive/firmware http://www.xbox360-hacks.com/forums/about3565.html
installing linux on the 360 http://www.xbox360-hacks.com/forums/about2731.html

Actually, it would allow homebrew software. His mod was an extension of the soldering mod that allowed users to install linux on the original xbox, instead modified for the 360 hardware. All the mod does is stop the xbox from checking if it is a factory made, xbox manufactured game when you load a disc (somewhat like how a jailbroken iphone can use non app-store apps) and instead it will run whatever you stick in there, from game backups to a bios bootloader.

Also, the article states that he would only mod for backups, and if piracy were brought up it would be a "no-deal".

From TFA: "Roughly 5 percent of water ice - that's combined water vapor and ice - was found buried in the crater. This water ice could provide a valuable resource for human space travel, generating drinking water, but also possibly hydrogen and oxygen for breathing and rocket fuel."

Not to mention the profit from gold mining, my dream of living in space may not be too far off..

The house is trying to "require notice to and consent of an individual prior to the collection and disclosure of certain personal information relating to that individual." and "To foster transparency about the commercial use of personal information, provide consumers with meaningful choice about the collection, use, and disclosure of such information, and for other purposes.
The FTC is pushing a browser-based do-not-track mechanism similar to the do-not-call list
Followed by numerous non-government codes of ethics and various advertising regulations.

As nice and helpful these moves may seem for us users, think of the current advertising market on the internet and wide array of user information practices that keep web companies on top of the market. The economic blow of these bills may be too much to actually push them through.

With Oracle and IBM shifting focus to OpenJDK, the recent flow of Java exploits, and Java being Androids native language, this is hardly a surprising move from Apple.

Once again, Apples draconian focus on handling competition results in a more restricted device...

'We are sending you an email regarding images of Stonehenge in your [website]. Please be aware that any images of Stonehenge can not be used for any commercial interest, all commercial interest to sell images must be directed to English Heritage.'

It appears that from this email even website advertising would be "violating their rights"

Google has provided north america (and the world) with a good lesson, to encrypt your personal data.

Teaching users not to publicly broadcast their web activity would prevent many other issues than Google's recent steetview scandal, and just announcing that Google is evil and violating everyones privacy is going to be a lot less effective in the long run. Especially when in this case "Privacy" is being broadcast in plain text over public radio waves.

Obviously, I would go back and eat at the restaurant at the end (beginning?) of the universe.