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Submission + - EU bans sock-puppet blogs

Submitted by PhilipMarlowe9000 on Sunday February 11, 2007 @07:52PM

PhilipMarlowe9000 writes: Businesses which write fake blog entries or create whole wesbites purporting to be from customers will fall foul of a European directive banning them from "falsely representing oneself as a consumer".

From December 31, when the change becomes law in the UK, they can be named and shamed by trading standards or taken to court.

The Times has learnt that the new regulations also will apply to authors who praise their own books under a fake identity on websites such as Amazon.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/art icle1361968.ece

Submission + - Interview With Cory Doctorow

Submitted by

Rick Kleffel

on Sunday February 11, 2007 @01:03PM

Rick Kleffel writes: "A wide-ranging, 1 hour interview with Cory Doctorow, covering ubiquitous technology, DRM software, the RIAA and the MPAA, his two forthcoming novels, and much, much more. Engineering and self-destruct buttons and Steve Jobs vs Nazi gold. Find it at: http://trashotron.com/agony/news/2007/02-12-07.htm #021207."

Submission + - Ex-Box: The Death of Microsoft's Xbox

Submitted by

Tyler Treat

on Sunday February 11, 2007 @12:03AM

Tyler Treat writes: "I think it's safe to say that the Xbox has officially passed away (it's no longer being manufactured). It had a decent run, and gave Sony's PlayStation 2 a run for its money. However, instead of letting it fade away into the grave of lost consoles, let's look back at the good times. (Full Story | Digg)"

Submission + - Nintendo Rewards Southwest's Frequent Fliers

Submitted by

njkid1

on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @11:36AM

njkid1 writes: "Nintendo and Southwest Airlines announced today a special collaboration. Fifty of Southwest's Rapid Rewards Members have been mailed a DS Lite and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, apparently marking the first time Southwest has teamed with an outside company for such a reward. These Rapid Rewards Members have, in total, flown more than 79.2 million miles and spent more than 132,854 hours in the air. http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/news/?id=15183&n cid=AOLGAM000500000000007"

Submission + - Woman Wins Against RIAA!!

Submitted by

RockoTDF

on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @11:31AM

RockoTDF writes: "Wired is reporting that a woman has won $50,000 towards legal fees after being sued by the RIAA. This isn't going to undo the RIAA's legal reign of terror overnight, but this is going to hopefully set an amazing precedent: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/02/scoop_label_mu s.html#more"

Submission + - Videogames Improve Vision by Rewiring Your Brain

Submitted by

Crucial

on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @11:06AM

Crucial writes: "For those of you who are sick of people telling you that Videogames do nothing but rot your brain, here's a brief article that proves them wrong. The article states that games like Unreal Tournament can actually cause the brain to utilize different paths to process visual stimuli."

Submission + - Advanced XML parsing techniques using Perl

Submitted by IndioMan on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @10:55AM

IndioMan writes: This article shows you how to convert an XML document using Perl into a tree of objects in memory. Most Perl programmers find this approach more natural, and it is indeed more convenient. It then introduces you to SAX and event-based parsing, an entirely different style of programming, one that turns out to be very rich, using the SAX pipeline.

Submission + - Big Win for Innocent RIAA Defendant

Submitted by

lpq

on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @10:41AM

lpq writes: "

Good news for an "almost" victim of the RIAA: "she's won back her attorneys' fees. The decision today is one of the first in the country to award attorneys fees to a defendant in an RIAA case over music sharing on the Internet." Another, similar "writeup: Court Awards Wrongly Sued Woman Legal Fees From The RIAA; Calls Lawsuits Frivolous And Unreasonable "
Yipee-kiyi-yeay!
"

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