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Submission + - Vista makes forensic exam of PC easier for lawyers (abanet.org)

Submitted by Katharine on Friday July 13, 2007 @07:41PM

Katharine writes: Jason Krause, a legal affairs writer for the American Bar Association's 'ABA Journal' reports in the July issue that Windows Vista will be a boon for those looking for forensic evidence of wrongdoing on defendants' PC's and a nightmare for defendants who hoped their past computer activities would not be revealed. Krause quotes attorney R. Lee Barrett, 'From a [legal] defense perspective, [Vista] scares me to death. One of the things I have a hard time educating my clients on is the volume of data that's now discoverable.' The fun is primarily attributable to Shadow Copy, TxF and Instant Search.

Submission + - The 15 Geekiest Vacations

Submitted by

flatfilsoc

on Sunday June 10, 2007 @08:37PM

flatfilsoc writes: " The 15 Geekiest Vacations

From eWeek: "Geeks need a break too, and from the National Computer Museum to a Star Trek bar in Vegas to Space Camp and Geek Cruises, the tech obsessed have plenty of geeky vacation options. Now if they could only learn how to relax." 15 Geek Vacations Slide show "

Submission + - Firehose malfunctioning?

Submitted by on Friday May 11, 2007 @12:01PM

An anonymous reader writes: I have a feeling all Up and Down votes are being counted as Down votes. There hasnt been any submissions that got above Blue today, and nearly everything i vote up quickly becomes purple.

Submission + - "Libertarians are Terrorists" says Alabama

Submitted by on Friday May 11, 2007 @11:21AM

An anonymous reader writes: In a surprise move, the Alabama Department of Homeland Security (ALDHS) has seen fit to redefine terrorists as those who oppose a strong and dominant government, which includes Libertarians.

The original article at www.homelandsecurity.alabama.gov/tap/anti-gov_grps .htm [404] has been removed but an archived copy can be found at http://web.archive.org/web/20060421160851/www.home landsecurity.alabama.gov/tap/anti-gov_grps.htm .

A disturbing sign of things to come or a hilarious display of government incompetence? Only time will tell.

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Feed Lawmakers propose reversal of Net radio fee hikes (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Thursday April 26, 2007 @06:12PM

Congressional bill seeks to overturn a decision that Internet radio advocates say will cripple their services by hiking royalty fees.

Submission + - Farking Up Copyright

Submitted by

superdan2k

on Thursday April 26, 2007 @02:47PM

superdan2k writes: "BoingBoing brings to light that Fark is living up to its name. It has altered its copyright policy in a manner that gives it the copyright to submitted materials (which would include Fark Photoshop fun which, in this writer's opinion, is the most worthwhile part of the site), and grants the original creator license to use the submission in their own applications. The article at BoingBoing points out some pretty obvious reasons for doing this, but I'm calling it "Operation: Footbullet" — Fark just shot themselves in the foot."

Feed Merry-Go-Round refugee? No, it's the Smart Car (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Thursday April 26, 2007 @01:52PM

Blog: It's stylish, fun and green. Will the Smart car be the next Mini Cooper?

Journal Journal: Indian national sent to jail over visa fraud

Journal by deepwaters on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @04:15PM

Maine Today is reporting that an Indian national has been sentenced to 20 months of jailtime over egregious fraud relating to the worker visa program. Mr. Narendra Mandalapa who has been in custody for more than a year, received a considerably lighter sentence than the maximum possible 46 months. Mandalapa had been charging $22000 per worker for forged visas or labor documents. Hundreds of such fraudelent cases were reported

Submission + - Report: Xbox 360 'Ubiquitous' in India

Submitted by

njkid1

on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @04:10PM

njkid1 writes: "According to Amritt Ventures, Microsoft's Xbox 360 would appear to be doing well in India. Amritt's Gunjan Bagla noted that the 360 is "ubiquitous in stores across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore."http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/news/ ?id=15033&ncid=AOLGAM000500000000023"

Journal Journal: Slashdot given credit on ForeignPolicy

Journal by sTeF on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @04:09PM

Congrats /. one of the <subjective>leading</subjective> foreign policy media outlets has mentioned you in their blog. "It's a particularly inauspicious time to be launching a new newspaper, with dead-tree media companies struggling with revenue models that can overcome the Internet's free culture (exemplified by craigslist, the newspaper-killer). And it's not as if the politicos left an institution that doesn

Submission + - Share antiviral drugs to contain flu pandemic

Submitted by on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @04:02PM

An anonymous reader writes: A piece in the Indianapolis Star reports on a study that shows that the sharing of antiviral drugs among coutries is the most effective containment strategy for a global flu pandemic. The study, based on massive computer simulations of epidemic spreading models coupled with airline travel data, suggests that rich coutries would serve their own best interests by sharing their stockpiles with third-world countries.

Submission + - YouTube Crushes Mobile Phone Service Competitor

Submitted by Nom du Keyboard on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @03:45PM

Nom du Keyboard writes: The mighty YouTube (nee Google) has blocked TinyTube from providing YouTube videos transcoded to fit, and be streamed to, cell phone users. Coincindentally, they also signed a distribution deal, no doubt for excellent money, with Verizon in the same timeframe. So has YouTube forgotten who supplies, and more importantly owns, many of those videos? Or did they just get permission from every one of their users to do this in their name? More details here.

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Submission + - Best Buy Warranty Nightmare with a 61" Samsung

Submitted by

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on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @03:22PM

sweetpixiesmile writes: "On an popular Canadian coupon site Red Flag Deals esoxlee details and continues to update a forum thread on his ongoing nightmare with trying to get Best Buy to honour their PSP (Product Service Plan.) After purchasing a 61-inch Samsung DLP from Best Buy, the opening poster continues to suffer through one malfunction and service indignity after another."

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