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Submission + - Google snoopmobile catches muggers (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Apparently a few unlucky muggers got a bit more than the bargained for when the mugged a 14 yr old Dutch boy last year. For just before their heist of some cash and a cell phone a Google snoopmobile had snapped their picture as it was taking pictures for Google streetview. After the victim realized this he contacted police who then obtained an original copy from Google and nabbed the perps. Full story can be found here — http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/street_view_mugging/
The Internet

Submission + - The Liberal Party of Canada announces support of N

Submitted by bryxal
bryxal writes: The Liberal Party of Canada, currently leading in most polls (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/06/01/federal-poll357.html) has announced yesterday that it supports Net Neutrality. http://www.liberal.ca/en/newsroom/media-releases/15947_liberals-speak-out-in-support-of-net-neutrality saying: "Internet management should be neutral and not be permitted for anti-competitive behaviour nor should it target certain websites, users, providers or legitimate software applications. We must protect the openness and freedom of the internet, and maintain competition to spur innovation, improve service levels and reduce costs to users."
Software

Submission + - Why Virtualization is Just a Tool (channelinsider.com)

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dasButcher
dasButcher writes: "Everyone is getting hyped up about the magic of virtualization (a new technology that's been around for 35 years). As Larry Walsh reports (http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Virtualization/Virtualization-is-Just-a-Tool-Says-Expert-643420/), virtualization is nothing more than a tool that is less useful when it's not applied in an operational or business context."
Movies

Submission + - Indiana Jones V is happening: money talks (sffmedia.com)

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "The fourth Indiana Jones movie was a farcical, special effects mess, with more plot holes than a sieve, but that's not stopping Harrison Ford, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg being enthusiastic about a fifth Indiana Jones movie. Apparently Shia LaBeouf, who played Indy's son in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, said Spielberg had 'cracked the story' for part 5. Did a box-office haul of US$786 million worldwide for the fourth movie have anything to do with it? Fear not though. Indiana Jones walked away from an atomic blast after hiding out in a fridge in the last movie. There's no way they could come up with something as mind wrenchingly ridiculous as that a second time."
Networking

Submission + - What Does a Cisco Server Look Like, Anyway? (channelinsider.com)

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dasButcher
dasButcher writes: "If you're waiting for Cisco's grand Unified Computing Systems — their fancy name for virtualized blade servers — you'll have to keep waiting. Instead, Cisco is now offering conventional, Intel-based entry-level servers that, in theory, will be capable of integrating with USC. But what are you actually going to get from these Cisco servers? Cisco is being vague on specifications and pricing (pricing won't be available until Q4). When Channel Insider stacked the little detail that's available about these C-Series servers against those by other leading manufacturers, there's not a lot of there there...if you know what I mean. http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Cisco/Ciscos-New-Servers-Whats-Different-from-the-Rest-292202/"
The Internet

Submission + - House hunting with high speed internet

Submitted by beerdini
beerdini writes: I'm about to start house hunting in the mid-Michigan area and one thing that I absolutely must have is high speed internet. In my area Comcast is the most abundant service provider, but I've had them in the past and am not a big fan. I know that there are a few pocket DSL providers around my area, but I have no clue who they are or what their areas are so I can look for houses that I can use them. Most of their websites are useless for me also, since the information they want is a street address, which doesn't help since I'm trying to find an address in their service area. Does anyone know of any websites that track high speed ISPs and their service areas so a house hunter can find a new place with the type of service that he wants?

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