Comment Re:*sigh* (Score 1) 674
Piracy was using ftp, http, and email before bittorrent. Should they be blocked?
Of course, techies think ROI. For the price of an internet connection, I get free movies, music, and software. That's a great ROI.
Comment Re:Film and TV producers also call for action (Score 1) 619
Spooks
"Mini-Series"
Dead Set
Midnight Man
The Last Enemy
Spooks: Code 9
Probably some people would like the originals
The Office
Life on Mars and its spin-off Ashes to Ashes
Comment Re:Unfortunately (Score 1) 540
Are you saying you didn't use larger fonts and creative line spacing when you needed to write a multi-page book report?
My teachers didn't want double spaced, but never caught on to spacing between 1 and 1.5.
Comment Re:hint:criminals don't follow laws (Score 1) 301
Your explanation reminds me of a nearby city enacting a No Texting While Driving law while the Inattentive Driving law is already on the books.
Comment Re:Go to SmallNetBuilder.com (Score 1) 517
I notice someone else pointed out Tom's Hardware for a review. Tim Higgins was part of smallnetbuilder and Tom's Networking. I know he is still reviewing for smallnetbuilder, but I'm not sure about the Tom's part.
Comment Re:Even less dependency on foreign oil (Score 1) 315
I don't have a real problem with wind power, but it takes a lot of them to replace a coal plant. Depending on who's doing the figuring, the number of wind turbines changes. 1395 1.65MW wind turbines to replace the largest coal plant in Wisconsin for name plate production. Newer wind turbines to replace older coal plants isn't that bad of deal though.
Submission + - Apple's Open Source Assault
DECS writes: RoughlyDrafted presents a riddle of warfare between Apple and Microsoft. Steve Jobs and the iTunes DRM Threat to Microsoft presented DRM as a shot across the bow of Microsoft's flagship, but suggested that, beyond DRM, "Apple is targeting another Microsoft mainstay with a missile that may cause far more damage than the iPod and iTunes together." 2007 — Apple Strikes Back chronicled the recovery of Apple over the last decade, and Apple's Open Source Assault hints at how Apple will engage Microsoft. What is Apple up to?
Feed Toy Fair Resembles CES for Kids (wired.com)
Feed Wired Test: Best VOIP Service? (wired.com)
Submission + - French Court to Hear Muslim Cartoon Case
bogjobber writes: CSM reports on the ongoing trial in France regarding Charlie Hebdo's publishing of the Danish Mohammed cartoons last year. The magazine is facing charges of "publicly defaming a group of people because of their religion."
Submission + - EMI Considering Selling Entire Collection as MP3s
BobbyJo writes: According to the Wall Street Journal [subscription required], EMI has been pitching the possibility of selling its entire music collection to the public in MP3 form, without all of the pesky DRM protection that we are all such big fans of. According to the article, several other major music companies have considered this same route, but none as far as EMI. From the article:
The London-based EMI is believed to have held talks with a wide range of online retailers that compete with Apple's iTunes. Those competing retailers include RealNetworks Inc., eMusic.com, MusicNet Inc. and Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks. People familiar with the matter cautioned that EMI could still abandon the proposed strategy before implementing it. A decision about whether to keep pursuing the idea could come as soon as today.
Submission + - Army of Davids beats Pentagon procurement
chris-chittleborough writes: "The Wall Street Journal reports that 'a Marine officer in Iraq, a small network-design company in California, a nonprofit troop-support group, a blogger and other undeterrable folk designed a handheld insurgent-identification device, built it, shipped it and deployed it in [Iraq] in 30 days.' Compare this to the Automated Biometric Identification System, a multi-megabuck Pentagon project now 2 years old. It's a striking example of 'How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths'."
Journal Journal: NSA CryptoKids Website
Most love to ponder the inner workings of intelligence agencies, and the link on the NSA's website (http://www.nsa.gov/) labeled "Kids Page" is no exception. Hardball recruiting practices aside, I wonder how long it will be before someone either a) tells the story of how they first became interested in cryptography when they were just a "CryptoKid", or b) writes a screenplay based on some ridiculous scenario where an adolescent genius hacks into the NSA's comput
Submission + - Microvision Turns Cellphone Into Digital Projector
Art Vanderlay writes: Microvision will unveil at CES an ultra-miniature full-color digital projection display designed to be embedded into handheld electronic devices such as cellphones, PDAs, or multimedia handhelds. This would allow images to be projected onto a nearby surface, such as a wall, whiteboard or desktop. Pricing or availability not yet set, you can be sure it won't be cheap.
Submission + - Defense Workers Warned About Spy Coins
mikesd81 writes: "Associates Press is running an article about spy coins. From the article: "Can the coins jingling in your pocket trace your movements? The Defense Department is warning its American contractor employees about a new espionage threat seemingly straight from Hollywood: It discovered Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside."
In a U.S. government report, it said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances on at least three separate occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors traveled through Canada. The report doesn't suggest who might be tracking American defense contractors or why. It also doesn't describe how the Pentagon discovered the ruse, how the transmitters might function or even which Canadian currency contained them. "What's in the report is true," said Martha Deutscher, a spokeswoman for the security service. "This is indeed a sanitized version, which leaves a lot of questions." The top suspects are Russia, China, and France. All three are said to have been running active espionage operations in Canada. The Canadians say they know nothing of the coins: "This issue has just come to our attention," CSIS spokeswoman Barbara Campion said. "At this point, we don't know of any basis for these claims." She said Canada's intelligence service works closely with its U.S. counterparts and will seek more information if necessary."
In a U.S. government report, it said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances on at least three separate occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors traveled through Canada. The report doesn't suggest who might be tracking American defense contractors or why. It also doesn't describe how the Pentagon discovered the ruse, how the transmitters might function or even which Canadian currency contained them. "What's in the report is true," said Martha Deutscher, a spokeswoman for the security service. "This is indeed a sanitized version, which leaves a lot of questions." The top suspects are Russia, China, and France. All three are said to have been running active espionage operations in Canada. The Canadians say they know nothing of the coins: "This issue has just come to our attention," CSIS spokeswoman Barbara Campion said. "At this point, we don't know of any basis for these claims." She said Canada's intelligence service works closely with its U.S. counterparts and will seek more information if necessary."
