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Comment Re:Another problem... (Score 1) 360

by David E. Smith (#19968689) Attached to: Krugman On the Connectivity Power Shift
I assure you, the 2003 USDA funding wasn't that bad. The real problem is that nobody else, generally, cared. The telecoms applied for grant money because they always apply for grant money; in most areas, they were only given grants when nobody else bothered to apply.

(Voice of experience. The USDA RUS grant is basically the only reason I still have a job. The wireless ISP I work for was given about $70k to broadband the hell out of a small town, population 800 or so. The penetration rate is still just under 50%, but those are the people that don't even OWN a computer.)
Announcements

Submission + - More Allegations of Developer Misconduct in EVE

Submitted by umilmi81
umilmi81 writes: The EVE Online player based alliance GoonSwarm has published an open letter, including screen shots, accusing CCP employees of joining a member corporation, giving himself director level permissions, and then leaving the corporation.

In-game petitions sent to CCP about the incident were subsequently deleted. A forum moderator acknowledged the accusations, and has directed the matter to internal affairs.

CCP created an internal affairs department after admitting developer misconduct on previous occasions.
The Courts

Couple Who Catch Cop Speeding Could Face Charges 876

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the turnabout-isn't-fair-play dept.
a_nonamiss writes "A Georgia couple, apparently tired of people speeding past their house, installed a camera and radar gun on their property. After it was installed, they caught a police office going 17MPH over the posted limit. They brought this to the attention of the local police department, and are now being forced to appear in front of a judge to answer to charges of stalking."
Announcements

Submission + - All Air Travel To/From U.S. Now Requires Passport

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s31523
s31523 writes: "It may come as a surprise to some, but in previous years travel to/from the United States to/from neighboring countries did not require a passport for re-entry into the U.S. Not anymore, as new regulations go into effect today that will require a passport for travelers entering the U.S. from neighboring countries like Canada, Mexico, and various Caribbean islands. U.S. territories are the only exception. The new rule even applies to children, as noted on the U.S. Dept. of State website."
Microsoft

Submission + - IE7 on Vista blocks www.mozilla.com

Submitted by gropix
gropix writes: Just try going to www.mozilla.com in Vista and it hangs. Shows the title, fetches the info but just hangs. Haven't found anyother website that is similarly blocked and changing the sub-domain gets round the problem. Interesting way of steming the tide of new firefox users, most consumers have no way of getting Firefox except via IE.
Security

Submission + - Zone-H.org domain got hijacked

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Willem de Groot
Willem de Groot writes: "The domain of Zone-H, a major archive of website defacements, got hijacked today at 12:15:26 UTC. The crackers changed DNS servers and are directing traffic to an US server instead of the Estonian Zone-H servers. It is as yet unclear how the crackers could achieve control of the domain. The old http://www.zone-h.org/ site (at 213.219.122.11) doesn't mention anything about the hijack yet."
XBox (Games)

Submission + - No, You Can't Stream Any IPTV Content over Xbox

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: During Microsoft's CES keynote, Bill Gates and his cohorts announced the new Microsoft TV IPTV Edition and demonstrated some of its more compelling features. At the end of that segment, the Microsoft presenters let us know that their IPTV demonstration was performed on an Xbox 360. The audience cheered. They cheered because they assumed you could use an Xbox 360 to deliver any old IPTV content to the television. You can't. It only works if you subscribe to an ISP that provides services using Microsoft TV IPTV Edition. Even then, you can only watch that provider's content, not any old TV show streamed over the Internet.
The Internet

Submission + - The Death of Domain Parking

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward writes: "Is Richard Rosenblatt, the former MySpace CEO, about to revolutionize the domain industry? Quote: "I thought, it can't be that easy. So I talked to some domainers, and they said, 'We own 300,000 domains, we make $20 million a year, we have just four employees and some servers in the Caymans.'" Rosenblatt wants to use millions of currently unused domains to create a new vertical Web 2.0 empire.

http://www.dailydomainer.com/news/200733-200733-de ath-of-domain-parking.html"
Microsoft

How to get a Refund on Your Unwanted Windows 409

Posted by Zonk from the breaking-the-window-and-climbing-out dept.
lisah writes "Serge Wroclawski recently contacted Dell to request a refund on the unwanted copy of Windows XP that came pre-installed on his computer. Somewhat surprisingly, Dell complied. Wroclawski admits that the $52.50 refund was more of a victory in principal than anything else, but it was a success nonetheless. Using his tips and techniques readers can try their hand at getting a refund of their own. Wroclawski cautions that you should be prepared for a long haul: the process could take hours." Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.
Education

Give an Internet Freedom Disk 342

Posted by kdawson from the real-holiday-cheer dept.
An anonymous reader, perhaps the blogger himself, writes to tell us about a new blog aimed at getting non-techies excited over the idea of running from a Live CD. The blogger doesn't call it that, preferring instead "Internet Freedom Disk"; Linux is never mentioned. The submitter adds: "This is just a great gift to drop on your non-geek friends and potentially wake up a sleeping giant." Cheap, last-minute, and you can make them yourself. The blogger isn't selling anything; he provides links to Ubuntu and Knoppix Live CDs. Or pick your favorite.
Google

Submission + - Indians use Google Earth, GPS to protect Amazon

Submitted by
Damien1972
Damien1972 writes: "Deep in the most remote jungles of South America, Amazon Indians are using Google Earth, GPS, and other technologies to protect their fast-dwindling home. Tribes in Suriname, Brazil, and Colombia are combining their traditional knowledge of the rainforest with Western technology to conserve forests and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions. Indians use Google Earth to remotely monitor their lands by checking for signs of miners and GPS to map their lands. "Google Earth is used primarily for vigilance," Vasco van Roosmalen, program director of a nonprofit involved in the project."
Microsoft

Submission + - Copyleft vs Zune

Submitted by
Tag
Tag writes: "Microsoft's competitor to the iPod is proving to be quite the controversy. One point that has been brought up is Zune's ability to wirelessly transfer songs, allowing the recipient to play the song 3 times before it is locked out by Microsoft's DRM (Digital Rights Management) that is added to the file for wireless transfer. This seems like a "wicked smaht" solution to the ongoing bickering by the RIAA & the 'Napsterites'. My problem with this, is if I record my own album and put it onto my Zune, and my music is under a license resembling the Copyleft, providing for the free transfer of music, without allowing the license to change, will Microsoft's DRM violate my rights? Technically it would take my license, and put Microsoft's DRM "3 Play" on it. The best analogy to this is a program under the GNU license, or equivalent being given to someone as shareware (x days before it no longer works). Comments?"

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