Xemu - Slashdot User

Submission + - 'Hit The Bitch' Violent Web Game Causes Outrage (huffingtonpost.com)

Submitted by Xemu on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @07:30AM

Xemu writes: A web computer game called 'Hit The Bitch!' created by a Danish anti-violence advocacy group has stirred controversy.
The game's objective is to use your computer's mouse to move a male hand so that it repeatedly strikes a female model in the face until it shows bruises. The site then rates each hit on a scale beginning at "100% pussy" and ending at "100% gangsta." Once enough blows are struck and the user reaches "100% gangsta," the woman falls down on the floor in agony. The computer game has caused an outrage in feminist media around the globe, despite it's noble intentions. What does slashdotters think about video games possible effects on increasing or reducing domestic violence against women?

Submission + - Green light for Pirate Bay acquisition (swedishwire.com)

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Xemu

on Thursday August 27, 2009 @11:41AM

Xemu writes: "On a special shareholders meeting on Thursday, shareholders of Global Gaming Factory gave the CEO, Hans Pandeya the green light to proceed with the acquisition of The Pirate Bay. The big question on how the 5.5 million ($7.5 million) acquisition is to be financed was still left unanswered. Last week trading of GGF was halted at the equity marketplace Aktietorget. Just hours before the shareholders meeting in Stockholm, Aktietorget said that they considered delisting of the GGF stock share from the exchange, because 'GGF lacks the ability to inform its stockholders in a correct, relevant and credible way'."

Submission + - Pirate bay buyer chairman resigns (thelocal.se)

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Xemu

on Monday August 24, 2009 @06:04AM

Xemu writes: "Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), the company that plans to purchase Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has encountered an additional setback. Last week trading in GGF stock were suspended due to suspected insider trading. On Friday, Magnus Bergman, GGF chairman, submitted his resignation to the Swedish Companies Registration Office. Bergman's resignation is the latest in a series after the previous departures of board member Johan Sällström and adviser Wayne Rosso. The CEO of GGF, Hans Pandeya, is being pursued by the Swedish enforcement service for mounting unpaid debts. In an interview with Swedish the business daily "di.se" today, CEO Hans Pandeya says that the deal is still on."

Submission + - Saudi Arabia searches laptop drives at the border 1

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Xemu

on Friday July 17, 2009 @07:57AM

Xemu writes: "Travelers beware! All Airports in Saudi Arabia have new rules regarding arriving and departing overseas travelers effective today. All Electronic devices (including laptops, cellphones and mp3 players) must be submitted for inspection. A special instrument is used to scan all contents of the traveler's device and interesting data is copied. No technical details are known about the system at this time. All devices found to have nude pictures in it will be confiscated immediately. There will be no fines but the person will be sent to jail, deported and black-listed from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Laptops with pirated software will also be confiscated. This policy has not yet been announced to the public, but the airport authorities have already implemented the new rule. This rule is being practiced in Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah Airports. The security concerns of allowing a foreign government to execute its own software on your devices can not be overstated."

Submission + - The PirateBay Sold For 60 Million Swedish Kronor (marketwatch.com)

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Xemu

on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @03:49AM

Xemu writes: "In the wake after the recent judgement against the piratebay owner's, a small but listed software company, Global Gaming Factory X, today announced that it acquires The Pirate Bay website, one of the 100 most visited websites in the world. GGF says it intends to continue to operate the piratebay.org site but compensate copyright owners."

Submission + - Caesarean delivery mutates the DNA of babies (thelocal.se) 1

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Xemu

on Monday June 29, 2009 @06:42AM

Xemu writes: "The study at Karolinska found genetic mutations in the white blood cells of Caesarean babies, ultimately putting the baby at higher risk for immunological diseases such as asthma, cancer and diabetes. "We believe it's a pioneering discovery that Caesarean birth can effect genetic makeup up" said Professor and paediatrician Mikael Norman, one of the researchers involved in the study."

Submission + - Hustler to make Star Trek movie (newspostonline.com)

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Xemu

on Tuesday March 31, 2009 @07:25AM

Xemu writes: "Porn magazine Hustler will release an X-rated movie with a Star Trek theme. The movie will be released in April and is titled "This Ain"t Stat Trek XXX!" and is starring studs Evan Stone and Tony DeSergio as Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, respectively."

Submission + - New Swedish Law Puts and End To Filesharing (stockholmnews.com)

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Xemu

on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @05:40PM

Xemu writes: "Today the Swedish Parliament accepted a new law that will give copyright owners improved ability to sue those who have committed copyright-infringement, for example file-sharing of music and film on the internet. The new law will be effective from April 1, 2009. Will this be the end of Swedish file-sharing site thepiratebay.org?"

Submission + - No faulty antennas in tested iphones (www.gp.se)

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Xemu

on Tuesday August 26, 2008 @06:15PM

Xemu writes: "After the reports about problems, iPhone owners all over the world go around and look at the network status bars. "To look at the bars is a very unreliable measurement method. There can be differences of 10-20 dB if a car drives by", says Mats Andersson, CEO of Bluetest. In the Bluetest test chamber the conditions are controlled. The tested iphones send and receive signals in a fully normal manner. They do not disconnect earlier than the other phones, a Nokia and a Sony Ericsson, we have tested when the signal becomes weaker."

Submission + - Finnish Murdered posted video on YouTube (guardian.co.uk) 1

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Xemu

on Wednesday November 07, 2007 @04:54PM

Xemu writes: "Inspired by the tragic events at Columbine, an 18-year-old student opened fire in a Finnish high school Wednesday, killing seven students and the principal before turning the gun on himself. The day before he posted a video of himself on YouTube, warning of the murders. The video was viewed by 200,000 people, how come nobody stopped him?"

Submission + - Turkish Hackers Revenges Mohammad Cartoon (tmcnet.com)

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Xemu

on Sunday October 07, 2007 @04:59PM

Xemu writes: "This past week, more than 5000 web sites have been defaced in an attack targeted at Swedish corporations by Muslims hackers in Turkey. Religious dogma appears to driving force behind the hackers' effort to take out as many Swedish companies as possible. Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda published a drawing depicting Muhammad's head on a dog's body. It triggered formal complaints from Muslim countries, including Pakistan and Iran, death threats against the artist and now also hacker attacks. Has your company any processes to elevate computer security levels when a religious or political group is targeting your country?"

Submission + - Sweden Declares OOXML vote 'invalid' (www.dn.se)

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Xemu

on Thursday August 30, 2007 @05:49PM

Xemu writes: "On Tuesday, Slashdot reported that Microsoft bought Sweden's vote on OOXML. Late Thursday night, in a surprising move, the Swedish Standards Institue (SIS) decided to declare the vote 'invalid' on the formal grounds that the SIS president Lars Flink has determined with certainty that one person voted twice. The Swedish work group now says it is in practice impossible for Sweden to have time to vote again before Sunday, when the international vote is concluded. Sweden will abstain. (Hot of the presses, Swedish news sources only. Sorry)"

Submission + - Chinese trojans found in German Chancellor's PC (www2.irna.ir)

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Xemu

on Saturday August 25, 2007 @04:13PM

Xemu writes: "Numerous computers of the German government, including the one of German Chancellors Angela Merkel, are infected by Chinese 'Trojan' programs, the weekly Der Spiegel news magazine said in a report to hit the newsstands on Sunday. According to the German security service, Verfassungschutz, the Chinese hackers are believed to be linked to China's People's Army. The trojans were mailed as attachments, hidden in word- and powerpoint documents."

Submission + - Sigbritt is 75 years old and has 40 Gbps at home (com.com)

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Xemu

on Thursday August 23, 2007 @10:00AM

Xemu writes: "Swedish 75 year old Sigbritt has got what every nerd desires: her 40 gigabits per second home internet connection was setup by her son, Peter, who is working for the Swedish University Network. Peter installed a $300,000 Cisco CRS-1 router in his mother's garage. Sigbritt, who never previosly had internet, says she has tried to surf the net, but that she mostly uses the router to dry her laundry, because it gets hot. True story!"

Submission + - Study shows virus to contribute to human obesity (livescience.com)

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Xemu

on Monday August 20, 2007 @06:34PM

Xemu writes: "A few weeks ago, a study showed a casual link between having fat friends and becoming fatter and it was reported. Now, a team of scientists at Louisiana State University presents a new study showing that the human adenovirus-36 (Ad-36) causes adult stem cells from fatty tissue to develop into fat cells, where non-infected cells would not. The Ad-36 virus actually causes fat levels to increase in human cells. "We're not saying that a virus is the only cause of obesity, but this study provides stronger evidence that some obesity cases may involve viral infections," said Dr. Magdalena Pasarica."

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