Comment Don't leave me hanging like this... (Score 1) 2
Did he get his eye dotted?
Submission + - UK Could Ban Pirates from Using the Internet (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry wants the UK — and probably everyone else in the planet — to follow France's President Nicolas Sarkozy example and ban everyone who uses the Intertubes to share copyrighted files. The plan will force ISPs to cut service if they catch you downloading copyrighted material three times. A spokesman from the Phonographic Inquisition said that it's the only "real deterrent" to stop people from becoming criminals beyond their preferred option, which probably includes the word "Siberia" and "Gulag." But is it really a good strategy? Would the idea of being banned from the Internet stop you from sharing copyrighted movies and music?
Submission + - Interesting twist for Hans Reiser murder case
BlackNova writes: "As you may have heard before on Slashdot, Hans Reiser has a court case going on for the alleged murder of his estranged wife. Well, it ends up that his former friend and her boyfriend has allegedly just admitted to 8 unrelated murders. Thus complicating matters a little for the prosecution in the Reiser case."
Submission + - Why you haven't heard of cell phone repeaters
SinaK writes: "Millions of people in the US have poor cell phone reception, whether because they are too far from a cell tower, or due to interference effects. A simple solution has existed for quite some time: cell phone repeaters. But most consumers haven't heard of them simply because current FCC regulations prevent networks from selling cell repeaters directly to customers."
Submission + - Ignorance Denied 3.0 - Gravitas - a skill game of
smirkley writes: "http://www.ignorancedenied.com/viewthread.php?tid= 5620
This game currently under development is gaining widespread enjoyement at the source site.
Traveling through space and manipulating trajectories while avoiding collisions on the way to your target."
Submission + - E-gold finally gets busted by feds
An anonymous reader writes: E-gold has been the leader in private Internet-based payment systems for many years. All that was needed to open an account was an e-mail address. It seems the federal government has finally found enough excuses to go after them:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/27/HNdigita lcurrencycharges_1.html?source=NLC-SOA&cgd=2007-05 -03
Submission + - Wikipedia nofollow benefits it's founder
joeszilagyi writes: "TechCrunch has an interesting story here, which exposes possible financial and ethical conflicts of interest for Wikipedia. Wikipedia put 'nofollow' tags on all outbound links previously. It turns out, however, that certain approved domains on a map page are excluded from nofollow. Coincidentally, all pages at Wikia.com, the private for-profit company that Jimmy Wales founded, are exempt from nofollow restrictions. Wikia is also a financial benefactor of Wikipeda. Wikipedia's power to benefit SEO page ranking is what led people to link spam them. By allowing some financial backers to benefit, is Wikipedia putting committing ethical breaches?"
