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Submission + - NY AG Subpoena's Craigslist for Post-Sandy Price Gougers (nypost.com)

Submitted by TheSync
TheSync writes: In the wake of Hurrican Sandy, the New York State Attorney General has subpoenaed Craigslist, demanding that the site identify more than 100 sellers whose prices on post-Sandy gas, generators and other supplies were of an “unconscionably excessive price” during an emergency. AG Eric Schneiderman said: “Our office has zero tolerance for price gouging [and] will do everything we can to stop unscrupulous individuals from taking advantage of New Yorkers trying to rebuild their lives."

Submission + - Dyle Mobile TV launching on MetroPCS in 2012 (twice.com)

Submitted by TheSync
TheSync writes: Twice is reporting that Dyle Mobile TV, the consumer-facing brand launched by Mobile Content Venture, announced that they are partnering to enable MetroPCS customers to watch live, local broadcast television on their mobile phones later this year. This service uses the new ATSC A/153 Mobile DTV standard that allows existing television stations to provide mobile digital television service in addition to their existing HD signals.
The Internet

Submission + - Venezuela's Chavez calls for Internet Regulation (google.com)

Submitted by TheSync
TheSync writes: The AP reports that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is calling for regulation of the Internet and cracking down on false Web stories. In a televised speech, Chavez said: "The Internet can't be something free where anything can be done and said. No, every country has to impose its rules and regulations."

Submission + - Massive Rube Goldberg Machine Rules YouTube (bostonherald.com)

Submitted by TheSync
TheSync writes: US indie band OK Go has filmed a music video with an awesome 4-minute long Rube Goldberg Machine done in a single shot. The machine is timed to the parts of the song, and actually "does things" to the band members. The video is #1 YouTube's most-watched video of the week, with over 3.5 million views. The video was produced with MIT’s Media Lab and Syyn Labs, and contains the MAKE Magazine car from the 24 Hours of LeMons.
Television

Submission + - BSkyB to Launch 3D TV Service in 2010 (guardian.co.uk)

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TheSync
TheSync writes: "The Guardian reports that BSkyB will launch Europe's first 3D TV service in 2010. You will need the Sky+ HD set-top box, and a "3D ready" TV set (glasses-based stereoscopic system such as LCD shutter glasses or polarized glasses). Note that the first 3D TV service was from Nippon BS Broadcasting BS11 for use with Hyundai 3D sets."
Government

Submission + - FTC to Regulate Blogs (washingtonpost.com)

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TheSync
TheSync writes: "The Washington Post is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission is planning to regulate blogs. They are concerned about bloggers who receive compensation from the companies whose products they blog about. The regulation would clarify that rules against deceptive and unfair business practices apply to bloggers. So if Slashdot gets money or non-cash support from Linux vendors and they put up articles about how bad Microsoft is, watch out!"
Space

Submission + - "Definitive evidence" for ancient lake on (eurekalert.org)

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TheSync
TheSync writes: "Eurekalert reports on "definitive evidence" for an ancient water lake on Mars. A UC Boulder research team has discovered evidence of a shoreline on Mars of a 3 billion year-old lake 80 square miles in area and 1,500 feet deep (roughly the equivalent of Lake Champlain). Images came from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Water carved a 30-mile-long canyon that opened up into a valley and forming a large delta during a time when Mars is generally believed to have been cold and dry. The lack of additional, lower shorelines, shows that the lake dried up very quickly."
Medicine

Submission + - First Images of Memories Being Made (eurekalert.org)

Submitted by
TheSync
TheSync writes: "Eurekalert reports that researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill and UCLA have captured the first image of protein translation that underlies long-term memory formation. A fluorescent protein showed the increased local protein synthesis during memory formation, which requires cooperation between the pre and post-synaptic compartments of the two neurons that meet at the synapse."
Businesses

Submission + - Mortgage Securitization Software Author Mea Culpa (nymag.com)

Submitted by
TheSync
TheSync writes: "New York Magazine has an article written by Michael Osinski, an author of early software to enable collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). He even created a language for mortgage-backed bonds called BondTalk. He says "I never would have thought, in my most extreme paranoid fantasies, that my software, and the others like it, would have enabled Wall Street to decimate the investments of everyone in my family. ""
Television

Submission + - Hawaii goes all-DTV (televisionbroadcast.com)

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TheSync
TheSync writes: "Hawaii became the first state in the US to go all DTV at noon yesterday. This comes despite President-Elect Obama's transition team calling to delay the DTV transition as well as introduction of a bill by Sen. Jay Rockefeller to push the transition to June. Hundreds of calls per hour were coming into the FCC about the Hawaii analog shutoff."
Censorship

Submission + - UK and Obmama to Rate Web like MPAA (nytimes.com)

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TheSync
TheSync writes: "The NYT reports that "A British cabinet minister says the government is considering a plan to work with President-elect Barack Obama on a new ratings system for Internet Web sites..to protect children from inappropriate material...similar to the one employed by the Motion Picture Association of America". Creepy!"

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