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Broadcasters Want Cash For Media Shared At Home 426

Posted by Zonk from the gotta-get-it-where-you-can dept.
marcellizot writes "What would you say if I told you that there are people out there that want to make sharing your media between devices over a home network illegal? According to Jim Burger, a Washington, D.C attorney who deals with piracy in the broadcasting industry, certain broadcasters want to do just that. Speaking in a recent podcast, Burger remarked that the broadcasting industry is keen to put controls on sharing media between devices even if those devices are on a home network and even if the sharing is strictly for personal use. When pressed as to why broadcasters would want to do this, Burger replied simply 'because they want you to pay for that right.'"
PC Games (Games)

Submission + - WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Info from GFW

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: WoW: Wrath of the Lich King is official! Games For Windows magazine is going to have it on its next cover. There's a bunch of first info from the magazine in the 1UP story about it, including the introduction of the Death Knight, the first new class since WOW's launch.
Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Console Modders Raided by ICE (xbox-scene.com)

Submitted by
Mixinitup4Christ
Mixinitup4Christ writes: ""FallsInc — When ICE hit me, they had a warrant for my grandma's house where I had all my packages sent. They had a picture of the house, and a description of it, meaning they were ready to come find me. When they were there, they didn't find much, since I hadn't had my computer and most modding stuff there for a while, but I continued to have the orders sent there for security of the packages. They went in the house and woke everyone up and watched them get dressed and started going though everything that was in my old room, and the stuff I had in the garage. They took anything that was related to gaming. They opened all the mail I had waiting for me there (which included someone's Xbox and $150 for a mod and 400gb), and took all the consoles and all console parts that I had stored there they even took my original xbox1 games, that were in retail cases. They took my 360, power brick and video cable, while its modded with xtreme 5.1b, it has never had 1 single burned game booted on it. They also felt it necessary to take all my old Xbox parts, mostly dead, my controllers for the 360 and Wii (?) and packed it in a box, and left."


Hmmm....Whats next?"
Intel

Submission + - Intel Patches Flaws in Processors 4

Submitted by Nom du Keyboard
Nom du Keyboard writes: According to this article in The Inquirer and this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, a fix for some significant problems in many of Intel's most recent processors, including Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000, Core 2 Quad Q6600, Core 2 Xtreme X6800, XC6700 and XC6800 has been quietly released. Details on just what has been fixed are scanty (it's called a "reliability update"), however, it's probably more important than either Intel, or Microsoft, is openly admitting. Does this give the feeling of a cover-up?
Media

Submission + - Finnish court rules CSS "ineffective"

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In an unanimous decision released today, Helsinki District Court ruled that Content Scrambling System (CSS) used in DVD movies is "ineffective". The decision is the first in Europe to interpret new copyright law amendments that ban the circumvention of "effective technological measures".

http://www.turre.com/blog/?p=102
Biotech

Submission + - The cure for Baldness.... Really

Submitted by secret_squirrel_99
secret_squirrel_99 writes: Unlike salamanders, humans and other mammals are generally thought to be incapable of true regeneration — growing a new organ or limb when one has been lost entirely. But yesterday, University of Pennsylvania dermatologists announced they had indeed performed this feat of biological renewal, regrowing complex "mini-organs" that are of pressing interest to millions of older men: the follicles that produce hair. The researchers, who are publishing their findings today in the journal Nature, said that by carefully cutting out patches of skin in mice, they awakened a genetic pathway that normally remains dormant after embryonic development. The shallow wounds stimulated new hair growth even though the follicles had been removed; the process worked especially well when researchers artificially boosted levels of a special signaling protein, senior author George Cotsarelis said. The whole article can be found at: http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_science/20 070517_At_Penn__the_research_is_hair-raising__posi tively.html
Robotics

Submission + - A robotic cable inspection system

Submitted by
Roland Piquepaille
Roland Piquepaille writes: "In a very short article, Popular Science reports that researchers at the University of Washington have built a robotic cable inspection system. This system should help utility companies to maintain their networks of subterranean cables. The robot, dubbed Cruiser, is about 4-feet-long and is designed like a snake. When it detects an anomaly on an underground cable, it sends a message to a human operator via Wi-Fi. The first field tests took place in New Orleans in December 2006. But a commercial version should not be available before 2012. Read more for additional details and pictures of the Cruiser in action."
Displays

Submission + - Bright idea: new LEDs will dazzle handhelds, PC s

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "Researchers next week will show off new technology that promises to make PC screens, handheld device readouts and televisions brighter, slimmer and less expensive.UCLA researchers have recently achieved the highest lumens per watt ever recorded for a red phosphorescent LED or light-emitting diodes, using a new combination of plastic, or polymer, infused liquid — and they did it at half the current cost. The LEDs will be presented at the Society for Information Display 2007 conference in Long Beach, Calif., from May 20 through 25, according to UCLA materials science and engineering professor Yang Yang and his graduate researcher Jinsong Huang. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1525 9"
Programming

Submission + - Conversation between two chat-bots

Submitted by Tabernaque86
Tabernaque86 writes: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/i-chat-ther efore-i-am/article_print Apparently programmers left two chat-bots alone in a room. The only intervention was programming a bot to start a conversation with a question, the rest was up to the bots. There is a brief description in the article, followed by a handful of conversations between the two bots, ALICE and jabberwocky.
First Person Shooters (Games)

Submission + - Game Designer makes Virginia Tech Game

Submitted by
ErikInterlude
ErikInterlude writes: "Here's something interesting: CNET has a small entry on their tech news blog about a game designer that has created a game based on the Virigina Tech shootings. He acknowledges that the game is in bad taste. According to the blog, he'll remove the game if $2000 is donated to him, and he'll apologize if $3000 is donated. The article is very light on further details, but you can find the link is here."
Music

Submission + - Club Owner Has To Pay $40k For 10 Cover Songs

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The music industry continues to look to squeeze money out of every possible place. The latest is the story of a club owner in Colorado who was forced to pay $40,000 because a cover band performed at his club and played 10 whole songs. It's true that the club owner in question did not have an ASCAP license, but it's hard to imagine why the club owner should be paying those fees rather than the band, and how it could possibly be fair to pay $40,000 for 10 cover songs that, if anything, probably acted as advertising for the real bands' songs.

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