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BitTorrent Closes Source Code 390

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 08, 2007 @10:34PM from the taking-my-toys-and-going-home dept.

An anonymous reader writes ""There are two issues people need to come to grips with," BitTorrent CEO Ashwin Narvin told Slyck.com. "Developers who produce open source products will often have their product repackaged and redistributed by businesses with malicious intent. They repackage the software with spyware or charge for the product. We often receive phone calls from people who complain they have paid for the BitTorrent client." As for the protocol itself, that too is closed, but is available by obtaining an SDK license."

Submission + - Web Sites Ignored Warnings on Hormones

Submitted by StandUp on Friday April 20, 2007 @01:46PM

StandUp writes: Many Web sites have ignored federal warnings against making unfounded health claims in promoting hormone products to treat menopause, the government said Thursday. In letters to 34 Web sites, the Federal Trade Commission said in November 2005 it may be illegal for them to assert that their hormone products prevent or treat cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis or other health problems. The sites billed the products as natural alternatives to hormone replacement therapy.

Submission + - Tux 500 - Update

Submitted by

gdoss79

on Friday April 20, 2007 @01:44PM

gdoss79 writes: "Tux Takes His Place on Chastain Motorsports Indy Car
Thursday, April 19 2007 @ 08:44 PM MDT

For Immediate Release:
Contact: Ted Woerner, Acceleration Marketing, 317-706-6726

Linux Mascot, "Tux", Takes His Place on Chastain Motorsports Indy Car

HILLIARD, OH, April 20, 2007

Tux, the cherubic penguin mascot of the Linux computer operating system has just taken up residence on the front nose of the Chastain Motorsports Panoz / Honda Indy car. Driver, Stephan Gregoire, and team owner, Tom Chastain, applied the ceremonial first decal yesterday to the distinctive two-tone blue, 225 mph Indy racer that Gregoire will pilot for this year's 91st running of the famed Indianapolis 500 mile race on May 27, 2007.

Gregoire and Chastain were at Rahal Letterman Racing in suburban Columbus, OH to observe final preparations of both the team's primary and backup cars prior to bringing them back to Indianapolis where the team will base its Indy 500 operations. The presence of Tux on the car is symbolic of the innovative sponsorship program in which the team is participating. Tux and the Linux identification will grow on the car in proportion to the funding raised by the massive global community of Linux programmers, marketers, stakeholders and even public donors. If the $350,000 funding goal for the program is reached, Linux will earn the primary sponsorship position in the program and the car's coveted side pod decal space.

"Tux will be going for the ride of his life next month at the Speedway, I can guarantee you that!", said an enthusiastic Chastain. "We are excited to be participating in this unique program with the global Linux community and hope that Tux grows to be much bigger by race day. I have been absolutely amazed at the support we have already generated for this program. People representing twenty-two countries have already sent donations to Tux500.com. I never would have imagined that and we're only just a bit more than a week into our funding drive."

The international flavor of the program suits French driver, Stephan Gregoire perfectly. "I was speaking with my brother in France the other day," said Gregoire, "and he told me that everyone over there already has a choice of Linux as an operating system whenever they buy a new computer at the stores. Can you imagine? I hope that through our Tux500 program that we can help create that same awareness level and opportunity for choice here in the U.S. or anywhere else in the world for that matter."

Gregoire is hoping to take Tux on his initial, hair-raising ride around the famed, 2-½ mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the first day of official practice, which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Chastain says that in the meantime, additional sponsorship funding is still being sought for this, the team's ten-year anniversary reunion effort. Chastain fielded his first Indy 500 program in 1997 and again in 1998 with the same driver (Gregoire) and crew chief, Darrell Soppe.

For more information on the Tux 500 program, see www.Tux500.com

Chastain Motorsports 777 Stony Lane Noblesville, IN 46060"

Submission + - How to spy on monitors through walls

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20, 2007 @01:42PM

An anonymous reader writes: Using radio to eavesdrop on CRTs has been around since the 80s, but Cambridge University researchers have shown laptops and flat-panel displays are vulnerable too. Using basic radio equipment and an FPGA board totalling less than $2,000 you it was possible to read text from a laptop three offices away. This is certainly cool, but is this a security issue we should worry about?

Submission + - Over Five Million White House E-mails Missing

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20, 2007 @01:34PM

An anonymous reader writes: CREW released: WITHOUT A TRACE: THE MISSING WHITE HOUSE EMAILS AND THE VIOLATIONS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT.

The report says, "Executive Office of the President (EOP) has lost over five million emails generated between March 2003 and October 2005. The White House counsels office was advised of these problems in 2005 and CREW has been told that the White House was given a plan of action to recover these emails, but to date nothing has been done to rectify this significant loss of records."

CREW also released: FACT SHEET: THE FACTS BEHIND THE WHITE HOUSE EMAIL SCANDALS

Violations of the Presidential Records Act or the Hatch Act is not acceptable whether the President is a Democrat, Independent, or Republican. Plus, if the destruction of government property is a crime, and the e-mails are government property — does that make deleting e-mails related to EOP activities a crime?

About CREW: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington uses high-impact legal actions to target government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests.

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