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Submission + - Anti-Bear-Suit Man selling latest creation on ebay

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 09, 2007 @04:49PM

An anonymous reader writes: Troy Hurbutise is [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Trojan-full-body-armo r-designed-by-Troy-Hurtubise_W0QQitemZ190079888295 QQihZ009QQcategoryZ25552QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem]selling[/url] his new protective suit, the "Trojan," on ebay. From the article: "Though the armor built specifically for the Trojan, named Shadow Armor, in not present throughout the suit, it is being sold with the suit for the buyer to reproduce at will. The Armor is a level three light/hard armor that weighs a mere 26 ounces per square foot and is a mere 2/8 of an inch thick. The successful bidder will own full rights to the formula, a sample piece, layering system and materials used. The successful bidder will have exclusive rights to the "Shadow Armor" alone, but Mr. Troy Hurtubise will retain the right to reproduce the exoskeleton of the Trojan suit itself." Aside from the bad grammer in the posting, I think this would be a good value for the dictator of any small country wishing for better protected enforcers.

Journal Journal: Eco-disaster! HP uses Vista to enforce product obsolesence.

Journal by Ecowarrior42 on Friday February 09, 2007 @04:38PM

HP Printer and Scanner owners should beware of buying a new Vista PC or upgrading to Vista.
Douglas Adams had it wrong when he predicted that the alien archaeologists would find a shoe layer, they are more likely to find a Vista induced Printer and Scanner layer! A large number HP printer and scanner owners that have chosen to upgrade to Vista will receive the following message when attempting to download Vista drivers for their Scanners and Printers:
"We are sorry to inform you that

Submission + - Scientology Critic Reports to Usenet from Jail

Submitted by

Xenu

on Friday February 09, 2007 @04:07PM

Xenu writes: "Scientology critic and respected futurist Keith Henson, who was recently arrested on behalf of the Church of Scientology for comments made to usenet, has made his first post to the internet from jail."

Submission + - Report: Jobs Backdated Pixar Options

Submitted by

narramissic

on Friday February 09, 2007 @03:09PM

narramissic writes: "While he was chairman of Pixar, Steve Jobs may have improperly backdated stock-option grants. From the ITworld.com article: 'Jobs approved a March 2001 employment contract with Toy Story director John Lasseter that granted Lasseter Pixar stock options priced in December 2000, three months before the contract was signed and when the stock price was at its lowest level of the year.'"

Submission + - Does Richard Stallman Hate Fair Use?

Submitted by

a_quietamerican

on Friday February 09, 2007 @02:53PM

a_quietamerican writes: "According to Robin Good at the MasterNewMedia blog, Richard Stallman is refusing to let him and others post videos of his speeches to YouTube or any other service that doesn't support Free Software. This raises some serious questions about Mr. Stallman's commitment to Fair Use according to the ACT Blog. According to ACT:

Intelligent people can disagree over the scope of Fair Use, but there is NOTHING more clearly covered than public speeches and comments...it is the basis by which journalists and bloggers do their jobs. Yet, Stallman is quite clearly arguing that Fair Use doesn't apply to his speeches and he has the power to dictate how you can watch/listen to them.
"

Submission + - Half-Life 2: Episode 2 delayed to end 2007

Submitted by

Wowzer

on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @03:34PM

Wowzer writes: "EA and Valve today announced the naming and product configurations of Half-Life 2's The Black Box and The Orange Box, while at the same time confirming another worldwide release date delay from summer 2007 to winter 2007. From the article: "The Black Box will ship for the PC, and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box will ship for the PC, PS3 & Xbox 360, and includes all the content of The Black Box, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One." If you thought the delay was the only bad news, then artwork fans haven't seen the ugly new boxart yet."

Submission + - RIAA Ordered to Pay P2P Defendent's Legal Fees

Submitted by

inetsee

on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @03:15PM

inetsee writes: "The RIAA has been ordered to pay legal fees to a defendant who won a lawsuit brought against her by the RIAA. Debbie Foster was sued by the RIAA for copyright infringement. She refused to settle, the case went to trial and the case was dismissed last summer. Now Judge Lee R. West of the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has ordered the RIAA to pay "reasonable attorney fees in this action under paragraph 505 of the Copyright Act". The legal fees are expected to total $50,000 or more."

Submission + - European theater chains boycotting movies

Submitted by S.R. on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @02:47PM

S.R. writes: A handful of European theater chains — two each in the U.K. and Germany — are boycotting 'Night at the Musuem' and 'Eragon.' The reason? The relatively short window between the theatrical and DVD releases. 'Night at the Museum' is set for a DVD release 13 weeks after its debut, and the theater owners are blaming the short windows for the decline in theater attendance. But their problems are much bigger than that. 'Tickets are expensive, lines can be long, while popcorn and pop cost an arm and a leg. Perhaps most irritating, movie starting times are treated as mere suggestions by cinemas who use advertised start times to launch a barrage of previews and advertisements upon their audience. Once the movie starts, we are then treated to whispered conversations and cell phone usage.'

Submission + - NVIDIA responds to complaints about Vista drivers

Submitted by Not Straight on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @01:35PM

Not Straight writes: NVIDIA has issued an official response to the widespread complaints about the gaming performance of their GeForce cards under Vista. They're 'aware' of and monitoring nvidiaclassaction.org, but they have no plans to remove the Designed for Vista and Ready for Vista labeling from their products as requested by the site. Furthermore, they don't have a firm timeframe for delivering fully-compatible drivers. 'Over the coming weeks NVIDIA and our partners, along with the industry will continue to update Windows Vista drivers to ensure maximum performance on 3D applications and add feature support.' Until then, it looks like most gamers with GeForce cards will be best served by sticking with Windows XP.

Submission + - DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent

Submitted by Ben Maurer on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @01:18PM

Ben Maurer writes: It's no secret that media companies have started to hire companies automatically find file sharers and send letters to their ISPs. Many ISP's trust the good faith of these companies and will automatically deactivate the Internet connection of those who they get notifications for. I decided to investigate the reliability of notices from these companies. The answer: the companies do not actually gather the data they claim to and may falsely accuse users of copyright violation.

Submission + - U.S. doesn't sign ban on disappearances

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @01:13PM

An anonymous reader writes: Jamey Keaten, writes:

Nearly 60 countries signed a treaty on Tuesday that bans governments from holding people in secret detention, but the United States and some of its key European allies were not among them.

The signing capped a quarter-century of efforts by families of people who have vanished at the hands of governments.

"Our American friends were naturally invited to this ceremony; unfortunately, they weren't able to join us," French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told reporters after 57 nations signed the treaty at his ministry in Paris.

Full Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_re_eu/fr ance_un_disappeared;_ylt=AmvBtfSe6.HGN0Rvsa45QoN0b BAF

Submission + - At&T buyout of Cingular

Submitted by

Questor Thews

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:57PM

Questor Thews writes: "AT&T acquired BellSouth and now has complete control over Cingular wireless. It plans to phase out the Cingular brand name. More here."

Submission + - It's What's for Breakfast

Submitted by Crash McBang on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:54PM

Crash McBang writes: Apparently many are foregoing the morning coffee for something sweeter, according to this article: "There is nothing better than the feel of Coke on the back of your throat in the morning," said McKinsey, a morning pop drinker since the 1970s, savoring the cold, stinging sensation that coffee drinkers just don't get. What gets Slashdotters going after waking up?

Submission + - IE7: 100 Million Downloads, Still Falling Behind?

Submitted by

Kelson

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:28PM

Kelson writes: "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's marketshare has continued to grow. Information Week reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"

Submission + - MS allows free OS with DX10 support?

Submitted by

neersign

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:27PM

neersign writes: "There appears to be a BSD-derived operating system under development claiming it will have full DirectX 10 support. The developer claims they have made a deal with Microsoft where the source must be closed but the operating system can be released for free, only with the request that users legally own one Microsoft operating system. The operating system is called XSOS and it uses what is assumed to be a modified BSD kernel released under the BSD license with Windows running in emulation on top of it. Discussions about the operating system can be found here and here. The home page for the project is here."

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