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Feed Oz teen copyright vigilante dupes YouTube (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Monday April 16, 2007 @04:52AM

ABC clips pulled following letter from 'employee'

A 15-year-old Perth teenager persuaded YouTube to pull hundreds of clips by masquerading as an employee of state broadcasting outfit the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Reuters reports.

Submission + - New Australian laws will censor terror DVDs

Submitted by on Monday April 16, 2007 @03:34AM

An anonymous reader writes: Within a few weeks, Australia may introduce new laws to censor films and literature deemed by the government to be supportive of terrorism. This is not the first time material has been censored in Australia, which has previously censored films and banned publications, including one titled Defence of the Muslim Lands (censored in mid 2006 by Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock). The proposed laws are aimed to target material such as a DVD by Feiz Mohammad containing some of his past controversial sermons calling for jihad and comparing Jews with pigs. The Office of Film and Literature Classification previously classified this DVD as "PG", suitable for viewing by anyone under 15 years of age with parental guidance.

Feed Microsoft gives bar codes a splash of color (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Monday April 16, 2007 @03:32AM

Software maker is licensing a new format that uses colorful triangles, rather than black and white lines, to pack more data into less space.
Images: Microsoft's multicolor bar code

Submission + - TED videos

Submitted by

enotoMw

on Monday April 16, 2007 @03:26AM

enotoMw writes: "A panel of a few of the greatest minds of today get together... give 20 minute talks and we get to watch: http://www.ted.com/"

Submission + - Intel to launch Linux-powered mobile Internet devi

Submitted by daria42 on Monday April 16, 2007 @03:13AM

daria42 writes: Intel is developing its own take on the mini-tablet, with a new ultra-mobile PC platform to be announced at this week's Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The big surprise? It's based on Linux. Called a Mobile Internet Device (pic), or MID, the devices will have screen sizes from 4.5 to six inches with a target audience described as "consumers and prosumers" rather than mobile professionals.

Submission + - Linux sponsored car in the 2007 Indianapolis 500?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16, 2007 @03:01AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Tux 500 project (http://www.tux500.com) wants to collect community donations to enter a Linux sponsored car in the 2007 Indianapolis 500. The projects ultimate goal is to raise $350,000 or more in order to have Linux as the primary sponsorship on a car in the Indianapolis 500, on May 27th, 2007. Primary sponsorship means a Linux logo prominently displayed on the side of the car, and the program's naming rights, i.e. "XYZ Motorsports Team Linux".

Norway Liberal Party Wants Legal File Sharing 563

Posted by kdawson on Sunday April 15, 2007 @07:04PM from the pirate-party-platform dept.

dot-magnon writes "The Liberal Party of Norway (Venstre) passed a unanimous resolution that advocates legal file sharing. The party wants to legalise sharing of any copyrighted material for non-commercial use. It also proposes a ban on DRM technology, free sampling of other artists' material, and shortening the life span of copyright. The Liberal Party is the first Norwegian political party, and the first European mainstream political party, to advocate file sharing. The Liberal Party's youth wing proposed the resolution."

New Sony DVDs Not Working In Some Players 651

Posted by kdawson on Sunday April 15, 2007 @05:33PM from the DRMed-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems that the most recent DVDs released by Sony — specifically Stranger Than Fiction, Casino Royale, and The Pursuit of Happyness — have some kind of 'feature' that makes them unplayable on many DVD players. This doesn't appear to be covered by the major media yet, but this link to a discussion over at Amazon gives a flavor of the problems people are experiencing. A blogger called Sony and was told the problem is with the new copy protection scheme, and they do not intend to fix it. Sony says it's up to the manufacturers to update their hardware."

Working Around Vista Apps' Incompatibilities 349

Posted by kdawson on Sunday April 15, 2007 @01:02PM from the thousands-and-thousands dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft says there are over 1,000 applications you can run on Windows Vista with few, if any, issues. However, Windows apps number in the tens of thousands. Add to that the facts that x64 Vista versions don't support legacy 16-bit code, and that the Windows Resource Protection in Vista breaks some apps, and you've got a big issue. InformationWeek lists a host of workarounds in How To Manage Windows Vista Application Compatibility. Among the tips discussed are Vista's compatibility mode, its Program Compatibility Assistant wizard, and a little-known form of file and registry virtualization that's built into the OS. What problems have you encountered with incompatible apps, and are any issues you've encountered deal-breakers that could further roil the already muddied adoption picture for Vista?"

Females Outnumber Males Online 299

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday April 15, 2007 @10:31AM from the once-again-slashdot-is-abnormal dept.

westcoaster004 writes "In news which may surprise some Slashdot users, females have been found to outnumber males online in the U.S. according to a report, and for some time. The statistics for Canadians show a slightly greater number of male users."

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