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Submission + - RIAA steers clear of colleges that resist 4

Submitted by

NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Saturday December 08, 2007 @12:20PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that 22 institutions have been targeted in the RIAA's new round of attacks. I notice that the RIAA continues to steer clear of Harvard. Could it be because of this or this? And I notice it isn't serving any more subpoenas on the University of Oregon... could it be because of this or this? And I don't see any more subpoenas to College of William & Mary or George Washington University or University of South Florida of University of New Mexico. Could that have to do with this or this or this or this? There seems to be a pattern here. The RIAA is staying away from places where it might have a fight on their hands."

Submission + - GMail integrates AIM chat (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

LeandroTLZ

on Wednesday December 05, 2007 @01:51AM

LeandroTLZ writes: "Google has started to roll out support for AOL Instant Messenger from within the GMail interface, running alongside the Jabber (Google Talk) network:

Today we are happy to tell you about a new feature we've started to roll out which will enable you to sign into your AIM account and chat with your AIM buddies right inside Gmail. When you log in to AIM through Gmail chat, your AOL buddies will appear in your chat list with friends from your Google Talk network, and you will see the yellow "running man" logo to the right of your AIM friends' screen names. To your AIM friends it will look like you are logged in to AIM as usual.
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Submission + - RIAA runs into trouble in Ohio 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30, 2007 @01:43AM

An anonymous reader writes: As the RIAA's war against college music sharers enters its tenth month, college students in Ohio are fighting back. At Ohio State University two John Does are fighting a single subpoena, while at Ohio University one student — who didn't respond to the RIAA's lawsuit for more than eight months — has escaped a default judgment. But Ohio hasn't been a total loss for the RIAA. More than 75 students at both schools have settled for at least $3,000 each and the RIAA's chief spokesman, Jonathan Lamy, is an Ohio U. grad.

Submission + - EFF releases report of Comcast, Wireshark

Submitted by andruk on Thursday November 29, 2007 @03:22AM

andruk writes: The EFF has released a report detailing their analysis of Comcast's packet filtering of BitTorrent traffic. They also included a howto of how you can test your connection for TCP reset packets using Wireshark.

Submission + - Geek Hygiene: An Oxymoron?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 29, 2007 @01:27AM

An anonymous reader writes: Geeks should smell fragrant — they'll get more babes! ;-) Here's an article full of hygiene knowledge you've always wanted to tell that loveable, but stinky Geek you know but never had the hutzpah to. Now, wikihow tells it to them for you. Good, basic info, something everyone should follow. Though, I'll add that people should always wash their clothes after one wearing; otherwise, yuck.

Submission + - Lemon Law for PC Games?

Submitted by

Monk

on Thursday November 29, 2007 @12:11AM

Monk writes: "Recently I purchased Gears of War from Gamestop, for the PC. I liked the Xbox version, but since I don't have an xbox, and instead I have decently powerful computer, I wanted to play it without buying a console system. The first time I played it, it crashed within 10 minutes. For the next hour, I couldn't play the game for more than 10 minutes without it crashing. It seems others have the same problem as me, after reading the Gears of War forum, so I wanted to take the game back and get my money back. There's no point in paying for a game that is unplayable. When I tried to take the game back, they would only exchange it for another copy. What do I do? Keep the game and wait for a patch? Throw it away and consider it a "loss"? Is there any legal help for consumers who buy software that doesn't work? Who do I blame? Microsoft for Vista? Nvidia? Epic? Or myself for buying a console port of a game?"

Submission + - Why Is There No Graphical Boot Loader For PC's?

Submitted by

tgbanshee

on Wednesday October 24, 2007 @12:26AM

tgbanshee writes: "I've been wondering why nobody has developed a nice graphical boot loader for Windows/Linux/BSD/etc that runs on regular PC hardware. GRUB and LILO offer a text based solution but they still look primitive even with an added background image. Apple's Boot Camp is a nice, simple boot loader that does what a boot loader should do, allow you to select an OS to boot from multiple OS's and looks good doing it. The only problem with it is it's restricted to Apple only hardware. If someone could come up with something similar to Boot Camp or something like Petitboot for the PS3 that runs on non-Apple PC hardware and is open source, I believe there would be a lot of development interest in it. Does anybody know of anything like this?"

Submission + - OLPC Give 1 Get 1 May Be Delayed

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24, 2007 @12:22AM

An anonymous reader writes: Reuters is reporting that Mary Lou Jepsen, chief technology officer for the One Laptop per Child Foundation, has said that because of production delays it would now be tough to fulfill overseas orders for the $188 laptop and also meet orders for the foundation's Give 1 Get 1 scheme for people in the United States and Canada.

Submission + - "Home-made" helicopter in Nigeria (sybpipe.com)

Submitted by

mi

on Monday October 22, 2007 @09:59AM

mi writes: "Yahoo! carries an article describing a helicopter, that a Nigerian physics undergraduate has put together from various parts: Honda Civic's 133hp engine, seats from an old Toyota, and parts of a Boeing 747, which crashed nearby some years ago. The thing has already been flown several times.

If a 24 year old student can do it — while also repairing electronics to supplement his income — where is my flying car?"

Submission + - E3 Downsized (reuters.com)

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Monday October 22, 2007 @09:29AM

eldavojohn writes: "E3 has been radically downsized to make it "more personal, efficient and focused." This comes following a year after year escalation of the size of booths, the flashy displays and the number of dancers in tight skirts willing to smile and bat their eyes at you for a nominal charge to the vendor. Perhaps this is a good sign that they're getting back to what E3 used to be about — the games themselves. Unfortunately for Zonk, there may not be as many women this year being paid to flirt with him."

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