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Submission + - P2P trojan threatens to "kill you," delete

Submitted by

soulxtc

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:46AM

soulxtc writes: "Instead of the proverbial "gotcha letter" via your ISP, a mysterious copyright holder has created a trojan that overwrites all of their program, music, and system files with popular comic book character images warning them not to use P2P or it will "kill them." Have Japanese copyright-holders in fact gone "nuclear" in their fight? It will most certainly only backfire as parents have to soon start consoling their children about how their favorite comic book character is dancing on their PC screen deleting all of their kids files and threatening to "kill them" or "turn them in to the police.""

California Joins Open Document Bandwagon 188

Posted by kdawson on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:30AM from the stretching-the-lobbiests-thin dept.

Andy Updegrove writes "A legislator in California has decided that it's time for California to get on the open formats bandwagon. If all of the bills filed in the last few weeks pass, California, Texas, and Minnesota will all require, in near-identical language, that 'all documents, including, but not limited to, text, spreadsheets, and presentations, produced by any state agency shall be created, exchanged, and preserved in an open extensible markup language-based, XML-based file format.' What type of formats will qualify? Again, the language is very uniform (the following is from the California statute): 'When deciding how to implement this section, the department in its evaluation of open, XML-based file formats shall consider all of the following features: (1) Interoperable among diverse internal and external platforms and applications; (2) Fully published and available royalty-free; (3) Implemented by multiple vendors; (4) Controlled by an open industry organization with a well-defined inclusive process for evolution of the standard.'"

Submission + - EU warns Microsoft of more fines

Submitted by what about on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:26AM

what about writes: From news.com

Microsoft faces further fines in the European Commission's antitrust case for allegedly setting unreasonable prices for software rivals seeking interoperability information.

The latest formal charges could lead to new fines against the U.S. software giant, the Commission said in a statement Thursday.

The Commission found in 2004 that Microsoft violated European Union antitrust rules by failing to give to other makers of small-business servers the information they needed to compete with some of Microsoft's own products.

Submission + - The PS3 Launch: Three Months Later

Submitted by

njkid1

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:08AM

njkid1 writes: "Although it may just be an amazing coincidence, this current generation of the video game console war seems to be a reflection of the divided nature of the world today. And no other console in the short history of video games provides more of a source of contention than Sony's PlayStation 3. http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=102828"

Submission + - EA, iVillage Make Play for Women

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njkid1

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:01AM

njkid1 writes: "Electronic Arts has joined forces with NBC Universal's female-oriented iVillage.com to create a co-branded games channel that will feature casual games from EA's Pogo.com. Demographic and ComScore MediaMetrix data would seem to suggest it's a perfect match. http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=1538 2&ncid=AOLGAM000500000000001"

Submission + - OhMiBod Music Powered Vibrator Review (SFW)

Submitted by

The Foo

on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:00AM

The Foo writes: "The OhMiBod is the first of its kind, in that it is the first music-powered vibrator. Yes, you have read that correctly: music-powered vibrator. The OhMiBod is a revolutionary new vibrator that is designed to work hand in hand with your iPod (Or other music players). The 7 1/2" long sex toy is the bridge that most tech enthusiasts have been waiting for. Seriously, this is the kind of thing you sit and think to yourself about "How cool that would be if.""

Submission + - WiMAX complexity causing problems

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01, 2007 @11:00AM

An anonymous reader writes: The transition of nomadic WiMAX (IEEE 802.16d) to mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) will be more difficult than it first looked like. WiMAX implementors, that used to offer it as a 3G killer, are facing unexpected complexity in the implementation. Read more

Journal Journal: Will the Wii's Success help Playstation 3? 2

Journal by fistfullast33l on Thursday March 01, 2007 @10:45AM

The Wii currently is the hottest item on the block. You can't find it in stores at all and it's all the rage on the internets. Early fanboy reports imply that the Wii is the king of the next generation, and that the 360 and the PS3 will just be afterthoughts. Obviously, it's way to early to tell this. However, a more important fact is pointed out by the success of the Wii. Third party developers will be listening and acting on this. The Wii will begin to gain momentum, and business sens

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