205059
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cagrin writes:
Will we someday be able to bring extinct species back from the grave, from samples of their DNA? Some scientists think so, but another question is, should we?
National Geographic News: Mammoths to Return? DNA Advances Spur Resurrection Debate
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DaveAtFraud writes
"Tanya Anderson, the single mother from Oregon previously sued by the RIAA — which dropped the case just before losing a summary judgement — is now suing the RIAA and their hired snoop Safenet for malicious prosecution. (Safenet was formerly known as MediaSentry.) Anderson is asserting claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. A reader at Groklaw has already picked up that she is seeking to have the RIAA forfeit the copyrights in question as part of the settlement (search the page for '18.6-7')."
204977
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mrnomas writes:
So, what's to blame for the declining CD sales? Is it that manufacturers are putting out more and more "safe" (read: crap) music while independent musicians are releasing online? Is it because iTunes is now the third larges music retailer in the country? Or is it just that CD's are becoming obsolete?
"Glancing at a report on Forbes.com this morning, there was an article showing that CD sales are expected to be down 20% 2008 (slightly higher than the 15% drop initially predicted). Why such a drop? What's truly happening is a gradual shift away from physical media to downloadable formats. What this indicates, so far, is that US sales of digital music will be growing at an estimated rate of 28% in 2008, however physical sales will drop even further, resulting in a net overall decline."
204937
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WrongSizeGlass writes:
MSNBC is reporting on two new security breaches at Los Alamos. Officials at the nuclear-weapons laboratory, already struggling to calm concerns over security lapses, now have two more breaches to explain. Both of these latest incidents where 'human error' on the part of employees including an e-mail containing classified material sent over the open Internet, rather than through the secure defense network and a vacationing employee's laptop containing government documents of a sensitive nature and an encryption card advanced enough that its export is government-controlled being stolen from a hotel room in Ireland. It seems we will always be our own worst enemies when it comes to IT related security.
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blane.bramble writes
"The Register is reporting that the UK government has stated there is no place in the science curriculum for Intelligent Design and that it can not be taught as science. 'The Government is aware that a number of concerns have been raised in the media and elsewhere as to whether creationism and intelligent design have a place in science lessons. The Government is clear that creationism and intelligent design are not part of the science National Curriculum programs of study and should not be taught as science.'"
204843
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PHPNerd writes:
When an attorney at a legal ceremony last month explained how to use the H1-B visa program to hire foreign high tech workers instead of Americans, it got YouTubed, quite naturally. But when Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Lamar Smith (R-Texas) took a peek, it really went viral. Frightening for sure.
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Phanatic1a writes
"New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is suing Dell, alleging bait and switch financing tactics, false advertising, and 'numerous other deceptive business practices relating to their technical support services, promotional financing, rebate offers, and billing and collection activity.' According to Cuomo himself, 'At Dell, customer service means no service at all.'"
167965
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Xailor writes:
Can one assume that graphical icons that accompany free/open software applications are also thus free/open according to their license? Is it an acceptable practice to `share' icons from one application with another? For instance, a free web site employs icons from OSS projects as its look and feel.
Is this violating the nature of OSS if those icons are available for download to the public and for use elsewhere as long as those icons (a small fraction of a software project) comply with the appropriate licensing agreements? Can an icon be part of a `library' in an LGPL case?
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Anonymous coward writes:
Sciphol airport in Amsterdam in the Netherlands has started using full body security scanners for screening passengers. The scanners use radio waves that penetrate clothing and reflect off the person's skin, which allows the scanner to reconstruct a 3-D image in which concealed objects can be detected. By using radio waves instead of ionizing X-rays, the machine is allegedly quite safe. The measures used to ensure passenger privacy are also interesting: The person's face is made unrecognizable in the images and the security personnel analyzing them are in a separate closed room and never see the passenger in person.