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Submission + - Microsoft to alter Vista to address search concern (com.com)

Submitted by

mytrip

on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @07:05PM

mytrip writes: "Microsoft plans to make changes to Windows Vista to try to assuage concerns from Google that its desktop search product is disadvantaged by the operating system, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified source. Google complained about Vista's desktop search arrangement more than a year ago, but the issue has come back into the forefront in recent weeks, with the Connecticut Attorney General saying he would look into the matter."

Submission + - IRS to go after eBay sellers

Submitted by

prostoalex

on Friday April 13, 2007 @07:37PM

prostoalex writes: "Fed up with numerous violations of tax law by individuals and businesses selling goods on eBay, Amazon Marketplace, uBid.com, etc., IRS is pushing Congress to make online marketplaces responsible for reporting the sales information to the tax man, in order to prevent under-reporting of the income. eBay's "own statistics suggest that there are 1.3 million people around the world who make their primary or secondary source of income through eBay, with just over 700,000 in the United States", News.com.com.com says."

Submission + - Who/what should a hero fight?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 01, 2007 @06:03PM

An anonymous reader writes: Due to a weird radioactive accident in my lab a few months ago, I have acquired some superpowers that people usually only dream of. I always thought that what I saw in comics were just fiction, but now I know better. Being a nerd and a nice guy, I followed the lesson from the heroes in comics, and started to fight crime in my region. Everything is going nicely, but the more I fight crime, more it seems that the world is getting worse and worse. Poor people are poorer, people keep dying of hunger and people keep on killing each other. So, I decided to ask Slashdot: since I have power enough to change the world and fight injustices, what should I do to make this world better? Also, heroes cannot work alone, since the world is so big and there is a lot to fight, so who should I unite with? I think you can understand why I'm not signing this summary.

Submission + - RIAA Can't Have Defendant's Son's Desktop

Submitted by

NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Sunday April 01, 2007 @05:48PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "The RIAA's attempt to get Ms. Lindor's son's desktop computer in UMG v. Lindor has been rejected by the Magistrate Judge. The judge said that the RIAA

"offered little more than speculation to support their request for an inspection of Mr. Raymond's desktop computer, based on ... his family relationship to the defendant, the proximity of his house to the defendant's house, and his determined defense of his mother in this case. That is not enough. On the record before me, plaintiffs have provided scant basis to authorize an inspection of Mr. Raymond's desktop computer."
Decision by Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy. (pdf)"

Submission + - Intel to Build Chip Factory in China

Submitted by GisourG on Monday March 26, 2007 @05:07PM

GisourG writes: Intel Corp. announced Monday it will build its newest chip factory in China, boosting Beijing's campaign to attract high-tech investment it hopes will speed development of its own technology industries.

Submission + - What Constitutes OpenID 'support'?

Submitted by

new-black-hand

on Tuesday March 13, 2007 @12:55PM

new-black-hand writes: "Recently some companies, including the likes of AOL and Microsoft, amongst others, have come out with support for OpenID. Supporters of OpenID were all happy to hear about these announcements, and generally these companies were praised for their adoption of the open identity format. It turns out though, that most of these recent announcements and updates have been about applications becoming providers of OpenID identities, rather than consumers of OpenID. There haven't been any significant updates recently to the list of applications that support OpenID. This story talks about how we are now stuck with millions of OpenID accounts that have nowhere new to go, and attempts to outline the criteria for what an application that supports OpenID should look like."

Submission + - GameShark Xbox 360 Media Player Released

Submitted by Vicious on Friday February 23, 2007 @08:20PM

Vicious writes: Now you can finally stream other types of media files to your Xbox 360 besides just MP3, WMA, and WMV. Other supported file types include MPEG 1 and MPEG 2, DivX, VidX, and AVI. It's about time! http://www.gameshark.com/home/281/GameShark-Xbox-3 60-Media-Player-Released.htm

Submission + - Hospital says SSN's not financial data.

Submitted by theEteam on Saturday February 17, 2007 @01:48AM

theEteam writes: According to this report, St Marys Hospital in Leonardtown, Maryland had a laptop stolen with information of 130,000 patients. The hospital does the right thing and sends out letters to everybody effected, telling them that "The computer contained identifying information including names, social security numbers and birthdates for many of our patients." Sounds good so far and not exactly news. Then, according to the article, they state that "the laptop did not contain any patient health or financial information." Link to the hospital letter directly is here. So when did SSNs cease to become financial data?

Submission + - Interview: oldschool BSD hacker Sam Leffler

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16, 2007 @07:08PM

An anonymous reader writes: In this interview, Sam Leffler, current director of the FreeBSD Foundation and one of the UC Berkeley CSRG hackers who worked on the original BSD operating system, talks about what the Foundation does, upcoming networking features in FreeBSD, and how Apple contributes to the team's work.

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