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Submission + - MySpace Not Responsible for Sexual Assault

Submitted by

Common Sense

on Thursday February 15, 2007 @03:51PM

Common Sense writes: "Those looking to cash in after meeting sexual predators on websites like MySpace have been dealt a serious legal setback. The US District Court in Austin, Texas ruled in favor of MySpace in the $30 million lawsuit questioning whether it was responsible for allowing a 13 year old girl to lie about her age and meet a man who turned out to be a sexual predator. Judge Sparks wrote in his ruling that, "if anyone had a duty to protect [the victim], it was her parents, not MySpace." Score one for common sense."

Submission + - Bulletproof USB flash drive not so bulletproof

Submitted by emakinen on Thursday February 15, 2007 @03:41PM

emakinen writes: Pretec is marketing it's USB flash drive as bulletproof. Well, it seems that it does withstand shot from .357 Magnum, but .44 Magnum is too much. There's a video of the test made by a finnish IT-magazine Tietokone.

Submission + - Kiwis: Last day for submissions on DMCA-like laws

Submitted by

RyatNrrd

on Thursday February 15, 2007 @03:02PM

RyatNrrd writes: "Feb 16 is the last day for submissions on New Zealand's Copyright Law reforms. Highlights include a 2-year licence expiry on format-shifted content which can be opted-out of altogether by the content provider. Internet advocates internetnz.net.nz have a handy guide to making submissions and link to the submissions page."

Submission + - Spyware given seal of approval to be installed

Submitted by smooth wombat on Thursday February 15, 2007 @02:27PM

smooth wombat writes: Just when you thought headway was being made against spyware, along comes TRUSTe which has certified the first ten applications that have passed the certification process for TRUSTe's Trusted Download Program.

From the press release:

"The companies whose applications have passed the challenging certification process for the Trusted Download whitelist are all demonstrating a commitment to protecting consumer privacy," said Fran Maier, executive director and president of TRUSTe. "By completely informing users about the particulars of the downloads they offer up front, the participating companies are increasing transparency and giving control to users."

Some of the software which has been certified includes Coupon Bar 5.0 from Coupons Inc, Crawler Toolbar 4.5.0 from Crawler LLC and Save/SaveNow from WhenU.com.

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