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CNN's Hate-Newscasts Against Atheists

Submitted by GenKreton on Tuesday February 06 2007, @07:08PM

GenKreton writes "CNN has been airing "newscasts" that blatantly attack atheists. The panel interviewed includes no atheists. Some memorable quotes include: "they should just shut up," "They are on the attack. It's obnoxious and they do need to shut up..." and "I think they need to shut up about crying wolf all the time and saying that they're being imposed upon. A particular high point in their anti-atheist banter is hit with comments such as "They don't have a good — marketing. If they had hallmark cards, maybe they wouldn't feel so left out.""

Exoskeleton inventor broke, selling prototype

Submitted by

jimmyholk

on Tuesday February 06 2007, @07:05PM

jimmyholk writes "Troy Hurtubise, the man whose quixotic quest for a suit of Grizzly-proof armour earned him a documentary (Project Grizzly), a parody in The Simpsons episode The Fat and the Furriest, and a spot in the heart of mad-inventor-lovers everywhere, has gone broke pursuing his latest dream of a full-body, combat-ready armoured exoskeleton. Facing eviction, he's put the Halo-inspired suit up for auction on e-bay: with the fine print warning that, although it's withstood being fired on by an elephant gun, the suit should not be used"for anyting other than a costume setting."Here's a news story which contains links to video of his suit and the ebay auction site with pictures."

How much information is in a byte?

Submitted by Linnen on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:54PM

Linnen writes "While one byte can hold a letter, ever wonder how much information a terabyte contains? Here is a list for those who are curious.

~ 1 terabyte: the sum of all Federal , State and City regulations

2.5 terabytes: Everything in Widener Library.

5 terabytes: every article in every academic journal printed last year.

"

Journal: Ghost Article: Ogg Vorbis Gaining Industry Support 2

Journal by RobertB-DC on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:52PM

Ghosts of Slashdot: 02/06/2007
[Wow, it's been a ghost-free new year up until now. Kinda dead, you know. (groan) But here's one, though it may come back from the dead -- I suspect it got pushed from the front page in favor of the news of the DNS Root Server attack. The DNS story is also posted by "kdawson" who, oddly, doesn't

DNS Root Servers Attacked 311

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:46PM
from the flexing-muscles dept.

liquidat and others wrote in with the news that the DNS Root Servers were attacked overnight. It looks like the F, I, and M servers felt the attack and recovered, whereas G (US Department of Defense) and L (ICANN) did less well. Some new botnet flexing its muscle perhaps? AP coverage is here.

Steve Jobs urges record companies to drop DRM

Submitted by paxmaniac on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:41PM

paxmaniac writes "Reuters reports that Steve Jobs is urging the 'big four' record companies to drop DRM. According to Jobs:'If such requirements were removed, the music industry might experience an influx of new companies willing to invest in innovative new stores and players. This can only be seen as a positive by the music companies'

All well and good, but isn't this a little hypocritical given that iTunes sells DRM encumbered songs that are available at other stores (e.g eMusic) without DRM?"

PayPal's CSO says phishing's impact is exaggerated

Submitted by ancientribe on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:41PM

ancientribe writes "The chief information security officer at PayPal — eBay's online payment service and popular target of phishers — tells Dark Reading that the company's actual losses from phishing are relatively low, and phishing is not even among the top five threats that could cause financial loss at the company.

Michael Barrett, PayPal's CSO, says PayPal may end up recommending specific ISPs that are doing a good job at stopping spam. PayPal is studying the correlation between a user's choice of ISPs and the incidence of phishing.
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=116 574&WT.svl=news1_1"

Journal: RIAA to Pay Debbie Foster's Attorneys Fees 0

Journal by NewYorkCountryLawyer on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:38PM

In an Oklahoma case, Capitol Records v. Debbie Foster, the Court has granted the defendant's motion for attorneys fees to be imposed against the RIAA, holding that Ms. Foster is to receive her "reasonable attorney's fees". Judge Lee R. West, in his

Attorneys Fees To Be Awarded Against RIAA

Submitted by

NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:37PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In an Oklahoma case, Capitol Records v. Debbie Foster, the Court has granted the defendant's motion for attorneys fees to be imposed against the RIAA, holding that Ms. Foster is to receive her "reasonable attorney's fees". Judge Lee R. West, in his 9-page decision(pdf), did not specify the amount to be awarded, held that the RIAA can have "discovery" on the reasonableness issue, and also ruled that Ms. Foster can also later supplement her application for additional fees. Her initial application was for approximately $55,000 in legal fees and disbursements. This is the case in which the ACLU, Public Citizen, EFF, the American Association of Law Libraries, and the ACLU Oklahoma Foundation, all filed an amicus brief on Ms. Foster's behalf, arguing to the judge that a substantial attorneys fee award was needed to discourage the RIAA's "driftnet" litigation strategy."

Panda's Nanoscan: new virus protection philosophy

Submitted by

glogger

on Tuesday February 06 2007, @06:27PM

glogger writes "And we need one. At RSA today, Neil Rubenking of PC Magazine got a scoop about a new kind of virus protection from Panda. "Called Nanoscan, it moves everything except a tiny (200K) driver off your computer and 'into the cloud'. It can use a vast number of signatures, run all kinds of sandboxing and emulation tests, any type of processing that's needed — because it's not using your computer's resources. And it's fast. The Nanoscan beta scanned my laptop in 60 seconds.""