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RIAA wins $222,000 in first ever file sharing case-> 0

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mytrip

on Thursday October 04 2007, @06:04PM

mytrip writes "The first RIAA file-sharing case to go to trial just wrapped, and sadly, the outcome isn't a positive one.

The RIAA plaintiffs weren't required to show that Thomas had a file-sharing program installed on her machine or that she was even the person using the Kazaa account in question."
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Teleco Outage Force Air Traffic Control to use Cel 0

Submitted by

Shakrai

on Tuesday September 25 2007, @08:53PM

Shakrai writes "CNN is reporting that Air traffic controllers were forced to use their personal cell phones to reroute hundreds of flights, after a control center lost radar and telephone service for more than two hours. A major communication line that served the center failed. Hope they weren't over their peak minutes!"

Who Are Gold Farmers?

Submitted by

BlackFridayRule

on Tuesday December 12 2006, @11:36PM

BlackFridayRule writes "Good issue of The Escapist this week. My favorite story is a long interview with Julian Dibbell, gold farmer and author of Play Money, but they also have a great interview with Neverdie the digital pimp, and an interesting article on why the 360 tanked in Japan."