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Stephen Fry and DVD Jon back USB Sniffer Project-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 26 2010, @03:52AM

An anonymous reader writes "bushing and pytey of the iPhone DevTeam and Team Twiizers have created a Kickstarter project to fund the build of an open-source/open-hardware high-speed USB protocol analyzer. The board features a high-speed USB 2.0 sniffer that will help with the reverse engineering of proprietary USB hardware, the project has gained the backing from two high-profile individuals Jon Lech Johansen (DVD Jon) and Actor and Comedian Stephen Fry"
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Comment: That was a pretty good simpsons episode (Score 1) 305

by seth on Sunday December 27 2009, @11:00AM (#30563472) Attached to: Critics Call For NASA TV To "Liven Up"

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Jack Valenti Dead at 85

Submitted by NeuroManson on Thursday April 26 2007, @08:36PM

NeuroManson writes "Long time nemesis to nerds everywhere, Jack Valenti, passed away today following a stroke. Not sure whether to dance a merry jig yet, but "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" springs to mind.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18339220/

LOS ANGELES — Jack Valenti, the former White House aide and film industry lobbyist who instituted the modern movie ratings system and guided Hollywood from the censorship era to the digital age, died Thursday. He was 85.

Valenti had a stroke in March and was hospitalized for several weeks at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore.

He died of complications from the stroke at his Washington, D.C., home, said Seth Oster of the Motion Picture Association of America."

Congress may loosen noose on internet radio->

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday April 26 2007, @08:32PM

Bill seeks to reverse Copyright Royalty Board decision

A bill introduced in Congress today could nullify the new rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) which advocates say would put webcasters out of business.

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Jack Valenti dead at 85.

Submitted by Unlikely_Hero on Thursday April 26 2007, @08:18PM

Unlikely_Hero writes "Jack Valenti, one of the copyright industry's most aggressive lobbyists, has died at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. How will he be remembered 50 years from now? As the man who lead hollywood away from the Hays Code which prohibited most violence and frank discussion of sex or as the crusader of the MPAA obsessed with the 'danger' of copyright infringement? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18339220/"

Jack Valenti is dead

Submitted by

mangu

on Thursday April 26 2007, @06:40PM

mangu writes "Ex-MPAA president Jack Valenti died today at the age of 85.

"Jack was a showman, a gentleman, an orator and a passionate champion of this country, its movies and the enduring freedoms that made both so important to this world," his successor, Dan Glickman, said in a written statement announcing Valenti's death. "He also embodied the theatricality of our industry with his conviction, quick wit and boundless energy. In a very real sense, he was the ultimate leading man."
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Jack Valenti dead

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Widowwolf

on Thursday April 26 2007, @06:31PM

Widowwolf writes "WASHINGTON (CNN) — Jack Valenti, the longtime head of the Motion Picture Association of America, has died at age 85, the association announced Thursday. Valenti suffered a stroke "recently," said a representative at the Motion Picture Association of America, which he led for 38 years. No cause of death was immediately announced. Valenti was central to creating the MPAA rating system — now G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 — as a way to rate films' appropriateness for certain age groups. Valenti was a life member of the Directors Guild of America and a member of the board of trustees of the American Film Institute"

Jack Valenti, former head of MPAA, is dead.

Submitted by tclegg1 on Thursday April 26 2007, @06:31PM

tclegg1 writes "One down, how many to go?? http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/04/jack_val enti_dies_at_85.php"

Stephen Hawking Flies Weightless

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Anonymous Coward

on Thursday April 26 2007, @06:01PM

Anonymous Coward writes "Free of his wheelchair and tethered only to heart rate and blood pressure monitors, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking on Thursday fulfilled a dream of floating weightless on a zero-gravity jet, a step he hopes leads to further space adventures.

The 65-year-old was the first person with a disability to experience the flight by Zero Gravity Corp., which has flown about 2,700 people out of Florida since late 2004 and began offering the flights in Las Vegas this week.

"As you can imagine, I'm very excited," Hawking told reporters before the flight. "I have been wheelchair bound for almost four decades. The chance to float free in zero-g will be wonderful."

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/26/ap365909 6.html"

Jack Valenti has passed away

Submitted by norminator on Thursday April 26 2007, @05:51PM

norminator writes "Jack Valenti, head of the MPAA for 38 years, passed away this afternoon in his home. Valenti is known among the Slashdot community as a man who did not believe in fair use, including backing up your digital media. From a Slashdot article four years ago: "In the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because a digital copy never wears out. It is timeless.""