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Comment Re:Since 196BC (Score 0) 213

by b0z0n3 on Monday July 13, 2009 @02:41AM (#28673137) Attached to: Rosetta Stone Sues Google For Trademark Violation

Likewise, if I buy an Apple computer, I want to know that it is really an Apple computer, not a computer that looks like Apple with cheap parts and a USB port that doesn't even work.

Well, can I advertise on google: "Cheap apples for sale"?
"Apple" is not necessarily a computer, you know...

Comment Re:Surely we should take intent into consideration (Score -1, Troll) 199

by b0z0n3 on Monday November 19, 2007 @08:00AM (#21405899) Attached to: Losing Personal Info On A Laptop Could Get You Charged

how can we possibly in good conscience ruin this person's life just because he forgot a rule.

Me: I'm sorry officer, I forgot it was illegal to rob banks....
Cop: Well, OK - Just don't do it again.

Submission + - Microsoft sued by a Beijing student on privary (xinhuanet.com)

Submitted by

freakxx

on Thursday September 13, 2007 @06:07AM

freakxx writes: "Xinhua reports that a Beijing University student has sued Microsoft for gathering personal informations by its WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) software. He has demanded a compensation of 1,350 RMB (US$ 180 approx.) and an open apology printed in national newspaper. He accused Microsoft that the WGA program enabled it to gather information about his computer and himself, rather than solely checking whether or not the installed Windows XP system was genuine.

Microsoft spokesman has denied to speak anything on this issue and said that the matter is under investigation."

Submission + - 'Lifesaver bottle' filters out viruses (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by

gihan_ripper

on Thursday September 13, 2007 @05:24AM

gihan_ripper writes: "British inventor Michael Pritchard has developed a small self-contained filter system that instantly cleans water, removing all particles larger than 15nm. Speaking to the Telegraph, he said that he was inspired after seeing the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004; people had to wait for many days to get fresh water and many died from drinking contaminated water. The filter is so effective that it can purify dirty river water and even faecal matter. His bottle will shortly be available for sale from Lifesaver Systems at an expected cost of £190 (approx. $385)."

Submission + - False DMCA Claims by Creationists Stifle Critics

Submitted by Bueller_007 on Thursday September 13, 2007 @05:06AM

Bueller_007 writes: Creation Science Evangelism, an creationist organization owned by convicted felon Kent Hovind has been filing false DMCA claims to stifle their rivals on YouTube. Although CSE's videos are not copyrighted (according to their official website and the videos themselves), within the past 72 hours, they have had approximately 20 videos removed at their request, and at least two popular users have had their accounts disabled.

All of the videos that have been removed were critical remixes of Hovind's original videos, interspersed with rebuttals and likely to have fallen under fair use. Exact duplicates of Hovind's videos — seen as supportive — were not removed. Further, CSE has also filed false DMCA claims to have others' completely original content removed, as well as public-domain phone calls Hovind made from prison.

Submission + - World Series of Video Games Cancelled (thewsvg.com)

Submitted by Goobergunch on Thursday September 13, 2007 @04:29AM

Goobergunch writes: A press release from Games Media Properties indicates that the World Series of Video Games, including planned events in Los Angeles, London and Sweden, has been cancelled. The WSVG included competitions for Guitar Hero II, Quake 4, and the World of Warcraft Arena, as well as Counter-Strike and Warcraft III.

Submission + - Genocide Has Never Been More Adorable (frogames.com)

Submitted by Pink Penguin on Thursday September 13, 2007 @04:14AM

Pink Penguin writes: Sick of BioShock? Friends don't want you in their Quake Wars team? File Front found what could be a gem for you, Penguins Arena the unique "First Penguin Shooter".
It all begins when a penguin legend comes to life in the form of Sedna, the ancient Penguin Goddess. Global warming, pollution... Penguin tribes are endangered. Sedna utters them that there is room for but one tribe. And so the purging begins.
This game won the Intel Game Demo Contest 2007.

Submission + - Photonic Laser Thruster: Earth to Mars in a Week (newsedge.com)

Submitted by

serutan

on Thursday September 13, 2007 @04:12AM

serutan writes: "Using lasers to drive spaceships has been a subject of interest for many years, but making a photonic engine powerful enough for practical use has been elusive. Dr. Young Bae, a California physicist, has built a demonstration Photonic Laser Thruster that produces enough thrust to micro-maneuver a satellite. This would be useful in high-precision formation flying, such as using a fleet of satellites to form a space telescope with a large virtual aperture. Scaled up, a similar engine could speed a spacecraft to Mars in less than a week."

Submission + - Germans reject file-sharing paranoia (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by

athloi

on Friday August 03, 2007 @09:39AM

athloi writes: "German prosecutors have begun denying requests to force ISPs to identify the subscribers behind IP addresses, saying that the alleged file-sharing was a "petty offense." According to German-language Heise Online, the court said that the labels did not explain how a "criminally relevant damage" could have arisen from the alleged file-sharing. Unlike the US legal system, German law has no provision allowing for civil proceedings to obtain ISP subscriber info.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070802-file -sharing-is-a-petty-offense-say-german-prosecutors .html"

Submission + - Your web cam may have you on Candid Camera (www.ctv.ca)

Submitted by debest on Sunday June 17, 2007 @10:41PM

debest writes: So, you're looking to buy yourself a wireless web cam. Better make sure it's never been used before! Someone purchased this Linksys camera from an office supply retail store and was using it for months, not knowing that someone else had already purchased it, returned it, then started receiving emails from the new owners of the camera that included attachments of the new family's activities. Apparently the first guy configured the camera to email himself a video whenever it detected motion, but didn't clear the settings before returning it. The new owners had no idea that the camera had been configured to do this. Since he had no idea who the new owner was, he gets the story on national television news. Seems they discovered the family since the story went up.

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