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Submission + - Data-Mining Ban Struck Down by US Supreme Court (medpagetoday.com) 1

Submitted by smitty777 on Thursday June 23, 2011 @03:10PM

smitty777 writes: The Supreme Court struck down Sorrell vs IMS Health, a law banning data mining which has been in place since 2007. The court ruled that the data on medications prescribed by doctors is protected by the First Amendment and can be used for marketing by the pharmaceutical companies. This follows similar declarations in Maine and New Hamshire.

Submission + - How do I scrub pirated music from my collection? 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @07:55AM

An anonymous reader writes: I tried out Google Music, and I liked it. Google made me swear that I won't uploading any "illegal" tracks, and apparently people fear Apple's iCloud turning into a honeypot for the RIAA. My music collection comprises about 90% "legal" tracks now--legal meaning tracks that I paid for--but I still have some old MP3s kicking around from the original Napster. Moreover, I have a lot of MP3s that I downloaded because I was too lazy to rip the CD version that I own.

I wanted to find a tool to scan my music to identify files that may be flagged as having been pirated by these cloud services; I thought such a tool would be free and easy to find. After all, my intent is to search my own computer for pirated music and to delete it--something that the RIAA wants the government to force you to do. But endless re-phrasing on Google leads to nothing but instructions for how to obtain pirated music.

Does such a tool exist or does the RIAA seriously expect me to sift through 60 GB of music, remember which are pirated, and delete them by hand?

Submission + - Miyamoto on Wii U Power (techtroids.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @07:27AM

An anonymous reader writes: Gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed the Wii U’s power and other aspects of the new home console.

Submission + - Firefox 5 Benchmarked, Faster & Better than ev (digitizor.com)

Submitted by dkd903 on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @07:24AM

dkd903 writes: Firefox 5 is scheduled for release tomorrow. However, users of the beta channel have already got their hands on it. One of the promises for Firefox 5 is better performance. We took tested Firefox 5 and benchmarked it against two other browsers — Google Chrome and Opera. We used the latest version of Google Chrome from the beta channel and the latest stable version of Opera — Opera 11.11.

Submission + - Is Ubuntu on the way out? (ostatic.com)

Submitted by Thinkcloud on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @07:11AM

Thinkcloud writes: It has slipped behind Linux Mint and Fedora in the disrtrowatch page for the first time in 6 months. Does that indicate a changing demographics in the Penguin land, or a market repositioning by Canonical or something else? Users opinion is varied in this regard. You could also be part of this debate in the upcoming TuxRadar podcast

Submission + - ICANN Domain Expansion Could Increase Phishing (net-security.org)

Submitted by Orome1 on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @06:37AM

Orome1 writes: The ICANN board gave final approval to what some are calling “the most dramatic change to the Internet in four decades” allowing the expansion of new TLDs. Some argue this ICANN initiative could force a land grab of domains by businesses to protect their company reputation. However, they aren’t the only ones who are likely to try to snag these new top level domains. There’s a very legitimate concern that cybercriminals could also seek these new domains to create legitimate looking websites using well-known brand names. These can then be used for phishing attacks or delivery of Trojan malware to unsuspecting visitors.

Submission + - ICANN Votes to Open the Domain Name Floodgates (webpronews.com)

Submitted by mvar on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @06:37AM

mvar writes: Internet domain name overlords ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) have voted on and approved today to open up the world of domain endings to include just about anything a person’s heart desires. The margin was 13-1 with two abstaining. Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are currently limited to 22 across the internet. They include your basic .com, .org and .net as well as some more specific endings you have probably seen around the interwebs like .uk and .eu. Now, the ICANN will be lifting almost all the restrictions on gTLDs.

Not only will domain registers be able to choose almost any word in the English language, but the ICANN will also approve domain names in any sort of characters – like Cyrillic or Kanji.

Submission + - Exploring the Abuse Tolerated by Female Gamers (bit-tech.net)

Submitted by arcticstoat on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @05:49AM

arcticstoat writes: If you want any more proof that feminism still has a long way to go, you only need to look at the illiterate misogyny that's inherent in online gaming trash talk. This exploration of the issue reveals the abuse that online female gamers have to tolerate, resulting in many pretending to be male while they're gaming, while others never return to online gaming, which has the knock-on effect of reinforcing the stereotype that women just don't like games. Example comments include ‘suck a big fat cock slut’, ‘you fat f**king tomboy go kill yourself’ and ‘u no ur an ugly girl wen u play xbox’.

Submission + - Elop shows off N9 (cnbc.com)

Submitted by janimal on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @03:54AM

janimal writes: "In Singapore on Tuesday, Nokia introduced a sleek touch-screen smartphone, the N9, with a useful innovation not found on any competing device, including the iPhone and Google’s Android phones."
Is this a ray of hope?

Submission + - Nokia Unveils N9 Phone Using MeeGo (winbeta.org)

Submitted by

BogenDorpher

on Tuesday June 21, 2011 @03:49AM

BogenDorpher writes: "Nokia, who formed a partnership with Microsoft earlier this year, has unveiled the all-screen N9 smartphone, powered by the the company's troubled partnership with Intel and the open source Meego operating system. But the bigger question is, why Meego and not Windows Phone 7?"

Submission + - Biggest Changes in C++11 and Why You Should Care) (softwarequalityconnection.com) 1

Submitted by

Esther Schindler

on Monday June 20, 2011 @02:33PM

Esther Schindler writes: "It’s been 13 years since the first iteration of the C++ language. Danny Kalev, a former member of the C++ standards committee, explains how the programming language has been improved and how it can help you write better code."

Comment Obligatory XKCD (Score 1) 533

by readthemall on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:19AM (#35794082) Attached to: Workers Will Smash Their PCs To Get an Upgrade

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Submission + - Copyright fee on digital media (tripple.net)

Submitted by tdashton on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @08:41AM

tdashton writes: In Austria as of the first of Oktober you have to pay up to 36 Euros extra for hard drives which you purchase — to compensate the media creators and artists for piracy which may occur or digital copies that you may make in the future on this media. These fees have already been in effect for CD / DVD media, USB sticks, MP3 players and any other digital media...Guilty until proven innocent?? Original text in German.

Submission + - Can Debian offer a Constantly Usable Testing distr (raphaelhertzog.com)

Submitted by ggarron on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @07:13AM

ggarron writes: Debian’s “testing” distribution is where Debian developers prepare the next stable distribution. While this is still its main purpose, many users have adopted this version of Debian because it offers them a good trade-off between stability and freshness. But there are downsides to using this distribution and the “Constantly Usable Testing” (CUT) project aims to resolve those. This article will present the project and the challenges involved to make it happen.

Submission + - Wonder carbon pioneers win Nobel Physics Prize (google.com)

Submitted by suraj.sun on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @07:10AM

suraj.sun writes: Two Manchester University scientists won the 2010 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for their pioneering work on a form of carbon touted as the wonder material of the 21st century.

Russia-born Andre Geim, of the Netherlands, and Russian-British national Konstantin Novoselov were awarded for research on graphene, hailed by the Swedish Academy of Sciences as "the perfect atomic lattice" for its glittering potential in computers, home gadgets and transport.

The Academy lauded Geim, 51, and Novoselov, 36, for having "shown that carbon in such a flat form has exceptional properties that originate from the remarkable world of quantum physics."

The prize honours a breakthrough that paved the way to graphene, a form of carbon touted as the next-generation super-material. Just one atom thick, it is the world's thinnest and strongest nano-material, almost transparent and able to conduct electricity and heat. As a result, graphene is described as the candidate material to replace silicon semi-conductors.

Graphene transistors would in theory be able to run at faster speeds and cope with higher temperatures than today's classic computer chips.

AFP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j1_foqK-zcRLrHxrA7X1IdZg0MTA?docId=CNG.29fa01d16fcde30cb5d406b0b6b63005.581

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