Frenchy_2001 - Slashdot User

Submission + - DMCA Notices: Guilty until proven innocent

Submitted by Ben Maurer on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @01:18PM

Ben Maurer writes: It's no secret that media companies have started to hire companies automatically find file sharers and send letters to their ISPs. Many ISP's trust the good faith of these companies and will automatically deactivate the Internet connection of those who they get notifications for. I decided to investigate the reliability of notices from these companies. The answer: the companies do not actually gather the data they claim to and may falsely accuse users of copyright violation.

Submission + - U.S. doesn't sign ban on disappearances

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07, 2007 @01:13PM

An anonymous reader writes: Jamey Keaten, writes:

Nearly 60 countries signed a treaty on Tuesday that bans governments from holding people in secret detention, but the United States and some of its key European allies were not among them.

The signing capped a quarter-century of efforts by families of people who have vanished at the hands of governments.

"Our American friends were naturally invited to this ceremony; unfortunately, they weren't able to join us," French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told reporters after 57 nations signed the treaty at his ministry in Paris.

Full Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070207/ap_on_re_eu/fr ance_un_disappeared;_ylt=AmvBtfSe6.HGN0Rvsa45QoN0b BAF

Submission + - At&T buyout of Cingular

Submitted by

Questor Thews

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:57PM

Questor Thews writes: "AT&T acquired BellSouth and now has complete control over Cingular wireless. It plans to phase out the Cingular brand name. More here."

Submission + - It's What's for Breakfast

Submitted by Crash McBang on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:54PM

Crash McBang writes: Apparently many are foregoing the morning coffee for something sweeter, according to this article: "There is nothing better than the feel of Coke on the back of your throat in the morning," said McKinsey, a morning pop drinker since the 1970s, savoring the cold, stinging sensation that coffee drinkers just don't get. What gets Slashdotters going after waking up?

Submission + - IE7: 100 Million Downloads, Still Falling Behind?

Submitted by

Kelson

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:28PM

Kelson writes: "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's marketshare has continued to grow. Information Week reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"

Submission + - MS allows free OS with DX10 support?

Submitted by

neersign

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @08:27PM

neersign writes: "There appears to be a BSD-derived operating system under development claiming it will have full DirectX 10 support. The developer claims they have made a deal with Microsoft where the source must be closed but the operating system can be released for free, only with the request that users legally own one Microsoft operating system. The operating system is called XSOS and it uses what is assumed to be a modified BSD kernel released under the BSD license with Windows running in emulation on top of it. Discussions about the operating system can be found here and here. The home page for the project is here."

Submission + - What are these 360 ports for?

Submitted by

jwigum

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @07:55PM

jwigum writes: "So I got to wondering: What are those two ports on the bottom of a 360 controller used for? The ports in question(second photobucket file here in case the first dies) obviously have contacts. The thing that puzzles me is that the only peripheral I know of that uses these ports is the stock 360 headset. I've included that in the same picture, but flipped upside down so that the area that would be in contact with the... contacts is visible. As you can see, there aren't any contacts there. I can only assume they're for a peripheral that is either unreleased, or abandoned(stereo sound headphones for split screen?).

So Slashdot: What are these ports for?"

Submission + - Sega to Discontinue GDroms - Death of Dreamcast

Submitted by Croakyvoice on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @05:57PM

Croakyvoice writes: The Dreamcast games Last Hope , Karous and Trigger Heart Exelica will the last officially licensed Sega games for the Dreamcast because from february Sega Japan are to stop production of GDRoms, the death of GDroms will mean no more Dreamcast or Naomi Arcade games. The Dreamcast Community have sent emails to Sega Japan to ask for a rethink on this issue.

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