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tnt001 writes:
In the world of EVE-online, the infamous Band of Brothers alliance has been disbanded. Seems like Goonswarm had a spy in the holding corporation that stole money as well as capital ships and other assets. The spy disbanded the alliance also. As of 11:00 GMT, BOB lost all its sovereignty (that includes that its outposts are conquerable now, cyno jamers are offline, jump bridges are inoperable) Read more here: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57098
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Benjamin Duranske writes
"Jonathan Lee Riches, an inmate in South Carolina famous for filing long, handwritten, rambling screeds against celebrities, politicians, and even buildings, has filed a third-party motion in Federal Court in Arizona in the MDY v. Blizzard botting case claiming that Blizzard's World of Warcraft 'caused Riches mind to live in a virtual universe, where Riches explored the landscape committing identity theft and fighting cybermonster rival hacker gangs. Riches was addicted to video games and lost touch with reality because of defendants. This caused Riches to commit fraud to buy defendants video games. Riches chose World of Warcraft over working a legit job, Riches mind became a living video game.'"
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Sgs-Cruz writes
"The Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has struck down the Canadian Copyright Board's proposed tax on the capacity of digital music players such as the iPod. The article also makes clear why this won't lead to an end to the levy on blank media such as CD-R in Canada."
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GSGKT writes:
Today's Washington Times runs a story about the increasing problem with space junks orbiting the earth. Debris from the anti-satellite missile test by the Chinese military last year threatens the integrity of more than 800 operating satellites, half of them belongs to the US. Two orbiting U.S. spacecraft were forced to change course to avoid being damaged soon after the incident. Air Force Brig. Gen. Ted Kresge, director of air, space and information operations at the Air Force Space Command in Colorado, estimates that
"essentially (Chinese anti-satellite tests) increase the amount of space debris orbiting the Earth by about 20 percent", and the debris might threaten spacecraft for up to 100 years.
