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The Unmanned Air Force 352

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @09:10PM from the fly-the-robotic-skies dept.

coondoggie writes "How important have unmanned aircraft become to the US military? Well how's this: the Air Force says next year it will acquire more unmanned aircraft than manned. Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip this week said the service is 'all in' when it comes to developing unmanned systems and aircraft. 'Next year, the Air Force will procure more unmanned aircraft than manned aircraft,' the general said. 'I think that makes a very pointed statement about our commitment to the future of [unmanned aircraft] and what it brings to the fight in meeting the requirements of combatant commanders.'"

Studios' Oz Power-Grab Revealed 217

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 24, 2008 @12:35PM from the it's-mine-no-mine-no-mine dept.

Xiroth writes "More details are beginning to come out about the lawsuit launched by film studios in Australia. According to law experts familiar with the case, the studios seek to force the ISPs to become 'police, judge, and executioner,' effectively giving the studios the legal clout to switch off ISP customers' internet connection at will. Apparently the ISP iiNet is the unlucky victim for the test case as, unlike other ISPs, they refused to pass on infringement notices to their customers."

NSA Whistleblowers Reveal Extent of Eavesdropping 222

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 09, 2008 @05:54PM from the revealing-the-obvious dept.

ma11achy was one of several readers to write about claims made by two former military intercept operators who worked for the NSA that "Despite pledges by President George W. Bush and American intelligence officials to the contrary, hundreds of US citizens overseas have been eavesdropped on as they called friends and family back home." Ars Technica has a brief report as well, and reader net_shaman adds a link to Glenn Greenwald's opinion piece on the eavesdropping at Salon.

Comment Re:taxes (Score 1) 1003

by Niltsiar on Wednesday July 30, 2008 @04:10AM (#24398235) Attached to: Software Price Gap Between the US and Europe

The other problem, particularly with console games, is the PAL display system. This means that we have to wait for the UK/European translation/release before the games are 'ready' for the Australian market. Then add the OFLC into the deal and you've got a lot of extra overhead just to hit this small market.

While yes, this applies to console games, how does this apply to PC games on Steam? No or minimal localization necessary, and if there is minimal localization, it still doesn't justify having to pay almost twice as much.

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