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Judge Chin Says He Will Cut the Google Book Settlement 38

Posted by timothy on Thursday April 01, 2010 @07:42PM from the why-not-horizontally dept.

Miracle Jones writes "In a move that has shocked the publishing world, Judge Denny Chin has filed a brief saying that he has decided to cut the Google Book Settlement in half, letting Google host the first half of every book the company has scanned, and letting other interested stakeholders fight for the rights to the rest. 'We think this is a hard decision, but a fair one,' said John Peter Franks for Google. 'We would like to be able to host and control whole books, but at least we get the front half.'"

Comment This will last for about 3 months (Score 1) 317

by RojSpencer on Tuesday January 22, 2008 @02:35PM (#22140804) Attached to: Bandwidth Caps May Be Critical Error For Broadband Companies

After the first bills come in to people unknowingly hosting part of the bot net, seeing the huge charges they will get for bandwidth when they barely used their PC, and refusing to pay their $3,000 monthly bill, this will go down in the flames it deserves. It's one thing to meter the traffic going to and from a server. Grandma & Grandpa's virus infected PC being used to send thousands of spam letters every night is quite another.

Feed The Register: Google's Lemon squeezes out web app bugs (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @11:32AM

Hot Fuzz

Google is developing an automated tool for finding common web application vulnerabilities.

FBI Remotely Installs Spyware to Trace Bomb Threat 325

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @11:22AM from the hey-wait-a-minute dept.

cnet-declan writes "There have been rumors for years about the FBI remotely installing spyware via e-mail or by exploiting an operating system vulnerability from afar — and now there's confirmation. Last month, the FBI obtained a federal court order to remotely install spyware called CIPAV (Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier) to find out who was behind a MySpace account linked to bomb threats sent to a high school near Olympia, Wash. News.com has posted a PDF of the FBI affidavit, which makes for interesting reading, and a summary of the CIPAV results that the FBI submitted to a magistrate judge. It seems as though CIPAV was installed via e-mail, as an article back in 2004 hinted was the case. In addition to reporting the computer's IP address, MAC address, and registry information, it also gave the FBI updates on which IP addresses the user(s) visited. But how did the FBI get the spyware activated and past anti-virus defenses? Two obvious ways are for the Feds to find and exploit their own operating system backdoors, or to compromise security vendors..."

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