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Submission + - HD-DVD processing key and massive censorship

Submitted by

Rudd-O

on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @01:09PM

Rudd-O writes: "After successful discovery of the HD-DVD processing key, massive unprecedented amounts of censorship, in the form of DMCA takedown notices (by the MPAA), have begun to circulate around the Internet. For example, Spooky Action at a Distance was killed. More disturbingly, my story got Dugg twice, with the second wave hitting 15.500 votes, and today I found out it had simply disappeared from Digg. How long until the long arm of the MPAA gets to my own site (run in Ecuador) and the rest of them holding the processing key? How long will we let rampant censorhip go, in the name of economic interest?"

Comment Maybe he was taking the party line (Score 4, Interesting) 317

by Salvance on Saturday March 24, 2007 @10:10PM (#18475291) Attached to: Bill Gates Talk From 1989 Surfaces

To the computer enthusiasts of the time, it would have been even more laughable had Bill Gates said "in the next two decades, Microsoft software will completely destroy OS/2, will render Apple a shell of its former self by stealing all its innovations, and will demand 1 GB of RAM." So even if he had his world domination plans set in 1989, he couldn't exactly let the world know without being laughed at.

Journal Journal: Apple and Sony Partner for new iPod Killer

Journal by Salvance on Friday February 09, 2007 @04:02AM

After conceding defeat in the gadget wars, Sony has teamed up with Apple to create the newest must-have gadget - the WalkPod. This combination iPod and cassette tape Walkman bridges the gap between older generations and today's kids, while tailoring to the recent trend towards retro designs.

Submission + - Warner rejects Jobs on DRM.

Submitted by

massivefoot

on Friday February 09, 2007 @03:49AM

massivefoot writes: "Warner Music has rejected the suggestion from Steve Jobs that DRM should be removed from music downloads. In an open letter this week, the Apple boss had said that removing such software would also allow greater usability for customers, as any online music store would be able to sell songs that would work on all players. "This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat." said Mr Jobs. Warner Music, the world's fourth largest record company, seems far from convinced."

Submission + - Open source phone on the way

Submitted by

prostoalex

on Friday February 09, 2007 @02:21AM

prostoalex writes: "Dr. Dobb's Journal reports on GPE Palmtop Environment creating a full stack of open source software for mobile phones. Mobile operator Orange and France Telecom are contributing to the project."

HP's Windows Bundle Trouble 697

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 15, 2006 @08:21PM from the i'm-sorry-please-enter-your-option-again dept.

narramissic writes "A French consumer group has filed 3 lawsuits against HP, saying the company's practice of selling consumer PCs with Windows pre-installed violates a French law that 'prohibits linking the functionality of a product to another product' — not to mention that consumers wind up paying for an unwanted OS. For its part, HP contends that it is not in violation of the law because the OS is integral to the PC. 'The PC without an OS is not a product because it doesn't work,' said Alain Spitzmuller, legal affairs director for HP France. 'We believe the market is for products that work.'"

Submission + - Wii sells 600,000 in 1 week! 75 percent get Zelda

Submitted by

Wowzer

on Monday November 27, 2006 @08:06PM

Wowzer writes: "Nintendo today announced the Wii sold through more than 600,000 units in the Americas in just its first eight days of availability. That's a rate of nearly one per second continuously since the November 19 launch! From the article: "Including just first-party software and accessory sales, Wii instantly has become a $190 million business in the Americas. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, a favorite of avid gamers, already has achieved sales of more than 454,000 units in the Americas." What games did you get?"

Submission + - Army Game Proves U.S. Can't Lose

Submitted by Alien54 on Monday November 27, 2006 @07:05PM

Alien54 writes: A new video game commissioned by the U.S. Army as a recruiting tool portrays the nation's military in 2015 as an invulnerable high-tech machine. It's an impressive game, simulating weaponry the military is actually using or building, gamers say. But the gameplay is designed so it's hard to lose: The equipment holds up awfully well and the enemy doesn't learn from experience.

Submission + - Takin' Care of Business and Working Paid Overtime

Submitted by

theodp

on Sunday November 26, 2006 @01:30AM

theodp writes: "About 800 CA-based Siebel employees who held the job title 'software engineer' or 'senior software engineer' stand to pocket $27,000 each from the proceeds of Siebel's $27.5 settlement of an overtime dispute. And while IBM's 32,000 techies won't make out quite as well, they'll still divvy up $65M in OT pay that IBM's shelling out to settle a federal class action suit."

Mark Shuttleworth Tries To Lure OpenSUSE Devs 258

Posted by Zonk on Saturday November 25, 2006 @11:38PM from the trolling-for-talent dept.

polar_bear` writes "A lot of developers are angry at Novell for its deal with Microsoft, but is it fair game for other vendors to try to capitalize on dissatisfaction with Novell? Apparently, Mark Shuttleworth thinks so. Shuttleworth sent an invitation to the openSUSE developers list inviting developers 'concerned about the long term consequences' of Novell's deal to participate in Ubuntu Open Week and consider jumping ship to Ubuntu. OpenSUSE and Ubuntu developers are not amused."

Journal Journal: Management by example? 2

Journal by Josh Lindenmuth on Saturday November 25, 2006 @10:54PM

An old adage states that "the best way to lead is to lead by example". In technology related fields though, this is a tricky act ... as one could readily tell after reading comments in November 25's Can a Manager Be a Techie and Survive? story.

Submission + - What's the coolest thing you've ever built?

Submitted by

Josh Lindenmuth

on Tuesday November 21, 2006 @01:35AM

Josh Lindenmuth writes: "What is the most interesting gadget, product, or device that you've ever built on your own? Cool computers, cars, hovercraft, handheld devices, fusion reactors ... I'd love to hear what other slashdot readers have built!

My own:
In high school I was involved in an engineering competition where we needed to create a machine that could move 100 lbs of groceries from a disabled person's car up and down a set of stairs, and then into their kitchen. It was probably the coolest thing I ever built (there were only 3 of us on the team), even though the wooden treads started splintering halfway up the stairs (we didn't have a metal shop, so it was made entirely out of wood, spare boat parts, and conveyor belts) and then it completely destroyed the stairs on its way down (it weighed over 300 lbs)."

Students Put UCLA Taser Video On YouTube 1583

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday November 21, 2006 @01:34AM from the police-buddhism-studies dept.

dircha writes "As widely reported, an incident in which Iranian-American student Mostafa Tabatabainejad was tasered up to five times by UCLA police on Friday, has been captured by a fellow student using a video enabled cell phone and published to YouTube. From the Daily Bruin: 'At around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tabatabainejad, a fourth-year Middle Eastern and North African studies and philosophy student, was asked to leave the library for failing to present his BruinCard during a random check. The 23-year-old student was hit with a Taser five times when he did not leave quickly and cooperatively upon being asked to do so.' In a story which has raised concerns of racial profiling, police brutality and the health risks of taser use, the ubiquity of video cell phone technology has given us a first hand record of an incident which might otherwise have been a he-said, she-said affair. While the publishing of the video to YouTube has given the issue compelling popular exposure beyond the immediate campus community."

Journal Journal: $100 laptop gets its first production run 1

Journal by OSTG Marketing on Tuesday November 21, 2006 @12:06AM

The $100 'One Laptop per Child initiative' notebook has completed its test production run this week. "The prototypes used a lime-green and white case design and were built on a Beta "B1" motherboard and a 366 MHz AMD Geode processor, while previous specifications had promised a 500 MHz unit. The system uses 128 MB of and a 512 MB Flash unit serves as mass storage device. There will be four USB ports as well as a Wi-Fi chipset

Submission + - Michigan teen creates fusion device

Submitted by

Josh Lindenmuth

on Monday November 20, 2006 @08:33PM

Josh Lindenmuth writes: "The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Thiago Olson, a 17 year old Michigan teen, was able to create a small fusion device in his parents' basement. The machine uses a 40,000 volt charge and deuterium gas to create the small reaction, which he says looks like a "small intense ball of energy".

The teen's fusion device is obviously not a self-sustaining reactor, but it still shows how fusion technology is becoming more accessible. Hopefully this points to a future where large scale fusion reactors are both economical and widely used."

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