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Aussie Gamer Loses PS3 Court Case Over 'Other OS' 206

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @03:32AM from the misrepresentation-is-relative dept.

dotarray writes "An Australian man who took Sony to court over the company's decision to remove Linux functionality from the PS3 console has now lost his claim, with the court clearing the manufacturer of any wrongdoing regarding the upgrade."

Autism Diagnosed With a Fifteen Minute Brain Scan 190

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 19, 2010 @04:08AM from the 15-minutes-definitely-15-minutes dept.

kkleiner writes "A new technique developed at King's College London uses a fifteen minute MRI scan to diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The scan is used to analyze the structure of grey matter in the brain, and tests have shown that it can identify individuals already diagnosed with autism with 90% accuracy. The research could change the way that autism is diagnosed – including screening children for the disorder at a young age."

Pluto — a Complex and Changing World 191

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 04, 2010 @09:57PM from the can-imagine-quite-a-bit dept.

astroengine writes "After 4 years of processing the highest resolution photographs the Hubble Space Telescope could muster, we now have the highest resolution view of Pluto's surface ever produced. Most excitingly, these new observations show an active world with seasonal changes altering the dwarf planet's surface. It turns out that this far-flung world has more in common with Earth than we would have ever imagined."

Monitor Your Health 24x7 With the WIN Human Recorder 66

Posted by timothy on Thursday January 28, 2010 @09:37PM from the paranoia-count-high dept.

kkleiner writes "Japanese venture firm WIN Human Recorder Ltd is set to bring a health monitor patch to market that is capable of keeping tabs on all your vitals. The HRS-I is a small (30mm x 30mm x 5mm) lightweight (7g) device that adheres to your chest and relays the data it collects to a computer or mobile phone via wireless connection. While the HRS-I only directly monitors electrocardiograph information, body surface temperature, and movement (via accelerometers), it can connect to sensors for heart rate, brain waves, respiration and many other important health indicators. WIN is selling the HRS-I for around ¥30,000 (~$330) and providing monitoring software for around ¥10,000 (~$110)."

Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X 246

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @05:23PM from the well-it-wouldn't-be-polite-to-patch-windows dept.

Trailrunner7 writes with this snippet from ThreatPost: "Apple's first Mac OS X security update for 2010 is out, providing cover for at least 12 serious vulnerabilities. The update, rated critical, plugs security holes that could lead to code execution vulnerabilities if a Mac user is tricked into opening audio files or surfing to a rigged Web site." Hit the link for a list of the highlights among these fixes.

Lack of Manpower May Kill VLC For Mac 398

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:53PM from the vlc-generally-rocks dept.

plasmacutter writes "The Video Lan dev team has recently come forward with a notice that the number of active developers for the project's MacOS X releases has dropped to zero, prompting a halt in the release schedule. There is now a disturbing possibility that support for Mac will be dropped as of 1.1.0. As the most versatile and user-friendly solution for bridging the video compatibility gap between OS X and windows, this will be a terrible loss for the Mac community. There is still hope, however, if the right volunteers come forward."

Comment My Letter to Ludlow Music (Score 1) 710

by baliset on Tuesday July 27, 2004 @10:00PM (#9818195) Attached to: Parody or Satire? Threat To Sue JibJab

This is my letter sent to those imbeciles who run Lodlow Music (aka The Richmond Organization):

"Greetings, all the way from Australia!

Well, I felt obliged to look you fine folks up at "The Richmond Organisation" or "Ludlow Music" through the MPA website (http://www.mpa.org/agency/370p.html) and offer you just one or two lines on the story that I've read about you objecting to the use of Guthrie's "Our Land" by the JibJab parody. I'd be mighty appreciative if you sent this directly to whoever is responsible for this issue. Larry Richmond is a name that springs to mind. So is Kathryn Ostien. Mr Richmond is on record stating his view that he regards derivative works as "damaging and dangerous"- in the Robbie Williams case, so it's safe to assume that he is a driver behind this embarrassing decision.

Gentlemen, I can only conclude that there's something in the water over your way. You lost the battle as soon as you listened to the wiener on your payroll who said "Hey that's *our* song. Those scurrilous satirists can't be allowed to exercise their first amendment rights! Show me the money!"

Gad! Whoever of you who have chosen to chase this has generated a huge amount of bad publicity for you- vastly outweighing any potential gain. For pete's sake, Woody Guthrie wouldn't have cared less who sang it (or how) 60 years ago. You didn't earn the creative rights to that song, you merely paid for it, and anyway, the copyright should have rightly expired decades ago. Your shirt-necks are all too tight. No! I'm being far too kind. Your kind of lawyer-ese, small thinking, greedy shit-stirring typifies all that is bad about the stagnant, corrupt music industry. You're greedy and stupid. You barely deserve the time I'm taking to write this letter, except that it makes me feel better knowing I've vented my spleen. That, and the fact that your type don't last long in the world.

Not being in America, I can afford not to take sides about the political parody that the JibJab people have brilliantly put together. However, I can see a weasel from a mile away. Rather than call JibJab and threaten litigation, why don't you call and thank them for having the humor and creativity that you lack?

Sincerely,
Nathan Zamprogno,
Sydney Australia."

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