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Mediasentry Violates Cease & Desist Order 216

Posted by kdawson on Thursday April 10, 2008 @01:23PM from the what-part-of-stop-don't-you-understand dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "On January 2, 2008, the Massachusetts State Police ordered MediaSentry, the RIAA's investigator, to cease and desist from conducting investigations in Massachusetts without a license. Based on what appears to be irrefutable proof that MediaSentry has been violating that order, the Boston University students who tentatively won, in London-Sire v. Doe 1, an order tentatively quashing the subpoena for their identities, have brought a new motion to vacate the RIAA's court papers altogether, on the ground that the RIAA's 'evidence' was procured by criminal behavior."

Google Shares Its Security Secrets 106

Posted by kdawson on Thursday April 10, 2008 @12:35PM from the cultural-values dept.

Stony Stevenson writes "Google presents a big fat target for would-be hackers and attackers. At the RSA conference Google offered security professionals a look at its internal security systems. Scott Petry, director of Google's Enterprise and founder of security firm Postini, explained how the company handles constant pressure and scrutiny from attackers. In order to keep its products safe, Google has adopted a philosophy of 'security as a cultural value.' The program includes mandatory security training for developers, a set of in-house security libraries, and code reviews by both Google developers and outside security researchers."

Comment Difference between new and running contracts (Score 1) 504

by dam on Friday August 25, 2006 @09:59AM (#15977779) Attached to: Internet Connectivity Outside of the United States

I notice no differentiation is made of current contracts and what is available to new subscribers.

At least in the European Union, new broadband systems are being deployed at an incredible pace. I expect this is the case in all developed countries. The speed bumps are quite phenomenal, while 768 Kb was the norm a few years back; most contract holders are now running 2-6 Mbits.

For instance: In Germany the normal offering for DSL now is 6 M download/1 Mb upload and in cities they are offering the new DSL2 with 16 Mbits download!

However most contracts run for 24 or at least 12 months; so it takes some time for a significant portion of the population to update to the new contracts and the faster speeds that are available.

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