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DNS Provision Pulled From SOPA 232

New submitter crvtec sends this excerpt from CNet: "Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), one of the biggest backers of the Stop Online Piracy Act, today said he plans to remove the Domain Name System blocking provision. 'After consultation with industry groups across the country,' Smith said in a statement released by his office, 'I feel we should remove (DNS) blocking from the Stop Online Piracy Act so that the [U.S. House Judiciary] Committee can further examine the issues surrounding this provision.'"
Google

Submission + - Google Patches 10 Chrome Bugs, Pays Out $10K (computerworld.com)

CWmike writes: Google patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday, but it didn't award any of the researchers who reported bugs its new top-dollar reward. Google divulged no details of the vulnerabilities and, as is its custom, it blocked public access to its bug-tracking database — a practice meant to keep attackers from using the information before most users have upgraded. Some rivals, such as Mozilla, do the same; others, like Microsoft, do not. Sergey Glazunov banked $4,674 for reporting four bugs, including the previous maximum $1,337 each for two of the quartet. A researcher known as 'kuzzcc,' who has also reported flaws in Opera to that browser's Norwegian maker, took home $2,000 for uncovering a pair of Chrome vulnerabilities. But no one received Google's new biggest bounty, which the company set at $3,133.70 last month, after Mozilla had increased its maximum vulnerability payment to $3,000.
Idle

Directed Energy Weapon Downs Mosquitos 428

wisebabo writes "Nathan Myhrvol demonstrated at TED a laser, built from parts scrounged from eBay, capable of shooting down not one but 50 to 100 mosquitos a second. The system is 'so precise that it can specify the species, and even the gender, of the mosquito being targeted.' Currently, for the sake of efficiency, it leaves the males alone because only females are bloodsuckers. Best of all the system could cost as little as $50. Maybe that's too expensive for use in preventing malaria in Africa but I'd buy one in a second!" We ran a story about this last year. It looks like the company has added a bit more polish, and burning mosquito footage to their marketing.

Comment Happened to me, but with a video card (Score 1) 990

Remember way back when the 3DFX Voodoo 2 was all the rage, well I go to Future Shop (BC, Canada) and buy a tape sealed box. When I get home and open the box all I find inside is a crappy video card. Back to the store I go, stand in line at the returns desk, get to the front and present my case (no pun intended) and was promptly told "there's nothing they can do". I blurt out that this is bloody bullshit and it's heard by the manager who promptly suggests he'll call the police in if I don't behave. My response, "go ahead and call them, want the number!" So manager and I go to his office and spend the next couple of hours going through my credit and purchase history with Future Shop and researching if the box I bought was previously returned and what the return procedures were and if they were followed by staff. Now I got off lucky, had a very good purchase history with Future Shop, the employees did admit that some returned boxes do make it back onto the shelves and not returned to the manufacturer and finally the big one.....This box was PREVIOUSLY returned! The manager then gave me a new box, checked the contents, and promptly asked if this incident won't affect my future purchases at Future Shop. Since then I try to either buy unboxed OEM parts or open the box at the cashier before buying.

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