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Comment Re:Tor (Score 1) 260

by jakebw on Friday December 04, 2009 @05:42PM (#30329348) Attached to: UK Judge Orders Wikipedia To Reveal User's Identity

Yes, they use http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TorBlock. There is a client-side bot that blocks open proxies as well.

Burglar Logs Into Facebook On Victim's Computer 337

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday September 18, 2009 @02:41PM from the status-reads-i'm-robbing-a-house-right-now dept.

yet-another-lobbyist writes to mention that Facebook addiction has finally caused real world consequences, at least for one would-be burglar. It seems that 19-year-old Jonathan Parker couldn't stay away from the popular social networking site, even long enough to rob a house. Parker not only stopped mid-robbery to check his Facebook status on the victim's computer, but left it logged in to his account when he left.

BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts 267

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @01:16PM from the dtv-drm-bbq dept.

NickFortune writes "The EFF's Danny O'Brien has pointed out that the BBC has asked a UK regulator for permission to add DRM to their high-definition broadcasts. Apparently, this is at the behest of content providers. 'BBC is proposing to encode the TV listings metadata that accompanies all digital TV channels with a simple compression algorithm. The parameters to this algorithm would be kept secret by the BBC: it would ask manufacturers to sign a private agreement in order to receive a copy. This license would require the implementation of pervasive DRM in the equipment they build.' Ofcom, the regulatory body in question, has detailed the proposal asked for comments, but the window closes today."

Comment Domain Kiting (Score 1) 102

by jakebw on Friday August 14, 2009 @05:51PM (#29071501) Attached to: Domain Tasting "Officially Dead" Thanks To Cancellation Policy

Wikipedia says:
"Domain tasting should not be confused with domain kiting, which is the process of deleting a domain name during the five-day grace period and immediately re-registering it for another five-day period. This process is repeated any number of times with the end result of having the domain registered without ever actually paying for it."

So I guess that's dead, too?

Comment Re:Who knows how to get their money back. (Score 1) 102

by jakebw on Friday August 14, 2009 @05:46PM (#29071445) Attached to: Domain Tasting "Officially Dead" Thanks To Cancellation Policy

Also, I believe that tasting was supposed to allow the registrar to recover money in the event of a credit card charge-back or non-paying customer.

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