Submission + - Mississippi Makes Caller ID Spoofing Illegal (wdam.com)
marklyon writes: HB 872, recently signed into law by Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, makes Caller ID spoofing illegal. Alterations to the caller's name, telephone number, or name and telephone number that is shown to a recipient of a call or otherwise presented to the network. The law applies to PSTN, wireless and VOIP calls. Penalties for each violation can be up to $1,000 and one year in jail. Blocking of caller identification information is still permitted.
Submission + - Japanese develop world's fastest book scanner (ieee.org)
An anonymous reader writes: IEEE Spectrum reports that Tokyo University researchers have developed a superfast book scanner that uses lasers and a high-speed camera to achieve a capture rate of 200 pages per minute. You just quickly flip the book pages in front of the system and it digitizes the pages, building a 3D model of each and reconstructing it as a normal flat page. The prototype is large and bulky, but if this thing could be made smaller, one day we could scan a book or magazine in seconds using a smartphone.
Submission + - Wikipedia's Assault on Patent Encumbered Codecs (videoonwikipedia.org) 1
An anonymous reader writes: The Open Video Alliance is launching a campaign today called Let's Get Video on Wikipedia asking people to create and post videos to Wikipedia articles (good, encyclopedia style videos only!). Because all video must be in patent-free codecs (theora for now), this will make Wikipedia by far the most likely site for an average internet user to have a truly free and open video experience. The campaign seeks to "strike a blow for freedom" against a wave of h.264 adoption in otherwise open html5 video implementations.
Submission + - Magicjack loses legal attack against boingboing
An anonymous reader writes: Magicjack, a USB VOIP company lost a SLAPP lawsuit against boingboing. H/T Instapundit.com http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/23/magicjack-dials-wron.html
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Submission + - 5 Things You Can't Discuss about Linux
gondwannabe writes: Flamebait for the /. crowd? How about The Five Things You Aren't Allowed to Discuss About Linux With considerable chutzpa, an insightful Rob Enderle takes on what he considers five dogmas in the OSS community and explains why they're wrong. Examples: Linux is secure, "communes" actually work in the long haul, and that Linux is "pro-developer.
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Feed Broadcasters Agree to Fine Over Payoffs (nytimes.com)
Four large radio station owners agreed to pay $12.5 million to resolve claims that they accepted cash in exchange for playing songs.
Comment Cost of Goods Sold? (Score 4, Interesting) 418
I've sold a lot of things on eBay, but never for more than those things cost me. For instance, I use a laptop for a year or two, then sell it on eBay for less than it cost me.
If forced to account for the "income", can't I also offset it by the "expense"?
If forced to account for the "income", can't I also offset it by the "expense"?
