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Closing Time At Microsoft's Campus Pub 393

Posted by kdawson from the about-face-saving dept.
theodp writes "Just three days before the Spitfire pub was to open on Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division campus, TechFlash reports that Microsoft got cold feet and pulled the plug on the project, leaving the bar's owner and his 22 employees in the lurch. 'I am completely stunned and disappointed by the decision,' said now lease-less owner Jonathan Sposato, who's stuck with space built out as a pub, complete with a giant bar, a fireplace, and eight beer taps. (He says it wouldn't be economically viable to refit it as a restaurant.) Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos confirmed the company's sudden change of heart: 'The goal was always to create a cool gathering place for employees, but to do so in a manner that's consistent with a business environment. We decided we should do something more appropriate, and that meant not having a pub.' The new pub had been in development for more than a year."
Government

Submission + - Canada's new DMCA considered worst copyright law (theglobeandmail.com)

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loconet writes: "The government of Canada is preparing to attempt to bring a new DMCA-modeled copyright law in Canada in order to comply with the WIPO treaties the country signed in 1997. These treaties were also the base of the American DMCA. The new Canadian law will be even more restrictive in nature than the American version and worse than the last Canadian copyright proposal, the defeated Bill C-60. Amongst the many restrictive clauses, in this new law — as Michael Geist explains — is the total abolishment of the concept of fair use, "No parody exception. No time shifting exception. No device shifting exception. No expanded backup provision. Nothing.". Michael Geist provides a list of 30 things that can be done to address the issue."
Security

Journal SPAM: Reported malfunction in PayPal Security Key 1

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius

In association with VeriSign, PayPal rolled out their one-time-password Security Key earlier this year. Generating six random digits every 30 seconds, the small electronic token provided an additional layer of authentication against phishing attacks. But, according to an IT administrator who has used the PayPal Security Key for several months now, a bug could allow phishers to bypass the measure. Chris Romero s

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