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Medieval Copy Protection 226

Posted by samzenpus on Friday August 20, 2010 @04:03PM from the thou-shall-write-your-own-book dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In medieval times a 'book curse' was often included on the inside cover or on the last leaf of a manuscripts, warning away anyone who might do the book some harm. Here's a particularly pretty one from Yale's Beinecke MS 214: 'In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. In the one thousand two hundred twenty-ninth year from the incarnation of our Lord, Peter, of all monks the least significant, gave this book to the [Benedictine monastery of the] most blessed martyr, St. Quentin. If anyone should steal it, let him know that on the Day of Judgment the most sainted martyr himself will be the accuser against him before the face of our Lord Jesus Christ.'"

EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely 341

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @07:42AM from the sixty-dollar-yearly-fee dept.

Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"

Duke Nukem 3D Ported To Nokia N900 95

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @11:03PM from the all-outta-gum dept.

andylim writes "It looks as if Duke Nukem isn't completely 'nuked' after all. Someone has ported the 90s classic on to a Nokia N900. As you'll see in the video, you control Duke using the Qwerty keypad and shoot using the touchscreen. I'm wondering how long it will take for this to get on other mobile platforms." In other Duke news, reader Jupix points out that 3D Realms' CEO Scott Miller recently said, "There are numerous other Duke games in various stages of development, several due out this year. We are definitely looking to bring Duke into casual gaming spaces, plus there are other major Duke games in production."

Submission + - World first review of Dell's 12.1in netbook (apcmag.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 27, 2008 @01:00AM

An anonymous reader writes: Australian Personal Computer Magazine has the world first look at Dell's 12.1in netbook.

7 Deadly Sins Aren't Enough 4

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 13, 2008 @01:03PM

As proof that things are only getting worse the list of deadly sins, written in the 6th century, has just had an update. The Vatican has added pollution, mind-damaging drugs, genetic experiments, and monetary social injustice. New Line Cinema has already retained Morgan Freeman and is working on a script for 'Ten'.

Comment Calling home... (Score 1) 259

by tminator on Wednesday October 25, 2000 @12:23PM (#676514) Attached to: What To Do About Corporate Espionage?

My dad works in security at a large company and they have their laptops configured to dial toll-free into a central computer whenever they are booted up and plugged into an analog line. This 'ping' let's the home office know who they are, and captures the the calling phone number (caller ID).

This has proven very successful because they were able to track down a large 'lost in transit' shipment of laptops. From the one contact, they were able to find and prosecute the culprits and recover most of the hardware.

Doesn't help recover or protect the data, but it was sucessful in this case.

tminator

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