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Feed Science Daily: Plain Soap As Effective As Antibacterial But Without The Risk (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Wednesday August 15, 2007 @06:12PM

Antibacterial soaps show no health benefits over plain soaps and, in fact, may render some common antibiotics less effective, says a University of Michigan public health professor.

Submission + - RIAA Backs Down After Receiving Stern Letter

Submitted by

NewYorkCountryLawyer

on Tuesday March 27, 2007 @05:35PM

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "In SONY BMG v. Merchant, in California, the defendant's lawyer wrote the RIAA a rather stern letter recounting how weak the RIAA's evidence is, referring to the deposition of the RIAA's expert witness (see Slashdot commentary), and threatening a malicious prosecution lawsuit. The very same day the RIAA put its tail between its legs and dropped the case, filing a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. About an hour earlier NYCL had termed the letter a "model letter"; maybe he was right."

Submission + - Microsoft takes a 'Patch Tuesday' break

Submitted by

Phill0

on Friday March 09, 2007 @01:22AM

Phill0 writes: "From the article:

Microsoft has no new security updates planned for Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities that are waiting to be fixed.
The patch break could be a welcome respite for IT managers still busy testing the dozen fixes Microsoft released last month. Also, many IT pros may be occupied with the switch to daylight saving time, which at the behest of Congress, is happening three weeks earlier this year. Many computer systems don't have that change programmed in and require patching.

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Feed NHL Union Denies E-mail Spying (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Thursday March 08, 2007 @10:12PM

The union's chief Ted Saskin denies monitoring player's e-mails, pointing fingers at his predecessor Bob Goodenow, who also denied the spying allegations. By the Associated Press.

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