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Comment Re:The Pete Townsend defense, eh? (Score 2, Informative) 681

by wongn on Monday May 26, 2008 @10:42PM (#23551067) Attached to: UK Academics Arrested For Researching al-Qaida

In TFA, the student was researching (broadly) Islamic Politics. Which seems reasonable enough; it's regrettably a large part of perceived western views on Islamic politics. Additionally, it wasn't the student who originally downloaded the material who is now being threatened with deportation. Hisham Yezza was asked to print the document in question, and there's no evidence that he even read it.

Submission + - Sony finds defect in digital cameras

Submitted by gbobeck on Friday November 24, 2006 @07:23AM

gbobeck writes: Sony has announced Friday that it found a defect in 8 Cyber-shot compact digital camera models. "The liquid crystal display screens of eight camera models might not display images correctly, images could be distorted or cameras might not take photos at all." The affected models were sold between September 2003 and January 2005 globally. According to Sony spokesman Chisato Kitsukawa, "Sony will repair for free only cameras that show signs of the problems."

Submission + - Second Life - the corporate invasion cometh...

Submitted by

Tyburn Franklie

on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @07:32AM

Tyburn Franklie writes: "So Second Life is entering its second phase. What with big-name brands (as seen here) colonising its virtual earth — and the media getting worked up into a frenzy of hype (Second Life: the Cheat Sheet? Yep, it's here) — the alternative world is looking more and more like the old one... Frankly it's been in the news more than Tony Blair's greying hair. There are even worries about virtual office etiquette (sorry guys: no guns in the office). And now Linden Labs has words of warning for would-be corporate warriors seeking a Second Life: "If you are not authentic and do not offer anything to the community, you are likely to be ignored, at best." Sage advice — whatever world you're in."

Journal Journal: Slashdot Subscriber Plums...Or How Slashdot Is Going Web 2.0 6

Journal by Real World Stuff on Monday October 30, 2006 @03:39PM

Forever the Grand Daddy of online web bulliten boards, Slashdot.org (Wholly owned by technology advertisement company VA),is moving from antiquated editorial processes, and moving toward upstat Digg.com collaborative content processes. By implementing FireHose, Slashdot.org allows for users to vote, or "digg", articles for promotion to publishing on the web site. Beta implementation of the kludge process introduces new coloring scheme, and more user input. Slashdot.org clings to the orig

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