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RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion 510

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday June 08, 2010 @12:07PM from the getting-a-little-greedy-guys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LimeWire owes the major record labels one point five trillion dollars, at a conservative estimate. At least, that's what an RIAA lawyer says. He also wants LimeWire shut down and its assets frozen, says Ray Beckerman's Recording Industry vs The People blog."

StarCraft II Beta To Begin This Month 182

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday February 11, 2010 @11:08AM from the zerg-inc dept.

mrxak writes "It's official; Activision Blizzard's much-anticipated sequel to 12-year-old StarCraft is going to enter closed beta 'this month,' according to company President Mike Morhaime during an investor conference call. This comes in the wake of the SC2 beta forums showing up briefly on Battle.net. If you've got a Battle.net account, it's probably not too late to opt-in for upcoming Blizzard beta tests."

Star Wars TV Show Tainted By Memories of Jar Jar 474

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 11, 2010 @09:46AM from the that's-a-lot-of-taint dept.

bowman9991 writes "Can George Lucas' new Star Wars TV series, the first Star Wars spin off with real actors, atone for the flawed follow-ups to his original classics? Producer Rick McCallum calls the new series 'much darker,' a 'much more character-based series' and 'more adult,' while George Lucas himself calls it more like the first Star Wars film. The new TV show takes place in the 'dark times' between the last prequel Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, when most of the Jedi and anti-emperor politicians were hunted down and killed. The characters of Boba Fett, C-3PO, and the Emperor Palpatine will return, and casting has now begun. Mark Hamill, the actor who played Luke Skywalker from the original movies, believes George Lucas lost his way, 'making it bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger until you're just exploding with special effects all over the screen like some fireworks display,' but thinks the new show is a 'positive' step forward. Hopefully George Lucas can wipe the memory of Jar Jar Binks, Anakin and Padme's romance, his shameless merchandising, and some lame attempts at humor from everyone's minds once and for all."

Armed Robot Drones To Join UK Police Force 311

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 11, 2010 @03:24AM from the you-have-30-seconds-to-comply dept.

Lanxon writes "British criminals should soon prepare to be shot at from unmanned airborne police robots. Last month it was revealed that modified military aircraft drones will carry out surveillance on everyone from British protesters and antisocial motorists to fly-tippers. But these drones could be armed with tasers, non-lethal projectiles and ultra-powerful disorienting strobe lighting apparatus, reports Wired. The flying robot fleet will range from miniature tactical craft such as the miniature AirRobot being tested by one police force, to BAE System's new 12m-wide armed HERTI drone as flown in Afghanistan."

Subversive Groups Must Now Register In South Carolina 849

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 10, 2010 @08:57PM from the are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been-a-member-of-the-communist-party dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "The Raw Story reports that terrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must now register with South Carolina's Secretary of State and declare their intentions — or face a $25,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison. The 'Subversive Activities Registration Act' passed last year in South Carolina and now officially on the books states that 'every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States ... shall register with the Secretary of State.'"

Leopard Upgraders Getting "Blue Screen of Death" 542

Posted by kdawson on Saturday October 27, 2007 @03:58PM from the they're-called-haxies-for-a-reason dept.

Z80xxc! writes "Some Mac users upgrading to Apple's new Leopard operating system are encountering long delays on reboot — an experience they liken to the Windows 'Blue Screen of Death.' While some of those upgrading were able to access their computer after waiting for as long as several hours, others were forced to do a complete reinstall. Some suspect that a framework called 'Application Enhancer' by Unsanity LLC may be causing the problem, but there has been no official word from Apple at this point."

Feed news.com: Next version of Windows: Call it 7 (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Friday July 20, 2007 @04:32PM

Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows--known internally as version "7"--within roughly three years, CNET News.com has learned.

Feed news.com: Audi in with diesel and hybrids (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Friday July 20, 2007 @03:52PM

Blog: Le Mans-winning tech to bring the 'cleanest diesel engine in the world' to the consumers by mid-2008.

Comment it seems to me (Score 2) 29

by Forward The Light Br on Sunday June 09, 2002 @10:57PM (#3670968) Attached to: South African Internet Blackout?

that we would be crying bloody murder if IANA cum ICAAN were to decide that the US government no longer had control over .us and instead by fiat gave gov.us to Grand Old Vines of Napa CA...

throwing out the "white man's burden" of taking care of .za so the "silly ignorant government of South Africa" doesn't screw it up seems quite ass-backwards... If they do fuck it up, fine. So be it. We decided that ccTLDs would exist. They should exist equally and COUNTRIES should have control over their own ccTLDs...

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