Comment Re:How do you tell when a politician is lying? (Score 1) 1010
Obama's two books beg to differ.
Feed Court sez music downloads aren't performances (theregister.com)
ASCAP sings the blues...
ASCAP isn't enjoying the tune that came out of a federal district court in New York yesterday.
Feed Astronaut completes marathon in space (pheedo.com)
A fellow crew member dangled an orange in front of Suni Williams as she ran the Boston Marathon on a treadmill on the International Space Station
Submission + - 22 Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting
Submission + - Where does Google's Hardware go to die ?
Anonymous Coward writes: "I was talking with a co-worker today about how Google is so big, and how they make such great use of commodity hardware to do their business, and one of the topics that came up is where does Google's old hardware go ?
Google has been around for many years now, and they have more machines than any sane person would own, and they are continually expanding. At some stage they must have to push out old equipment, either when it starts entering into its MTBF limits or it's been depreciated down. Searching (using Google of course) wasn't particularly fruitful.
Has anyone seen where Google's hardware goes when it dies ?"
Submission + - Apple LTD not happy about iPhone Skins
ghostcorps writes: "Australian Newspaper 'The Age' reports that developers of iPhone skins, that is; skins for smartphones that resemble the iPhone, have been legally attacked by Apple LTD.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/mobiles — handhelds/a pple-crunches-websites-over-iphone-skins/2007/01/1 5/1168709656280.html
Kudos, to 'The Age' for posting the URL in the same paragraph that describes Apple's reaction to such reporting
One would presume that a device that looks like an iPhone, but behaves like a smartphone is souring Apples latest offering."
http://www.theage.com.au/news/mobiles — handhelds/
Apple's lawyers also sent letters to journalists who simply reported on the fact that the skins were available.
"It has come to our attention that you have posted a screenshot of Apple's new iPhone and links that facilitate the installation of that screenshot on a PocketPC device," law firm O'Melveny & Myers LLP wrote to Paul O'Brien, who runs the MoDaCo website.
"While we appreciate your interest in the iPhone, the icons and screenshot displayed on your website are copyrighted by Apple.
"Apple therefore demands that you remove this screenshot from your website and refrain from facilitating the further dissemination of Apple's copyrighted material by removing the link to http://forum.xda-developers.com/ where said icons and screenshot are being distributed."
Kudos, to 'The Age' for posting the URL in the same paragraph that describes Apple's reaction to such reporting
One would presume that a device that looks like an iPhone, but behaves like a smartphone is souring Apples latest offering."
Feed H.P. to Report an Advance in Adaptable Circuitry (nytimes.com)
Flexible electronic circuits could make it routine to modify the circuitry in consumer products even after they have been sold.
Feed At Some Airports, Cellphones Can Check In Passengers (nytimes.com)
Airlines in Japan and Europe are experimenting with systems that let passengers check in by identifying themselves with a cellphone.
Submission + - Global Warming Exposes New Islands in the Arctic
circletimessquare writes: "The New York Times has a sobering article about the rapidly accelerating pace of glacial melting across the arctic, focusing on the discovery of new islands and the fact that this is occuring far faster than climate scientist's models predict. What were called Nunataks or "lonely mountains" in Inuit, trapped in the ice, only a few years ago, are now in the open ocean by kilometers. Off of Greenland, what was known previously as penninsulas have been revealed to be islands as the ice retreats. Dennis Schmitt, a modern day explorer and discoverer of one of these new islands and fluent in Inuit, has named it Uunartoq Qeqertoq: the warming island."
MPAA Caught Uploading Fake Torrents 579
An anonymous reader writes "The MPAA and other anti-piracy watchdogs have been caught trapping people into downloading fake torrents, so they can collect IP addresses, and send copyright infringement letters to ISPs. The battle between P2P networks and copyright holders seems to be a never ending battle. It will be interesting to see how much the anti-piracy groups practices change once they begin begin selling movies and TV shows legally on bittorrent.com."
Journal SPAM: PC World editor slain at California home 1
PITTSBURG, California (AP) -- A senior editor for PC World Magazine was fatally shot in his home in what authorities said Wednesday was a drug-related attack.
Rex Farrance, 59, the San Francisco, California-based magazine's senior technical editor, was shot in the chest after four masked men broke into his home Tuesday evening, Pittsburg police said.
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