Online IP Protection Bill Sparks Outrage
Apparently people aren't too pleased with the newly proposed Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act. The proposed law would allow the DOJ to seek court orders to shut down any web site that it determines is hosting copyrighted material. Proposed federal legislation that would require domain registrars, Internet Service Providers and others to block access to Web sites that the U.S. contends contribute to copyright infringement has generated outrage among privacy advocates and prominent industry personalities. Comments
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Open Source Robot Cost $6,300 a Day to Rent
Oh look, it's a cute Android-based robot that you can control using a cell phone. Sound cool? You can rent it for $6,300 a day for your party or event. Comments
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OpenOffice.org Volunteers Cut Ties with Oracle
It looks as though OpenOffice.org has, for the most part, severed ties with Oracle and formed an independent group called The Document Foundation. OpenOffice.org successfully grew under the Sun Microsystems banner for a decade, but the volunteers believe a new ecosystem will generate more competition and choice for customers, as well as drive innovation in office-productivity software. The group also hopes to lower the barrier of adoption for users and developers. In essence, the group wasn't happy under Oracle. Comments
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Google: We're Too Sexy for Your Search
Google is promising to put the sexy back in searchÂ…whatever the hell that means. In the words of Justin Timberlake, Salzman then said that Google's aim is "bringing sexy back." And perhaps to show that it practices what it preaches, Google also installed a physical display ad around the outside of the Crowne Plaza Times Square, along a heavily trafficked stretch of Broadway. Comments
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Paying $139 To Troubleshoot Your $79 Router
The Consumerist has an interesting story posted today that claims Netgear's tech support told a customer to pay the Geek Squad $139 to troubleshoot a $79 router. Wait...what?!? On the fifth and final call they suggested I call the Geek Squad (approximately $139 for them to come to our home) to trouble shoot it and if it proves the modem is bad they will send me a new unit at that time (which I only paid $79 to begin with). Comments
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AMD Foundation Collaborates With PBS to Help Kids
AMD today announced that the AMD Foundation, in support of AMD Changing the Game, has awarded a grant to San Antonio, TX PBS affiliate KLRN to help enable youth to create games around social issues in Whyville.net, the oldest learning-based virtual world on the Internet. In Whyville.net's 11-year history, more than six million youth from around the world have used the site to explore topics on science, economics and citizenship, and tens of thousands of youths are active players on Whyville.net at any point in time. Once games are created, KLRN will help youth develop video shorts featuring the game creation process including interviews with "Whyvillians" discussing what they learned about creating games. KLRN will broadcast the videos and make them available to PBS stations nationwide. These video shorts will be used to promote game design activities to children, parents and teachers. Comments
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NPD: Few Americans Consume Digital Media
According to NPD, only 25% of the country downloaded music, movies, game content or e-books in the last 90 days. Does that number seem right? Three quarters of all U.S. consumers haven't downloaded any digital content in the last three months? According to NPD, a whopping 75 percent of all U.S. consumers did not connect to or download multimedia content, including games, music, video, or e-books, over the past three months. The majority of consumers who did search for and download such content--15 percent--did so mostly on their PC or Mac as opposed to other types of connected devices, such as video game consoles, mobile devices, or Blu-ray players. Comments
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Nielsen To Measure Ad Views Online
Nielsen, the company that tracks TV audiences, has a new Online Campaign Ratings service that, with the help of websites like Facebook, will track and record user information online. For example, if a user logs on to Facebook (a Nielsen media partner) and then visits another Web site where an ad that Nielsen is tracking is shown, Nielsen will put a pixel in the ad that will prompt Facebook to send Nielsen the age and gender of the people who viewed the ad. Comments
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AOL to Buy TechCrunch
AOL is buying TechCrunch? Really? I guess what makes this "shocking" news is the idea that AOL actually has cash buy anything. AOL Inc. says it will buy technology blog TechCrunch and other blogs in its network for an undisclosed amount in a bid to expand its news production. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington made the announcement onstage Tuesday at TechCrunch's Disrupt conference in San Francisco. Arrington and Armstrong signed the acquisition agreement in front of the audience. Comments
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Voting For Winners Linked To Watching Porn
From the department of "I swear I didn't make this stuff up" a new study says that voting for the winning candidate makes guys want to watch porn. Voting for the winning candidate makes guys want to watch pornography, a study suggests. Building on past studies of testosterone levels, a husband-and-wife team of psychologists examined Internet usage and found a pattern between the number of search requests for porn and the states that backed the winners in the last two presidential elections, as well as in the congressional election between them. I hate to break it to these researchers but you can substitute "voting makers guys want to watch porn" with the phrase "anything makes guys want to watch porn" and still be 100% accurate. Duh. Comments
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GPU Assisted Malware
This paper on GPU assisted malware (link to pdf) is a bit frightening to say the least. Thanks to [H] forum member Cerulean for the heads up! The rapid evolution of general-purpose computing on graphics processors enables malware authors to take advantage of the GPU present in modern personal computers and increase the robustness of their code against existing defenses. The code armoring techniques presented in this paper—GPU-based unpacking and runtime polymorphism—not only demonstrate the feasibility of GPU-assisted malware, but also show the great potential that general-purpose computing on GPUs has in enhancing the evasiveness and functionality of malicious code. Comments
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