http://yro.slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2009, Geeknet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2009-11-08T23:30:18+00:00 Geeknet, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://yro.slashdot.org/ http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/-mxWjyMKBXA/Malware-Can-Download-Child-Porn-To-Your-Computer 2muchcoffeeman writes "The Associated Press tells the story of Michael Fiola, a former Massachusetts government employee who was arrested in 2007 after child porn was found on his state-issued laptop computer. He was eventually cleared of all charges after some digging by the defense found that the laptop was infected with malware that was 'programmed to visit as many as 40 child porn sites per minute &mdash; an inhuman feat. While Fiola and his wife were out to dinner one night, someone logged on to the computer and porn flowed in for an hour and a half. Prosecutors performed another test and confirmed the defense findings. The charge was dropped &mdash; 11 months after it was filed.' The article also discusses the technical aspects of how it could happen and about similar cases in the United Kingdom in 2003."<p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/2135245/Malware-Can-Download-Child-Porn-To-Your-Computer?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/08/2135245"></a></p><p><a href="http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/2135245/Malware-Can-Download-Child-Porn-To-Your-Computer?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MN_SR7pmjJhHKJaukqLEFFikljA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MN_SR7pmjJhHKJaukqLEFFikljA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MN_SR7pmjJhHKJaukqLEFFikljA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MN_SR7pmjJhHKJaukqLEFFikljA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/-mxWjyMKBXA" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2009-11-08T21:47:00+00:00 security where's-dexter-when-needed? it 106 106,103,81,60,26,15,7 http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/2135245/Malware-Can-Download-Child-Porn-To-Your-Computer?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/dnWeFiVGVgw/Lawsuit-Claims-Top-iPhone-Games-Stole-User-Data pdclarry writes "Storm8, a maker of some top iPhone games, allegedly stole users' mobile phone numbers, according to a lawsuit filed on November 4. The suit claims that best-selling games made by Storm8 contained secret code that bypassed safeguards built into the iPhone to prevent the unauthorized snooping of user information. There have been other reports of applications copying personally identifiable customer information in the past. The complaint seeks class-action status."<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/1352249/Lawsuit-Claims-Top-iPhone-Games-Stole-User-Data?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/08/1352249"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/1352249/Lawsuit-Claims-Top-iPhone-Games-Stole-User-Data?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L0nRM4cdjW_90MLWnG1KomMMapA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L0nRM4cdjW_90MLWnG1KomMMapA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L0nRM4cdjW_90MLWnG1KomMMapA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/L0nRM4cdjW_90MLWnG1KomMMapA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/dnWeFiVGVgw" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2009-11-08T18:20:00+00:00 cellphones shake-up-and-down-to-send-credit-card-details games 70 70,69,55,45,18,9,7 http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/1352249/Lawsuit-Claims-Top-iPhone-Games-Stole-User-Data?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/uv7zh2ribH0/Lulu-Introduces-DRM An anonymous reader writes "Print-on-demand publisher Lulu recently announced that they're offering 'eBooks.' Since they've always offered downloadable books as PDFs, that takes some decoding to figure out what part is new: it turns out that it means now they're handling more formats, they've significantly increased the share they take out of the purchase price ... and for an additional fee, they now offer DRM. I have a few items published through Lulu myself; nothing forces me to buy the DRM, but I'm considering taking my business elsewhere on principle. This isn't what I expected from the people who, when I first signed up with them, were solidly endorsing Creative Commons."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/0552209/Lulu-Introduces-DRM?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/08/0552209"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/0552209/Lulu-Introduces-DRM?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KAX5XLTVgRCFfdhHge49pKc6efQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KAX5XLTVgRCFfdhHge49pKc6efQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KAX5XLTVgRCFfdhHge49pKc6efQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KAX5XLTVgRCFfdhHge49pKc6efQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/uv7zh2ribH0" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2009-11-08T06:37:00+00:00 books damn-ridiculous-meddling news 182 182,180,150,122,44,17,7 http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/0552209/Lulu-Introduces-DRM?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/F5G53ZPO9H8/WIPO-Committee-Presentations-Show-Nuanced-View-of-Copyright AtomicJake writes "As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is known for a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement, several presenters have shown nuanced views on the economics of enforcing intellectual property rights. Combating clothing piracy might not be beneficial for the welfare of a developing country. Most surprising is the presentation of WIPO Chief Economist (PDF) Carsten Fink, which says that illegal copies of software may actually be beneficial even for consumers of the original goods. Also the piracy of audio-visual goods creates not only losses but also benefits for e.g. hardware manufacturers. Maybe this is because Mr. Fink wrote the presentation before joining WIPO?"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/0010243/WIPO-Committee-Presentations-Show-Nuanced-View-of-Copyright?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/08/0010243"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/0010243/WIPO-Committee-Presentations-Show-Nuanced-View-of-Copyright?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ni7s3KwCZMNe0tkPppbob6N8yak/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ni7s3KwCZMNe0tkPppbob6N8yak/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ni7s3KwCZMNe0tkPppbob6N8yak/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ni7s3KwCZMNe0tkPppbob6N8yak/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/F5G53ZPO9H8" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2009-11-08T00:14:00+00:00 court at-least-given-the-context yro 77 77,75,63,56,20,11,8 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/08/0010243/WIPO-Committee-Presentations-Show-Nuanced-View-of-Copyright?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/wU-39RMnAQM/Visually-Impaired-Gamer-Sues-Sony An anonymous reader writes "A visually impaired gamer has sued Sony because game products allegedly violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. 'According to the suit, Sony ignored repeated requests through postal mail and e-mail to come up with reasonable modifications to its games to make them more accessible.' This suit seems to be a combination of National Federation of the Blind v. Target, which complained of inaccessibility to the visually disabled (which settled for $6 million) and Martin v. PGA Tour, Inc., where the US Supreme Court ruled a disabled golfer was entitled to a golf cart where one was not already allowed as a reasonable accommodation. If the plaintiff wins, Sony will have to make 'reasonable accommodations' which are not an 'undue financial burden.' In my humble opinion, providing access for the disabled is not only the right thing to do but it will generate more profit for Sony."<p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/1622230/Visually-Impaired-Gamer-Sues-Sony?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/07/1622230"></a></p><p><a href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/1622230/Visually-Impaired-Gamer-Sues-Sony?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kvMDkX2EO2DZd-MdII9EK5wWzIg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kvMDkX2EO2DZd-MdII9EK5wWzIg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kvMDkX2EO2DZd-MdII9EK5wWzIg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/kvMDkX2EO2DZd-MdII9EK5wWzIg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/wU-39RMnAQM" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2009-11-07T17:21:00+00:00 sony blind-suing-the-blind games 505 505,498,357,270,49,30,19 http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/1622230/Visually-Impaired-Gamer-Sues-Sony?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/-O5AJiI8uOM/NH-Supreme-Court-Hears-Case-On-Protections-For-Anonymous-Sources-Online fulldecent writes "The New Hampshire Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that calls into question the legal protections available to independent Web sites that cover news. The case involves mortgage lender Implode-Explode, a Las Vegas-based site launched in 2007 that publishes stories about the meltdown of the mortgage industry. Associate Justice Carol Ann Conboy pressed the point with [defense lawyer Jeremy Eggleton], questioning, 'Can anyone who posts a blog be considered a reporter,' for the purposes of claiming protection of anonymous sources? Eggleton answered yes, within limits: 'The test is whether the person has an intention to gather, analyze and disseminate.'"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/1345211/NH-Supreme-Court-Hears-Case-On-Protections-For-Anonymous-Sources-Online?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/07/1345211"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/1345211/NH-Supreme-Court-Hears-Case-On-Protections-For-Anonymous-Sources-Online?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NCTHaqqK2OIVr5dY7a1qnycucAw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NCTHaqqK2OIVr5dY7a1qnycucAw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NCTHaqqK2OIVr5dY7a1qnycucAw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/NCTHaqqK2OIVr5dY7a1qnycucAw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/-O5AJiI8uOM" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2009-11-07T14:16:00+00:00 privacy in-a-statement-provided-by-xsephirothx yro 45 45,44,37,33,7,4,3 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/1345211/NH-Supreme-Court-Hears-Case-On-Protections-For-Anonymous-Sources-Online?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/ZV6bRBOloBM/Radar-Beats-GPS-In-Court-mdash-Or-Does-It TechnologyResource writes "More than two years ago in California, a police officer wrote Shaun Malone a ticket for going 62mph in a 45-mph zone. Malone was ordered to pay a $190 fine, but his parents appealed the decision, saying data from a GPS tracking system they installed in his car to monitor his driving proved he was not speeding. What ensued was the longest court battle over a speeding ticket in Sonoma county history. The case also represented the first time anyone locally had tried to beat a ticket using GPS. The teen's GPS pegged the car at 45 mph in virtually the same location. At issue was the distance from the stoplight &mdash; site of the first GPS 'ping' that showed Malone stopped &mdash; to the second ping 30 seconds later, when he was going 45 mph. Last week, Commissioner Carla Bonilla ruled the GPS data confirmed the prosecution's contention that Malone had to have exceeded the speed limit and would have to pay the $190 fine. 'This case ensures that other law enforcement agencies throughout the state aren't going to have to fight a case like this where GPS is used to cast doubt on radar,' said Sgt. Ken Savano, who oversees the traffic division. However, Commissioner Bonilla noted the accuracy of the GPS system was not challenged by either side in the dispute, but rather they had different interpretations of the data. Bonilla ruled the GPS data confirmed the prosecution's contention that Malone had to have exceeded the speed limit."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/037216/Radar-Beats-GPS-In-Court-mdash-Or-Does-It?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/07/037216"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/037216/Radar-Beats-GPS-In-Court-mdash-Or-Does-It?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iKgQdX5jwLHqJgjz872iO3tjwnM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iKgQdX5jwLHqJgjz872iO3tjwnM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iKgQdX5jwLHqJgjz872iO3tjwnM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/iKgQdX5jwLHqJgjz872iO3tjwnM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/ZV6bRBOloBM" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2009-11-07T10:14:00+00:00 transportation technology-deathmatch technology 349 349,347,284,212,51,29,20 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/037216/Radar-Beats-GPS-In-Court-mdash-Or-Does-It?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/vDYLv91JkJA/Norwegian-Court-Rules-ISP-Doesnt-Have-To-Block-The-Pirate-Bay C4st13v4n14 writes "In a sudden outbreak of uncommon sense yesterday, a Norwegian District Court handed down the decision that Telenor, Norway's largest ISP, will not have to block access to The Pirate Bay. Telenor was sued earlier this year by the IFPI after being threatened and not backing down. 'The court ruled that Telenor is not contributing to any infringements of copyright law when its subscribers use The Pirate Bay, and therefore there is no legal basis for forcing the ISP to block access to the site. ... In making its decision, the court also had to examine the repercussions if it ruled that Telenor and other ISPs had to block access to certain websites.'"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/0256257/Norwegian-Court-Rules-ISP-Doesnt-Have-To-Block-The-Pirate-Bay?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/07/0256257"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/0256257/Norwegian-Court-Rules-ISP-Doesnt-Have-To-Block-The-Pirate-Bay?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/79gdhi5-jFMpL-MHviMSa7tf64k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/79gdhi5-jFMpL-MHviMSa7tf64k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/79gdhi5-jFMpL-MHviMSa7tf64k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/79gdhi5-jFMpL-MHviMSa7tf64k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/vDYLv91JkJA" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2009-11-07T05:09:00+00:00 court arrr-me-hearties yro 148 148,145,114,90,36,23,11 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/07/0256257/Norwegian-Court-Rules-ISP-Doesnt-Have-To-Block-The-Pirate-Bay?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/z91zGLUOxfo/China-Bans-Physical-Punishment-For-Net-Addicts gimmebeer writes to tell us that months after a teen was beaten to death in an Internet boot camp, China has banned the use of physical punishment to help teens kick their net addiction. "The death of 15-year-old Deng Senshan, just hours after he checked into an Internet bootcamp in the southwestern Guangxi region in early August, caused a media storm in China. Days later, another teenager, Pu Liang, was taken to hospital with water in the lungs and kidney failure after a similar attack in Sichuan Province. The government in July had already banned electroshock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, after media reports about a controversial psychiatrist who administered electric currents to nearly 3,000 teenagers. The latest guidelines suggest officials in Beijing do not think that those with unhealthy Internet habits should be forced offline permanently."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/2049214/China-Bans-Physical-Punishment-For-Net-Addicts?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/06/2049214"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/2049214/China-Bans-Physical-Punishment-For-Net-Addicts?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DXospiBxJQtnnN3ldenluyrODmY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DXospiBxJQtnnN3ldenluyrODmY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DXospiBxJQtnnN3ldenluyrODmY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/DXospiBxJQtnnN3ldenluyrODmY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/z91zGLUOxfo" height="1" width="1"/> ScuttleMonkey 2009-11-06T23:17:00+00:00 government no-more-actually-kicking-the-habit yro 135 135,129,100,74,29,21,11 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/2049214/China-Bans-Physical-Punishment-For-Net-Addicts?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/lqeYFyIL8uM/National-Data-Breach-Law-Advances Trailrunner7 writes "Two separate bills that would require organizations to notify consumers when their personal information has been compromised have made their way out of committee in the Senate, a critical step toward the creation of a national data-breach notification bill. But the Data Breach Notification Act, S.139, exempts federal agencies and other organizations subject to the bill from disclosing a breach if the data involved in the breach was encrypted. This is a clause that has caused some controversy, as some experts say that simply encrypting data does not render it useless. Also, S.139 would grant an exemption for data that 'was rendered indecipherable through the use of best practices or methods, such as redaction, access controls, or other such mechanisms, that are widely accepted as an effective industry practice, or an effective industry standard.' That is a very broad exemption that could become a sticking point as the bill moves along. The terms 'access controls' and 'other such mechanisms' encompass a huge number of technologies."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1638226/National-Data-Breach-Law-Advances?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/06/1638226"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1638226/National-Data-Breach-Law-Advances?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Sb4qS1Jz5p2Regg3i8SChYW1gCg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Sb4qS1Jz5p2Regg3i8SChYW1gCg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Sb4qS1Jz5p2Regg3i8SChYW1gCg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Sb4qS1Jz5p2Regg3i8SChYW1gCg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/lqeYFyIL8uM" height="1" width="1"/> kdawson 2009-11-06T18:12:00+00:00 government pre-emption-could-be-bad yro 50 50,48,39,31,11,6,2 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1638226/National-Data-Breach-Law-Advances?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/mOJfo2ZzsEc/EMI-Sues-Beatles-Usurper-Off-the-Net blackest_k sends along a Wired piece on EMI's successful suit to get Beatles music off the Net. Here is the judge's ruling (PDF). "A federal judge on Thursday ordered a Santa Cruz company to immediately quit selling Beatles and other music on its online site, setting aside a preposterous argument that it had copyrights on songs via a process called 'psycho-acoustic simulation.' A Los Angeles federal judge set aside arguments from Hank Risan, owner of BlueBeat and other companies named as defendants in the lawsuit EMI filed on Tuesday. His novel defense to allegations he was unlawfully selling the entire stereo Beatles catalog without permission was that he &mdash; and not EMI or the Beatles' Apple Corp &mdash; owns these sound recordings, because he re-recorded new versions of the songs using what he termed 'psycho-acoustic simulation.' Risan faces perhaps millions of dollars in damages under the Copyright Act. And copyright attorneys said his defense was laughable and carries no weight."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1522259/EMI-Sues-Beatles-Usurper-Off-the-Net?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/06/1522259"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1522259/EMI-Sues-Beatles-Usurper-Off-the-Net?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y0WmnXM0ikeQy-rMdZRoBJdAgoY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y0WmnXM0ikeQy-rMdZRoBJdAgoY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y0WmnXM0ikeQy-rMdZRoBJdAgoY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y0WmnXM0ikeQy-rMdZRoBJdAgoY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/mOJfo2ZzsEc" height="1" width="1"/> kdawson 2009-11-06T15:44:00+00:00 music psycho-acoustic-whatever yro 355 355,352,295,245,68,42,29 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/1522259/EMI-Sues-Beatles-Usurper-Off-the-Net?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/c14Qk8sl8nc/-Dashboard-Reveals-What-Google-Knows-About-You CWmike writes "Ever wonder exactly what Google knows about you? Google took a step today to answer that question with the unveiling of Google Dashboard, which is designed to let users see and control the copious amounts of data that Google has stored in its servers about them. 'Over the past 11 years, Google has focused on building innovative products for our users. Today, with hundreds of millions of people using those products around the world, we are very aware of the trust that you have placed in us, and our responsibility to protect your privacy and data,' Google said in a blog post today. 'In an effort to provide you with greater transparency and control over their own data, we've built the Google Dashboard.' Dashboard is set up so that users can control the personal settings in each Google product that they use. Google said the tool supports more than 20 products, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web History, YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts and Google Latitude. Consumer Watchdog said in a statement today that it applauds Google for giving users a single place to go to manage their data. But at the same tine, the group also came down hard on Google, contending that it needs to give users a vehicle for stopping the company from collecting any personal data."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0453232/-Dashboard-Reveals-What-Google-Knows-About-You?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/06/0453232"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0453232/-Dashboard-Reveals-What-Google-Knows-About-You?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ZRS0EYWkGY-K0PBl1yxOGMi9RBA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ZRS0EYWkGY-K0PBl1yxOGMi9RBA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ZRS0EYWkGY-K0PBl1yxOGMi9RBA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ZRS0EYWkGY-K0PBl1yxOGMi9RBA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/c14Qk8sl8nc" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2009-11-06T05:46:00+00:00 google born-4th-nov-8lbs-20-inches-smart yro 259 259,257,207,158,42,31,22 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/06/0453232/-Dashboard-Reveals-What-Google-Knows-About-You?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/H-oaxWdjcX4/EU-Telecom-Deal-Finished-mdash-No-Three-Strikes a_n_d_e_r_s writes "The battle was hard, but the final text of the agreement ensures that people in the EU are not disconnected from the Internet without a chance to get a fair and impartial hearing beforehand. The important part is: 'Accordingly, these measures may only be taken with due respect for the principle of presumption of innocence and the right to privacy. A prior fair and impartial procedure shall be guaranteed, including the right to be heard of the person or persons concerned, subject to the need for appropriate conditions and procedural arrangements in duly substantiated cases of urgency in conformity with European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The right to an effective and timely judicial review shall be guaranteed.' This means that if someone is accused of copyright infringement, they can't just be disconnected from Internet. It lets the accused get a chance to disagree and take it to court first. The urgency clause means that a computer can be disconnected if it is part of an ongoing DDoS attack. Next, this has to be implemented into the EU nations' own laws, so the final ruling on how this will be implemented is not out yet. But, overall, it looks like a great success in stopping informal three-strikes disconnections."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/1617220/EU-Telecom-Deal-Finished-mdash-No-Three-Strikes?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/05/1617220"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/1617220/EU-Telecom-Deal-Finished-mdash-No-Three-Strikes?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LM1NwomCt1GmNU09gY97Ai8VWVE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LM1NwomCt1GmNU09gY97Ai8VWVE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LM1NwomCt1GmNU09gY97Ai8VWVE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LM1NwomCt1GmNU09gY97Ai8VWVE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/H-oaxWdjcX4" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2009-11-05T17:08:00+00:00 internet infield-fly-rule-still-applies-though yro 108 108,104,90,75,37,23,16 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/1617220/EU-Telecom-Deal-Finished-mdash-No-Three-Strikes?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/gnj2OehjGDE/Congress-May-Require-ISPs-To-Block-Certain-Fraud-Sites FutureDomain writes "A bill which just passed the House Financial Services Committee would require Internet Service Providers to block access to sites hosting financial scams that pose as members of the government-backed Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). The bill, called the Investor Protection Act and sponsored by Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), is broad enough to block not only websites, but email and any other 'electronic material.' 'Internet providers are also worried that Kanjorski's requirement &mdash; and the accompanying civil penalties and injunctions &mdash; would apply even if the blocking is not technically feasible.'"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/1318230/Congress-May-Require-ISPs-To-Block-Certain-Fraud-Sites?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/05/1318230"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/1318230/Congress-May-Require-ISPs-To-Block-Certain-Fraud-Sites?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GDNAbzOQReNXzIewXloeYfNoAMg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GDNAbzOQReNXzIewXloeYfNoAMg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GDNAbzOQReNXzIewXloeYfNoAMg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/GDNAbzOQReNXzIewXloeYfNoAMg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/gnj2OehjGDE" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2009-11-05T13:39:00+00:00 government just-getting-warmed-up yro 180 180,178,142,121,36,25,15 http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/05/1318230/Congress-May-Require-ISPs-To-Block-Certain-Fraud-Sites?from=rss http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~3/BxljRxdLhDc/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking clang_jangle writes with this excerpt from The Inquirer outlining Comcast's new traffic-throttling scheme, based on information from Comcast's latest FCC filing. "Its network throttling implements a two-tier packet queueing system at the routers, driven by two trigger conditions. Comcast's first traffic throttling trigger is tripped by using more than 70 per cent of your maximum downstream or upstream bandwidth for more than 15 minutes. Its second traffic throttling trigger is tripped when the Cable Modem Termination System you're hooked-up to &ndash; along with up to 15,000 other Comcast subscribers &ndash; gets congested, and your traffic is somehow identified as being responsible. Tripping either of Comcast's high bandwidth usage rate triggers results in throttling for at least 15 minutes, or until your average bandwidth utilisation rate drops below 50 per cent for 15 minutes."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking?from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&amp;op=image&amp;style=h0&amp;sid=09/11/04/2026206"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking?from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8bxAwGnPwx3bAz3t-qfFmLyzC2o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8bxAwGnPwx3bAz3t-qfFmLyzC2o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8bxAwGnPwx3bAz3t-qfFmLyzC2o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8bxAwGnPwx3bAz3t-qfFmLyzC2o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/BxljRxdLhDc" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2009-11-04T20:38:00+00:00 internet sir-there's-some-whining-on-lines-1-through-57 technology 694 694,684,576,439,78,52,30 http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/04/2026206/Comcasts-New-Throttling-Plan-Uses-Trigger-Conditions-Not-Silent-Blocking?from=rss Search Slashdot stories query http://yro.slashdot.org/search.pl