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Allure Solitaires (exe): Solitaire was invented by the French prisoners, who were bored in the prisons of royal France. Cards helped them to wile away long hours of imprisonment. No, it is not necessary to go to prison to enjoy spending free time at home or a trip with solitaire. Even better, Allure...; Tags: Imprisonment, Pocket PC, Games, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Personal Technology, Software; Software downloads 2005-12-26
Solitaire House (zip): Solitaire was invented by the French prisoners, who were bored in the prisons of royal France. Cards helped them to wile away long hours of imprisonment. No, it is not necessary to go to prison to enjoy spending free time at home or a trip with solitaire. Even better, Solitaire...; Tags: Imprisonment, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2005-11-01

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Changes to British law will affect computer security industry: Ivan Ristic (pictured to the right) posted a story today on his blog that highlights some changes that are to go into effect in England sometime this year. The changes to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) would appear to put security researchers and consultants in the UK at risk of being considered criminals. Ristic mentions the key...; Tags: Computer Security, Commission, Industry, Hacker, Tool, Computer, Ristic, Guidance, Productivity, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-04-01
EU court: File sharers don't have to be named: EU court: File sharers don't have to be namedWhat the ???So in the EU if you sue someone for a wrongful death in civil court no one has to give you information? Sounds like the EU alright...Rights of the individualI dont want to argue the specific point being discussed...; Tags: Real Estate Value, FILE SHARERS, copyright-holder, EU Court; Discussion threads 2008-01-29
Think Secret ceases publishing to settle Apple suit: Think Secret ceases publishing to settle Apple suitApple be Friend With MPAA?The new business model of Crooked Corporate America: Sue your own consumers/Fans. How can company such as Apple can retain any kind of credibility after such a gross act of Bullying? If i where a Apple user i whould...; Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Steve Jobs, Think Secret; Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Yahoo's Callahan parses his testimony: Business Week has a copy of Yahoo GC Michael Callahan's (far right) written testimony to Congress, in which he explains his February 2006 testimony and why it was not a lie. In my testimony, I stated: "When Yahoo! China in Beijing was required to...; Tags: Testimony, Yahoo! Inc., Business Week, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2007-11-06
Spammer says state law is unconstitutional: Is an anti-spam law unconstitutionally infringe on free speech? That's what a former spammer is arguing to the Virginia Supreme Court, The Washington Post reports. Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., was convicted in 2003 in the nation's first felony anti-spamming case sentenced to nine years in prison. Prosecutors said...; Tags: Computer Network, Speech, Anti-spam, Spammer, U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-09-12
Social networking giants--the new lock in: During a Software 2007 panel on community and the Internet, PayPal co-founder and now CEO of Slide Max Levchin laid out a scenario in a social networking giant that locks in consumers will arise, with great similarities to how Microsoft was able to create a lock in on the desktop....; Tags: Web Technology, Social networking, General; Blog posts 2007-05-09
A little money encourages Web reporters to confront Chinese government: China, reknown for arresting journalists who dont tow the party line, has a new phenomenon with a capitalistic twist to deal with--journalists for hire. The Washington Post reports that although reporters may be unwilling to investigate government wrong-doing due to fears of harassment or imprisonment, a little financial incentive just...; Tags: Government technology, China; Blog posts 2007-05-02
Japanese schools may convert aging computers to Linux: Japanese schools may convert aging computers to LinuxIn Venezuela, are violators of a Presidential decree...... liable for arrest and fines or imprisonment? That's the single most compelling argument in favor of Linux use that I've encountered. Shows that persuasion would be expected to fail.Linux: it's better than...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, computer, Linux, government, Microsoft Corp., Chavez; Discussion threads 2007-04-30
MySpace China, a place for censorship: MySpace China, a place for censorshipMySpace China, Ethics out the window when there is money to be madeIt is pathetic that one of the world's fastest growing economies and one of the most populous and powerful countries is so afraid of its own citizenship. Obviously, they don't want their citizens...; Tags: Business ethics, MySpace China, MySpace, censorship; Discussion threads 2007-04-29
The French Disconnection (a.k.a. Vous n'Ãªtes pas un YouTube journaliste): Lawmaking in France continues to be an enigma. When the country first looked like it was on the verge of forcing Apple to open up its FairPlay digital rights management scheme, lawmakers eventually settled for a toothless policy that accomplished nothing in the end. Now comes this from Macworld:The French...; Tags: Berlind, Blogging, General, Government, Legal; Blog posts 2007-03-06
HI passes on GPS measure for sex offenders: Just about every state is advancing bills aimed at throwing the book at sex offenders. In Hawaii, three such bills were offered but only one passed the Houses Judiciary Committee yesterday, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. The one bill that passed would put sex offenders on lifetime parole. One...; Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt; Blog posts 2007-02-14
KY moves to create email registry for sex offenders: In Kentucky, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill to require convicted sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses and instant message, chat and online screen names. Failure to do so would make become a Class D felony, which carries a sentence of one to five years. A subsequent...; Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, offender, registry; Blog posts 2007-02-09
State Dept., Internet cos., human rights groups grapple with censorship: Under fire from Congress and the American public, as well as by internal dissension from employees, over their compliance with censorship demands from China and other repressive regimes, the big Internet companies called on the US government to provide some guidance on how to respond to censorship demands, News.com reports....; Tags: Vertical industries, Internet, censorship, government; Blog posts 2007-01-31
E-mail scammers face European crackdown: E-mail scammers face European crackdownOnce Again....Once again, there is no mention that the US will engage the email and other scammers who prey on the unwary by joining forces with others or by themselves. Our government is run by business so any business is good as long as the rich...; Tags: Government, Free trade, scammer, exchange rate, Third World, e-mail; Discussion threads 2007-01-03
Avernum (demo): You have been banished to the underworld, never to see the light of day again. Welcome to the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, filled with foul monsters, constant warfare, and thousands of your fellow prisoners. This is your punishment for not fitting in, for speaking out against the powers that...; Tags: Spiderweb Software, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2006-12-25
Chertoff: Web is terrorist breeding ground: Chertoff: Web is terrorist breeding groundthe deficitlast I heard, 75% of all US Currency in circulation world-wide were held by the Chinese Government... effectively an economic nuke. China imports a LOT less than it exports, and could pretty much survive without imports... they have 2 kill switches for the world...; Tags: Web, USD, homeland security, intelligence fusion center, Chertoff, Web IS; Discussion threads 2006-10-23
Trip report - Dubai: Trip report - Dubaion trusting "trust"It seems to me like there are both fake and real approaches to modernism. But what in the heck do i mean by that?Well, fake modernism is based on a premise of top-down control -- it is the subjection of the material...; Tags: Investment, Berkeley, modernism; Discussion threads 2006-09-27
With Microsoft sucked into a DRM cat-n-mouse deathmatch, is Zune doomed?: While I was away on vacation, I caught George Ou's blog on how Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) copy protection technology (currently, the lynch-pin to its PlaysForSure ecosystem, and undoubtedly a foundational piece to its new iPod-killing Zune initiative) had been rendered useless by developers of the FairUse4WM "utility." FairUse4M...; Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp., digital-rights management; Blog posts 2006-09-07