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- Court rules DirecTV can't sue for gear possession
- Court rules DirecTV can't sue for gear possessionIsn't the same with weapons, drugs and others?If not then why so inconsistent. Possesing a drug does not mean it is trafficed (to be honest taking it without "help" should not be outlawed either). Possesion of weapons as long as they are not...
- Tags: Smart cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, Network technology, TVs, TV & Home Theater, smart card, possesion, satellite, possession, DirecTV
- Discussion threads 2004-06-15
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- Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ring
- Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ringI have many waysthere are many ways of dealing with these peoplewithout death being the punishment, they'd wish they were dead.RE: Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ringThey should take everyone of them out and hang them. Don't let their neck snap but let them down...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Dad's sale of pot-smoking son's game sparks Web debate
- Dad's sale of pot-smoking son's game sparks Web debateThe father must do what is right in raising his offspringbut whether that includes making it a public spectacle is another thing altogether. It, depending on country, state, providence or township may have different legal ramifications for not just father but...
- Tags: Games, Dad, game, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- 120 Mbps upstream? Come on- who really needs it?
- 120 Mbps upstream? Come on- who really needs it?Most likelyit will be shared. But considering what I have now, I won't complain.Shared or not?Is this new speed going to be gaurunteed, to every customer, or is it still shared within neighborhoods?No one will ever needmore than 640k of RAM.Isn't...
- Tags: INTERNET, Modems, Corporate communications, Come-on
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Exploits, security tools disappear as German anti-hacker law takes effect
- Exploits, security tools disappear as German anti-hacker law takes effectWell, if you could prove that......hacking is another form of bearing arms, you might get their attention. Then again, I think the NRA General Council would rather be out target-shooting, duck hunting or selling guns anyways.NRA should be all over this...After...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, tool, hacking, security tool
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- IRS continues to lose machines - and they're not alone
- IRS continues to lose machines - and they're not aloneAssumptions, assupmptionsYour story assumes that the equipment the IRS lost is the same as stolen. Not necessarily true.I work for a Federal Agency, and I've seen the same thing.Usually, when an Agency "loses" a piece of equipment, it means one of...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, PRODUCTIVITY, news media, Internal Revenue Service, agency, laptop computer, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-04-06
- Steve Jobs, DRM and eating money
- Steve Jobs, DRM and eating moneyDoesn't Microsoft do both?There are still hundreds of players using Microsoft's 'open' DRM to use your coinage and they're not going away. Zune is probably an experiment; possibly a mistake in which Microsoft says 'if the market wants iPod style systems, we'll give it to...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, P2P, digital-rights management, assembler, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Inside the HP boardroom scandal
- Inside the HP boardroom scandalDunn will take a fall, with a big crash-landing.She's going to be unemployed, whether it's willingly or forcibly. The board is not going to just sit there and let her play Big Brother on them.There should also be jail time for Dunn as well. ...
- Tags: board, Hewlett-Packard Co., boardroom scandal
- Discussion threads 2006-09-10
- Jobs gets out of the Happy Meal business
- Jobs gets out of the Happy Meal businessI like itDoing the right thing - even if it costs you. What a concept! Didn't Joel Osteen say this last weekend about taking the high road?HypocriticalI was recently at Disney World in Florida and most of the food sold there is the...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, persecution, Apple Inc., Disney Corp., job, Happy Meal
- Discussion threads 2006-05-09
- Canadian military to probe sale of gear on eBay
- Canadian military to probe sale of gear on eBaySo where to buy them?In some countries you go to militarty store and you may buy them. Sometimes you need a special permit paper... sometimes not.However, most likely you are not eligible to wear it in public if you are not in...
- Tags: Canadian Military, AK-47, eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-03-16
- Data goes missing at Connecticut bank
- Data goes missing at Connecticut bankMassive fines and jail time needed.The corporate hot shots and the people who run these operations won't change a thing until the feds introduce massive fines and serious jail time for such security breaches. I for one really hope they do. Now all they get...
- Tags: Financial services, United Parcel Service of America Inc., bank
- Discussion threads 2006-01-12
- Net pirates will face stiffer punishment
- Net pirates will face stiffer punishmentObviouslyWell it's kind of like getting caught with hand in the cookie jar. If the movie hasn't been released yet then there can be non argument of fair use what so ever as you can't already own said film. So you obviously committed copyright infringement.FranklyThe...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Inmate 1, Inmate 2, MPAA, movie, stiffer punishment
- Discussion threads 2005-10-20
- IBM drops patent claims against SCO
- IBM drops patent claims against SCOGREAT MOVE IBMLegal fees for current litigation ARE CAPPED meaning AFAIK that SCO wouldn't have really had to pay.As I understand, if IBM raises the issue again though in a seperate trial, SCO will be facing those costs.No it isn't.[i]The move is a piece of...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Now IT, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-07
- Apple moves to Manhattan
- Apple moves to ManhattanUniversal Binaries?[i]Microsoft wasted no time in declaring that they would create universal binaries for future versions of Office that, presumably, would run as-is on both Windows and the Mac[/i]Hmmm ... I was under the impression that "universal binaries" were ones that would work on PowerMacs and Intel...
- Tags: .NET, Investment, Desktops, Azores, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., stock, Microsoft .NET, Intel Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-06-07
- MPAA files new round of swap suits
- MPAA files new round of swap suitsKnock knock, time to pay up...;-)Wow another length, fact filled article from ZDNet..It looks like it was an alert on someones pager that got copy/pasted..WHEN will this country stop....putting up with these bully rich corrupt organizations going out playing intellectual super-cops! Hopefully ONE...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), new round, MPAA
- Discussion threads 2005-06-02
- PlayStation 3 Cell chip aims high
- PlayStation 3 Cell chip aims highSorry, Cell won't stop piracy...It seems like piracy, digital rights maangement, copy protection, and intellectual property is entering into every topic these days. Everything, from "Trusted Computing" to Cell, seems to be billed to stop piracy but we all know in the end that...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, Cell, piracy, copy protection, Mectron, software, chip, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Playstation
- Discussion threads 2005-02-04
- FCC wants to nab gaps in TV airwaves for wireless
- FCC wants to nab gaps in TV airwaves for wirelessIt makes sense.When the "airways" were first divided up for television the broadcasters were given lots of "extra" bandwisth because the technology of the day wasn't able to keep the freq. dead on target. With the advance of technology much...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Federal government, UHF, UHF,and VHF, broadcaster, TV, FCC, wireless
- Discussion threads 2004-05-13
- Still unanswered questions in EU decision
- Still unanswered questions in EU decisioneu and future economic actionsit is clear that the only function of the EU is to compete directly with the US economy... since the US currently dominants 40% of the worlds economy, the EU wants to change that in benefit towards themahhh - lets see"...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, Web browsers, Media players, Java, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Player, Bard, PC company, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player
- Discussion threads 2004-03-24
- States join spyware battle
- States join spyware battlespyware and adware is a trojanany program which loads onto a PC without that person knowing and specifically allowing it to be "installed" on said machine is a trojan.The specified program then executes code which was not explicitly given permissions to run from the owner.Spyware and adware...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, EULA, spyware
- Discussion threads 2004-03-04
- RSA polishes RFID shield
- RSA polishes RFID shieldConsumers need RFID killer!Like antitheft tags deactivated at stores whena purchase is made, RFID tags need to be"deactivateable" in order to safeguard privacyinstead of just being masked. A hacker could easily capture scrambled signalsand decrypt them offline to extract desiredinformation as things seem to stand.Consumers need...
- Tags: RFID, RSA Security Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-02-24
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