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Security flaws found in Safari on Windows
2007-06-12 21:59:00 A whole host of different security vulnerabilities and flaws for Apple’s Safari browser are popping up all over the net. Security researcher Aviv Raff claims to have found the first security vulnerability in Apple’s Safari browser on Window s mere hours after the software was first released. He says: A first glance at the debugger showed me that ...
Long time friends involved in lawsuit over Chicago Bears tickets
2007-06-12 16:58:00 Donald Ramsell and Douglas Warlick’s friendship had become strained in recent years as they argued over tailgating tactics and who would drive to Chicago Bears games. So when it seemed like Douglas Warlick wouldn’t come through with the tickets for this year, Donald Ramsell did what came naturally: he sued. “He’s a lawyer. I’m a lawyer,” ... More About: Friends , Lawsuit , Chicago Bears , Time
Hilarious Invasion of Privacy Dramatization by the ACLU
2007-06-10 03:29:00 We found this really funny video on YouTube. It is apparently being used for a member drive at the ACLU. More About: Hilarious , Privacy , Invasion , Sion , The A
Flickr Censored in China
2007-06-10 00:42:00 Popular photo sharing site Flick r is being blocked in China . Stewart Butterfield, in a Friday posting on the Flickr site, said the blocking continued after it was first discovered Thursday. The site has ruled out technical problems. Flickr said that it did not directly blame the Beijing government, which aggressively controls and censors material on ...
Bill Introduced to Re-Legalize Internet Gambling
2007-06-10 00:09:00 Almost a year ago today, Congress passed the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006. Attached to this bill was the Unlawful Intern et Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. The Act prohibits the transfer of funds from a financial institution to an internet gambling site. This essentially shut down most forms of online ... More About: Bling , Intro
Server Downtime
2007-06-09 23:30:00 We apologize if you have been having difficulties connecting to the site. We determined that none of our php or java was causing the problems, and it turns out that our host is having some issues with the server this site is hosted on. We are back online now and the problem has been fixed. ... More About: Server , Serve
TorrentSpy Ordered By Judge to Become MPAA Spy
2007-06-09 23:26:00 In a decision made late last month but sealed until Friday, a court has ordered TorrentSpy (a BitTorrent search engine) to create and keep site logs detailing its users’ activity on the site. TorrentSpy is to then turn over the logs to the MPAA. The EFF is currently reviewing the court decision. Early in 2006, ... More About: Judge , Rent , Order , Mpaa
Video: The Tank Man
2007-06-09 09:11:00 This month marks the 18th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. We found an amazing video documentary linked on Digg about the legendary Tank Man and surrounding events of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Here it is for your viewing pleasure: More About: Video
Appeals Court Rules Cops Can Steal Cars and Lie to Victims To Conduct a War
2007-06-08 23:45:00 Ascension Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend drove up to a traffic light. As the light turned green, the car in front of them lurched forward, then stalled. Alverez-Tejeda managed to stop in time, but the truck behind him tapped his bumper. As Alverez-Tejeda got out to inspect the damage, two officers pulled up in a police ... More About: Cars , Rules , Cops , Steal , Court
iPhone not affected by Qualcomm ban
2007-06-08 17:16:00 Apple?s new iPhone will not be affected by a new cellphone ban that restricts imports of new cellphones made with Qualcomm chips. The International Trade Comm ission (ITC), a federal agency, has banned imports of any new phones made with Qualcomm chips because they violate a patent held by Broadcom. The ban does not apply ... More About: Iphone
Research Institute Tries To Patent Life ? Well, Sort of
2007-06-08 05:46:00 The Venter Institute , named after its founder and CEO who spearheaded the private sector race to map the human genome, has applied for patent that would essentially give them ownership of a free living organism that can grow and replicate constructed entirely from synthetic DNA. Science writes: The work involves a simple bacterium called Mycoplasma genitalium that ... More About: Life , Research , Sort , Patent
10 year sentence for teen convicted of receiving consensual sex challenged
2007-06-07 22:42:00 Genarlow Wilson (now 21) was sentenced to 10 years in prison for receiving consensual oral sex from a 15 year old girl when he was 17. Wilson’s lawyers recently asked an appellate judge to throw out the aggravated child molestation sentence saying that the punishment is disproportionate to the crime. MSNBC writes that defense ... More About: Sens , Allen , Ving , Cons , Year
Amnesty International: Censorship ?changes the face of net?
2007-06-07 22:11:00 The BBC writes that Amnesty International has warned that the internet “could change beyond all recognition” unless action is taken against the erosion of online freedoms. Internet repression has spread from a handful of countries to dozens of governments says Amnesty. Amnesty accused companies such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo of being complicit in the ... More About: Censorship , Face , Amnesty International
Essay: How Private Are Sites? Membership Lists?
2007-06-07 21:56:00 By Bennet Haselton Reproduced with written permission by the author. Suppose your girlfriend called up Match.com and said, “I think my boyfriend might be cheating on me. His e-mail address is joeblow - at - aol - dot - com. Can you tell me if he’s a member?” And Match.com phone support told ... More About: Sites , Lists , Private , Essay , Ship
Teacher granted new trial in pornographic pop-up case
2007-06-07 06:49:00 Remember Julie Amero? She was the substitute teacher who could have been sentenced up to 40 years in prison for “allowing” her students to view pornographic pop-up ads on the classroom computer. The computer was running out of date software and was without spyware/adware protection, and Amero was instructed not to turn the computer off ... More About: Trial , Case , Teacher , Grant , Rial
Man Sues Over Erection that Wouldn?t Go Away
2007-06-07 05:52:00 A story from the Associated Press says a New York man has sued health drink maker Novartis Consumer Health Inc. He claims that the vitamin-enriched drink Boost Plus gave him an erection lasting hours which caused him to be hospitalized. The man said he purchased the Boost Plus drink at a drugstore on June 5th, ... More About: That , Away , Would , Erection , Rect
?Knocked Up? Movie Knocked Around by Lawsuit
2007-06-07 02:12:00 “Knock ed Up ” director/writer Judd Apatow and Universal Studios have been hit with a lawsuit for copyright infringement. Rebecca Eckler, author of a 2004 book entitled “Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-be”, learned of Apatow’s project when she was attempting to sell the movie rights to her book. The Apatow script, she claims, has ... More About: Movie , Lawsuit , Round
Reporter Arrested for Asking Question at Press Conference After GOP Debate
2007-06-07 01:19:00 Matt Lepacek, a freelance reporter for Infowars was arrested last night after the republican debate for asking a question to Rudy Giuliani’s press secretary. The press secretary identified Lepacek to police, who then arrested him for criminal trespassing. Lepacek was not being overly aggressive, he did not threaten the secretary, and he did not come ... More About: Arrested , Question , Press , Press Conference , Debate
Google Street View sparks privacy concerns
2007-06-06 08:13:00 Google launched its new Street View feature this week for Google Maps. This new map feature offers panoramic views at street level. Street View was launched in Denver, Las Vegas, Miami, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area, and Google touts the benefits of easily finding places and understanding neighborhoods. Blogs and Internet sites ... More About: Google , Privacy , Google Street View
Michael Moore Appears on Oprah Today for Sicko Film
2007-06-05 22:26:00 Michael Moore is set to appear on the Oprah Winfrey show today to discuss his new film, Sicko. Moore has drawn criticism for his actions in the film which will be released this month on June 29th. In Sicko, Moore takes a number of 9/11 relief workers to Cuba to receive health care. These ... More About: Film , Michael Moore , Today , Michael
How to not get sued by the RIAA or MPAA (updated 2007)
2007-06-05 21:30:00 Not being sued by the RIAA or the MPAA is relatively easy. Although the 20,000+ people sued by the RIAA and the 6,000+ people sued by the MPAA might beg to differ, this is but the tip of the iceberg of the file sharing community. These methods are not 100% fullproof, but following ... More About: Riaa , Mpaa , Sued
British Graves to be Re-used for Burials
2007-06-05 21:16:00 The BBC writes that graves filled at least 100 years ago can be re-used under government plans to ease pressure on cemetaries. FTA: In a technique called ‘lift and deepen’ old graves will be deepened with room for up to six new coffins to be placed on top of the older remains. Families could refuse ... More About: British , Rial , Aves , Burials
British Civil Liberties Film, Taking Liberties, Opening June 8th
2007-06-05 19:07:00 The BBC reports on a new British civil liberties film takes a hard look at the ‘dangerous erosion of traditional rights and freedoms under Tony Blair.’ Here is a brief synopsis from Real Movie News: As our politicians talk about liberty, democracy and the war on terror, we are ignoring what’s actually happening here at home. ... More About: Film , June , Opening , Civil Liberties
You may become medical guinea pig without knowing it
2007-06-04 21:24:00 An increasing number of people are unwillingly becoming medical test subjects. These new treatments may be jeopardizing a person’s safety in life or death situations. Federal guidelines now allow emergency workers to experiment on patients receiving emergency care who are unconscious or too injured to consent to these tests. Researchers at the University of Washington ... More About: Medical , Knowing , Guinea , Guin
Will Photo Tagging Become a Privacy Issue?
More articles from this author:2007-05-30 18:50:00 The Harvard Law Review has published a short article on the implications of photograph tagging and facial recognition. FTA: When with close friends, people seldom present the same face they how to the rest of the world. But what if even the unguarded ? and perhaps indiscreet ? moments between friends were captured in pictures ... More About: Photo , Privacy , Tagging , Riva , Issue 1, 2 |
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