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You Will Never Kill Piracy

Slashdot.org - 2 hours 46 min ago


scottbomb writes "This is perhaps the best op-ed I've read about the whole SOPA/PIPA controversy. The author challenges Hollywood to re-think their entire business model. It will undoubtedly fall on deaf ears, for now. But sooner or later, they will have no choice but to adapt. From the article: 'Now that the SOPA and PIPA fights have died down, and Hollywood prepares their next salvo against internet freedom with ACTA and PCIP, it's worth pausing to consider how the war on piracy could actually be won. It can't, is the short answer, and one these companies do not want to hear as they put their fingers in their ears and start yelling.'"

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New Mobile Plan Pools Data On Unlimited Devices

Slashdot.org - 3 hours 50 min ago


Hugh Pickens writes "PC Magazine reports that Ting, a new reseller of Sprint's voice, 3G and WiMax services, has a new approach to mobile pricing that lets customers buy minutes, messages, and data separately, and allows households to pool them to an unlimited number of phones and data devices on one account. 'Household data plans are the next step for consumers, mainly because people are adding more connected screens and devices to their lifestyle,' writes Kevin Tofel. 'And different household members have different data needs; some use a little while others consume gobs of gigabytes. Why not average out the usage across multiple devices?' Both AT&T and Verizon have hinted at offering shared data plans in the future, but the devil's in the details, says Tofel. 'My hope is that family data plans come soon, to all carriers, just like we have for family voice and messaging plans.'"

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Legislators says rejection of Pa. redistricting imperils April primary

Philly Inquirer - 4 hours 24 min ago
A top Harrisburg Republican said Friday that the legislature might consider moving back the April 24 primary election to make time for a commission to create new maps for all 203 state House seats and 50 Senate seats.
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Fujitsu announces Stylistic Android tablet for taking care of business, working overtime

engadget - 4 hours 43 min ago
The BlackBerry PlayBook blues got you down? Fujitsu thinks you should consider riding the Android train to work. The company today announced the awkwardly named Stylistic M350/CA2 Android tablet, a seven-inch enterprise-focused slate aimed at folks looking for a sales terminal, catalog displayer or e-reader. The Stylistic has a WSVGA display and a battery that should give you around six hours on a charge. You can pick one of these guys up in mid-February, if you're in Japan. An equally exciting press release can be found after the jump.

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Fujitsu announces Stylistic Android tablet for taking care of business, working overtime originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Help wanted: Efficiency expert for Philly

Philly Inquirer - 6 hours 11 min ago
The City of Philadelphia wants to hire an efficiency expert. Believe it or not, this may be a first for the city government.
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Apple TV gets into video discovery, adds movie and TV show Genius Recommendations

engadget - 6 hours 55 min ago
Apple added a new wrinkle to its hobby overnight, as AppleInsider reports the Genius recommendation feature added in iTunes 8 now offers up suggestions for movies and TV shows. The new Apple TV feature appears to have been switched on from the back end servers with no firmware update, displaying the new Genius option under Movies and TV Netflix-style as shown above. We're not sure you really needed anyone else telling you it's definitely time to check out The Wire or Breaking Bad, but with competitors like Google already taking aim at improving content discovery and recommendations it's a logical next step for whatever Apple's living room ambitions ultimately become.

Apple TV gets into video discovery, adds movie and TV show Genius Recommendations originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Destruction of Iraq's Once-Great Universities

Slashdot.org - 6 hours 59 min ago


Harperdog writes "Hugh Gusterson has written a devastating article about what has happened to Iraq's once great university system, and puts most of the blame for its total collapse on the U.S. Quoting: 'While American troops guarded the Ministries of Oil and the Interior but ignored cultural heritage sites, looters ransacked the universities. For example, the entire library collections at the University of Baghdad's College of Arts and at the University of Basra were destroyed. The Washington Post's Rajiv Chandresekara described the scene at Mustansiriya University in 2003: "By April 12, the campus of yellow-brick buildings and grassy courtyards was stripped of its books, computers, lab equipment and desks. Even electrical wiring was pulled from the walls. What was not stolen was set ablaze, sending dark smoke billowing over the capital that day."'"

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World's Largest Virtual Optical Telescope Created

Slashdot.org - 8 hours 45 min ago


erice writes "Astronomers in Chile linked four telescopes together to form a single virtual mirror 130 meters in diameter. Previous efforts had linked two telescopes but this is the first time that all four had been linked. 'The process that links separate telescopes together is known as interferometry. In this mode, the VLT becomes the biggest ground-based optical telescope on earth. Besides creating a gigantic virtual mirror, interferometry also greatly improves the telescope's spatial resolution and zooming capabilities.'"

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E.U. Presses Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes

NYTimes Circuits - 9 hours 47 sec ago
Viviane Reding, the European Union justice commissioner, is pressing Google to halt changes to its privacy policies while the implications for personal data protection are being explored.

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Le prime reazioni

Luca's Blog - 9 hours 15 min ago

L’amico Franz ha cominciato a scrivere per Apogeonline:

Ho iniziato a scrivere qualche cosa anche qua. Per ora si è parlato della questione pcAnywhere, ovvero della poca chiarezza di Symantec su di una intrusione subita già qualche tempo fa, e di SCADA (e treni).

Complimenti!

update: scopro che anche Andrea, partner di lavoro in Zephirworks, ha iniziato a collaborare con Apogeo. Complimenti anche a lui!

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Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy

engadget - 9 hours 28 min ago
Recent weeks have seen a swell of interest in corporate responsibility, particularly with regard to technology manufacturing and supply chains. Last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook affirmed his company's commitment to ethically and environmentally sound practices, evoking sentiments that were echoed today in a similar announcement from Nokia. Seizing the opportunity to establish some goodwill among socially conscious consumers, the Finnish manufacturer has just released a policy outlining its philosophy on conflict minerals -- metals like gold, tungsten and tin that have played a direct role in fueling civil violence and unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the document (linked below), Nokia acknowledged that it doesn't play a direct role in obtaining these materials, but emphasized its strict traceability requirements. All suppliers, Nokia says, must provide detailed information on the sourcing of its metals, going back to the smelter phase, at a minimum, and even to the mine itself, if necessary. The company also highlighted its adherence to guidelines established by the EICC-GeSI Extractives Work Group, which both Apple and Intel have already joined. Granted, it's impossible for a single company to wipe out civil strife and human rights abuses in one fell swoop, but with this codified approach, Nokia hopes to at least "increase transparency, ensure responsible procurement by our suppliers and sub-suppliers, and drive positive change."

Nokia establishes stance on conflict minerals in formal policy originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Poi tocca alla signora Elsa.

Luca's Blog - 9 hours 41 min ago

Antonioli, moglie di Mario Monti.

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Facebook On Collision Course With New EU Privacy Laws

Slashdot.org - 9 hours 57 min ago


An anonymous reader writes "Facebook and other U.S. internet companies are faced with a new EU data protection regime, the Christian Science Monitor reports. U.S. concepts of free expression and commerce will battle European support for privacy and state legislation. 'Companies must understand that if they want access to 500 million consumers in the EU, then they have to comply. This is not an option,' said a spokesman for the EU Justice Commissioner."

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F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping

NYTimes Circuits - 10 hours 28 min ago
The group known as Anonymous listened in on a call between the bureau, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies about their joint investigation of the group and its allies.

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Man, 18, sought in Nicetown double shooting

Philly Inquirer - 10 hours 36 min ago
Police are searching for a North Philadelphia man who they said shot and wounded a woman and her 13-year-old daughter in Nicetown this week.
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Slaying trial again delayed for N.E. Pa. man

Philly Inquirer - 10 hours 36 min ago
WILKES-BARRE - The long-delayed homicide trial of a Northeastern Pennsylvania man whose property contained multiple sets of human remains has been pushed back again.
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DeWeese jury deliberates a second day

Philly Inquirer - 10 hours 39 min ago
HARRISBURG - The jury in the corruption trial of State Rep. Bill DeWeese deliberated for a second full day Friday without reaching a verdict.
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Mistrial declared in Chesco love-triangle killing

Philly Inquirer - 10 hours 42 min ago
Expressing regret and quoting Shakespeare, a Chester County Court judge declared a mistrial in a murder case Friday after three full days of testimony.
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Phila. School District cuts 91 school police

Philly Inquirer - 10 hours 42 min ago
The Philadelphia School District eliminated 91 school police jobs Friday in a cost-cutting move that brought the number of city schools without officers to 100.
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