The Queen announced on Wednesday. that her government would deliver Internet piracy legislation; today it arrived in the form of the massive Digital Economy bill. meant to modernize the UK's approach to everything from copyrights to broadband to video game ratings to domain names. The bill contains no sanctions against suspected P2P file-swappers, but it introduces a "reserve power" that can be
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Posted by Jonesey 248 days agoREPORT: Toyota forced to submit data on Tundra frame rust to NHTSA
Posted by Xandros 248 days ago
Filed under: Truck. , Safety. , Toyota. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began a preliminary evaluation last month of rusting Tundra frames from the 2000 and 2001 model years. Around 200 complaints had been registered before the NHTSA commenced its investigation, with upwards of seventy more complaints coming in since then. As with the rusting Tacoma frames, the Tundra m
Mobile Phone Free Nintendo Wii with Free Wii Fit
Posted by Xandros 248 days ago
Mobile Phone Free Nintendo Wii with Free Wii Fit
Kynetx Impact and New Features
Posted by Xandros 248 days ago
One of the great things about an event like the Kynetx Impact. conference that we're holding this week is that they are great focusing tools for a company. This has been true of our thinking, but especially our technology. There were three big features we've been thinking about and working on for a while, but we wanted to have them done for Impact and that made them happen. The first, I've al
BBC News - Israel planes launch air strikes on Gaza Strip
Posted by Mikeala 248 days ago
Several Palestinians are injured after Israeli aircraft carry out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, officials say.
The biggest things last week: Foursquare and Salesforce
Posted by selecta 248 days ago
One is a huge company that’s well known inside huge enterprises. The other is a startup with five employees that hardly anyone knows. But they both shifted the world last week in big ways. Note I didn’t put Google’s Chrome OS on this list. Why not? Because that’s largely vaporware at this moment. Next year when [.]
Dave Lamoureux Fishes for Bluefin Tuna From a Kayak - NYTimes.com
Posted by selecta 248 days ago
Dave Lamoureux is part of a small subset of kayak fishermen, and his most recent catch, a 157-pound bluefin tuna, is one of the sport’s greatest recorded feats.
Whitten: Xbox Live banning 'a cat and mouse game'
Posted by selecta 248 days ago
Speaking to VentureBeat. , Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten discussed the recent round of Xbox Live bans. According to Whitten, banning users from Xbox Live. is "a cat and mouse game." Said Whitten, "These were people that were pirating software." He added that Microsoft looks at banning users "from a safety and anti-cheating perspective" and that the company looks out for its partners. Res
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