rs232 sent in a link to this story about one’s right to privacy, which opens: “An unlikely Internet frontier is Paris, Texas, population 26,490, where a defamation lawsuit filed by the local hospital against a critical anonymous blogger is testing the bounds of Internet privacy, First Amendment freedom of speech and whistle-blower rights.”
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eldavojohn writes “When exposed to high voltage, water does some interesting things. From the article, ‘water in two beakers climbs out of the beakers and crosses empty space to meet, forming the water bridge. The liquid bridge, hovering in space, appears to the human eye to defy gravity. Upon investigating the phenomenon, the scientists found […]
DJ notes that TechARP has up a look at Intel’s plans to rebrand their processors, including what must be a leaked internal chart of the old and new landscape of product names. This story doesn’t seem to have been picked up anywhere else yet. Quoting: “We just heard from an anonymous source that Intel will […]
theodp writes “IBM and other corporations are seeking patents for inventions covering the offshoring of US jobs. The USPTO is considering IBM’s patent application for Outsourcing of Services, a ‘method for identifying human-resource work content to outsource offshore of an organization’ to ‘countries where cheaper labor prices and/or cheaper materials are available.’ Then there’s Big […]
marco13185 writes “AT&T’s new Terms of Service give AT&T the right to suspend your account and all service “for conduct that AT&T believes”…”(c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries.” After cooperating with the government’s violations of privacy and liberties, I guess AT&T wants their fair share. […]
Ali writes “As discussed here recently, amazon.com has launched a public beta of Amazon MP3, a digital music store that provides DRM-free downloads of over 2 million songs from 180,000 artists and 20,000 labels. In comparison, Apple says the iTunes Store now contains over 6 million songs. Here is a head-to-head comparison.”
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David Gerard invites to read Carla Schroeder from Enterprise Networking Planet, who gets down to the real reason why companies want to keep their code proprietary, with examples. Quoting: “We are drowned in tides of twaddle about precious IP, Trade Sekkrits, Sooper Original Algorithms that must not be exposed to eyes of mere mortals, and […]
StonyandCher writes “The government in Myanmar has reportedly cut off Internet access in the troubled country. The loss of Internet access in Myanmar has slowed the tide of photos and videos shared with the rest of the world but people outside of the troubled country continue to use new media sites and other technologies to […]
An anonymous reader sends us to a blog posting arguing that, as hardware prices fall below $250 for laptops and desktops, Linux should gain as the Microsoft tax stands out in sharper relief. “In previous years, if you were spending US$1500 and up on a laptop, the Microsoft tax you were paying didn’t seem like […]
Hugh Pickens writes “Algae has long been known as a promising source of biodiesel. It’s worth noting, though, that algae also produces a small amount of hydrogen during photosynthesis. The MIT Technology Review reports that researchers have created a mutant algae that makes better use of sunlight to increase the amount of hydrogen that the […]