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Hadopi Wants To Kick People Offline For Watching Unauthorized Streams As Well

Well, well. A top guy at the French “kick you off the internet” Hadopi agency is apparently claiming that the organization’s mandate goes beyond just people accused (not convicted) of file sharing, and could be used against people watching unauthorize… Continue reading

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Groovy, JMX, and the Attach API

One of the exciting new features of the (then Sun) HotSpot Java SE 6 release was support for the Attach API. The Attach API is “a Sun Microsystems extension that provides a mechanism to attach to a Java virtual machine.” Tools such as JConsole and Visu… Continue reading

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Probably Not The Best Time To Introduce Legislation That Can Be Described As Having An ‘Internet Kill Switch’

We’ve already discussed how, contrary to the claims of some, there really isn’t an attempt to create “an internet kill switch” in the US. There is a (admittedly bad) proposal concerning how the US would respond in the event of some sort of “cyber atta… Continue reading

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DailyDirt: Scientific Measurements

Accurate scientific measurements are pretty important. It’s actually hard to overstate how critical it is to science that measurements can be repeated. (Hello, Cold Fusion…) But it’s not quite an easy task to get everyone to agree to the same metric… Continue reading

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Blame me: Mozy scraps unlimited backups

EMC’s online backup subsidiary concludes it can’t afford subscriptions for unlimited data backup. CNET News’ Stephen Shankland concludes it’s his fault. Originally posted at Deep Tech

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Sony Trying To Play Whac-A-Mole Over PS3 Hack

You would think that Sony, of all companies, would know better than to overreact to a DRM issue — given its experience with the infamous CD rootkit a few years back. However, the company can’t seem to resist making itself look foolish. Beyond seekin… Continue reading

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Google, Twitter build Speak to Tweet for Egyptians

With Internet service in Egypt all but extinct amid massive protests, those with simple voice connections can now get messages out on Twitter. Originally posted at Relevant Results

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Surprise Amendment Would Have Gov’t Explore Whether Business Model Patents Should Be Ditched

We had noted that Senator Patrick Leahy was doing the Groundhog’s Day thing of reintroducing his flawed patent reform proposal that doesn’t actually address the problems of the patent system. He does this every year, insisting that this will be the ye… Continue reading

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China Doesn’t Want People Talking About Egyptian Uprising Online

Whatever you think of how much impact social media has had on recent political uprisings and protests around the globe, it appears that many governments are worried about the impact. We’ve already seen how Egypt shut down the internet to try to slow d… Continue reading

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If The MPAA Takes Down A Dozen Torrent Sites, And No One Notices, Did They Really Exist?

The Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has a history both of assuming it has much more authority than it really does and in announcing how it has shut down all sorts of “piracy” sites that no one seems to know exist. Lately, it’s been teaming up with the M… Continue reading

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