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Facebook has a point where it comes to your privacy
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by Robert Scoble on May 16, 2008
My ex-boss, John Furrier, goes after Facebook after Facebook blocked Google’s Friend Connect from using its API to inport friends from Facebook into Google’s Friend Connect.I saw Dave Morin, who runs Facebook’s developer platform, at Google’s event Monday night. You can see him at the end of the event where I shoved my cell phone in his face and tried to get him to comment. He...
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MPAA dangles early HD VOD releases, in exchange for closing that pesky analog hole
via Engadget by Richard Lawler on May 16, 2008
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentMoving beyond day-and-date releases via internet and HD video-on-demand, movie studios may be ready to move towards regularly putting movies online ahead of the DVD release date for a premium price -- that surveys say some of us are willing to pay -- but prepare to have your analog hole plugged again. The MPAA petitioned the FCC earlier this month to lift the...
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AntiPhormLite confounds BT's spyware by simulating random browsing
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 16, 2008
If you're pissed off that BT and other ISPs are using software like Phorm to track your browsing habits, you could try out AntiPhormLite, an app that generates a never-ending string of spyware radar-chaff, running a second browser that continuously, plausibly browses the web, screwing up your profile and confounding the snoops. They've posted the full source for audit as...
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BSA says piracy down, but questions remain about its data
via Ars Technica by jhruska@arstechnica.com (Joel Hruska) on May 16, 2008
The BSA has released its annual report on software piracy around the world. The overall picture is improving, but serious questions remain about the group's methodology and assumptions.Read More...
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Andersen gets highest-ever attorney fees award against RIAA
via Ars Technica by eric@arstechnica.com (Eric Bangeman) on May 15, 2008
Exonerated P2P defendant Tanya Andersen was awarded $107,834 in court costs and attorneys' fees for her successful defense against the RIAA's copyright infringement charges. It's the largest fee award so far against the RIAA, and over triple what the RIAA argued it should pay.Read More...
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HOWTO encrypt your Gmail
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 15, 2008
Instructables has just posted the latest installment in their series of HOWTOs inspired by my young adult novel Little Brother (remember, you can get on BBtv with your own videos demonstrating these).Today, the subject is using encrypting your Gmail messages:The principle behind GPG encryption is easy. Anyone who wants to play creates a public key and a private key. Your public key is the part of...
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Chicago sleepwalks into the surveillance society with "intelligent" networked cameras
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 15, 2008
Ryan sez, "Chicago is touting their new 'intelligent' 700+ camera network as being able to flag suspicious activity without human intervention, based on operator-defined criteria within the video frame. Video is archived for 30 days in a 60 terabyte storage vault. Great."They're everywhere. They're multiplying. Several thousand cameras are now capable of sending live pictures...
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HOWTO keep your laptop's data out of customs' hands
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 15, 2008
Bruce Schneier's latest column is a good primer on getting your laptop through US (and other) customs without having your data vacuumed up by the DHS.Encrypting your entire hard drive, something you should certainly do for security in case your computer is lost or stolen, won't work here. The border agent is likely to start this whole process with a "please type in your password". Of...
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Does NBC Control Your TV?
via EFF.org Updates by Danny OBrien on May 15, 2008
Does NBC Control Your TV?Reports are coming in of digital video recording systems refusing to record NBC programs - both on digital cable and over-the-air transmissions. We're still investigating whether these involved over-the-air digital TV, which would mean that NBC was the first broadcaster to attempt to revive the abandoned ATSC "broadcast flag" (as opposed to cable and analog copy...
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David Pogue Gushes Over the Chumby
via Slashdot by timothy on May 15, 2008
stoolpigeon writes "IHT is running a David Pogue review of the Chumby. The Chumby is a small computer embedded in a soft case. The Chumby hardware and OS are open, and the review mentions that the device already has a large developer following, cranking out new widgets for owners. Pogue is obviously quite taken with the Chumby and gives a good introduction to a device that may be the inspiration...
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