Venezuelan Government To Launch International 9/11 Investigation

Truth crusaders Walter and Rodriguez to appear on Hugo Chavez's weekly TV broadcast
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones/Prison Planet.com March 31 2006

Billionaire philanthropist Jimmy Walter and WTC survivor William Rodriguez this week embarked on a groundbreaking trip to Caracas Venezuela in which they met with with the President of the Assembly and will soon meet with Venezuelan President himself Hugo Chavez in anticipation of an official Venezuelan government investigation into 9/11.

Rodriguez was the last survivor pulled from the rubble of the north tower of the WTC, and was responsible for all stairwells within the tower. Rodriguez represented family members of 9/11 victims and testified to the 9/11 Commission that bombs were in the north tower but his statements were completely omitted from the official record.

I found this at: ShoutWire
Full story: Prison Planet

Related: "Loose Change - 2nd Edition" Documentary
Related: Scholars For 911Truth Take On Fox News And Win Big

AllOfMP3 Launches allTunes

Posted by Nik Cubrilovic

AllofMP3 has released a beta of its latest desktop music library and download tool allTunes. Although the name is an obvious play on iTunes, those farmiliar with AllOFMP3 will know that they are infamous for extremely cheap, high quality and quasi-legal music downloads on the web. allTunes is a windows desktop or smartphone interface to the AllOFMP3 library, allowing users to find and download high quality music easily.

Source and full story: TechCrunch

Sue Google, not us, Torrentspy tells Hollywood

By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) might just as well have sued Google Inc. for copyright violation rather than pick on Torrentspy, the smaller company said in a court filing this week seeking dismissal of the case.

In February, the MPAA filed seven lawsuits against Torrentspy and other search companies that help visitors find content or instruct them how to download it. It was the first time that the MPAA had charged such companies with copyright infringement.

In its filing Monday seeking to dismiss the case, Torrentspy argued that the MPAA might as well have sued Google Inc., since Google does what Torrentspy does, only better. Torrentspy is a search engine that helps visitors find torrent files, which are often music or movie files stored in an easily shared file format.

I found this at: ShoutWire
Full Story: Macworld

Brain Cells Fused with Computer Chip

By Ker Than
LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 27 March 2006
11:36 am ET

The line between living organisms and machines has just become a whole lot blurrier. European researchers have developed "neuro-chips" in which living brain cells and silicon circuits are coupled together.

The achievement could one day enable the creation of sophisticated neural prostheses to treat neurological disorders or the development of organic computers that crunch numbers using living neurons.

I found this at: neowin.net
Full story: LiveScience.com

Video Collection 3-27-06

Joint Behind the Ear - [via SpikedHumor]
Insane Amateur Basketball Shots - [via BREAK.com]
Indy Car Crash - [via SpikedHumor]
Roman Hell - [via SpikedHumor]
^^^ "This guy gets hit repeatedly with 25 roman candle shots."
Mr. Bean - Car Park - [via SpikedHumor]

Police: Man Killed Teen for Walking on Lawn

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Don't Buy CRAP Products

Posted by Tom Graham on 26 March 2006 - 08:53

ZDNet have published a rather amusing video be-moaning the ever encroaching spectre of Digital Rights Management - aka DRM.

Rather than accepting the lingo del MPAA and RIAA, ZDNet chief editor David Berlind adopts a new moniker - CRAP. Standing for Content, Restriction, Annulment and Protection. Berlind outlines the problem with different content providers using different CRAP mechanisms.

"And guess what? If you try to connect these three universes, they don't connect. Doesn't happen. Sorry. Nada. This music won't play here. This music won't play here. And this music won't play here. That to me is a problem. That's why I say that all these devices, for example, the iPods that you buy out in the stores today, are a load of CRAP. I'm not going to buy any of this CRAP. Stop buying this CRAP. Don't buy any technology that has CRAP in it, because all it's going to do is make it impossible for you to take the content that you're paying good money for and play it anywhere you want."

Watch the video below.

Video: CRAP
View: ZDNet transcript

Source: neowin.net

Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement

In addendum to law, he says oversight rules are not binding
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff March 24, 2006

WASHINGTON -- When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act's expanded police powers.

From The All Spin Zone:
Update: Oh, and the DoJ under Gonzales has issued their response to Congressional Democrats and Republicans seeking answers on such silly things as “define who or what constitutes a terrorist” and “are phone conversations between Drs. and patients, or for that matter lawyers and their clients being tapped” — suck our right nut.

From Unclaimed Territory:
The reality is that the Administration has been making clear for quite some time that they have unlimited power and that nothing -- not even the law -- can restrict it. But here, they are specifically telling Congress that even if Congress amends FISA and the President agrees to abide by those amendments, they still have the power to break the law whenever they want. As I have documented more times than I can count, we have a President who has seized unlimited power, including the power to break the law, and the Administration -- somewhat commendably -- is quite candid and straightforward about that fact.

Full story: Common Dreams Newscenter The Boston Globe

Sony Data Tiles

posted by TechEMaster on 03.25.06 @ 7:25 am

We have seen the future of portable computing, and it’s data tiles. Tagged transparent tiles are used to show dynamic graphical information when placed on a sensor-enhanced display. For those who haven’t seen this technology in action, a video clip is provided after the jump.

Source: TechEBlog

A Faster, Denser Hard Drive Debuts

Boost in capacity and performance adds to appeal of perpendicular drives.
Jon L. Jacobi
From the May 2006 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Friday, March 24, 2006

The reorientation of hard drives has begun: The first drives to use perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to pack more data into less space are out. And our tests reveal that they not only boost storage capacity but perform faster as well.

In our tests of the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 and its non-PMR 5400.2 predecessor, the PMR unit showed a modest boost overall, completing its runs in about 7 percent less time; results just for sustained throughput were even more impressive with a 15 to 17 percent gain. The PMR drive's greater areal density has little effect on seek speed, a component of many of our tests, but helped when our tasks focused on sustained throughput with sizable files.

I found this at: neowin.net
Full story: PCWorld

'South Park' Responds: Chef's Goose Is Cooked

By Lisa de Moraes
Thursday, March 23, 2006; Page C07

Long story short: The boys rescue Chef and they run across the rope bridge over the deep ravine that takes them to safety. But once they're on the other side, the Super Adventure Club's big chief shouts to Chef, "Don't you remember why you left South Park in the first place? You sought adventure . . . because your life had become dull and empty."

The boys plead with Chef:

"Chef -- we love you!"

But Chef heads back over the bridge, only it's struck by lightning and falls apart. Chef plunges down the ravine and is impaled on a large stick and attacked by a mountain lion, then a grizzly bear.

Back in South Park, the townsfolk hold a memorial service for Chef. Kyle tells the residents that although a lot of them don't agree with the choices Chef made in the last few days, they should focus on how much he made them smile and -- here's the money quote -- they should not be mad at Chef but instead at "the fruity little club for scrambling his brain."

Watch the episode [via SpikedHumor]
Source and full story: The Washing Post

South Park declares war on Scientology

'The war for earth has just begun!'
By Lester Haines
Published Monday 20th March 2006 12:17 GMT

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have all but declared war on the Church of Scientology following member Tom Cruise's successful move to have episode Trapped in the Closet pulled from US screens.

Comedy Central canned a repeat of the offending programme due to air last Wednesday, provoking the show's creators to declare to Variety: "So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies.

... Despite Parker and Stone's sabre-rattling, The Church of Scientology won a significant victory last week when Isaac Hayes - who had played Chef since 1997 - quit South Park due to its "inappropriate ridicule" of religion.

'Scientology' at Wikipedia
Related: Isaac Hayes May Have Not Actually Quit South Park | CHEF NEEDS JOB
Source and full story: theregister.com

The much delayed Windows Vista gets hit again

March 21, 2006 at 11:45 PM

"Microsoft Updates Windows Vista Road Map," Microsoft said euphemistically in a press release today.

But there is no way that the headline could sugar coat the actual news. Windows Vista is delayed – again.

Consumers won't be able get their hands on the software until January 2007. Enterprises however get access in November. But then we're talking about just the disks. It is unlikely that preinstalled and certified Vista business systems will be available this year either.

Source and full story: Silicon Valley Sleuth

Video Collection 3-22-06

Amazing MLB Catch [via SpikedHumor]
Almost An Accident - [via SpikedHumor]
^^^ This is pretty amazing how the guy recovers from this, check it out.
Huge Grind - [via SpikedHumor]
Tanker Catches on Fire and Explodes - [via BREAK.com]
Skater Run Over By Car - [via BREAK.com]
^^^ "Miraculously he was fine after."

Christain Music Trade Association Intentionally Misleading Congress

Posted by ctrlc in News, Editorials (Monday March 20, 2006 at 11:03 pm)

All to often the Music Industry (and the Movie Industry for that matter) promotes lies, distortions and propaganda to the public regarding their alleged loss of income due to the exchange of ‘their’ works via filesharing networks. Most often these deliberate falsifications derive directly from organizations like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) or the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) who, in many cases, represent the same corporations, that beg for pity from the public and the government. Today, a new less-known organization has done the honor of spreading the industry’s propaganda for them; the Christian Music Trade Association (CMTA).

In the article I recently posted, the CMTA has began lobbying congress with a new bill, that if made a law, would make the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) responsible for enforcing copyright on digital music radio stations, and preventing distribution of those unauthorized radio recordings, over “digital networks”, AKA– P2P filesharing networks. The Bill would obviously force the Federal Government to begin actively involving itself in the prevention of copyright infringement online, which to this point, is uncommon.

Source and full story: The Pirate Times

Starforce enforces DRM by instant reboot (without warning)

Posted by Seán Byrne on 21 March 2006 - 00:00 - Source: Geek.com

Despite all the problems DRM has been causing lately, it seems like companies involved in copy protection just keep trying to create more dangerous copy protections. Originally, they were more of a nuisance causing compatibility issues, installing wanted software, etc. Next came Sony Rootkits which used cloaking to hide its DRM processes and files, but with the side affect of being able to cloak spyware & viruses, thus causing a serious security risk. More recently, the Settec Alpha-DVD protection has been reported to cause DVD writers to malfunction.

Now, Futuremark* has uncovered a very dangerous anti-piracy system Starforce is now using. This copy protection system installs a driver that runs at the highest level of access on the system, which gives it low level access to the PCs hardware and any drivers and processes. This driver runs regardless of whether the game runs; keeping an eye out for any suspicious activity such as attempting to copy a protected disc. If something suspicious is detected, it forces the PC to make an immediate reboot, regardless of any other applications running and whether or not the user has any unsaved work.

* Update: According to a news post by Futuremark, apparently they have not carried out any research or uncovered anything relating to StarForce, however this discovery was made by users who posted about this on their public discussion boards.

Source and full story: cdfreaks.com

ATI unwraps first 1GB graphics card

By Tony Smith
20th March 2006 14:17 GMT

ATI today unwrapped its latest pair of workstation-oriented graphics chips - including what it claims is the first ever board to support one gigabyte of graphics memory. The FireGL parts are also the first products of their class from ATI to support Shader Model 3.0.

The 1GB FireGL V7350 is accompanied by the V7300, a 512MB version. The GPUs are fabbed at 90nm and derive from ATI's Radeon X1000 series. As such they incorporate its Avivo image enhancement pipeline, including support for 40-bit and 64-bit RGB colour, and the latest Radeons' 512-bit ring memory bus architecture. Both boards provide 41.6GBps of memory bandwidth, ATI said, pointing to as memory clock speed of 325MHz (650MHz effective).

... The V7350 costs around $1999, while the V7300 is priced in the region of $1599, ATI said. The boards are available now from a range of workstation vendors, VARs and distributors. ®

Source and full story: RegHardware

Judge Tells RIAA They Don't Get To Randomly Hunt Through Everyone's Computers

from the sorry,-no-dice dept
Contributed by Mike
Monday, March 20th, 2006 @ 02:16AM

One thing that's become clear in all of the recording industry's lawsuits against file sharers, is they feel they pretty much have free reign in what they should be allowed to do. That's why they originally wanted ISPs to just hand over names without having to file a lawsuit, and why they tend to take a "guilty until proven innocent" point of view. However, it appears some courts are finally pointing out to the RIAA that they don't have the right to do some of these things. The latest example involves one of the lawsuits, where the accused claims she never was involved in file sharing. The RIAA demanded full access to her computer -- which she rightly felt was a violation of her privacy, as there was a lot more on her computer that obviously had nothing to do with the case. A judge has agreed and told the woman she can hire her own forensics expert, and bill the RIAA for any expenses.

Source: techdirt

Sony unveils 20in LCD TV-monitor combo

By Tony Smith
17th March 2006 16:02 GMT

Sony will next month extend its line of dual-role displays - they operate as a TV and as a computer monitor - with a 20in widescreen HD model capable of being wall-mounted and has a 3D sound capability.

The MFM-HT205 sports a 16:9 ratio 1680 x 1050 resolution LCD equipped with Sony's ErgoBright image processing system and the company's Xbrite coating. The display has a 6ms response time, a contrast ratio of 1600:1 and a brightness rating of 470cdpm². Sony claims it has a 170° viewing angle horizontally and vertically. The screen has its own analogue TV tuner.

The screen incorporates two 3W stereo speakers and a 5W sub-woofer - all fed through SDS' 3D WOW audio processing system.

The MFM-HT205 is compatible with PCs and Macs, and has S-video, component, composite, HD-15 and HDCP-compatible DVI ports on board.

The HT205 goes on sale in the US in April for around $900. ®

Source: RegHardware | [Just the photo]

Epic Records, Microsoft in Xbox 360 Deal

Thu Mar 16, 8:37 PM ET

LOS ANGELES - Xbox 360 gamers will get a year of free music videos and other content from artists signed to Epic Records under a promotion deal between the record label and Microsoft Corp., the companies said Thursday.

The arrangement calls for Epic Records to feature 12 of its artists on a program dubbed Artist of the Month, which users of Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft's popular gaming console can access over the Xbox Live entertainment network.

Source and full story: Yahoo! News

House panel OKs bill to stop Net gambling

Bill would stop companies from accepting credit cards, other transfers
Updated: 6:39 p.m. ET March 15, 2006

WASHINGTON - A House committee Wednesday approved a bill aimed at stamping out the $12 billion Internet gambling industry by stopping businesses from accepting credit cards and other forms of payment.

The bill, cleared by voice vote in the House Financial Services Committee, would prohibit a gambling business from accepting credit cards, checks, wire transfers and electronic funds transfers in illegal gambling transactions.

Unlawful gambling, under the legislation, would include placing bets on online poker sites, for example, and any other online wager made or received in a place where such a bet is illegal under federal or state law.

Source and full story: MSNBC

Amazon poised for film downloads assault

If it's serious, it's game over
By Wireless Watch
Published Thursday 16th March 2006 11:24 GMT

It comes as little surprise for those that follow online video downloads that Amazon is in discussions with the major studios, as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal both state this week.

Amazon acquired CustomFlix back in July last year, a partner company that allows films to be downloaded for burning onto a DVD. The company has since entered the High Definition TV business backing the Toshiba based HD DVD platform for downloading and burning high def films.

Source and full story: theregister.com

Drug trial creates 'Elephant Man'

Wednesday, March 15, 2006; Posted: 10:07 a.m. EST (15:07 GMT)

LONDON, England -- Two men are in critical condition in a London hospital and four others are in serious condition after taking part in a clinical trial for a new drug.

One victim, whose head and neck were reported to have increased to three times normal size, was described by a friend as resembling "the Elephant Man."

The men were admitted late Monday to the intensive care unit from an independent medical research unit at Northwick Park Hospital after reacting badly to the drug, which is intended to treat chronic inflammatory conditions and leukemia.

Source and full story: CNN

The Real Life Simpsons House

Thanks to SpikedHumor

Gaming cures attention deficit syndrome

You probably hadn’t noticed this
By Nick Farrell: Monday 13 March 2006, 14:23

BOFFINS have discovered that computer games could be the way to treat kids with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Clinical psychologist Henry Owens, has developed a video game system which adjusts its operation so that if kids don’t concentrate, the game will stop.

Source and full story: INQUIRER
More information: USA Today

eBay Faces 'Buy It Now' Patent Threat

Posted by Tom Graham on 13 March 2006 - 12:48[EST]

Online auction giant eBay is facing a rather serious patent dispute over one of its more popular functions. The so called 'buy it now' feature often seen on auctions allows users to end the auction early at a pre-determined price. The problem is the action is detailed in a patent filed by MercExchange, who've taken eBay to court.

Source and full story: neowin.net
More information: Arstechnica

Video Collection 3-11-06

Awesome Pool Tricks - [via BREAK.com]
Hockey: Goaltender Cleans The Glass - [via SpikedHumor]
Extreme Biking - [via SpikedHumor]
Colbert Report - The Long War - [via SpikedHumor]
The Daily Show - Bloggers - [via SpikedHumor]
Family Guy - Peter's Retarded - [via SpikedHumor]
Mr. Bean - Visits The Beach - [via SpikedHumor]
Mr. Bean - Art Class - [via SpikedHumor]

Major US Music Labels Charged with Price-fixing

Posted by Nic Goodman on 10 March 2006 - 09:09 [EST]

According to a report by Red Herring, several major US music labels have been slammed with a class action lawsuit filled by San Diego lawyer William Lerach. The labels accused with price-fixing include Sony BMG, Universal, Warner, Bertelsmann and EMI. The suit accuses these labels of "deliberately attempting to prevent the development of legitimate online music service."

The suit later accuses the labels to "conspired to fix and maintain" prices once legitimate service appeared on the market, such as iTunes and Rhapsody among others. This class action comes at a curious time as both the US Department of Justice and the New York Attorney's office launch separate independent investigations into conspiring between labels involving download prices.

Source: neowin.net

Microsoft Shows Off New 'Windows Live Search'

Posted by Paul Krevs on 08 March 2006 - 14:56 [EST]

Microsoft has released a preview version of what will eventually become the flagship search engine for the Redmond Washington based software giant. Windows Live Search is the cornerstone of Microsoft's new "Live" campaign, which aims to unite all the companies’ web services under a single banner.

View: Microsoft's 'Live.com' | Original 'Live' Service Press Release
View: Neowin Forum Discussion

Source and full story: neowin.net

OpenOffice 2.0.2

Posted by Paul Krevs on 08 March 2006 - 21:48 [EST]

OpenOffice.org 2.0.2 is available today. It is ready now in English; check with the Native Language projects for other languages. The release is recommended for everyone. It contains some nifty new features, fixes many small bugs and resolves numerous issues. For instance, spellcheck dictionaries are now directly integrated into OpenOffice.org and are immediately available after installation; there is no need for extra downloads. The community have also added import filters for Quattro Pro 6 and Microsoft Word 2. As well, other import filters have been improved, so that documents created by other applications can be edited in OpenOffice.org more seamlessly. Continuing with the the push to enhance OpenOffice.org's business functionality, it is now easier to use mail merge. As well, integration with the KDE address book is now possible.

The appearance of the application has also been enhanced, and for Linux users, there are new icon sets for KDE and GNOME. The result of this and the other improvements is not just a prettier OpenOffice.org but a friendlier and more capable suite.

Download: OpenOffice 2.0.2
View: Neowin Forum Discussion

Source: neowin.net

Google settles click fraud suit

Search giant says it will pay $90 million to resolve all outstanding claims back to 2002.
March 8, 2006: 7:14 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc. said Wednesday it had agreed to pay up to $90 million to settle a class action lawsuit over advertising fraud by outside parties on its site, in a bid to put the controversy behind it.

The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed by Lane's Gifts earlier this year in an Arkansas state court and is designed to settle all outstanding claims against Google for fraud committed using its pay-per-click ad system back to 2002, it said.

The $90 million would involve legal fees and credits -- rather than any cash payments -- to all advertisers who apply to be part of the class settlement, once the judge certifies the agreement, Google spokesman Steve Langdon said.

Source and full story: CNN Money

Sony PS3 held up by Blu-ray delay

Platter spat spotted
By INQUIRER staff: Tuesday 07 March 2006, 14:46

SONY CEO, Howard Stringer, has confirmed that the PS3 which was supposed to be in the shops soon, will not now be around until the end of the year.

In an interview with well-known technology rag Variety, Stringer said the delay is due to a hold-up with chips crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray functions. He said Sony will roll out the PS3 by the end of the year, in time for the Yule-tide binge.

Stringer wants the PS3 to be a vehicle for Blu-ray discs as well as videogames. This suggests the PS3's success may not as important to Sony as getting Blu-Ray off the ground.

It seems the cunning plan is to make the PS3 the killer platform that will knock out HD-DVD and install Blu-ray as the dominant video standard.

Source: INQUIRER

Couple microwave urine-filled fake penis

Attempted drugs test fraud ends in court
By Lester Haines
Published Monday 6th March 2006 15:07 GMT

Here's a cautionary tale if you're a woman planning to use a fake penis filled with someone else's urine to pass a drugs test as part of a job application: don't take it to the local convenience store and ask the clerk to microwave it "so the urine inside would be body-temperature and fool those giving the drug test".

So now you know, thanks to Leslye Creighton, 41, of Wilkinsburg, and Vincent Bostic, 31, of Pittsburgh, who were cited last Friday for "criminal mischief and disorderly conduct in the 23 February incident at the Get Go! gasoline and convenience store in McKeesport, about 10 miles east of Pittsburgh", the Washington Post reports.

Source and full story: theregister.com

Street Legal Jet Powered VW Beetle

posted by TechEMaster on 03.02.06 @ 2:43 am

What can you do with a GE Model T58-8F helicopter turboshaft engine, converted to jet? With Ron Patrick’s custom VW Beetle you can have lots and lots of dangerous fun exploiting all 1350 horsepower. This monster is powered by two engines (original up front, jet in back) and is perfectly street legal since you’re only using the gasoline powered engine in normal driving conditions. But if you’re feeling adventurous, fire up the jet engine - which spins up to 26,000 rpm/13,000 rpm idle - and watch the afterburner come to life. More after the jump.

Source(with more pictures): TechEBlog

Video Collection 3-4-06

Real Life Simpsons Title Sequence - [via SpikedHumor]
Kung Fu Monkey - [via SpikedHumor]
Extreme Jumpers - [via SpikedHumor]
Race Car Pile Up - [via BREAK.com]
My Inner Twin - [via SpikedHumor]
^^^ "A man has a 33 year-old calcified twin removed from his abdomen. All I can say is wow..."

Pentagon to enslave shark-kind

Uncle Sam mobilises remote control fish
By Chris Williams
Published Thursday 2nd March 2006 14:13 GMT

Sinister news has leaked out of the US Department of Defence, where plans are afoot to implant mind control devices into sharks in the hope of using them for underwater espionage.

The DoD engineer-designed implant (developed in lab experiments on rats) will be deployed to harness a squad of shark spies, it was revealed at a meeting in Hawaii last week. Until now, applications for the controversial technology have centred on regaining movement in paralysis sufferers.

Sharks' stealthy movement through water makes them perfect candidates for underwater snooping, able to follow ships and submarines without detection. They are one of nature's most successful predators, having been on the oceanic block for 400m years in a relatively unchanging form.

New Scientist reports that a group at Boston University is already using probes in the lab to steer dogfish, a close shark relative. As the dogfish meanders about, researchers take control by beaming a radio signal from a laptop to an antenna attached to the fish.

Source: theregister.com

Four plead guilty in US piracy case

Pirates smell porridge
By John Oates
Published Wednesday 1st March 2006 11:25 GMT

Four US citizens have pleaded guilty to piracy charges following an investigation by the Department of Justice.

Investigators from Operation Fastlink snared Derek Borchardt (21), Matthew Howard (24) and Aaron Jones (31). All three pleaded guilty of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement as part of the Apocalypse Crew which specialised in pre-release music. A fourth man, George Hayes (31) admitted one count of copyright infringement as a member of another pre-release group called Chromance, or CHR.

The four will be sentenced on 19 May 2006 - they face up to five years in prison and fines of $250,000.

Apocalypse Crew got hold of digital copies of tracks before they were commercially released and made them available on peer-to-peer networks.

Source and full story: theregister.com

Analyst says 360 supply problems easing

Supply expected to meet demand in late March; projects 10-12 million 360s shipped by end of 2006.
By Brendan Sinclair -- GameSpot
Posted Feb 28, 2006 2:59 pm PT

In a research note to investors this week, American Technology Research analyst PJ McNealy indicates that the Xbox 360 shortage that has dogged the platform since its North American launch last November is almost over.

"We surveyed 125 retailers late last week, and 21 percent had at least one Xbox 360 Core ($299 version) console in stock," McNealy wrote. "Most also reported receiving shipments last week and are now seeing a relatively steady flow after stock-outs abounded for most of December and January."

I found this at: neowin.net
Full story: GameSpot