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eDonkey network downed
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Published Friday 24th February 2006 08:16 GMT
The Motion Picture Ass. of America has struck in Europe - forcing the closure of what it described as the largest eDonkey P2P file sharing network.
The Razorback2 network, with over a million users at any one time, was hosted at Zaventem, near Brussels, and Swiss police arrested its owner.
"We are very grateful to the Swiss and Belgian authorities for their cooperation and effective action in dealing with this particularly egregious enterprise and the individual profiting from it," said Chris Marcich of the MPAA's European office, in a canned statement.
The MPAA followed up today with a new barrage of lawsuits aimed at nine more file sharing services, including search engines.
These include Usenet hosts NZB-Zone.com, BinNews.com and DVDRs.net; eDonkey network Ed2k-It.com; and five BitTorrent indexing sites owned by one individual.
The latter told website Slyck he had yet to be been notified of the action.
The usual course of action for copyright holders has been to request that major search engines such as Google comply with a DMCA take down notice.
ISOHunt has a copyright policy which states that "... our automated indexing cannot discriminate copyrighted or non-copyrighted works", and says that it complies with DMCA notices. ®
Source: theregister.com
More info: Slyck News
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"This film shows direct connection between the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the United States government.
Evidence is derived from news footage, scientific fact, and most important, Americans who suffered through that tragic day.
IT IS EVERYONE'S duty TO VIEW THIS FILM!"
Check out the Loose Change Website and go to the evidence section for a quick look at what they're talking about.
The documentary itself - Hosted at Google Video
Related: Venezuelan Government To Launch International 9/11 Investigation
Related: Scholars For 911Truth Take On Fox News And Win Big
'Absolutely mediocre quality'
By Lester Haines
Published Tuesday 21st February 2006
In brief A German pothead was cuffed after reporting his dealer to cops for supplying seven ounces of "completely unenjoyable" weed.
Darmstadt resident Hans-Juergen Bendt, 52, complained of the "fraud" after the retailer refused to refund him the £270 he'd shelled out for "absolutely mediocre quality" toke. The police decided to ignore the serious allegation against the dealer and charge Bendt instead with buying and possession of drugs. ®
Source: theregister.com
February 17th, 2006 | Posted in Computer Technology by Leon Huang
The Korea Consumer Protection Board conducted a survey this week on 120 frequently touched items commonly found in public places. And guess what, computer mouses found in cyber cafes are ranked second most bacteria-infested among the 120 items, containing an average of 690 colony forming unit (CFU) of bacteria per 10cm². That is behind the 1100 CFU found on shopping cart handles, and double of the 340 CFU found on toilet doorknobs and handles.
Source and full story: HipTechBlog.com
Posted by Howard Thomson on 18 February 2006
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk; you'll find the whole diversity of human interests, ideas, and issues here, and you'll be able to participate in group discussions on one of the many thousands of IRC channels, on hundreds of IRC networks, or just talk in private to family or friends, wherever they are in the world.
Download: mIRC 6.17 (UK Mirror) | US Mirror 1.29MB (Shareware)
View: Changelog | mIRC Website
Source and full story: neowin.net
OSX/Leap-A worm spreads via iChat instant messaging software
16 February 2006
Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have announced the discovery of the first virus for the Apple Mac OS X platform. The virus, named OSX/Leap-A (also known as OSX/Oompa-A) spreads via instant messaging systems.
... "Some owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X is incapable of harboring computer viruses, but Leap-A will leave them shellshocked, as it shows that the malware threat on Mac OS X is real," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Mac users shouldn't think it's okay to lie back and not worry about viruses."
Source and full story: Sophos Antivirus
Posted by David Reed on 16 February 2006
Seagate has announced a new 1-inch 12GB hard disk that is substantially smaller and faster than its current top of the line 8GB model. The ST1.3 series 12GB disk is 23 percent smaller, has a 50 percent greater capacity, and consumes 30 percent less power than its predecessor. The disk is designed for use in mobile phones and portable media devices. The drive is the second Seagate model to use perpendicular recording, and the first to do so in the 1-inch category.
The drive's small size of 40x30x5 mm allows for more streamlined media devices and is suited well for clamshell and candy bar style mobile phones. As part of its G-Force Protection system Seagate will also offer an optional drop sensor which will increase shock resistance 33 percent and help the drive survive a 1.5 meter or roughly five foot fall onto concrete or ceramic surfaces when properly mounted inside a device. In addition, Seagate's RunOn technology will keep the track heads aligned when the device is in motion.
The ST1.3 begins shipping in the third quarter of this year.
I found this at: neowin.net
Full story: Techtree.com
Wed Feb 8, 2006 5:13 AM ET
By Thomas K. Arnold
Sony Pictures announced pricing for its Blu-ray movie titles today, becoming the first major studio to do so. In addition, it announced plans to bundle multiple formats in a low-cost package, beginning with DVD/UMD bundles next month.
Catalog Blu-ray titles will wholesale at $17.95, which is roughly the same price that DVDs debuted at in 1997. New releases will wholesale for $23.45, a 15 to 20 percent premium over new release DVD titles. This is done to accommodate sell-through and rental markets, according to Benjamin Feingold, president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The discs should start appearing on store shelves in early summer.
Sony Pictures also announced a plan to bundle movies in different formats at a lower price point. Starting March 28th, it will release DVD/UMD (PSP disc) combo packages of six titles including "The Grudge" and "Resident Evil." Second wave titles, coming April 25th, include "Snatch" and "Ghostbusters," with a third set due in May. Combos will be priced at $28.95, which is considerably lower than the retail price for each format purchased individually.
I found this at: neowin.net
Full story: Reuters
