More links for you. Of note today is that Prosecutors Dismiss Xbox-Modding Case Mid-Trial, which basically means that they couldn’t intimidate the poor guy into paying a fortune and/or making a plea deal … so they dropped the case. The legal merits of the case were pretty flimsy to begin with – after all, this is a guy with a soldering iron & some electronic components who was able to make the XBox do things that the Evil Empire (i.e., Microsoft) didn’t want it to be able to do. So, break out the high-pressure tactics, the prosecutors who “lost” evidence, etc. My guess is that they didn’t want this case to ever go to a jury trial, because, hey, really, he (or his clients) owned the XBox. If it were to have gone to trial, the jury would have been hard-pressed to say what wrong had been done, and the DMCA would have been under pressure for some of its more idiotic clauses. So, they let it go. Evil creatures.
There are lots more of interest, of course, including the odd idea that Yellow-Bellied Marmots May Inherit Social Victimization. Yep: the kid who’s always picked on, at least amongst the marmots, has inherited that role. But bullies don’t inherit being bullies. Truly odd, this has some interesting possibilities for how we as humanity function. Enjoy!
Copyright:
- Jury Seated in Landmark Xbox Modding Trial 30 November 2010, 5:19 pm
- Google signs deal to translate European patents 1 December 2010, 6:29 am
- P2P-Based Alternative to DNS Hopes to Challenge ICANN 1 December 2010, 10:50 am
- Xbox-Modding Judge Berates Prosecution, Puts Trial on Hold 1 December 2010, 12:36 pm
- Secrets of the “New Music Industry” that the “Old Music Industry” Doesn’t Want to Know 1 December 2010, 1:58 pm
- No Deal in Xbox Modding Case, Trial Begins 1 December 2010, 5:39 pm
- German Court Upholds Fines Against Rapidshare 2 December 2010, 12:00 am
- Patents on Human Genes: Is the Sky Falling? 2 December 2010, 4:00 am
- Prosecutors Dismiss Xbox-Modding Case Mid-Trial 2 December 2010, 12:18 pm
- Google vows quicker, tougher copyright enforcement 3 December 2010, 11:05 am
Education:
- American Universities See Decline in Foreigners Earning Science Doctorates 1 December 2010, 10:51 am
- More Focus on Finances Needed to Increase Latino Science and Math Graduates 3 December 2010, 10:21 am
Medical Technology:
- Yellow-Bellied Marmots May Inherit Social Victimization 30 November 2010, 8:33 am
- Acupuncture changes brain’s perception and processing of pain, researchers find 30 November 2010, 11:00 am
- Miracle Healer: Scientists Attempt to Crack Secret Code of the Axolotl 2 December 2010, 6:21 am
- NASA Life Discovery: New Bacteria Makes DNA With Arsenic 2 December 2010, 10:22 am
Miscellany:
- NYC bees turn red from cherry juice 1 December 2010, 7:00 am
- Neither Saints Nor Whores: Italian Women Battle for the Middle Ground 1 December 2010, 7:50 am
- Google online e-book store to compete with Amazon 3 December 2010, 10:13 am
Politics:
- Search Queries: EU Launches Anti-Trust Investigation against Google 30 November 2010, 6:55 am
- Senate Passes Historic Food-Safety Reform 30 November 2010, 1:32 pm
- The World from Berlin: ‘The Internet Is Not a Lawless Place’ 2 December 2010, 5:51 am
- Insider-trading case reaches from S.F. to Britain 2 December 2010, 1:06 pm
Politics: WikiLeaks:
- Interpol Issues ‘Red Notice’ for Arrest of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange 30 November 2010, 2:42 pm
- Dissatisfaction with Assange: Former WikiLeaks Activists to Launch New Whistleblowing Site 1 December 2010, 3:39 am
- WikiLeaks says it’s under powerful cyberattack 1 December 2010, 7:00 am
- WikiLeaks and the End of U.S. ‘Diplomacy’ 1 December 2010, 7:49 am
- Interpol seeks WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 1 December 2010, 8:04 am
- No Command, and Control 1 December 2010, 10:53 am
- Engaged Public Space: How Are Soldiers Dying? 1 December 2010, 12:00 pm
- Skimming Off the Top: US Army Charged Germany Fees for Afghanistan Donations 2 December 2010, 1:32 pm
- Lieberman Introduces Anti-WikiLeaks Legislation 2 December 2010, 3:32 pm
- Amazon and WikiLeaks – Online Speech is Only as Strong as the Weakest Intermediary 2 December 2010, 10:52 pm
- WikiLeaks website kicked off Amazon’s servers 3 December 2010, 7:27 am
- Companies beware: The next big leak could be yours 3 December 2010, 7:27 am
- Respected media outlets collaborate with WikiLeaks 3 December 2010, 11:05 am
Privacy / Law:
- Location, Location, Location: Three Recent Court Controversies on Cell Phone & GPS Tracking (and a Congressional Hearing, Too) 30 November 2010, 3:23 pm
- FTC proposes Do Not Track list for Web marketing 1 December 2010, 8:59 am
- FCC Chairman to Propose Plan for Net Neutrality 1 December 2010, 10:49 am
- Ubiquitous Databases 1 December 2010, 11:14 am
- FTC’s New Privacy Report Endorses “Do Not Track” Mechanism to Empower Online Consumers 1 December 2010, 12:27 pm
- Google admits trespassing in Pa., pays couple $1 2 December 2010, 12:27 pm
- Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans’ Credit Cards in Real Time 2 December 2010, 2:06 pm
- FCC net neutrality plan faces battle with GOP 3 December 2010, 7:27 am
- F.T.C. Backs Plan to Honor Privacy of Online Users 3 December 2010, 10:19 am
- FCC Chief Previews Proposed Net Neutrality Rules 3 December 2010, 10:22 am
- Web Bug Reveals Browsing History 3 December 2010, 10:22 am
Robotics:
- Ping Pong Robot Learns by Doing 1 December 2010, 10:51 am
- Computer-Generated Robots 1 December 2010, 10:52 am
- Robots Learn to Read the Writing on the Wall 3 December 2010, 10:27 am
Technology:
- Smartphone App Monitors Your Every Move 1 December 2010, 10:52 am
- Blippy, Swipely new social-shopping sites 3 December 2010, 10:13 am
- A European Network of Excellence for Large-Scale Data Management Over the Internet Is Launched 3 December 2010, 10:22 am
- Hackers Take the Kinect to New Levels 3 December 2010, 10:23 am
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