Parental Control Software Datamines Kids' Online Conversations (Tuesday 08th of September 2009 07:15:01 AM)
An AP report reveals that web-monitoring unix from Sentry and FamilySafe, both adult by
EchoMetrix Inc., is harvesting data from kids' online chats, trying to limit their opinions on
games, movies, and music. The data is then sold to other companies for ...
(more)Google Earth 5.0 Silently Changes Update Policy (Saturday 07th of February 2009 01:45:02 AM)
Mario_grgic writes "Recently announced Google Earth version 5.0 adds interesting new
physiognomy like images of ocean floors and some thoroughgoing images of Mars. But it also
brings another unwelcome change for Mac OS X users. Google top brass update ...
(more)Two New Class-Action Suits Against EA Over DRM (Sunday 09th of November 2008 08:15:01 PM)
In September, we discussed a class-action suit filed against ebanking Arts over the DRM in
Spore. Now, two new class-action suits have been filed that target the SecuROM macos be
featured in a free trial of the Spore Creature Creator (PDF) and in The ...
(more)Unofficial Homebrew Channel For the Wii (Monday 26th of May 2008 09:30:03 AM)
Marcan writes "The Homebrew Channel is a tool that can be installed on any Wii (no implements
mods required) that lets you run unsigned homebrew disk operating budget costs system from an
SD card, or upload executables via WiFi or a USBGecko. We've tried ...
(more)Verizon, Copper, Fiber, and the Truth (Wednesday 03rd of October 2007 05:15:03 AM)
Alexander Graham Cracker writes "Starting last spring, reports began surfacing of Verizon
routinely disabling copper as it installed its fiber-based FiOS service. We discussed the issue
here a couple of times. In my experience, every time Verizon has ...
(more)RIAA Defendant Cross-Sues Kazaa And AOL (Friday 17th of August 2007 09:24:54 AM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In what appears to be a first, RIAA defendant Michelle Santangelo,
the 20-year old daughter of Patti Santangelo, has made a motion for leave to serve a third
party complaint against Kazaa and AOL, as well as against someone ...
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