“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.”
cdfreaks.com via Juha
Google GMail Loader: Import your existing email into GMail
“Originally, the GMail Loader only worked with mBox format files (because it is all I needed) and was command line based. As others asked for similar functions, I began to expand it. Today, the GMail Loader is a graphical, cross-platform, Python based utility that supports two mBox formats (Netscape, Mozilla, Thunderbird, Most Other Clients), MailDir (Qmail, others), MMDF (Mutt), MH (NMH), and Babyl (Emacs RMAIL). Eventually, I plan to add support for direct sending of IMAP accounts, and am working on a library that can read and export Microsoft Outlook PST files.”
M. Lyon via Janne
A Flickr Set of Firefox 2.0a1 Screenshots
Looks like I’ll no longer need TabX when Firefox reaches 2.0.
TLAs and FCBs (four colored blocks)
As if the already all too generic “four different colored blocks” logo wasn’t enough, here’s a Winamp plugin called AVS to get confused with the anti-virus software called AVG.
PS3 Comes With Linux Preinstalled
“[According to Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment,] PS3 will include a 60GB hard drive (which is upgradeable) with Linux preinstalled.”
Judge tells DoJ "No" on search queries
“Google will not have to hand over any user’s search queries to the government. That’s what a federal judge ruled today when he decided to drastically limit a subpoena issued to Google by the Department of Justice. […]
The government’s original request demanded billions of URLs and two month’s worth of users’ search queries. […] In addition to excluding search queries from the subpoena, Judge James Ware also required the government to limit its demand for URLs to 50,000.”
Creative Commons Licenses Upheld In Dutch Court
“The first known court decision involving a Creative Commons license was handed down on March 9, 2006 by the District Court of Amsterdam. The case confirmed that the conditions of a Creative Commons license automatically apply to the content licensed under it.”
In Adam’s own words:
“Regarding the copyright claim, the judge ruled in our favour, and ordered the mag not to use my copyrighted pictures again. If they do they will be fined 1000 euros (about $1200) for each photo they use without permission.
Obv[i]ously the Dutch court does not value new media property and ownership very highly, but the creative commons copyright does hold up!”
curry.com via Juha
Shuttle's X100
“Shuttle’s XPC mini X100 is their move into markets beyond the Cube design to a smaller form factor. The X100 packs an Intel Core Duo T2400 processor, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 3D-graphics accelerator on upgradable MXM module, SATA II 3.5in hard disk, and slimline slotloading optical drive into a package approximately A4 paper sized (210 x 297mm) and 53.5mm high.”
M4 Project Cracks Second Message
“The second break has occurred on March 7th, 2006. The signal in question is the third of the intercepts in Erskine’s letter. You can read the raw server logs as well as an interpretation and translation.”
M4 Project via BBC via Juha
Proud to be part of it!
Iwill comes out with 16 DIMM boards
The Inquirer via Juha