“A California state appeals court ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) petition on behalf of three online journalists Friday, holding that the online journalists have the same right to protect the confidentiality of their sources as offline reporters do.”
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What's New in Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
“Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 provides stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer email experience for our users. We recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest version.
Here’s what’s new in Thunderbird 1.5.0.4:
- Universal Binary Support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Thunderbird supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets.
- Improvements to product stability.
- Several security fixes.
The Rumbling Edge has a more detailed list of notable bug fixes.”
Mozilla via Juha
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Swedish police Web site shut down by hacker attack
“The Web site of Sweden’s national police was shut down after a hacker attack that investigators on Friday said could be a retaliation for a crackdown on […] The Pirate Bay.
Meanwhile, the government faced allegations that police had acted under pressure from U.S. authorities when they targeted the file-sharing site in raids earlier this week.”
Physorg.com via Juha
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What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.4
“Firefox 1.5.0.4 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.
- Improvements to product stability
- Several security fixes”
Mozilla via Juha
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The Piratebay is Down: Raided by the Swedish Police
“The largest Bittorrent tracker on the net just got raided. The Swedish police took their servers to check whether they actually commit a crime or not. […]
Note that no crime has been proven yet, it’s still under investigation. This will probably the ultimate test to determine whether hosting a torrent tracker is illegal (in Sweden), or not.”
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Accessibility Color Wheel
G. Mazzocato via Juha
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Jyväskylän kaupunki uusii www-sivustoaan
“Jyväskylän kaupunki julkaisi tänään [päivämäärä puuttuu – siis koska?] uudet pääsivunsa, jotka on tehty uudella Innofactor Prime -julkaisujärjestelmällä. […] Sivusto on rakennettu täysin esteettömäksi ja sen pitäisi toimia kaikissa mahdollisissa päätelaitteissa. […]
Mittava sivustouudistus on toteutettu kaupungin omana työnä ilman lisäresursseja. Työ on vasta alussa ja jatkuu vähintään ensi kevääseen.”
Jkl.fi via Suur-Jyväskylän Lehti
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Infernoptix – This screen will warm up when used
“Forget big screen and flat panel TVs. The Infernoptix Digital Pyrotechnic Matrix […] employs computer-controlled bursts of fire, in a 12 x 7 array, to create scrolling text, simple animations, freehand sketching (via mouse), and an audio level meter.”
Linkadelic Magazine via Juha
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VideoDownloader for Firefox
VideoDownloader extension (via Juha) allows you to download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion and other 60+ video sites simply by clicking a small icon on the status bar.
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EU pohtii tekstiviestien ja sähköpostin verottamista
“EU-parlamentti on asettanut työryhmän tutkimaan ehdotusta, jonka mukaan laajentuvan unionin budjetti voitaisiin rahoittaa verottamalla sähköposti- ja tekstiviestejä. Yhdestä matkapuhelimen viestistä perittäisiin veroa 1,5 senttiä, sähköpostista 0,00001 senttiä.”