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Yes, Government Researchers Really Did Invent the Internet
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, July 25 2012 @ 03:03 AM EDT
Crovitz’s story is based on a profound misunderstanding of not only history, but technology.

Most egregiously, Crovitz seems to confuse the Internet—at heart, a set of protocols designed to allow far-flung computer networks to communicate with one another—with Ethernet, a protocol for connecting nearby computers into a local network.

(Robert Metcalfe, a researcher at Xerox PARC who co-invented the Ethernet protocol, today tweeted tongue-in-cheek “Is it possible I invented the whole damn Internet?”)

Michael Moyer, Scientific American

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Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, July 25 2012 @ 04:40 AM EDT
English version of Treaty pdf 13pp 47kB.

There's some scary metaphysics in there too.
Article 6. Economic Rights of Performers in their Unfixed Performances
Performers shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing, as regards their performances:
(i) the broadcasting and communication to the public of their unfixed performances except where the performance is already a broadcast performance; and
(ii) the fixation of their unfixed performances.
[...]
Article 11. Right of Broadcasting and Communication to the Public
(1) Performers shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing the broadcasting and communication to the public of their performances fixed in audiovisual fixations.
[...]

Broadcasting means dissemination by wireless including satellite, and communication to the public means dissemination by means other than broadcasting. So giving performers the sole right to authorize broadcast of their recordings sounds like power to the people, but my golly, how's it gonna work? The agents still take the cake like they do now?

Now 6 (ii) is pure magic. I've worked in that trade, and clairvoyance is in invisible ink on most job specifications. I've often had requests the morning after for a recording of some performance that was not supposed to be recorded, and what happens is a post facto legitimisation of a bootleg. But outnumbering that three to one are the requests to unfix a fixed performance, i.e. destroy the recording of a bad gig.

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lodsys: no interest
Authored by: designerfx on Wednesday, July 25 2012 @ 10:36 AM EDT
they're just saying the don't own shares in IV, basically.

That as you noted, PJ, doesn't mean that they don't have *have
vested financial interest*.

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London says no to 3G hot spots for the Olympics
Authored by: JamesK on Wednesday, July 25 2012 @ 12:04 PM EDT
Like the article says, why and how? What is the purpose of banning this? Also,
how can they stop anyone from enabling the hot spot on their phone??? On who's
authority is this happening? What gives them the right to interfere with public
communications? It seems they've gotten a bit too powerful lately. In one news
item I read recently, bill boards from other than official sponsors are being
covered up. What about the rights of those who paid for those signs?


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The following program contains immature subject matter. Viewer discretion is
advised.

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Apple TV sales vs XBox
Authored by: Gringo_ on Wednesday, July 25 2012 @ 06:01 PM EDT
The article is saying Apple sold 1.3 million TVs versus Microsoft's 1.1
million Xp Box 360 sales in the last quarter, but how many XBoxes did
Microsoft give away to promote their phone sales?

I think the game consol market could be collapsing faster than realized.
This along with considerably reduced demand for PCs could put a dent
in Microsoft revenues.

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Microsoft unfurls patent lasso, snares Linux servers
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 05:47 AM EDT
<a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/25/microsoft_paten
t_deal_amdocs/">

Amdocs Software Systems is paying Microsoft to license
undisclosed Redmond patents in a deal that "provides mutual
access to each company’s patent portfolio".

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powerful pro-internet lobbying group in the US
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 11:36 AM EDT
US lobby group Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay are joining forces to create a powerful pro-internet lobbying group in the US.

The Internet Association, as the group will be known, will launch in September and operate out of Washington, handling political and regulatory issues....

The group would "educate" lawmakers about the internet, said new president Michael Beckerman.

[PJ: Thank heaven someone will educate them. I only wish we could have a tech school for judges too.] - BBC News
But do you really want Facebook educating the lawmakers about internet privacy?

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Black Hat: 6 Lessons To Tighten Enterprise Security
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 11:36 AM EDT

My list:

    1) Get rid of Microsoft! It's heart is not designed for security and anywhere security conflicts with ease of use, ease of use always wins. In short: Security is an after-thought.
    2) Recognize the upfront costs of implementing proper appropriate security is far less expensive in the long run then paying for the security issues later.
In a nutshell, based on my own experiences and observations :)

RAS

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Apple Wins Delay on Web Notice That Samsung Didn’t Copy IPad
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 12:29 PM EDT
Good, this means that with a timely ruling, their add campaign will be just in
time for Christmas shopping.

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Nokia scraps software
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 07:50 PM EDT
Once again confirming my theory that Ballmer doesn't think Nokia is colapsing
fast enough. Elop has been ordered to accelerate the process.

Gotta get those patents before the EU dings em over the browser technical
glitch, so as to prevent the competition from gaining ground while M$ flails
through the obligatory protestations of innocence.

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  • Not much left - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 26 2012 @ 08:10 PM EDT
    • In that case - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 27 2012 @ 01:23 PM EDT
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