Archive for January 25, 2008

Why the MPAA and RIAA can’t stand college students

So why does the RIAA and MPAA focus so much of their time on college students? Sadly, it’s just another example of these organizations trying to vilify the easy target whenthe real violaors roam free.

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20 Examples of Unusual eBay Feedback

“NEGATIVE: Despite indication in listing, I could not fit item into any of my body cavities” and the list goes on …

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Hackers brutalize Scientology’s security defenses

This evening, Splongcat of project chanology revealed IP adresses, which were hacked through prolexic Anti-DDoS services. Appareantly PROLEXIC security is no match for Anonymous hackers, who claim that the company is “amateuristic and unable of basic networking at best.”

Splongcat comments: We did it for lulz

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A brave new world: the music biz at the dawn of 2008

Distinguished guests, fellow readers: As we gather tonight, CD sales are down, major label revenues are sliding, and the music industry looks to be in recession. But music isn’t dying; it’s changing.

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Grand Theft Auto IV Release Date Revealed

Kotaku has the official release date for Grand Theft Auto IV, which will finally see the light of day on the Xbox 360 and PS3 this April.

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1.1.3 iPhone Jailbreak is LIVE

A splinter dev team led by iPhone hacker extraordinaire Nate True has just released its 1.1.3 jailbreak. This jailbreak provides a “soft upgrade” path for jailbroken 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 users. For right now, this jailbreak is limited to Windows users only, with a Mac release to follow shortly

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VIA’s New UMPC CPU Capable of Running Crysis & 64-bit Linux

If you would have told me last year that I would be able to sit down and play Crysis on a VIA low-power Ultra Mobile PC CPU, well, I think I would have to had called BS on that, but I did just that yesterday. That get your attention?

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“That is not possible. Microsoft would not allow it.”

“This guy(a g**k sq**d member)…a kid by my standards…maybe 20; maybe less…he had never heard of Linux. If that is not bad enough, my concern was with his initial statement.”

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Near-Earth Asteroid 2007 TU24 to Pass Close to Earth Jan.29

Correction to badastronomy.com which made front page. Asteroid 2007 TU24, discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on October 11, 2007 will closely approach the Earth to within 1.4 lunar distances (334,000 miles) on 2008 Jan. 29 08:33 UT. This object, between 150 and 600 meters in diameter.

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Gigantic 500x White iPod Earbuds Not a Joke

I kept looking for the punchline on these 500xl speakers designed exactly like a giant pair of gigantic white earbuds that come with an iPod. I didn’t find one.

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Virgin Galactic Unveils Passenger Spaceships!!

Good news for rich guys with spaceman fantasies: Virgin Galactic is on track to start launching commercial space flights in 2009, and they just announced their new spaceship designs…

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A Racing Driver’s Perspective of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue

How does the PS3-exclusive measure up against the real thing? One racer answers that question.

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