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Slowmousion Slows Your Mouse for Precision with a Hotkey [Featured Windows Download] Windows only: Free mouse utility Slowmousion is a small, memory-resident app that can be seriously helpful for Photoshop/GIMP aficionados and anyone else who has to draw or select objects with... Lifehacker.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 Trade Paperback List - Awesome resource that seems to be kept up to date (moderately) for trade paperbacks and graphic novels that have been published. Search as a title or from a creator. Brokenkode.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 Troubleshoot a Slow Home Network [Wi-Fi] Not getting the bit transfer rate you used to at home? The New York Times covers how to troubleshoot a slow home network, including rebooting your router and changing the Wi-Fi signal's channel to... Lifehacker.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 Court Ruling In Veoh Case Could Be A Big Boost To YouTube Over Viacom A judge has ruled that online video hosting site Veoh is not guilty of copyright infringement for videos uploaded by its users. The judge made the proper ruling here, noting that the DMCA's safe harbors protect Veoh. The lawsuit was brought by adult video entertainment firm Io, who was upset that Veoh's users kept uploading clips from its films. As the judge properly noted, Veoh follows all the rules necessary under the DMCA to avoid liability (this doesn't mean that the individuals doing the uploading aren't liable, however).
While this may seem like a small case, it is quite similar to Viacom's infamous lawsuit against YouTube/Google. Considering that YouTube follows the DMCA's rules in a similar manner to Veoh, this ruling suggests that YouTube is also protected by the DMCA safe harbors, just as many had stated from the beginning. The key issues raised by Io (and also raised by Viacom) is that these sites lose their DMCA safe harbors because they take action on the content, of Techdirt.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 Tips for Talking Your Way Into a Job [Interviews] It takes a lot of work to find a great job, determine what it should pay and make your resume stand out, but that all led up to the big moment—the one where you stop planning and writing and... Lifehacker.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 Free Replacements for Paid Tools [Free] There might be no such thing as truly free beer, but in the world of computers and software, you can often brew your own substitutes to premium paid software and service with just a few double-clicks... Lifehacker.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 Judges Question Whether National Security Letters Need To Come With Gag Orders The Patriot Act allows the FBI to issue "National Security Letters" to ISPs and other organizations, seeking information on users of those service providers -- with an automatic gag order forbidding the service provider from telling anyone that they have received an NSL. Not surprisingly, this resulted in the NSLs being widely abused, with the FBI issuing them in many, many cases when they were not appropriate. But, of course, since no one could complain, there was no incentive for the FBI to actually follow the rules. A panel of judges is now reviewing the overall constitutionality of the gag order on NSLs -- and, so far, they seem skeptical. It seems ridiculous that the FBI should be allowed to impart an automatic gag order without any sort of judicial overview -- especially when it's already been shown that the FBI can and does abuse this power quite often.
Permalink | Comments | Email This Story Techdirt.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 But Why Does Apple Wants To Take On The Role Of Content Gatekeeper? Following the recent post we had about apple taking down popular games from its App store, the latest buzz in on Apple denying a comic book reader entrance to its iphone app store because the primary comic book being offered was too violent. This has created quite an uproar -- though, again, Apple has been upfront about the fact that this is a closed system from the beginning. So, it's not entirely clear why people are pissed off at apple. It hasn't mislead anyone about the fact that it will block and censor content and apps.
Still, it does make you wonder why Apple is bothering? All it seems to do is piss off people. It takes extra work and effort on apple's part and it's hard to see who benefits. Plenty of other systems out there allow anyone to develop apps and content, and they get by just fine, often using user feedback systems to make sure that "bad" content and apps get weeded out fast, without any complaints from users. Having Apple set itself up as the ultimate gatekee Techdirt.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 Why open source has a hard time in government I wrote some time ago that open source should be the default decision for any IT manager, director and even individual. Proprietary software - due to its many disadvantages - should only be considered under exceptional circumstances and with a very g... (more in the full post) Geekzone.com Thursday, August 28, 2008 Mobile Phones Being Used To Bring Fairer Elections To Africa We report on so many stories where technology is used in bad or oppressive ways, that it's important to note when it's being used in positive ways as well. technology, itself, is just a tool that can be used in both good and bad ways (not to mention neutral ways), but somehow the good ways don't always get as much attention. CNN has an article detailing how the rise of mobile phones throughout Africa is helping in making elections that are more fair. It's certainly not perfect yet, but the ability to communicate has allowed citizens to report abuses of the election process and get the word out when they see any kind of cheating happening.
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