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- ACTA Negotiations Will Continue into 2009
ACTA negotiations will continue its usual secrecy into 2009 after wrapping up in Paris. Reportedly, they will continue negotiations in Morocco. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) roared into headlines earlier this year over several provisions that were leaked onto Wikileaks. A follow-up leak was also leaked on the same website. Currently, Michael Geist notes that the secret meetings that would affect many countries around the world in significant ways will continue into 2009 in Morocco.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.zeropaid.com - Torrent Relay - The Cure for BitTorrent Blockage
Relaying bits one torrent at a time.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.slyck.com - Green alternative to plastics: liquid wood
Just in time for Christmas, German researchers are ramping up a manufacturing technique for making intricate Nativity figurines, toys, and even hi-fi speaker boxes from a renewable and surprisingly versatile source: liquid wood.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.topix.net - Gartner to Music Industry: Dump the CD Already, Will You?
A report by research analyst firm The Gartner Group says what many consumers have know for some time: the age of the CD is over. The report states that the music industry, by continuing to rely on CDs as their main revenue generator, is limiting its ability to embrace digital distribution.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.topix.net - Trees and Forests Show Stress From Global Warming
This season millions of trees in the forest are losing needles, leaves - and their lives - at the hands of beetles. With the help of global warming, the tiny pests are doing the kind of damage to forests you might think only fires could do.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.topix.net - Hit the Eject Button: VHS is Dead
While Variety announced the death of VHS in 2006, it wasnt really dead, just sliding rapidly toward the grave. But now, the last major supplier of VHS tapes, Distribution Video Audio of Palm Harbor, Florida, has shipped its last truckload of tapes, and its truly dead (once again, more or less).
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.topix.net - Patient-derived induced stem cells retain disease traits
Genetic reprogramming of skin cells turns back the cells developmental clock and returns them to an embryonic-like state from which they can become any of the bodys 220 different cell types. The resulting induced pluripotent stem cells, known as iPS cells, harness the blank-slate developmental potential of embryonic stem cells without the embryo and have been heralded as a powerful potential way to study development and disease.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.topix.net - Finally,organic LEDs are getting efficient enough to be a step toward better lights
For those who love "green" compact fluorescent bulbs but hate their cold light, heres some good news: Researchers are closer to flipping the switch on cheaper, richer LED-type rooms.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.topix.net - HP Releases iPhone Photo Printing App
Want an easy way to print photo from your iPhone or iPod Touch? Well, HP has released iPrint Photo, a free app that allows you to print wirelessly to a network-attached printer. Of course, only HP printer owners need apply.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.topix.net - Dell Confirms MacBook Air Rival, the Adamo
I wrote earlier about the Dell Adamo, or at least, the Dell Adamo website and the various clues around the Web about what was rumored to be a MacBook Air competitor. It seems that there is now confirmation.
Published : 2008-12-23 Source : www.topix.net - Australian Internet Filter Will Target BitTorrent Traffic
Previously thought to be limited to HTTP and HTTPs web traffic, the touted Australian Internet filter will also target P2P traffic. In response to a comment posted by a user on his departments blog, Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has admitted that BitTorrent filtering will be attempted during upcoming trials.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : torrentfreak.com - Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent. "Transporter 3" tops the chart this week, could it be because a BitTorrent client was used in the film used to hack military satellites?
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : torrentfreak.com - PSP Piracy is Trending Up, Despite Sony’s Claims
Sony claims that there is a downward trend for pirated PSP games, and that more people are handing over money for games, to join what the company calls "the good side". It is unclear where Sony sourced this data, but statistics gathered from BitTorrent trackers show an increase in PSP piracy.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : torrentfreak.com - RIAA Letter to ISPs Asks for Help in Combating File-Sharing
Form letter it plans to send to ISPs warning of suspected illegal P2P activity by individuals asks that they "remove or disable access to the unauthorized music" while still retaining their right to sue individual users it identifies. With the file-sharing community still abuzz after recent news that the RIAA has decided to quit targeting individual file-sharers and instead target them en masse at the ISP level, its interesting to discover a copy of the form letter that it plans to disseminate. Its pretty straightforward, but the tone of the letter again reaffirms the concern of myself and others that its request that ISPs "remove or disable access to the unauthorized music" entails a very serious repercussion - loss of online connectivity - without the due diligence of verifying the submitted evidence in a court of law. With the Internet having become the primary source of education and communication, we shouldnt allow it to be stripped away so easily. It reads as follows: VIA EMAIL *ISP* *Date* Sir or Madam: I am contacting you on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : www.zeropaid.com - STUDY: Teen File-Sharing Up 46%!
Proves the ineffectiveness of the RIAAs "sue-em-all" strategy and perhaps played a part in their decision to switch tactics. According to The NPD Group, a leading global market research company for the entertainment industry, consumer demand for music among US Internet users fell 2% from this time last year. It also estimates that CD purchases declined by 19% in the same period. The most dramatic decrease was among teens, down 34%, and among adults age 26 to 35, down 36%. CD purchases by adults age 36 and older showed a more moderate decline of 10%.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : www.zeropaid.com - RIAA Pres: Legal Music Sales Growth Proof that Suing People Worked
Says effectiveness of lawsuits against illegal file-sharers proven by rise in legal digital downloads from $183 million in 2004 to well over $3 billion this year. RIAA Pres Cary Sherman has been busy trying to put a positive spin on the RIAAs recent decision to quit targeting individual file-sharers. In an interview with CNET, Sharman defends the plan, started some 5 years ago, as the music industrys only option when file-sharing was running rampant with the use of KaZaA, Morpehus, and the like. "If you can go back to that time in your mind and remember that file sharing was growing at logarithmic pace," Sherman said referring to 2003, not long after file-sharing service Napster had triggered a music-swapping frenzy. "It was unbelievable how much infringement was going on and there was no sense that it was illegal.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : www.zeropaid.com - More iPhone nano Clues Emerge
Earlier I wrote about an image of a purported iPhone nano case emerging, pointing to an upcoming nano version of the iPhone, which has been rumored since the first iPhone was released. The case in question was an XSKN case, and now XSKN itself has references to the iPhone nano on its site, meaning this long-running rumor could finally be true.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : www.topix.net - Chorus of approval for Obama science team
Barack Obamas announcement of a science team that that "can lead the world into peace and prosperity" has been met with almost universal approval. The President-elect said on Saturday: "Today more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation." He also showered praise on John F Kennedys ambitious attitude towards science and on American scientific developments, including the moon landing and the invention of the internet.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : www.topix.net - iBreath for the iPhone: Analyze Your BAC, Then Call a Taxi
Took em long enough, Id say. After all this same company, David Steele Enterprises, released a similar device for the iPod way back in 2006. The company has now released a version of the iBreath for the iPhone and iPods, so you can check your blood alcohol content while making phone calls (to a taxi company or a designated driver, I hope).
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : www.topix.net - Windows XP: It Keeps Going, and Going, and Going
Windows XP: its not an Energizer battery, but it still seems to keep going. Microsoft has given yet another reprieve, of sorts, to the operating system that many refuse to switch from.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : www.topix.net - Mensa Alarm Clock; Takes a Genius to Shut It Off
Frankly, I find this to be one of the sillier things Ive seen in a while, but as a member of American Mensa I had to write about it. Its the Mensa Puzzle Alarm clock, and apparently its been developed with the assistance of the U.K. Mensa branch. Not a genius? Move along; youll never turn it off.
Published : 2008-12-22 Source : www.topix.net - The Inside Story of the Araditracker Shutdown
At the end of August 2008, the Araditracker BitTorrent tracker disappeared. At the time, sources close to the case said that legal action had been taken against the site, but the exact events were surrounded in mystery. Here is the inside story of the police raids in August and another just three weeks ago.
Published : 2008-12-21 Source : torrentfreak.com - Spanish ‘Pirates’ Share Files on Government Doorstep
Fed up with the growing power of the anti-piracy lobby, a group of free-culture supporters gathered in front of the headquarters of the socialist party with their laptops, and started trading copyrighted files. The goal was to show that sharing copyrighted files is legal in Spain, something they appear to have achieved.
Published : 2008-12-21 Source : torrentfreak.com - T-Mobile Android G2 Rumors Grow Louder
I wrote earlier about a highly speculative rumor about the T-Mobile G2, but it looks like we more "confirmation" of a possible new Android device.
Published : 2008-12-21 Source : www.topix.net - First Hybrid DVD / Blu-ray Title Coming to Japan
I know that most of you buy both DVD and Blu-ray versions of your optical disc titles (insert sarcasm here). But while JVC developed a combo DVD / Blu-ray format more than two years ago, no titles have been released for it. Thats soon to end, with the announcement that Japanese entertainment software developer Pony/Canon will release the first movie title on a hybrid Blu-ray/DVD disc, where else, in Japan in February.
Published : 2008-12-21 Source : www.topix.net - Missouri Begins Prosecuting Cyberbullying Cases
Following the 2006 suicide of Megan Meier over a MySpace hoax, Missouri revised the the states already existing harassment law to include telephone and electronic communication, effectively outlawing cyberbullying. And now they are starting to prosecute violators of that law.
Published : 2008-12-21 Source : www.topix.net - The Pirate Bay Launches Free Mobile Video Converter
The Pirate Bay has established itself as the largest BitTorrent tracker, and helps to distribute millions of files a day. Today, the Pirate Bay team adds yet another service to its arsenal, a free video converter that allows users to put their favorite movies and TV shows on almost every mobile device.
Published : 2008-12-20 Source : torrentfreak.com - Chinese BYD Launches Worlds First Mass Produced Plug-in Hybrid
Green crusaders and consumers looking for an alternative to gasoline power for their vehicles have been clamoring for a green plug-in hybrid for a long time. Several automakers have plans for plug-in hybrid vehicles to come to market in the next few years.
Published : 2008-12-20 Source : www.topix.net - T-Mobile G2 Due on Jan. 26th?
File this under the rumor heading with the word "iffy" next to it. However, if true, Im sure youd all be pretty interested in this, the T-Mobile G2.
Published : 2008-12-20 Source : www.topix.net - Food Is Cheap, People Arent Exercising And Its Societys Fault - Study
Thirty percent of U.S. adults are obese, which increases their risk for health conditions such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
Published : 2008-12-20 Source : www.topix.net
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