The French National Assembly has passed the country’s controversial “graduated response” law that will disconnect repeat Internet copyright infringers. The bill is the toughest in the world, but a showdown still looms between France and Europe over the practice.
College students have always been prime targets for anti-piracy outfits such as the RIAA. Despite inundating students with mountains of threats and legal action, the number of copyright infringements committed by them have not declined. What did change though is the positioning of various universities in the list of most infringing establishments.
Mozilla today confirmed a recent report from Mozilla Links that future Firefox versions will separate interface from content processes to increase the browser’s stability.
ChelleChelle writes “This article examines the limitations of the sockets API. The Internet and the networking world in general have changed in very significant ways since the sockets API was first developed in 1982, but the API has had the effect of narrowing the ways in which developers think about and write networked applications. This article discusses the history as well as the future of the sockets API, focusing on how ‘high bandwidth, low latency, and multihoming are driving the development of new alternatives.'”
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Schreiber recovering after surgery
Canoe.ca By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA – Karlheinz Schreiber was admitted to hospital and underwent surgery to remove his gall bladder Tuesday after falling ill at the public inquiry into his business dealings with Brian Mulroney. Mulroney admits lack of documents on Schreiber deals 'inappropriate' Globe and Mail Mulroney rejects suggestion he would have violated lobbying rules CBC.ca National Post – CTV.ca – CBC.ca – Globe and Mail all 377 news articles Langue : Français |
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Liberals win majority in BC election
The Province By Ian Austin, Canwest News ServiceMay 12, 2009 9:29 PMComments (4) It is an election today in BC and "experts" are predicting a strong turnout. NDP leading in six Vancouver Island ridings Times Colonist Campbell wins third straight term in BC CBC.ca National Post – Georgia Straight – 24 Hours Vancouver – The Canadian Press all 317 news articles Langue : Français |
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Dhalla abuse charges 'false'
Edmonton Sun By IAN ROBERTSON, SUN MEDIA BRAMPTON — Beleagured Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla surfaced yesterday after three days of silence and denied accusations she mistreated foreign caregivers at her family's Mississauga home. Dhalla a victim of campaign: lawyer National Post Domestic abuse Ottawa Citizen Canada.com – Globe and Mail – 680 News – Toronto Star all 545 news articles |
Over the last year, it’s become clear that Google has a bigger war on its hands in mobile than it had anticipated. It’s principal antagonist is sexy Apple iPhone, which has seriously disrupted Google’s ambitions to turn mobile industry into a Web-based …
Clouds are such big Linux news these days that, in the physical world, it would be raining by now. Or at least heavily overcast.
Samsung Electronics Co. announced its highest capacity memory card today with twice the storage of previous cards.
