It’s not a happy new year for one UK resident who was busted for piracy. Four computers with burners and more than 1,000 illegally copied games were seized in the raid – including 700 Xbox 360 games, 300 Wii titles and 100 PlayStation 2 games.
Arizona State University’s Flexible Display Center & HP recently announced a prototype of a flexible lightweight computer screen that stands to revolutionize computers and electronic devices. Created in a similar roll-to-roll manufacturing process as thin-film pv, these new computer screens are printed onto plastic sheets – virtually indestructible
toomanyairmiles writes “The Times of London reports that the United Kingdom’s Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain to routinely hack into people’s personal computers without a warrant. The move, which follows a decision by the European Union’s council of ministers in Brussels, has angered civil liberties groups and opposition MPs. They described it as a sinister extension of the surveillance state that drives ‘a coach and horses’ through privacy laws.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
