by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, MONEY, PIRACY, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
The MPAA, RIAA and the Internet providers participating in the “six strikes” anti-piracy scheme have informed the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee about their plans. The MPAA’s Marianne Grant gave a detailed overview explaining how they gather evidence...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, PRIVACY
from the did-you-really-expect-anything-else dept. Despite calls to limit the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, it looks like Congress is planning to drastically expand the law and penalties. walterbyrd writes with a few of the major changes listed in the draft bill (22...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY
from the meanwhile-my-att-dsl-crawls-along-poorly dept. The TCP protocol is closely coupled with the underlying IP protocol. Once a TCP connection has been established through one IP address, the other packets of the connection must be sent from this address. This...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals
from the say-cheese dept. Users’ desire to share things online has influenced many markets, including the digital camera one. Newer cameras increasingly sport built-in Wi-Fi capabilities or allow users to add SD cards to achieve them in order to be able to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 26, 2013 | Blog Entry, ENTERTIANMENT
Near the beginning of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, as the noble pirate Jim Raynor and the psychic-soldier-turned-evil-Zerg-queen-turned-confused-human Sarah Kerrigan are escaping from a squad of invading marines, Kerrigan picks up a gun. “Been a long...
