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walktalker · 17-04-02, 07:57 PM

Court: Child porn law violates free speech
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a federal pornography law that makes it a crime to have computer-generated pictures that look like real children engaged in sexual acts, ruling the law violates free-speech rights. The high court's 6-3 ruling, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, represented a stinging setback for the Justice Department in an important test of the Constitution's First Amendment free-speech protections in the computer age.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-884085.html?tag=cd_mh

Science publisher eases copyright rule
A major publisher of scientific research is reversing a policy requiring its writers to comply with a hotly debated U.S. copyright law. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) said it will no longer require authors to attest that their work does not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The IEEE, publisher of nearly one-third of all computer science journals, said it is removing the requirement because it turned out to be more contentious than expected.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-883990.html?tag=cd_mh

Music sales dip; Net seen as culprit
Global music sales declined for the second consecutive year, a dip the recording industry blamed on the proliferation of free music swapping on the Internet. In 2001, worldwide music sales dropped 5 percent to $33.7 billion, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a record industry lobbying group. That figure is down again from the 5 percent drop in 2000 to $37 billion. For a more accurate comparison, the IFPI adjusted all 2000 sales figures to 2001 exchange rates in calculating the percent differences.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-883761.html?tag=cd_mh

Another Big MS Browser Hole Found
Internet Explorer users who click their browser's back button open the Windows operating system to a malicious hack attack. When users hit the back button on Explorer's toolbar, the browser's security settings for the "Internet" zone can be bypassed, and the browser will automatically execute malicious code embedded into a site's URL.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,51899,00.html

The Blogging Revolution
In the beginning - say 1994 - the phenomenon now called blogging was little more than the sometimes nutty, sometimes inspired writing of online diaries. These days, there are tech blogs and sex blogs and drug blogs and onanistic teenage blogs. But there are also news blogs and commentary blogs, sites packed with links and quips and ideas and arguments that only months ago were the near-monopoly of established news outlets. Poised between media, blogs can be as nuanced and well-sourced as traditional journalism, but they have the immediacy of talk radio. Amid it all, this much is clear: The phenomenon is real. Blogging is changing the media world and could, I think, foment a revolution in how journalism functions in our culture.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...read.html?pg=2

Pretty Big Rocks, All Lined Up
The five brightest planets visible from Earth have lined up in plain sight to form a spectacular celestial array that won't be seen again until 2040. Through the next four weeks, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Venus will appear tightly clustered in the western sky. They will be visible in the evening with the naked eye.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,51908,00.html

Slagging Over Sagging CD Sales

Digital piracy caused a drop in worldwide record sales, according to a report conducted by a trade association that represents the biggest record companies in the world. But an increasing chorus of industry watchers -- ranging from musicians to consumer rights organizations to a federal judge -- point to other culprits: the record labels themselves. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced that global music sales declined by 5 percent in 2001.
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,51880,00.html

Perplexing Argentine Hack Law
A recent legal ruling that defacing Web pages is not a crime isn't turning Argentina into a prosecution-free playground for script kiddies. Argentinean sources said they are upset over several stories on Argentine federal judge Sergio Torres' ruling, which they believe erroneously indicated that Torres' decision gives the green light to all malicious hacking activities in Argentina. But the same sources also expressed concern that the ruling might embolden Argentine virus writers, who could see the ruling as an indication that releasing viruses on the Internet is not prosecutable under Argentina's laws.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51860,00.html

NASA: That Rain Came From Yonder
To the untrained eye, one raindrop looks like any other: small, watery, twice as many H's as O's -- all very predictable. Some eyes are better trained than others, however. Scientists at NASA have devised a computer model that can determine the originating point of the water contained in rain and snowstorms. This "water vapor tracer" should provide more accurate rainfall and drought forecasts and a greater understanding of how climates change.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,51673,00.html

New radiation detector is very cool
A portable new radiation detector could provide a much better way of monitoring pollution and detecting so-called "dirty" nuclear weapons, according to its inventors. The unit uses germanium crystals, which not only measure radiation, but can distinguish between different forms. The technique is also very sensitive but the crystals must be cooled to –186 °C. Most detectors of this type are therefore restricted to the laboratory, where they are chilled using liquid nitrogen.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992180

Consumer Group Joins Tiff Over PC Maker's Piracy Campaign
A consumer advocacy group has rebuked the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for its criticism of a PC maker's TV and Web campaigns to counter digital piracy legislation. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Digital Consumer late Tuesday condemned RIAA comments directed at Gateway. A Gateway TV commercial shows a truck-driving Tedd Waitt - the company's chief executive - and a bovine companion lip-synching to a hip-hop version of the Gordon Lightfoot tune "Sundown."
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175936.html

Middle East conflict spills over into cyberspace
The political crisis in the Middle East has spawned an increase in defacement attacks on Israeli Web servers. Israel was the victim of 10 of 15 significant web defacements in the Middle East over the last two weeks, according to security consultancy mi2g. The most active anti-Israel hacker group, which claims to be Egyptian, started its activities just weeks after 11th September. Other Middle Eastern countries - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan - have also been hit in April by politically motivated hack attacks, many international in origin.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24891.html

17-04-02, 07:57 PM	#2
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	Court: Child porn law violates free speech The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a federal pornography law that makes it a crime to have computer-generated pictures that look like real children engaged in sexual acts, ruling the law violates free-speech rights. The high court's 6-3 ruling, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, represented a stinging setback for the Justice Department in an important test of the Constitution's First Amendment free-speech protections in the computer age. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-884085.html?tag=cd_mh Science publisher eases copyright rule A major publisher of scientific research is reversing a policy requiring its writers to comply with a hotly debated U.S. copyright law. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) said it will no longer require authors to attest that their work does not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The IEEE, publisher of nearly one-third of all computer science journals, said it is removing the requirement because it turned out to be more contentious than expected. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-883990.html?tag=cd_mh Music sales dip; Net seen as culprit Global music sales declined for the second consecutive year, a dip the recording industry blamed on the proliferation of free music swapping on the Internet. In 2001, worldwide music sales dropped 5 percent to $33.7 billion, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a record industry lobbying group. That figure is down again from the 5 percent drop in 2000 to $37 billion. For a more accurate comparison, the IFPI adjusted all 2000 sales figures to 2001 exchange rates in calculating the percent differences. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-883761.html?tag=cd_mh Another Big MS Browser Hole Found Internet Explorer users who click their browser's back button open the Windows operating system to a malicious hack attack. When users hit the back button on Explorer's toolbar, the browser's security settings for the "Internet" zone can be bypassed, and the browser will automatically execute malicious code embedded into a site's URL. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,51899,00.html The Blogging Revolution In the beginning - say 1994 - the phenomenon now called blogging was little more than the sometimes nutty, sometimes inspired writing of online diaries. These days, there are tech blogs and sex blogs and drug blogs and onanistic teenage blogs. But there are also news blogs and commentary blogs, sites packed with links and quips and ideas and arguments that only months ago were the near-monopoly of established news outlets. Poised between media, blogs can be as nuanced and well-sourced as traditional journalism, but they have the immediacy of talk radio. Amid it all, this much is clear: The phenomenon is real. Blogging is changing the media world and could, I think, foment a revolution in how journalism functions in our culture. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...read.html?pg=2 Pretty Big Rocks, All Lined Up The five brightest planets visible from Earth have lined up in plain sight to form a spectacular celestial array that won't be seen again until 2040. Through the next four weeks, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Venus will appear tightly clustered in the western sky. They will be visible in the evening with the naked eye. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,51908,00.html Slagging Over Sagging CD Sales Digital piracy caused a drop in worldwide record sales, according to a report conducted by a trade association that represents the biggest record companies in the world. But an increasing chorus of industry watchers -- ranging from musicians to consumer rights organizations to a federal judge -- point to other culprits: the record labels themselves. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced that global music sales declined by 5 percent in 2001. http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,51880,00.html Perplexing Argentine Hack Law A recent legal ruling that defacing Web pages is not a crime isn't turning Argentina into a prosecution-free playground for script kiddies. Argentinean sources said they are upset over several stories on Argentine federal judge Sergio Torres' ruling, which they believe erroneously indicated that Torres' decision gives the green light to all malicious hacking activities in Argentina. But the same sources also expressed concern that the ruling might embolden Argentine virus writers, who could see the ruling as an indication that releasing viruses on the Internet is not prosecutable under Argentina's laws. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51860,00.html NASA: That Rain Came From Yonder To the untrained eye, one raindrop looks like any other: small, watery, twice as many H's as O's -- all very predictable. Some eyes are better trained than others, however. Scientists at NASA have devised a computer model that can determine the originating point of the water contained in rain and snowstorms. This "water vapor tracer" should provide more accurate rainfall and drought forecasts and a greater understanding of how climates change. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,51673,00.html New radiation detector is very cool A portable new radiation detector could provide a much better way of monitoring pollution and detecting so-called "dirty" nuclear weapons, according to its inventors. The unit uses germanium crystals, which not only measure radiation, but can distinguish between different forms. The technique is also very sensitive but the crystals must be cooled to –186 °C. Most detectors of this type are therefore restricted to the laboratory, where they are chilled using liquid nitrogen. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992180 Consumer Group Joins Tiff Over PC Maker's Piracy Campaign A consumer advocacy group has rebuked the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for its criticism of a PC maker's TV and Web campaigns to counter digital piracy legislation. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Digital Consumer late Tuesday condemned RIAA comments directed at Gateway. A Gateway TV commercial shows a truck-driving Tedd Waitt - the company's chief executive - and a bovine companion lip-synching to a hip-hop version of the Gordon Lightfoot tune "Sundown." http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175936.html Middle East conflict spills over into cyberspace The political crisis in the Middle East has spawned an increase in defacement attacks on Israeli Web servers. Israel was the victim of 10 of 15 significant web defacements in the Middle East over the last two weeks, according to security consultancy mi2g. The most active anti-Israel hacker group, which claims to be Egyptian, started its activities just weeks after 11th September. Other Middle Eastern countries - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan - have also been hit in April by politically motivated hack attacks, many international in origin. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24891.html __________________ This post was sponsored by Netcoco, who wants cookies, cookies, cookies and, you guessed it, more cookies