Monday, November 29, 2010

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  • tags: politics-USA

  • tags: politics-USA

  • tags: politics-USA

  • +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| DHS Seizes 75+ Domain Names|   from the going-for-the-gusto dept.|   posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 27, @14:43 (Government)|   https://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/27/1910232/DHS-Seizes-75-Domain-Names?from=newsletter+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Many readers have sent in an update to [0]yesterday's story about theDepartment of Homeland Security's seizure of torrent-finder.com, a domainthey believe to be involved in online piracy. As it turns out, this was[1]just one of dozens of websites that were [2]targeted by Immigrationand Customs Enforcement. "In announcing that operation, John T. Morton,the assistant secretary of ICE, and representatives of the Motion PictureAssociation of America called it a long-term effort against onlinepiracy, and said that suspected criminals would be pursued anywhere inthe world. 'American business is under assault from counterfeiters andpirates every day, seven days a week,' Mr. Morton said. 'Criminals arestealing American ideas and products and distributing them over theInternet.'" The TorrentFreak article we discussed yesterday has beenupdated with [3]a list of the blocked sites.
    Discuss this story at:   http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/27/1910232&from=newsletter
    Links:   0. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1450257/US-Government-Seizes-Torrent-Search-Engine-Domain   1. http://www.osnews.com/story/24074/US_Government_Censors_70_Websites   2. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/27/technology/27torrent.html   3. http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-seizes-bittorrent-search-engine-domain-and-more-101126/

    tags: worse than failure

  • +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Who Will Win Control of the Web?|   from the probably-some-fourteen-year-old dept.|   posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 27, @11:17 (Google)|   https://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/27/1417228/Who-Will-Win-Control-of-the-Web?from=newsletter+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Barence writes "Control of the web is up for grabs. Each of the big threecomputing companies – Microsoft, Apple and Google – has its own radicallydifferent vision to promote, as does the world's biggest creativesoftware company, Adobe. And HTML itself is changing, too. This article[0]examines the case for each of the contenders in the war of the weband, with the help of industry experts, assesses which – if any – is mostlikely to emerge as victor."
    Discuss this story at:   http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/27/1417228&from=newsletter
    Links:   0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/363175/who-will-win-the-battle-for-control-of-the-web

    tags: technology

  • tags: worse than failure


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