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TJX employee fired for exposing shoddy security practices

Seeded on Sun May 25, 2008 3:20 PM EDT (The Register (UK))

TJX Companies, the mammoth US retailer whose substandard security led to the world's biggest credit card heist, has fired an employee after he left posts in an online forum that made disturbing claims about security practices at the store where he worked.

security, fraud, us-news, credit-cards, tjx-companies, tj-maxx

Asus to release desktop variant of their popular Eee PC netbook

Seeded on Sat May 24, 2008 7:05 PM EDT (reghardware.co.uk)

In a move that will surprise few tech heads, Asus, creator of the hugely successful EeePC netbook, have released photos of a desktop system built using the same principles.

technology, cheap, linux, atom, asus, xandros, ebox, computex, eeepc, looks-like-a-wii

How the Asus Eeepc might be a glimpse into the future of computing.

Thu May 22, 2008 7:47 PM EDT

June 5th 2007. The place is Taipei, the event; Computex. The tech world looked over many things at this event, but few items caused such a stir in these circles as a new ultra portable laptop from a company called Asus.

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technology, computers, appliance, linux, laptops, eeepc

Nottinghamshire University Arrests

Seeded on Thu May 22, 2008 12:33 PM EDT (indymedia.org.uk)

Nottingham University Students and Staff Express Serious Concerns about Recent Use of the Terrorism Act on Campus and Demand Academic Freedom.

terrorism, politics, police, racism, censorship, islamophobia

R Kelly 'taped underage sex acts'

Seeded on Wed May 21, 2008 12:53 AM EDT (BBC News)

Opening arguments have been made in the child pornography trial involving US R&B star R Kelly.

porn, us-news, gotcha, paedophile

The evidence mounts that some things aren't fair

Seeded on Wed May 21, 2008 12:29 AM EDT (marksteelinfo.com)

There's a trial currently taking place in Belfast, that seems to explain plainly how nothing makes any sense. It revolves around a factory owned by the arms company Raytheon, which was set up in Derry soon after the IRA ceasefire.

israel, lebanon, politics, crime, raytheon, mark-steel

UK Indymedia - Students Released After 7 Days Incarceration Without Charge

Seeded on Tue May 20, 2008 7:57 PM EDT (indymedia.org.uk)

After seven days of incarceration, the two students arrested under the Terrorism Act at Nottingham University have been released without charge.

terrorism, police, long-island, racism, world-news, us-news, forced-labor, detention-without-charge, false-charges, stupidiy

Mozilla phancies doing a Phorm

Seeded on Mon May 19, 2008 9:13 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

The Phorm bug is spreading. The idea of collecting a user's browsing history and flogging that data doesn't just appeal to ISPs. The Mozilla Foundation, the people behind the Firefox browser, want some of that action too.

technology, us, iraq, suicide, politics, firefox, privicy

The Nutjob returns from the brink!

Sun May 18, 2008 9:25 PM EDT

And so it came to pass, on the 19th of January that I did indeed find myself a new home.

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odd-news

On the Brink. Prospects for US-DPRK Settlement Dim, Yet Again

Seeded on Tue May 13, 2008 11:59 AM EDT (japanfocus.org)

Every time it looks as if US-DPRK negotiations are on the verge of a breakthrough someone in Washington throws a spanner in the works.

politics, war, syria, plutonium, north-korea, united-states, nuclear-weapons, famine, arms-exports, unanium

Freedom to protest? No thanks, we're British!

Seeded on Sun May 11, 2008 9:06 PM EDT (freedomofassembly.blogspot.com)

SOCPA - Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, a law put in place to stop all protest within a mile of Parliament unless written permission was first obtained. Is now set to get a whole new set of teeth.

terrorism, politics, justice, protest, freedom, liberty, uk, parliament, law-and-order, brian-haw

TorrentSpy ordered to pay $110m

Seeded on Sun May 11, 2008 5:14 PM EDT (BBC News)

File-sharing site TorrentSpy has been ordered to pay $110m (£56m) in damages to the Motion Picture Association of America for copyright infringement.

technology, newsvine, file-sharing, mpaa, riaa, bittorrent

YouTube rolls out Scientology double standard

Seeded on Fri May 2, 2008 7:10 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

It seems that YouTube has one set of rules for The Church of Scientology and another set for Scientology's critics.

usa, religion, scientology, double-standards, money-talks

Lesbians turn on lesbians in battle of Lesbos

Seeded on Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:53 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

Residents on the Greek island of Lesbos have declared that they alone have the right to call themselves lesbians, and yesterday launched a legal action against the Greek Gay and Lesbian Union (Olke) designed to wrest back control of the word from aficionados of Sapphic luuurv.

odd-news, greece, funny, lesbos

VXers slap copyright notices on malware

Seeded on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:57 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

You can't trust anyone these days, it seems

technology, microsoft, computers, virus, malware, trojan

Rough Times for a Nutjob in Sheffield

Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:22 PM EST

It's been a while since I've been on the vine, and for this there is a very good reason: I'm homeless. Yes, you read that right. For the past two months I've bounced from friends house to friends house, occasionally bouncing onto the streets in-between the stops.

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newsvine, government, sheffield, homelessness, state-aid

Israeli Jets Run Iran Attack Drill

Seeded on Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:42 AM EDT (Military.com)

JERUSALEM - Israeli warplanes may have been testing air routes for a possible attack against Iran when they were fired on by Syrian forces, experts said yesterday.

israel, iran, attack, nuclear, politics, war, aircraft

Poll: Would you like a comic?

Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:57 PM EDT

Evening all, just off to bed but before I hit the sack I just thought I'd ask the above question. Seems a friend of mine read some of my work and was impressed, he's an artist and was looking for a story to build a new comic out of.

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art, newsvine, arts, comic, fiction

Somalia: diplomacy's last chance

Seeded on Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:47 AM EST (opendemocracy.net)

The Horn of Africa is still on course to all-out war. But it is not too late for creative negotiation to prevent it, says Harun Hassan.

terrorism, peace, war, africa, islam, world-news, hope

Movie studios prep Fraud II for the holidays

Seeded on Mon Dec 4, 2006 3:29 PM EST (The Register)

Silicon Justice The Motion Picture Association of America have been some busy pigopolists as of late.

technology, international-law, fair-use, dmca, copyright-register

GPs threaten to snub NHS database

Seeded on Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:06 AM EST (BBC News)

Half of all GPs will consider refusing to put patient records automatically on to a new national database in defiance of the government, a survey finds.

health, spine, british-medical-association, bma, confidentiality, nhs-it

Craigslist ruling: Why the EFF is right to be pissed

Seeded on Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:19 PM EST (The Register)

The Electronic Frontier Foundation seems to think so, based on its reaction to a decision last week absolving Craigslist.com from liability for discriminatory housing postings.

law, craigslist, us-news, eff, communications-decency-act, fair-housing-act

BCS: UK tech industry faces skills crisis

Seeded on Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:48 AM EST (news.zdnet.co.uk)

The UK technology industry faces a looming skills crisis, according to the president of the British Computing Society, Professor Nigel Shadbolt.

technology, economy, training, outsourcing, shortage, computing, skills, lack-of-investment

Large public-sector Linux project flops

Seeded on Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:02 AM EST (news.zdnet.co.uk)

A publicly funded Linux project which cost UK taxpayers half-a-million pounds has flopped.

technology, microsoft, open-source, windows, linux, birmingham-city-council, open-source-academy

BBC NEWS | Politics | Blair defends identity card plan

Seeded on Mon Nov 6, 2006 6:36 AM EST (BBC News)

Tony Blair has said he will push on with the ID card scheme - and said all non-EU nationals will need them to work or access public services from 2008.

politics, tony-blair, biometrics, id-card, national-identity-register

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