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Best Buy's Geek Squad allegedly "Peek Squad" Posted: 2 years ago by misswinkle
Facing claims that they are copying porn, photos, and music. Also, the guy who took pictures of that lady in the shower.
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Advice for Bloggers Posting to Plime Posted: 3 years ago by RTCA
After a brief and informative argument with some entrenched users at Plime about blogging, self-promotion and rehashing (and plagiarism), I determined that they weren’t really against bloggers at all. Even bloggers that self-promote. What they’re really against is something I totally agree with them on: Posting solely to attract traffic and make money with Google Adsense (and other advertisers) without participating in any other way.
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Church Forgives Sony For Copying Manchester Cathedral... Kinda Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
In what actually seems like more of a slight than a good-willed apology acceptance, the Church of England's Very Reverend Rogers Govender was quoted as saying "we do forgive Sony for what they have done, even though they still believe they have done nothing wrong."
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 61 [+].
Software to Identify Copying from Internet Posted: 2 years ago by maxriter
A Japanese scientist claims he was able to develop computer software that can electronically identify whether an academic paper featured passages that were copied and pasted from the Internet.
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Copying HD DVD and Blu-ray discs may become legal Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they’ve purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.
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10 Technologies We Stole From the Animal Kingdom Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
People have been lifting ideas from Mother Nature for decades. Velcro was inspired by the hooked barbs of thistle, and the first highway reflectors were made to mimic cat eyes. But today, the science of copying nature, a field known as biomimetics, is a billion-dollar industry. Here are some of our favorite technologies that came in from the wild.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 229 [+].
'Hacker' launches iTunes copying Posted: 2 years ago by keroberos32
The release of software from a firm run by a notorious Norwegian hacker is likely to cause waves in the music and film download world.
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French mobilise anti-piracy task force to rescue Le Ponant Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
Not piracy is in illegal copying, but actual piracy of the high seas variety.
Le Ponant and 30 crew members fell to pirates on Friday (4th April) and has been taken to pirate haven port Eyl.
Most likely the crew are being held to ransom but so far no demands have been made.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 137 [+].
Who controls your television? Posted: 3 years ago by Bornbad
Enforcing severe home recording and copying limitations.
Imposing controls on where you watch a program.
Dictating how you get to share shows with your own family.
Breaking compatibility with your devices.
The bigger question is...When?
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Chimps may have used stone hammers Posted: 3 years ago by Browntrout
New evidence suggests chimpanzees learned to make and use stone tools on their own, rather than copying humans. They didn't learn to throw their poo until much later.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 63 [+].
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