Topic: NEWS - on February 27, 2008 at 12:50:00 PM CET
Writer Bukowski's home named historic L.A. landmark
The Los Angeles City Council approved the designation of the brown stucco home, where Bukowski lived from 1963 to 1972, without further debate or a roll call vote, acting on the recommendation of its cultural heritage commission.
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Topic: VIDEO - on February 27, 2008 at 12:48:00 PM CET
Disintegrating wind turbine caught on camera
YouTubers have been enjoying some spectacular footage of the disintegration of a Danish wind turbine which ended up a bit broken after its brakes failed.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on February 27, 2008 at 12:46:00 PM CET
Hohe Hürden für Bundestrojaner
Das deutsche Bundesverfassungsgericht hat das heimliche Ausspähen von Computern an hohe rechtliche Hürden geknüpft und das nordrhein-westfälische Gesetz zur Online-Durchsuchung gekippt. Die deutsche Koalition will die Online-Durchsuchung dennoch schnell umsetzen.
Das heimliche Ausspähen der Computerfestplatte ist nur dann zulässig, "wenn tatsächliche Anhaltspunkte einer konkreten Gefahr für ein überragend wichtiges Rechtsgut bestehen", heißt es in einem Urteil des deutschen Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom Mittwoch.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on February 27, 2008 at 12:45:00 PM CET
Status of the world's censorware
Here's a page listing status of the invisible systems used by governments and ISPs around the world to "block child pornography." The lists of "child porn" are generally secretly compiled and held, and the blocks often simply return a timeout or 404 error, so it's virtually impossible to determine whether a given page is being filtered by the system. The potential for abuse is incredible, since pages that get added to the list effectively disappear and there's practically no way to appeal the censors' decision (what's more, if you do appeal and lose, you're branded a pedophile).
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on February 27, 2008 at 12:43:00 PM CET
Should P2P filesharers be paid for filesharing?
Take that, pigopolists! A novel idea has been proposed to take the fight to the RIAA and the BPI. Since P2P filesharing has a discovery element which permits people to discover new music at no cost - why shouldn't filesharers be compensated for filesharing?
The idea was floated on the Open Rights Group discussion list earlier this month.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 27, 2008 at 10:07:00 AM CET
Building a Green PC
Ars Technica has put together a green DIY system building guide. The idea is to build a PC offering decent energy efficiency as well as solid performance. The 'Green Gaming Box' draws about 125W at full load (not including a monitor); the minimalist 'Extreme Green Box' uses a mini-ITX case and a VIA CPU-motherboard combo for about 30W at typical load. If you want to mix and match components, or modify your current system so that it uses less energy, there are plenty of options for swapping out individual components.
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Topic: Phone - on February 27, 2008 at 10:01:00 AM CET
Taliban wants cell phone networks shut down at night
The towers and offices of mobile phone operators in Afghanistan are being pressured to shut down operations at night by the Taliban. The former rulers of Afghanistan and current insurgent group held "talks" with the four major mobile companies in Afghanistan today, and gave them three days to go dark for 14 hours per day—or else.
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Topic: W A R - on February 27, 2008 at 10:00:00 AM CET
The Torture Playlist
Music has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogations—and also drown out screams. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, here are some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose.
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Topic: Online-Fahndung - on February 27, 2008 at 9:56:00 AM CET
Was wissen die Computer des Staats über mich?
Aus dieser Motivreihe sei nun die Version 0.3 als rc2 released, welcher in Kürze zeitig zum 24C3 als Postkartensatz in den Druck geht.
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Topic: WEB - on February 27, 2008 at 9:54:00 AM CET
New search powers lead Firefox 3
The latest version of web browser Firefox will make changes to the way people search for information online, says its developer.
Mozilla has told the BBC's World Service that the new browser has been designed around the importance of search to users.
Firefox 3, currently going through its third stage of beta testing, will offer a combined search and bookmark tool via the url bar.
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