Topic: MUSIK - on April 8, 2008 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
Dylan wins special Pulitzer Prize
Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has received an honorary Pulitzer Prize for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture".
The special music award recognised the 66-year-old's "lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power".
Prize administrator Sig Gissler said the honour "reflects the efforts of the Pulitzer board to broaden the scope of the music prize".
Other recipients included US playwright Tracy Letts and novelist Junot Diaz.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 8, 2008 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
“Raubkopieren” als Kulturtechnik bei Musikindustrie und Polizei
Hunderte südaustralische Polizeibeamte sollen ihre Arbeitsrechner zum Download von DVD-Kopien genutzt haben, heißt es in einem Bericht der Zeitung The Australian. Aufgefallen sei dies bei einer internen Revision der IT-Anlagen der Polizei. Die Behörde hat ihre leitenden Beamten nun angewiesen, derartige potenzielle Urheberrechtsverletzungen künftig zu unterbinden. Eine offizielle Untersuchung, die zu Anklagen wegen Urheberrechtsverletzung führen könnte, soll es laut Zeitungsbericht aber nicht geben. Der Grund: zu viele Fälle.
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Topic: DRUGS - on April 8, 2008 at 11:25:00 AM CEST
Drogenbande mit 100 Mitgliedern aufgeflogen
In Zusammenarbeit mit deutschen Ermittlern ist eine 100-köpfige Bande ausgehoben werden. Das Suchtgift im Wert von fünf Millionen Euro wurde in einem Gasthaus in der Donaustadt weiterverkauft.
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Topic: DRUGS - on April 8, 2008 at 11:25:00 AM CEST
1,3 Kg Kokain im Magen geschmuggelt
Auf einen österreichweit rekordverdächtigen Fahndungserfolg kann die Innsbrucker Polizei verweisen. Im Magen-Darm-Trakt eines verdächtigen Nigerianers wurden 1,3 Kg Kokain und auch eine SIM-Karte entdeckt.
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Topic: DRUGS - on April 8, 2008 at 11:23:00 AM CEST
Top 5 Recreational Drug Experiments
Recreational drugs are a ridiculously fun topic for scientific research. They could also be the inspiration for powerful new medications. We are often amazed by the fascinating, and sometimes hilarious, stories that make their way into peer-reviewed journals.
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Topic: WEB - on April 8, 2008 at 11:19:00 AM CEST
Europe to Tie the Hands of Google and Yahoo
Search engines should delete personal data held about their users within six months, a European Commission advisory body on data protection has said.
The recommendation is likely to be accepted by the European Commission and could lead to a clash with search giants like Google, Yahoo and MSN.
Google and Yahoo anonymise user data after 18 months, while MSN does the same after 13 months.
bbc.co.uk arstechnica.comOpinion on data protection issues related to search engines [pdf]
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Topic: FUN - on April 8, 2008 at 10:48:00 AM CEST
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Topic: War and Peace - on April 8, 2008 at 10:41:00 AM CEST
Kettering University student Will Foster builds fully operational half-size Panzer tank
"I took it home, driving it around in this white picket fence neighborhood and one of the neighbors called the cops on us," said Foster, a Kettering University student who began building the tank from scratch nearly two years ago.
"(Police) came and they just told us to head back home, but they were also laughing at it because they had never seen anything like that before."
That's an understatement.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 8, 2008 at 10:33:00 AM CEST
Scientology threatens Wikileaks with injunction
The Church of Scientology has acknowledged that Wikileaks is offering the world quick and easy access to the church's top-secret "bibles".
Or should that be formerly top-secret?
On March 24, the swashbuckling truth-seekers at Wikileaks.org published what they referred to as "the collected secret 'bibles' of Scientology," and three days later, church-friendly lawyers threatened the site with legal action if the documents weren't taken down. Calling them "Advanced Technology of the Scientology religion," the lawyers pointed out that the documents are copyrighted works registered to the Religious Technology Center (RIC), a church-related holding company.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2008 at 10:29:00 AM CEST
Hans Reiser Turns Up 'Geek Defense' to 11
Linux programmer Hans Reiser put the pedal to the metal on his geek defense at his murder trial here Monday, explaining to jurors that, as nonscientists, they may not understand his social ineptness.
"Scientists communicate by reference to data. I cannot communicate effectively. That's not how scientists talk. We cannot throw out assertions that cannot be supportive without data points," the 44-year-old defendant testified on his 10th day on the stand.
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