TorrentFreak: EU Starts Geo-Blocking Antitrust Case Against U.S Movie Studios
The European Union has today launched an antitrust investigation against several large U.S. movie studios and Sky UK. The European Commission wants to abolish geographical restrictions and has sent a...
View ArticleLWN.net: Thursday’s security updates
Debian has updated kernel (multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated hostapd (F21; F22: denial of service) and python-django (F22: multiple vulnerabilities). Gentoo has updated libXfont (multiple...
View ArticleLWN.net: Day: HIG updates
At his blog, Allan Day announces the first major update to the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines since the first GNOME 3 version (released in 2014). Day notes that the GNOME 3 HIG is structured around...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: ISC StormCast for Friday, July...
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View Articlexkcd.com: Exoplanet Names 2
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View ArticleTorrentFreak: Project Free TV Streaming Site Shuts Down
In a crowded marketplace Project Free TV grew to become one of the most visited streaming indexes around, gaining popularity with fans worldwide through its TV scheduling and discovery features. But...
View Article[Медийно право] [Нели Огнянова] : За звученето и неговото координиране
Правото на изразяване на мнение е защитено от конституцията, медиите са четвърта власт, журналистиката имат право на свободно изразяване, в допълнение българското законодателство предвижда и клауза на...
View Articleyovko in a nutshell: Кога?
Няма да е нито много скоро, нито много бързо, нито много лесно. Това изречение е по-важно за проумяване от “Съединението прави силата” или други разни фрази. По-важно е заради нагласата и очакванията...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Patching in 2 days? –“tell him...
With all the patching you have been doing lately I thought it would be opportune to have a look at what can and cant be done within two days. Why two days? Well quite a few standards want you to, I...
View ArticleLWN.net: Friday’s security updates
Arch Linux has updated chromium (multiple vulnerabilities), crypto++ (private key recovery), libuser (multiple vulnerabilities), and openssh (authentication limits bypass). CentOS has updated libuser...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Pneumatic tooth fairy
With the expanding global population, Jeff “BabyWrassler” Highsmith realised, the Tooth Fairy is probably finding it tough to keep on top of her job. He decided to help her out with a tooth...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Pirate Bay Led Hollywood The Way, Co-Founder Says
During his stay in prison, Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij was deprived of the Internet and forced to view broadcast TV. A grueling experience, but not as bad as it used to be, something the Pirate...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: How an Amazon Worker Stole iPads
A worker in Amazon's packaging department in India figured out how to deliver electronics to himself: Since he was employed with the packaging department, he had easy access to order numbers. Using the...
View Article[Медийно право] [Нели Огнянова] : Трансгранично предоставяне на платена...
Европейската комисия изпрати изложение на възраженията си до Sky UK и шест големи филмови компании в САЩ: Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox и Warner Bros. С...
View ArticleLWN.net: OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 milestone 1 released
The first development release of the upcoming openSUSE 42.1 distribution is now available. "Milestone is being used to avoid the term Alpha because the milestone is able to be deployed without the...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Friday Squid Blogging: How a Squid Changes Color
The California market squid, Doryteuthis opalescens, can manipulate its color in a variety of ways: Reflectins are aptly-named proteins unique to the light-sensing tissue of cephalopods like squid....
View ArticleLWN.net: GNUnet: IETF getting cold feet about P2P Names?
The GNUnet blog has this story about recent resistance from the IETF toward the standardization of "special use" domain names (such as .onion or .gnu) "to reduce the likelihood of ICANN accidentally...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Massive Piracy Case Ends in Disappointment for Hollywood
A five year-old case billed by prosecutors as the largest of its kind to go trial in Sweden has ended in disappointment for Hollywood. Accused of administering an infamous 'Scene' topsite known as...
View ArticleLWN.net: etcd 2.1 released
The etcd 2.1 release is out. "For a quick overview, etcd is an open source, distributed, consistent key value store for shared configuration, service discovery, and scheduler coordination. By using...
View Articleyovko in a nutshell: Уличните лампи на Malvern
Malvern е малко градче, за което едва ли сте чували. То си имало 104 красиви улични лампи във викториански стил, които са неразделна част от градския облик и културно наследство. Толкова са били през...
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