Wednesday, March 18, 2009

18-Mar-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Google weighs in against Section 92A of the Copyright Act:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/google-cutting-internet-access-for-p2p-abuse-disproportionate.ars

Hackers get personal information from 6,000 Shell customers in New Zealand and Australia:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2269256/Hackers-steal-Shell-customer-info

Intel threatens to take away AMD's licence to use their x86 technology, claiming Global Foundries is not an AMD subsidiary:
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16585

An RIAA victim nearly ends up in default because she thought the case against her was some kind of scam. She may well be right:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/i-thought-it-was-a-scam-nh-woman-sued-by-riaa.ars

The Android mobile devices are now starting to compete with each other, with examples from HTC, Samsung, Nvidia, Sony & Archos:
http://www.gizmag.com/2009-android-phone-handset-upcoming-roundup/11242/

The Arduino board gets a bigger, more expensive variant called the Arduino Mega. 128KiB Flash, 4KiB RAM, 36 digital I/O, 16 analogue:
http://hackaday.com/2009/03/16/arduino-mega/

And finally. The real reason why you must never leave young children alone with a pit bull:
http://www.screencast.com/users/msaleem/folders/Jing/media/6d38157b-0353-435c-8268-63f8985f2895

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