Robert Lemos

SCO’s in the news again: The would-be licensor of Linux is apparently subpoenaing Pamela Jones of Groklaw to reveal who she is. Coincidentally, Jones said she is taking a break from blogging due to health reasons on Saturday, yet someone else is still maintaining Groklaw posts. SCO contention is that Groklaw is a front for [...]

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Researchers aim to recreate what caused a classroom PC to start displaying pornographic pop-ups, an incident that has led to four felony convictions for the substitute teacher involved.
SecurityFocus

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A weird series of events yields Canada’s skill test — a four-part math problem to make lotteries and promotions legal. But don’t look for a real challenge.
Wired News

(And, no, the headline is not mine.)

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Tracfone, the company that offers a pay-as-you-go service for cell-phone users, loves the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which allowed it to block users from hacking their Tracfone phones to work with another provider. Blocked them, that is, until the provision of the law that allows the U.S. Copyright Office to create exemptions resulted in [...]

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