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Wireless Software for Linux Cleared of Legal Uncertainty by SFLC
Development of OpenHAL, a wireless network component for Linux, can now resume unfettered after months of legal uncertainty. OpenHAL allows people with wireless cards based on technology from Atheros Communications, Inc. to connect to networks using solely free and open source software.
Blog: Copyright Bill still a can of worms
The [New Zealand] Government’s select committee report on the Copyright Amendment Bill was released on Friday and has generated some interesting discussion in the tech blogosphere. Thankfully, the biggest sticking point has been removed - the two year sunset clause on format shifting.
New scrutiny for Facebook over predators
Facebook, the online social network, has stolen some of MySpace.com’s momentum with users and the news media. Now it is being subjected to the same accusations that it does not do enough to keep sexual predators off its site. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s attorney general, said investigators in his state were looking into “three or more” cases of convicted sex offenders who had registered on Facebook and had “also found inappropriate images and content” on the service. The inquiry continues, he said, and state officials have contacted Facebook and asked it to remove the profiles.
TV downloads ‘use underhand tactics’
[UK]Experts have warned that the new breed of TV download services may leave some web surfers struggling to cope with slow internet connections. Services such as Channel 4’s 4oD, the BBC iPlayer and Sky Anytime allow users to download TV programmes and watch them on their computers. But many consumers are unaware that the system continues to send files to and from a computer even when the program appears to have been closed.
Predator protection ‘in weeks’
AUSTRALIANS will have access to a national online child protection hotline and free internet filtering software “within weeks”, when the long-delayed $116 million scheme to protect families from predators and porn finally gets off the ground.
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