p2pnet headline roundups: Aug 13
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I CAN’T DO IT !!!!!
Too much cool and interesting stuff going on 
So for the next week, I’m just going to get up late and to do a leisurely daily news roundup (see below) and maybe lengthier posts on one or two items which really catch my eye.
This’ll be as good as (and maybe better than ) a total break.
Cheers!
Jon
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Mass Mind Control in China Enters a New Phase - Epoch Times
Chinese censorship is evolving in new directions as the regime confronts the expansion of the Internet and cell phone users in China, and criticisms from the West. While the information controls are adapting, the objectives remain the same: the Chinese media and citizens are not allowed to broadcast or print any news that cast an unfavorable light on the Chinese communist regime.
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Google to stop selling TV downloads on video site - Bloomberg News
Google, after buying video-sharing site YouTube nine months ago for $1.65 billion, plans to stop selling television shows on its homegrown video site. The company will stop offering download-to-own and download-to-rent programs Aug. 15, according to an e-mail sent to customers Friday.
Google Is Closing Its Video Retailing Operation - New York Times
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Internet Radio Made Easier - New York Times
You’ve heard of air pollution and noise pollution? Don’t look now, but another depressing form of toxicity is taking the fun out of life: ad pollution. That’s the creeping commercial crud that has sapped the pleasure out of TV, faxes, e-mail and, of course, radio. These days, it seems as though AM radio has 52 minutes of ads an hour. But you have an alternative. Internet radio stations offer an endless smorgasbord of audio entertainment. Some of it is a simultaneous broadcast of what’s on from NPR, ESPN, the BBC and so on; others are Internet-only stations that serve both mainstream and niche tastes. The variety is staggering, all of it is free, and it is largely uncluttered by ads.
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27 Years of Warez Scene Release Info Leaked in Giant Database - Torrentfreak
Usually, when a leak is made by the warez scene, it’s usually material created by someone else - a movie, music, games or software. This time the leak is of their own material. A huge pre database of 2.6 million entries has become available on the internet, containing information on warez scene releases dating back to 1980.
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BBC iPlayer could have access restricted by broadband providers - Broadband Watchdog
The BBC’s new iPlayer could already be facing its first problems despite it still being in BETA testing stages. BBC iPlayer could have access restricted by broadband providers. ISPs are worried that the iPlayer is going to use up lots of bandwidth as it allows users to catch up on TV programmes from the last 7 days and watch them within a month of downloading them.
Net firm warns on web video costs - BBC
ISPs “demand payment for BBC iPlayer” - PC Pro
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E-mail stress keeps workers on edge of inbox - Times Online
British workers are suffering “e-mail stress” because they are swamped with messages and constantly monitoring their inbox. Staff are left tired, frustrated and unproductive as they struggle to cope with a constant deluge of e-mails, researchers from Glasgow and Paisley universities have found.
Email stress - the new office workers’ plague - Guardian Unlimited
Emails deluge causes misery - The Sun
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Want More Storage on Google? Buy It! - Search Engine Roundtable
As announced last week on Search Engine Land and the Google Blog, the company is now selling additional storage options for Gmail, Picasa, and other Google properties such as Docs & Spreadsheets. When you reach the limit of free storage (i.e., 1GB for Picasa Web Albums, 2.8GB for Gmail), consider this your overflow solution. Plans start at $20/year for 6GB (yes, $5 cheaper than before), with larger plans ranging up to 250GB. If only testing everything were this easy.
Now Google Wants Your Money - Forbes
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Microsoft Defends White Space Devices - Broadband reports
A six-partner coalition (including Microsoft, Google and Dell) wants to use the so-called “white space” spectrum — partially freed by the migration to digital television — to offer consumers cheap broadband via the airwaves. However, their initial trial devices submitted to the FCC for testing didn’t fare very well.
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Virtual sex creator sues over online hanky-panky - Boston Herald
A virtual Viagra created to spice up sex in “Second Life,” an online make-believe community, is so hot it’s being copied. Creator Kevin Alderman of Tampa, Fla., recognized four years ago that people would pay to equip their online selves - which start out with the smooth anatomy of a Barbie or Ken doll - with robust realism.
Creator of Second Life’s SexGen program dishes out lawsuit - MMORG.bnlog
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Internet creates proliferation of hate sites: Adler - CanWest News Service
The Internet has created a proliferation of hate sites that promote racial discrimination and allow the hate mongers “direct marketing” of their message to the YouTube generation, Toronto criminal lawyer Leo Adler said Friday.
Hate mongers flock to the net - Vancouver Sun
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Microsoft Disputes FCC’s Rejection of Web Devices That Use TV Airwaves - Washington Post
Today Microsoft plans to try to convince regulators that it can connect consumers to high-speed Internet over unused television airwaves without interfering with existing broadcasts. In a document that it plans to file today with the Federal Communications Commission, Microsoft disputes the agency’s recent findings that prototype devices either interfered with TV signals or could not detect them to avoid interference. Microsoft’s first prototype was defective, but the firm said another model worked successfully in a demonstration it gave to the FCC last week.
Microsoft to dispute FCC on vacant TV airwaves - Reuters
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Toshiba battery woes continue: another recall - Ars Technica
Toshiba has issued its second battery recall in less than a month. This particular announcement focuses on the Satellite A100, A105, and Tecra A7 models. The number of laptops affected is relatively small (Toshiba estimates the recall at 1,400 units), but the description of the recalled product as stated by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is ominously familiar: “Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries containing Sony cells used in Toshiba notebook computers.”
Toshiba Recalls Yet More Dangerous Sony Batteries - Wired
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Apple Shipped New Keyboards Without Software Support - Wired
It looks like Apple shipped it’s oh-so-thin new aluminum keyboard before the new media control keys were actually supported by the Mac. On Friday the company released Keyboard Software Update 1.1, which offers the typically cryptic description “Install this software to use your aluminum Apple Keyboard and take advantage of the special features.” Macworld reader David_CGC says: “I tried out the new iMacs (and iLife) at the Apple Store yesterday, and noticed that the media control keys didn’t actually work, and Exposé was still set to the normal F8-F12 keys.”
Apple releases Keyboard Software Update 1.1 - MacDailyNews
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SCO does not own Unix, judge rules - vnunet
A federal judge has ruled that Novell and not SCO owns the copyrights to the Unix operating system. The ruling is considered a crucial step in SCO’s legal campaign against Linux users and developers because it eliminates the foundation from underneath its $5bn legal claims against IBM.
Big ‘No’ To SCO - Forbes
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August 13th, 2007 at 9:36 am
i knew you’d never stay away forj more than 10 minutes