It happens to all of us eventually (except for the Mac collectors). At some point, we decide that it’s time to take that old Mac that we’ve just replaced and try to get a few bucks out of it. Some of us donate our machines to schools or other worthwhile organizations, and if we have really old equipment, we may just recycle it. In any case, there are some things you’ll want to do to prepare the Mac for sale or recycling — via The Unofficial Apple Weblog
A thief broke into my car. I used Craigslist, a dating site, MySpace and a fast food joint to track him down — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The US broadcasting regulator has announced it will make unused television airwaves available for new “super wi-fi” technology — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A 17-year-old Australian schoolboy said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter that sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary’s feed — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Social media sites are often seen as places to swap gossip, share photos and waste time, but they are increasingly being used in the hunt for missing persons — via redwolf.newsvine.com
After all-out assaults on the web presences of the MPAA, RIAA and later the BPI, last night a new company was targeted in a new 4chan DDoS attack. Anti-piracy lawyers ACS:Law, one of the most despised and complained about law firms in Britain, had their website taken offline last night and it remains down “Account Suspended” this morning. TorrentFreak has spoken to one of the key figures in Operation Payback for the lowdown — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The European Commission (EC) has told UK telco giant BT that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will not force internet service providers (ISPs) to police their networks for copyright infringement — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Queensland Police has warned of a surge in fake Microsoft phone scams targeting home computer users in the state — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The folks over at Open Acta Mexico sent over their report on an open information meeting at the Ministry of the Economy in Mexico about ACTA last week. There were two oddities that they called attention to. The first is that there was an MPAA representative at the meeting, who apparently asked whether or not ACTA could be used to block access to damaging
sites like Wikileaks. As the Open Acta Mexico people asked, what does Wikileaks have to do with movies? It seems like an interesting question, though, and I’m assuming that the MPAA is using Wikileaks as an example of a site they deem “dangerous” to get the idea across, so that later when they designate other sites (say… The Pirate Bay….) as dangerous, they can use this to make the — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Engineers at social network Twitter.com plugged a vulnerability in the company’s main Web page after attacks that exploited the hole may have hit more than 500,000 users — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The US government asked Google for user information 4,287 times during the first six months of 2010.
During the same timeframe the UK government put in over 1,000 such requests.
This is just two snippets from Google’s new Transparency Report, a set of tools designed to show censorship levels around the globe — via redwolf.newsvine.com
South African police have threatened a Johannesburg Twitter user with arrest for using the social media site to tweet regular updates on police road blocks and speed cameras — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google has revealed that aerial fibre links to its data centre in Oregon were “regularly” shot down by hunters, forcing the company to put its cables underground — via redwolf.newsvine.com
It’s no secret that many people are quite confused about how patents, trademark and copyright law work at times. In fact, we’ve frequently pointed out that it’s rather unfair to lump trademarks in with copyright and patents, because trademarks are so different. Whereas copyright and patents are all about a right to exclude via a monopoly privilege, trademark is about consumer protection, and is under an entirely different part of the constitution. Unfortunately, those who favor the “intellectual property” terminology have lumped the three together, leading many people to falsely believe that trademarks are effectively similar to patents and copyright — especially with respect to the right to demand no one else can use a trademark in any way without permission. As folks like Leo Stoller have learned the hard way, that’s simply not true.
However, it doesn’t stop some of the more amusing claims from folks who do think that they have extreme control over a trademarked term. Reader darus67 points us to the the website of one Dr. Ann De Wees Allen, who makes it quite clear she has a trademark on her name, and anyone using it without permission will be in trouble — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Almost nine years ago, I played Return to Castle Wolfenstein, a classic 3D shoot-em-up with Nazis and supernatural horrors and completed it. I also played the multi-player online. Particularly memorable were the flame thrower and the big climactic battle against the resurrected Knight.
ID Software has released the source code to the game and the add-on, ie along with Wolfenstein – Enemy Territory, Return to Castle Wolfenstein single player and Return to Castle Wolfenstein multiplayer under the GPL license. These aren’t just for Windows, but include Unix and MacOSX code as well — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Last Wednesday, my life changed forever. I got an iPhone. I consider it the greatest thing to happen to the blind for a very long time, possibly ever. It offers unparalleled access to properly made applications, and changed my life in twenty-four hours — via redwolf.newsvine.com
While debate rages on in Australia as to whether government building broadband fibre right to the home is the best option for Australia, the New Zealand Government’s fibre company Crown Fibre Holdings is looking at putting two fibres into each home as part of its Ultra-Fast Broadband initiative — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Telcos are blaming technology-challenged customers for the surge in complaints about phone and internet services — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Labor’s plan to privatise its $43 billion National Broadband Network is in jeopardy. The problem has arisen after Greens senator Scott Ludlam pledged to fight for the project to remain in public hands — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Consumer groups want the communications watchdog to regulate the prices charged for so-called ‘free-call’ numbers when they are dialled from mobile phones — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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