These have been some eventful weeks in the world of copyright trolling. Thousands of unnamed John Does
in P2P file sharing lawsuits filed in California, Washington DC, Texas, and West Virginia have been severed, effectively dismissing over 40,000 defendants. The plaintiffs in these cases must now re-file against almost all of the Does individually rather than suing them en mass — via redwolf.newsvine.com
These have been some eventful weeks in the world of copyright trolling. Thousands of unnamed John Does
in P2P file sharing lawsuits filed in California, Washington DC, Texas, and West Virginia have been severed, effectively dismissing over 40,000 defendants. The plaintiffs in these cases must now re-file against almost all of the Does individually rather than suing them en mass — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Stepping into the kitchen now, Google introduced a recipe search engine Thursday that serves up dishes based not only on the ingredients you may have on hand, but the calories you want to consume and even how much time you have to cook.
About one percent of the queries on Google are for recipes, the company said, and the new vertical intends to make it easier for people to find recipes across the web. Keeping with its search roots, Google isn’t showing the recipes in the results, and is linking to recipes on sites like Epicurious and the Food Network, which likely alleviates some worries about Google’s newest effort — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google Inc. is penalizing Overstock.com Inc in its search results after the retailer ran afoul of Google policies that prohibit companies from artificially boosting their ranking in the Internet giant’s search engine.
Overstock’s pages had recently ranked near the top of results for dozens of common searches, including vacuum cleaners
and laptop computers
. But links to Overstock on Tuesday dropped to the fifth or sixth pages of Google results for many of those categories, greatly reducing the chances that a user would click on its links.
The incident, according to Overstock, stemmed in part from its practice of encouraging websites of colleges and universities to post links to Overstock pages so that students and faculty could receive discounts on the shopping site. Overstock said it discontinued the program on 10 February, before hearing from Google, but said some university webmasters have been slow to remove the links — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Almost nothing tangible remains of genius Bletchley Park codebreaker, Alan Turing; so when an extremely rare collection of offprints relating to his life and work was set to go to auction last year, an ambitious campaign was launched to raise funds to purchase them for the Bletchley Park Trust and its Museum. The Trust is today delighted to announce that the collection has been saved for the nation as the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has stepped in quickly to provide £213,437, the final piece of funding required — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google said late Thursday that it had made a major change to its algorithm in an effort to improve the rankings of high-quality Web sites in its search results — and to reduce the visibility of low-quality sites. While the company did not say so explicitly, the change appears to be directed in part at so-called content farms like eHow and Answerbag, which generate articles based on popular search queries so they will rise to the top of the rankings and attract clicks — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The body of a Kent man who was due to attend a wedding in Thailand has been found washed up on a beach — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists in the United States have found newborn mice can re-grow their own hearts — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Millions of Britons who receive scam letters and e-mails are now being urged to forward them on just the once – to the National Fraud Authority.
The agency has launched a new operation to track down the fraudsters behind the multi-million pound industry in scam mail, but needs public input.
It wants people to forward e-mails to email@actionfraud.org.uk for analysis — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Thirteen Vietnamese women, seven of them pregnant, have been rescued from an illegal and inhuman
surrogate baby breeding ring in Thailand, officials said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Brisbane urologist has described how he and his colleagues used a hacksaw and a utility knife to amputate the legs of a man trapped in the earthquake rubble in Christchurch — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Apparently someone in Lincoln, Nebraska thinks that you can exchange rabbits. The man allegedly stole a bunny from a pet store and left a jackrabbit in its place.
The incident happened at a Pet Doctor pet store. A clerk witnessed a white man in his 40s put a bunny worth $60 in his coat and walk out. The kidnapped rabbit was a white, lop-eared Holland bunny, TheOmahaChannel.com reports.
Police have arrested Michael Stiles, 39, who is accused of stealing the rabbit. However it seems that Stiles has pulled off a bit of a David Copperfield act: the rabbit has disappeared, the Journal Star reports — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A death-defying fox clambered up Britain’s tallest skyscraper and lived the high life on the 72nd floor of the tower in central London for nearly two weeks — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Maybe, just maybe, one or two politicians are about to stand up to the bullying, self important talk back shock jocks on Australian radio.
Case in point – Julia Gillard with 2GB’s Alan Jones this morning.
As breathtaking as it — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This Crochet Puppet Scarf is seriously adorable. I know what my niece is getting for her birthday — via CRAFT
In this week’s CRAFT Video, Meg Allan Cole and I took a trip to Brooklyn’s She-Weld studio for a special blacksmithing lesson from Alex Himmelbaum. He showed us how to taper and decoratively curl the end of a steel rod and rivet it to a hammered backplate. It’s the burliest paper towel holder we’ve seen, forged from hot steel. Head over to CRAFT for more photos — via MAKE
Does a code of ethics still exist in Intelligence firms? Does it disappear behind closed doors, dirty deeds done in the dark and used against the American people who are supposed to be free to express themselves? — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dual- and quad-core Intel processors, a new FaceTime HD camera, and an illuminated keyboard are offered in Apple’s new MacBook Pro lineup. Also in Apple’s new MacBook Pros is a new 10-Gbps connection port called Thunderbolt that supports gigabit Ethernet, FireWire and USB devices. Apple also released a preview of Mac OS X Lion — via redwolf.newsvine.com
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations, a judge has ruled — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A woman in Brazil was shocked to find an alligator hiding behind her sofa after heavy rains flooded her house in the town of Parauapebas, in Para state — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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