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Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about

Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

There's been an unbelievable amount of internet chatter about the MPAA's petition to the FCC that would allow them to turn off the component inputs on cable boxes on certain content . And while we don't think this is a good idea on so many levels, we aren't willing to lie to garner support. But evidently others are, as you see headlines and online petitions with subjects like, don't let the MPAA turn...

Fedora 12 Package Installation Policy Tightened

Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

AdamWill writes "After the controversy over Fedora 12's controversial package installation authentication policy, including our discussion this week, the package maintainers have agreed that the controversial policy will be tightened to require root authentication for trusted package installation. Please see the official announcement and the development mailing list post for more details."...

Federal Judge Says Corps of Engineers Liable For Katrina Damage

Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Hugh Pickens writes "The Christian Science Monitor reports that a federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers — and thus the US government — is liable for a big chunk of the damage caused when hurricane Katrina pushed ashore on August 29, 2005 by failing to stop the natural widening of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet canal (aka Mr. Go) causing it to eventually bump up...

• Army Corps liable for Katrina damage, US court finds - Christian Science Monitor

Rugged Casio G’zOne Rock Launched by Verizon

Phones Review (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

The Casio G’zOne Rock is the successor to the rugged Casio Boulder and has just been introduced by Verizon Wireless, and does look quite similar to the Boulder but with a slightly less hardcore name reports engadget mobile. The Casio G’zOne Rock rugged mobile phone sports touch sensitive music controls, is dual-band CDMA/800/1900, is 3G capable, [...]

MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE - Register

Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Telegraph.co.uk MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE Register Microsoft has helped discover a flaw in the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users. The plug-in allows suitably coded web pages to be displayed in Internet Explorer using the Google Chrome ... Why Chrome OS will fail -- big time InfoWorld MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame Slashdot Google's Chrome OS: A...

iPhone gains iCarte RFID reader from Wireless Dynamics

Phones Review (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

The iCarte from Wireless Dynamics is a device which clips to the bottom of your iPhone or iPod to deliver to the iPhoner the ability to read and write to RFID tags and enables syncing via a mini USB port according to engadget. iCarte for iPhone and iPod also enables the handset to communicate with various [...]

WATCH: Sneak Peak at Google's Operating System

ABC News (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Google Chrome operating system will be available for the 2010 holiday season. Google - Google Chrome - Search - Search Engines - Tools

MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame

Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Christmas Shopping writes with this excerpt from Kaspersky Labs' threatpost: "Back in September, when Google launched the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users, Microsoft immediately warned that the move would increase the attack surface and make IE users less secure. Now comes word that a security researcher in the Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) has discovered a 'high...

• MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame - AterSlash
• MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame - Click World News

The Morning Newsfeed: 11.20.09

MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. Oprah Winfrey to Leave Talk Show in 2011 (ABC News) After more than 20 years at the top of the daytime talk show game, Oprah Winfrey's calling it quits. According to insiders, Winfrey informed her staff of her decision late this afternoon in a company meeting, described as "emotional, supportive and respectful." Huffington...

Modern Warfare 2 Not Recalled In Russia After All

Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

thief21 writes "After claims that console versions Modern Warfare 2 had been recalled in Russia due to complaints from politicians and the gaming public over the infamous airport slaughter scene, it turns out the stories were completely untrue. Activision never released a console version of the game in Russia." Instead, they simply edited the notorious scene out of the PC version. They did...

• Modern Warfare 2 Not Recalled In Russia After All - Click World News

Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows

Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

eldavojohn writes "Both the EU and US are using a strategy to merge what used to be two separate searches: the search for exoplanets that may harbor life and the search for dark energy. In an effort to develop 'robust, low-risk missions that maximize the scientific return,' the article analyzes how, without any changes, a space-based dark energy telescope could also check for microlensing events...

• Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows - AterSlash
• Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows - Ask Slashdot
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Breaking: Hackers Infiltrate World's Leading Climate Research Unit

Treehugger (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Image via Menassat The email system of one of the world's leading climate researchers was just reported to be infiltrated by hackers. Protected information and email messages sent from climate scientists at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) began turning up on public websites today. Why the CRU was targeted is still unclear--though there's speculation that with the Read...

Banned Xbox Users Plan a Class-Action Lawsuit, Accuse Microsoft of a Vast Conspiracy [Xbox 360]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Microsoft recently banned a whole lot of modded consoles. Was it to prevent piracy, or was it a conspiracy ? A new lawsuit is positing the latter theory. Here's what Texas-based law firm AbingtonIP says to justify their new suit: Although modification of Xbox consoles is arguably against the terms of use for Xbox/Xbox Live, Microsoft 'conveniently' timed the Xbox console ban to coincide with the release...

Women and Minorities Getting Left Out of Green Job Market, New Study Finds

Treehugger (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Photo via Change If James Brown had been around to witness the rise of the green jobs sector and learned of the news from this recent study, he'd shake his head and say, "It's a man's world. Ow! After all these years and so much progress, even in a sector dedicated towards achieving the noble aim of an emissions-free economy, it appears some prejudices still plague us." Well, he might not...

Create Some Black Friday Worst Case Scenarios [Photoshop Contest]

Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Next Friday is the dreaded Black Friday , the day when stores have their biggest sales and people turn into bargain-crazed animals. Bad things will happen. But worse things could happen. What's the worst thing you can envision going down? Send your best entries to me at contests@gizmodo.com with Black Friday Disasters in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs, and use a FirstnameLastname.jpg...

Playing world of warcraft - wow gold

zhang091113 | 13/11/2009

This week at the popular Consumer Electronics Show (CES as everyone calls it) our sister site Engadget was covering all the hoopla. Some exciting technology was unveiled that will allow a theoretical 2 terabytes of data to be stored on a new SD card format called SDXC. An SD card is the kind of card you can put in your camera. Most desktop and laptops have SD drives built in these days, so you probably...