Usenet appears to be the MPAA’s next target. Not good. The MPAA has told Newzbin, a popular Usenet indexing service and creator of the NZB file format, that it’s hosting copyright-infringing material, material that needs to be removed post-haste. Never mind that NZB files themselves aren’t copyright-infringing (though I doubt the courts would make that distinction), […]

Usenet appears to be the MPAA’s next target. Not good.

The MPAA has told Newzbin, a popular Usenet indexing service and creator of the NZB file format, that it’s hosting copyright-infringing material, material that needs to be removed post-haste. Never mind that NZB files themselves aren’t copyright-infringing (though I doubt the courts would make that distinction), but such is the world we live in.

By the looks of it, Newzbin seems to be complying with the MPAA’s demands. It made a statement saying it doesn’t “condone” the posting of copyright-infringing material, and has hinted that it will remove such material and ban offending accounts.

A few months ago, the RIAA targeted a prominent Usenet provider, so going after enablers like Newzbin was the next logical step.

My advice? Leech off Usenet while you stile can.

via TorrentFreak

Via [crunchgear]

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Samsung has announced the Soulb, which they state contains “all the merits of Soul DNA” in a candy bar form factor. The names an interesting one — though I’m unable to copy it here without using an image, the trailing b in Soulb is actually written as if it were a superscript, like so: . How would that be pronounced? Soul to the power of b? Soul-bee? Soul bar?

The handset squeezes a good amount into its 9.9mm thick body: HSDPA/Triband, 2.0″ QVGA screen, 3 megapixel camera with PowerLED flash, User created UI skins, Office document viewing, multimedia playback, FM radio, 1 gig of internal memory, and a microSD slot. Not a fan of the Soul Grey shown above? It also comes in Platinum Silver, Metallic Black, Soul Pink and Amethyst Violet.

It’ll launch in Germany in early June, and then trickle out to everywhere besides North America in the months thereafter. No word yet on pricing.

Via Mobilecrunch

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Our friend Robert Woodhead is at it again: He took his battlin’ bot Completely Offensive—and his trusty Casio Exilim EX-F1—to Carolina Combat Robots for some “test procedures” in preparation for the RoboGames in San Francisco June 13-15. End result: Mayhem ensuing at 300 frames per second, with some sparks flying, some parts flying and some fax machines and other stand-in electronics getting shizammed to oblivion. Grab a sandwich and press play, cuz you’ll probably watch this four-minute fest of cyberviolence a few times. And remember, this was only a test! Thanks again, Robert! [Robert Woodhead]

Via [Gizmodo]

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Short of the airlock opening in the space station and sucking you out to die in a vacuum, what’s the worst thing that could happen during your visit to the International Space Station? If you guessed “the toilet breaking,” you’re the massive winner! Because that’s exactly what happened this week.

While the solid waste functions of the toilet are still functioning all right, the liquid waste fan is working intermittently. So while the crew awaits a possible space plumber from the upcoming Discovery mission (that had planned on docking at the station anyway), they’ve made due with a backup “bag-like” system.

But what are the real implications of a broken toilet? Maybe NASA’s Allard Beutel summed it up best:

Like any home anywhere, the importance of having a working bathroom is obvious.

[CNN]

Via [Gizmodo]

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Someone managed to get their hands on the ad spot for Sony Ericsson’s P5 Paris, and the folks over at JustAMP pushed it to YouTube. Details about this QWERTY/NumPad combo slider have been leaking out for the past month. Word is it’ll be made official at Sony Ericsson’s press conference on June 17th.

It’s a pretty lookin’ thing for sure, but if it doesn’t let me warp from business suit to hideous colored sweater vest at the press of a button like in the demo spot, I will be sorely disappointed.

Via Mobilecrunch

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Well, this one is just about as speculatory as it gets: Infineon, who might be supplying the chips for the 3G iPhone, announced this morning that they’re seeing less demand for HSDPA chips than they expected from an unnamed project. Analysts are guessing this means the next iPhone has either been delayed, or will launch with lower volumes.

Nothing to worry about, iPhone fans. If Steve planned to announce the 3G iPhone at WWDC, Steve will be announcing the 3G iPhone at WWDC. The launch date probably wouldn’t change either — if the initial shipments are lower than the demand, it’ll just lead to even more demand generated by all of the “OMG!!! 3G iPhone shortage!! Go fight a guy for yours!” stories that will go up.

[Via 9to5Mac]

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A forum post on DP Review says that pricing info for Sony’s upcoming full-frame 25-megapixel flagship a900 DSLR went out to reps about a month ago, and that Sony’s aiming to to bring it to market for under two grand.

If true, that’d make it incredibly, stupidly cheap as far as major megapixel, full-frame cameras go, putting it more in prosumer than pure pro territory, somewhere between Canon’s 5D and Nikon’s D300, and way below either company’s pro cams. Let’s not hold our breaths yet, though. [DP Review via Photography]

Via [Gizmodo]

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Katherine over at Tech Digest caught this very interesting quote by a Nokia VP over at the S60 Summit this day, explaining why their users aren’t quite as interested in video calling as Nokia’s sales department would hope. Here’s the reason: the angle you’re forced to hold the phone at when you’re making video calls “isn’t very flattering,” leading us to believe that it’s the work of old double-chin fatness that’s deterring the acceptance of more video phones. If only Nokia would make phones that shoot a foot above your face into the well known MySpace position, capturing your visage from above, then we’re sure these phones would sell like hotcakes. Extremely vain hotcakes. [Tech Digest]

Via [Gizmodo]

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If it’s on the Internet, it must be true. Of course, this is entirely speculation — pure world wide web “it is rumored” nonsense, but damn it man, we can hope can’t we? And they really ought to cast this young lady right here as the armored heroine.

If it’s on the Internet, it must be true. Of course, this is entirely speculation — pure world wide web “it is rumored” nonsense, but damn it man, we can hope can’t we? And they really ought to cast this young lady right here as the armored heroine.

Via [crunchgear]

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