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Stories · 5

  1. Next G8 President Wants To "Regulate the Internet"

    Tech · Internet · · posted by kdawson · from the good-luck-with-that dept. · 279 comments
    antispam_ben writes "The President of Italy, which will have the Presidency of the G8 starting January 1, says he wants to use the future position of Italy to 'Regulate the Internet.' Italy's President Berlusconi appears to be a cantankerous character, prompting riots when Italy last had the G8 presidency in 2001. This will no doubt be a serious effort, but knowing the fundamental design of the Internet involves routing around damage, the efforts could be more amusing than threatening." Update — 12/5 at 00:04 by SS: Reader fondacio noted that Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's Prime Minister, not its President. He is Italy's G8 representative, and Italy will hold the presidency in 2009.

  2. DARPA Challenge Prize Money Restored

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the yay-now-the-robots-can-buy-clothes dept. · 119 comments
    antispam_ben wrote to mention that, some three months later, DARPA has been able to find the money to offer cash prizes once again. The DARPA Urban Challenge will go forward next November with more than $3 Million on the line. From the article: "The race will see as many as 90 teams 'drive' an unmanned robotic road vehicle through city traffic, competing to finish a 60-mile course within six hours. Set for November 3 of next year, the challenge will call on robots to safely obey traffic laws, negotiate busy intersections, merge into moving traffic, avoid obstacles and navigate traffic circles. DARPA has yet to disclose the race location, but has said it will be in the western United States. The government research group didn't unveil the 2005 Grand Challenge location in the Mojave Desert until weeks before that race, in order to avoid giving any team an advantage."

  3. Vex Pics from FIRST/LEGO/Vex Robotics Competition

    Hardware · Robot · · posted by timothy · from the vexing dept. · 76 comments
    antispam_ben writes "Last week's Slashdot article linked to CNN's coverage of the LEGO League robotics competition. LEGO League was only part of the event. I gave a short description and links to the original FIRST Robotics, LEGO League, and new Vex Robotics competitions in this comment. New from the local robotics mailing list is this page of pictures from the Vex competition."

  4. Verisign to Purchase Network Solutions

    Money · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the buy-out-ahoy dept. · 172 comments
    thor writes, "According to CNBC, Verisign (VRSN) will purchase Network Solutions (NSOL) for approx. $21B ($531/share). Looks like the story of the day for a lot of people on and off of Wall Street. Network Solutions closed at $360 5/8 yesterday is trading up $100 in early hours trading. " I've also found the story on CNNfn. Why does this merger scare me?

  5. Linux Journal on the DMCA

    Yro · Court · · posted by michael · from the copywrong dept. · 188 comments
    phantomlord writes "Linux Journal has a very good summary of how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act came about and how it relates to DeCSS. " Well, how it came about was simple: the copyright industries just paid a lot of money to the right Congressmen. How to get rid of it is the more interesting question.