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Texas Woman Sues Facebook for Privacy Violations Fux news
Worried about your privacy online? So is a woman from Texas, who’s suing Facebook and Blockbuster for posting too much information about her on the Web. Cathryn Harris found out after the fact that Facebook added a note every time she rented a movie from Blockbuster — a note that contained her full name and the name of the movie she was renting. “I wasn’t renting any movies that I’m ashamed of, but what if I had been? It’s nobody’s business,” Harris told MyFoxDFW. “They need to follow the laws and respect their customers’ privacy and not try to go behind the curtain.”

Does the RIAA let defaulters off the hook? Ars Technica
Judging by the number of times it has happened, plenty of accused file-swappers believe they’re better off not showing up to court than even talking to the RIAA—especially if the recording industry doesn’t bother to collect on the default judgments it eventually wins. Unfortunately for the file-swappers, it’s not true.

Warning over Facebook FarmVille game The Guardian
FarmVille, a free online farm simulation game available through Facebook, has been accused of generating “hundreds of millions of dollars” from unsuspecting players, many of whom are children.FarmVille has soared in popularity in the UK and US since its launch in June and has 63 million users, many of who are young teenagers. The game, which is the largest on Facebook, allows members to manage a virtual farm by planting, growing and harvesting crops, trees and livestock. According to Zynga, the company which developed the game, users have built more than 40m virtual farms, more than 20 times the number of actual farms in the US, and on an average day purchase 500,000 tractors to till their land. On the surface, it seems a harmless, even beneficial, game, encouraging social networking, budgeting and planning. But Michael Arrington, founder of the Techcrunch blog, has criticised Zynga for “monetising” FarmVille. He said it encouraged players to buy in-game currency, Farm Cash, which allows players to progress faster. New users are given some virtual coins, but users who are desperate to buy the tractors, seeds, cows and sheep more quickly can click on the “Add Farm Coins and Cash” link to buy virtual money with real cash. FarmVille makes clear in its terms and conditions that Farm Cash cannot be redeemed for “real world” money, goods or other items of monetary value from Zynga or any other party. Once real money has been used to buy virtual money, it is gone.

Congress may require ISPs to block fraud sites CNet News
For the last decade or so, Internet service providers have been dealing with requests to block access to pornographic or copyright-infringing Web sites, or in China, ones that dare to criticize the government. Now a U.S. House of Representatives bill is taking the unusual step of requiring Internet providers to block access to online financial scams that fraudulently invoke the Securities Investor Protection Corporation–or face fines and federal court injunctions. The House Financial Services Committee approved the legislation on Wednesday by a 41 to 28 vote. If you’ve never heard of the SIPC, you’re not alone. It’s a government-linked entity that aids investors when funds are missing from their accounts, up to a limit of $500,000 for stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Only investor accounts that investors have opened with members of the SIPC–here’s a list–qualify for its protection.

Mozilla plans major Firefox interface overhaul Computerworld
Mozilla plans to overhaul the look and feel of Firefox for Windows, a redesign that will resemble Google’s Chrome in several key elements, according to screenshots and discussions on the open-source developer’s Web site. The visual refresh for Windows Vista and Windows 7 will likely take place in two stages. Part of the redesign will land in Firefox 3.7, a minor update now slated to ship in the first half of 2010, while the remaining pieces will wait for Firefox 4.0, a major revision tentatively set for release late next year.

Outrage as civic ‘angel’ sent to prison The Local
Per-Anders Pettersson intervened to save a 66-year-old woman from assault. But instead of being lauded for exercising his civic duty he is now about to start a prison sentence in a case that has sparked outrage in Sweden. Pettersson saw how Gärd Forsgren, now 69-years-old, was being attacked in her car in the vicinity of Nås in the county of Dalarna in central Sweden. It was then that he took a decision that would change his life and intervened. Pettersson dragged the assailant from the car and hit him twice with a jack. His plea of self-defence was rejected by the Svea Court of Appeal which confirmed a Mora District Court ruling from June 2007 to convict him of aggravated assault.

The Latest Lawsuit: Consortium of TV Stations Suing SESAC… Digital Music News
And the latest lawsuit? According to paperwork filed with the US District Court in New York, a consortium of local television broadcasters is suing performance rights group SESAC on charges of anti-competitive behavior. The class action asserts that SESAC is charging too much, using the dirty levers of ‘price-fixing and other anti-competitive acts’ to achieve its ends.

Bringing back Mickey Mouse’s dark side CNet News
In a world in which Disney defines its brand and the content it releases under its own name as being aimed at the broadest possible audience, Mickey Mouse is known largely as a feel-good, happy-go-lucky cartoon character. But that’s not how Mickey was in the early days. Back in 1928, when he first hit the world stage, he was a very badly behaved mouse. And now, one of the best-known video game designers in the world wants to bring back a little of bit of Mickey’s dark side. And he’ll get his chance to make that a reality. Warren Spector, the game designer behind the Deus Ex franchise, is working on a new game, Disney’s Epic Mickey, which is being positioned, in part, as a “re-imagining” of Mickey Mouse.

Giant crack in Africa formed in just days New Scientist
A crack in the Earth’s crust – which could be the forerunner to a new ocean – ripped open in just days in 2005, a new study suggests. The opening, located in the Afar region of Ethiopia, presents a unique opportunity for geologists to study how mid-ocean ridges form. The crack is the surface component of a continental riftMovie Camera forming as the Arabian and African plates drift away from one another. It began to open up in September 2005, when a volcano at the northern end of the rift, called Dabbahu, erupted.

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November, 2009

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