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Over 3 years later, "deleted" Facebook photos are still online

Ken Feinstein — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Some photos just don't need to see the light of the next day. Facebook is still working on deleting photos from its servers in a timely manner nearly three years after Ars first brought attention to the topic . The company admitted on Friday that its older systems for storing uploaded content "did not always delete images from content delivery networks in a reasonable period of time even though they were immediately removed from the site," but said it's currently finishing up a newer system that makes the process much quicker. [......]

"I was punched in the face": Kim Dotcom says police used excessive force in raid

Nathan Edwards — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:35:48 +0000

Kim Dotcom testifying in court Thursday Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom (read our in-depth profile ) was denied bail on Thursday by a New Zealand court. Dotcom insisted that he had no desire to flee the country and merely wanted to be with his pregnant wife and their three young children. [......]

In Depth: The 10 most hated programs of all time

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:50:00 +0000

10 worst programs of all time Programs can be our friends: they can help us express ourselves, can solve our problems and can do their very best to make our days happier. Sometimes, though, they do the Devil's work, making simple tasks so complex and frustrating that you'd happily make everybody involved face a firing squad[......]

Beyond ACTA: next secret copyright agreement negotiated this week—in Hollywood

Ryan Whitwam — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:30:20 +0000

One of the worst parts of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was its ridiculous secrecy, under which it was easy for negotiators and industry reps to see draft text, but impossible for the public to do so except through leaks. Thankfully, those leaks showed just how bad ACTA was going to be for the Internet, and public pressure helped remove the worst provisions[......]

New tactic in mass file-sharing lawsuit: just insult the EFF

Michael Brown — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:11:00 +0000

An old legal aphorism says, "If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts. If the law is on your side, pound on the law. If neither is on your side, pound on the table." After reading the latest salvo in the P2P porn copyright wars, it's clear that some poor table has been abused horrifically. [......]

Your Next Laptop Might Have a Kinect Inside

Paul Lilly — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:09:50 +0000

The thinking heads at Redmond envision laptop users shaking their rumps and gyrating in front of their notebooks in the not-too-distant future. [......]

Pirate Party of Catalonia wants to sue FBI, in Spain, over Megaupload seizure

Ken Feinstein — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:20:58 +0000

The Pirate Party of Catalonia is organizing the equivalent of a class-action lawsuit against the FBI in a Spanish court, claiming damages to legitimate users of the file-sharing site Megaupload. [......]

Nokia Lumia 900 Reportedly Shipping March 18, Aggressively Priced at $100

Paul Lilly — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:52:47 +0000

It's not unusual for a high-end smartphone to command $300 on a subsidized contract, and there are certainly a great number of powerful devices priced at $200. Word on the Web is that Nokia's upcoming Lumia 900 smartphone will run just $100 at AT&T with a two-year service agreement, and if that's true, kudos are in order for both Nokia and AT&T for such an aggressive launch[......]

Explainer: How can the US seize a "Hong Kong site" like Megaupload?

Alan Fackler — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:05:00 +0000

The Megaupload takedown , and the arrest of its key employees, might seem to vindicate late 1990s worries about the Internet and jurisdiction. Does putting a site on the 'Net, though it might be hosted anywhere in the world, subject you simultaneously to the laws of every country on earth? Why would Megaupload, based in Hong Kong, be subject to US copyright laws and to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act[......]

Microsoft Posts Record Revenue Despite Slumping Windows Sales

Paul Lilly — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:52:14 +0000

The Windows operating system is Microsoft's bread and butter and added $4.74 billion to the Redmond software giant's bottom line for its second fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011. [......]