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Danish Man Tests the Limits of Copyright Laws

December 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Computers, Hardware, Technology, Web crime

In Denmark, it is completely legal to make copies of commercial videos for personal backup or other private purposes. However, it is illegal to break the DRM on any dvd, which completely prevent the copying of any DVD.  They promised him a response, then didn’t respond. So now he’s reporting himself to the police. He [...]

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One Computer Causes Mass Gridlock in Maryland

November 5th, 2009 | Posted in Computers, Technology

Wednesday, in Montgomery County, Maryland, commuters were rudely reminded that one big computer and a team of harried engineers control the flow of traffic.
This computer’s crash disrupted the choreography of 750 traffic lights, which turned the morning as well as evening commutes into hours upon hours of completely stopped traffic. The computer itself is responsible for modulating [...]

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