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Society News Archive. Jan. Feb. & March '07

Non-profit file sharing voted legal for EU. 3/30
Largest ID theft ever, 45.7 million credit card particulars. 3/30
165,000 Mexican classrooms get large interactive electronic screens. 3/29
General Public License 3 draft posted by Free Software Foundation. 3/28
Wireless services based on voice recognition debut. 3/27
Virtual reality 6-sided room to become more real. 3/27
Study claiming 650,000 deaths due to Iraq occupation found reliable. 3/27
Lindane, banned by EPA for agriculture still legal for kids' shampoos. 3/27
Large computer chip factory planned for China. 3/26
RFID driver's licenses to be tested in border state. 3/26
UHF auctioned when TV goes digital, could preserve net neutrality. 3/26
Psychiatrists & police experts rank drugs differently than existing law. 3/24
116 file sharers pay $3k-$5k to RIAA, hundreds more targeted. 3/23
RFID credit cards can be compromised. 3/23
Linux distribution Ubuntu 7.04 beta version released. 3/23
Earthquake warning systems needed? 3/23
Global experiment: can you shut down your computer for a day? 3/23
France puts UFO records on public web site. 3/22
RIAA sends 405 "pre-litigation" letters to students at 23 colleges. 3/21
Doctor & drug company ties not revealed by disclosure laws? 3/21
Disclosure laws reveal some doctor & drug company ties. 3/21
Theaters get digital projectors with some difficulty. 3/21
Online anonymity promotes nasty behavior? 3/21
Specific brain injury changes moral judgment? 3/21
30 of 39 RIAA copyright lawsuits stymied by deleted logs. 3/20
Unsuspecting web surfers can collect data for hackers. 3/20
Primates demonstrate moral behavior. 3/20
"Democracy Player" lets you subscribe to many video channels. 3/20
Digital archives not stable enough for long-term storage. 3/19
Video conferencing grows for family get-togethers. 3/19
High-Tech advertising on the rise. 3/19
Majority of computer attacks originate in the US. 3/19
Digital Rights Managment, DRM, leads to customer problems. 3/18
Dogs trained to smell optical disks for anti-piracy. 3/16
Yahoo plans Chinese "Flickr." 3/16
Condolences problem for claimed dead on Wikipedia, he's not dead. 3/16
Alarming rise in alcohol & prescription drug abuse in college women? 3/16
PlayStation 3 & ATI graphics cards to run Folding@Home. 3/16
Texas House bill easily passes to rescind HPV vaccine mandate. 3/14
"Suitcase Nukes" threat considered low. 3/13
Photocopiers pose ID theft risk. 3/13
Virtual remote actors mix with live for stage show. 3/14
Digital TV, required by Feb. 2009, can use current antennas? 3/13
Raw milk providers face increasing police actions. 3/12
Mortuary provides webcasts of funerals. 3/12
Wikipedia may gain some credential checking of authors. 3/12
Open source "hardware" demonstrated at conference. 3/12
Turkey Youtube ban lifted. 3/11
Angelina Jolie visit to Darfur refugee camp brings attention to plight. 3/11
Daylight Saving Time schedule change "annoyance" & "inconvenience." 3/9
RIAA with government's help stifling internet radio? 3/8
At present rate internet addresses run out in 7 years, IPv6 is the cure. 3/7
Most common child cancer studied with DNA chips, promises advances. 3/8
Nerve signals travel by sound, "solitons?" 3/6
Youtube ban can be thwarted. 3/7
Most women don't get enough sleep. 3/7
Argument against net neutrality not just wrong, "completely the opposite." 3/7
Helmet with sensors offers direct brain-game control. 3/7
Bureaucratic obstructions paralyze Darfur aid effort? 3/7
Artificial Intelligence program gets fine for practicing law without license. 3/5
Record Afghan opium production expected to increase next year. 3/5
Data production estimates: quickening acceleration. 3/5
Teen jobs break child labor and safety laws? 3/5
Open source network software wins Product Leadership Award. 3/5
Ubuntu linux tested for 30 days as a Microsoft alternative. 3/5
"Top Secret" doc. given to lawyer may "prove" illegal wire-tapping suit. 3/5
Mind reading with MRI? 3/5
No concessions by RIAA for FAIR USE act. 3/1
Hacking Digg & Ebay ratings. also see Buying Digg votes 3/1
"Second Life" online virtual game/community to add voice chatting. 2/28
RIAA offers pre-suit settlements to downloaders at 14 universities. 2/28
Cyber-crime investigators swamped. 2/28
Phishing sites increase over 700% from 2005 to 2006. 2/26
Battlefield laser weapon less than a year from development? 2/24
Podcast on rebellion against national ID act to go into effect 2008. 2/24
BitTorrent company to offer digital content for sale and rent online. 2/23
Monsanto threatens availability of organic cotton with buyout. 2/23
200 times smaller, powder sized, RFID tags made. 2/23
First national elections via internet planned for Estonia. 2/21
RIAA increasingly targeting music downloading students who get suspended. 2/21
Price tags being phased out? 2/21
Language extinctions threaten loss of plant and animal knowledge. 2/19
By end of 2007 55% of US internet connections to be broadband. 2/19
Cuba and Venezuela embrace open source software. 2/16
Help science: volunteer idle computer time for distributed projects. 2/17
Network routers' default passwords/IDs easily cracked. 2/16
Quantum computer demonstrated. 2/13
Cell phones incorporate finger-print scanners. 2/14
µTorrent update 1.6.1 available. 2/15
Disposable dangerous uranium ions sensor uses DNA. 2/14
Sensor networks may become as prevalent as the internet. 2/14
Considering an open source search engine. 2/14
By end of 2006 222 people have implanted RFID chips. 2/14
Majority of music industry executives oppose DRM. 2/14
Identity theft more prevalent in major cities. 2/14
Viacom to put MTV videos on the internet. 2/13
Long article in Vanity Fair discusses Pirate Bay torrent file sharing site. 2/12
"Virtually" piloted copter being made for Everest rescues. 2/12
Radar chips make accident avoidance and survivor finding cheaper. 2/12
State bills to require HPV virus vaccination opposed by parents. 2/12
$150 laptop computers to poor countries starting this month. 2/12
More farmers using online forums for agriculture tips. 2/10
Online dating site users usually lie about details. 2/9
Cronkite: "Today's journalists face greater challenges...". 2/9
GPSS, Global Postitioning System Shoes. 2/9
Cybercrime tools prices drop. 2/9
Media industry law suit over music downloads loses again. 2/7
Conflicting reports: top crime, ID theft, same or 40% more? 2/7
"Topsy Turvy" cell phone layout makes sense?. 2/7
P2P file sharing, "an unacceptable problem," grows. 2/7
Key internet routing computers attacked. 2/7
Standardization of fast wireless (802.11n) expected this week. 2/6
Larger warning labels on cigarette packs more effective. 2/6
Researchers suggest making homes lead free is taking too long. 2/5
Increase of surrogate mothers fuels outsourcing. 2/5
Texas legislators criticize governor's HPV vaccine mandate. 2/5
Function Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) used as lie detector. 2/6
States reject national ID act. 2/5
Spring forward early this year. 2/1
Study finds TV drug ads mislead. Drug companies disagree. 1/29
Behavior tracking ads on net worry some. 1/29
RFID to customize billboards for motorists? 1/29
Botnets threaten future of the internet. 1/29
Don't wait too long to advocate longevity research. 1/27
Webmasters, a vanished breed? 1/28
Taxes on "free" space trip prize causes winner to decline. 1/28
TV revolution courtesy the internet. 1/27
Prisoner reform, an oxymoron? 1/26
Cell phones help the poor. 1/26
Radio Frequency ID tags could ensure Fair Trade items. 1/26
New chips promise faster, more powerful computers within a year. 1/26
BitTorrent compared to Usenet for movie and music downloads. 1/9

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