21st February 2009 Archive

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California ban on violent video games killed on appeal

Violent material protected. Porn? Not so much

A California federal appeals court on Friday a state law criminalizing the sale of violent video games to children is a violation of the right to free speech. The law was first penned by Democrat senator Leland Yee and signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005. But shortly thereafter, it was blocked by a …

Law 21 Feb 2009, 00:19
iPhone app simulates political corruption

Be like Blagojevich

You now can practice the skills of a corrupt Chicago politician, thanks to a new game that appeared Thursday on Apple's iTunes App Store. Inspired by the saga of the ex-Grifter Governor of Illinois, Milorad "Rod" R. Blagojevich, Yanki.jp's iPhone and iPod Touch game, Pay2Play (App Store link), gives you 30 days to "pay back …

Bootnotes 21 Feb 2009, 00:46
Sony Ericsson demos Walkman would-be N96 knobbler

Video Cyber-shot like 8Mp W995 up close

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Phones 21 Feb 2009, 08:02
Kaminsky calls for DNSSEC deployment

Political hot potato

ARLINGTON, VA. -- Dan Kaminsky's second act has begun: Pushing the adoption of the DNSSEC security standard for the domain-name system. So many security frameworks — from password resets via e-mail to SSL certificates — rely on DNS in some way that the protocol has to be secured for Internet security to work, Kaminsky told …

Security 21 Feb 2009, 17:16