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RIAA Takes New Tact with Song Piracy

Washington - Dec 22, 2008 - For several years, the Recording Industry Association of America has filed lawsuits against individuals in an effort to thwart illegal file sharing. This effort has proven to be laborious and a PR nightmare for the organization as it pursues individuals for copyright infringement. While not giving up the fight entirely, the RIAA is going to try a different approach: work with Internet service providers to thwart the illegal activity.

Windies thwart New Zealand bid

The second Test between New Zealand and West Indies in Napier ended in a draw on Tuesday after the hosts gave up the run chase with an hour to go.

Bid to thwart banks merger

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New Xboxes thwart Ring of Death

Faulty Xbox 360 consoles could be a Thing of the Past as revised hardware sneaks out to retail this week. Codename “Jasper”, no less.

US cybersecurity defences fail to thwart mock cyberattack

Participants in a recent cyber-warfare exercise told Reuters that the exercise highlighted problems in leadership, communications and readiness. The two-day exercise brought together 230 government agencies, private firms and other participants. Participants were split into two groups - attackers and defenders - before each developed tactics for attacking and defending critical infrastructure systems, such as those controlling banking, telecommunications and utilities.

Video: Danish Navy Rescues Pirates

"A Danish warship on patrol to thwart piracy in the Gulf of Aden ended up rescuing seven of its presumed prey when its crew found suspected Somali pirates adrift this week with a broken motor on their speedboat," the Times reports. Luckily for us, someone shot video of the operation:

Tougher computer security means more hardware

Hackers beware. A Rochester Institute of Technology professor knows how to thwart sophisticated and determined intruders from stealing personal and corporate information. His secret? Anchor your online activities to the physical world.

RIT professor recommends tougher computer security measures to beat hackers

Hackers beware. A Rochester Institute of Technology professor knows how to thwart sophisticated and determined intruders from stealing personal and corporate information. His secret? Anchor your online activities to the physical world.

RIT professor recommends tougher computer security measures to beat hackers

Hackers beware. A Rochester Institute of Technology professor knows how to thwart sophisticated and determined intruders from stealing personal and corporate information. His secret? Anchor your online activities to the physical world.

RIAA president: No talk of blacklisting file sharers

At this point, there are still many more questions than answers regarding how those Internet service providers that have agreed to help the music industry thwart illegal file sharing will actually weed out accused pirates.

RIAA president: No talk of blacklisting file sharers

At this point, there are still many more questions than answers regarding how those Internet service providers that have agreed to help the music industry thwart illegal file sharing will actually weed out accused pirates.

UAE cenbank plans to support banks

MPs urge India to accept help offer Ali Hussain  ---   18 more dead in Swat military operation Chinese engineer, several others injured Sana-ul-Haq  ---   Govt vows to thwart threat to national security F.P. Report  ---   Two blasts rock Lahore, woman killed F.P. Report  ---   Senators back armed forces, govt against aggression Javed-ur-Rahman  ---   Militants claim killing four NATO soldiers in Kunar  ---   We will defend motherland, says Zardari  ---   Kidnappers of diplomats arrested: IG F.P. Report  ---   NWFP govt declares 27th as public holiday F.P. Report  ---   20 rebels killed in Lanka  ---  

Pietersen admits steep learning curve

MPs urge India to accept help offer Ali Hussain  ---   18 more dead in Swat military operation Chinese engineer, several others injured Sana-ul-Haq  ---   Govt vows to thwart threat to national security F.P. Report  ---   Two blasts rock Lahore, woman killed F.P. Report  ---   Senators back armed forces, govt against aggression Javed-ur-Rahman  ---   Militants claim killing four NATO soldiers in Kunar  ---   We will defend motherland, says Zardari  ---   Kidnappers of diplomats arrested: IG F.P. Report  ---   NWFP govt declares 27th as public holiday F.P. Report  ---   20 rebels killed in Lanka  ---  

No Patent for hESCs in Europe

reports that "the European Patent Office has refused a patent covering the use of human embryonic stem cells on the grounds that it would be contrary to 'public order or morality.'" Referring to it as a "landmark ruling," the article goes on to say that if the patent had been granted, observers feared it would thwart companies engaged in developing hESC-based technologies. Robin Lovell-Badge, head of stem cell biology at the National Institute for Medical Research, is paraphrased in the article as saying that "the ruling would make it easier for biotech companies to operate in the EU compared with the US, where similar patents on the use of human embryonic stem cells have been granted."

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