1. Second Life Gang Using Copyright To Stop Discussion Of Its Tactics? 1 hour ago   permalink

Mike Masnick / Techdirt

I'll admit that the details on this one are a bit confusing and not explained well for those of us who don't use Second Life. But, reading through the (admittedly one-sided) documents pass along by Pixeleen Mistral , it sounds like a vigilante group within Second Life going by the name Second Life Justice League Unlimited, and which has avatars ...

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Typepad Threatens Takedown of Herald Justice League Unlimited Exposé   —  At issue is the Herald's exposé of the JLU, a group which has run a multi-year surveillance program on members of the Second Life community and compiled 1700 pages of files on other players - files containing often false and potentially libelous information.

2. We're turning comments off for a bit 3 hours ago   permalink

We're turning comments off for a bit
Www.engadget.com

Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.

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3. Google For President? If Corporations Are People... 5 hours ago   permalink

Mike Masnick / Techdirt

A bunch of folks have sent in the Citizens United Supreme Court decision and asking for my opinion on it. The ruling came out last week when I was traveling, and I didn't have that much time to look at the details or think about what it all meant until now. It's one of those cases where I see both sides of the argument, but am troubled by what ...

4. The 2010 Comprehensive Daily Kos/Research 2000 Poll of Self-Identified Republicans 5 hours ago   permalink

Www.dailykos.com

As I've mentioned before, I'm putting the finishing touches on my new book, American Taliban, which catalogues the ways in which modern-day conservatives share the same agenda as radical Jihadists in the Islamic world. But I found myself making certain claims about Republicans that I didn't know if they could be backed up. So I thought, "why don' ...

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5. Coverage of Tom at the Mining Indaba Conference 7 hours ago   permalink

Sean Meade / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

Dateline: Cape Town, South Africa ARTICLE: Anglo upbeat on Africa , By Brendan Ryan, miningmx.com , 02 Feb 2010 The part about Tom: Thomas Barnett, MD [sic.] of Enterra Solutions, who spoke on Africa's 'long future" in the global economy. Barnett highlighted the rising interest of the United States in Africa as well as the growing presence of ...

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»Anglo upbeat on Africa   —  Miningmx.com] -- THE next decade could be shaping up to be the very best for Africa in terms of economic development according to Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll.

6. Dead tangos to stack like cordwood 10 hours ago   permalink

Dead tangos to stack like cordwood
Blackfive / BLACKFIVE

Getting back to something we can all groove about, Mr. Roggio has a report on a Predator swarm. I like the way that sounds. A swarm of unmanned US aircraft pounded an al Qaeda camp today in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Five unmanned US strike aircraft, likely the Predators and Reapers, are reported to have fired 18 ...

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Predators pound terrorist camp in North Waziristan   —  A swarm of unmanned US aircraft pounded an al Qaeda camp today in the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. Five unmanned US strike aircraft, likely the Predators and Reapers, are reported to have fired 18 missiles at a camp and vehicles in the village of Datta Khel, a known al Qaeda and Taliban stronghold. This is the largest ...

7. Rapid Fire: 2010-02-03 11 hours ago   permalink

Rapid Fire: 2010-02-03
Fred Donovan / Defense Industry Daily

US DOD: FY 2011 Budget materials. Shares of major US defense companies gained in trading following the unveiling of the Obama administration’s FY 2011 defense budget that would increase... [summary]

8. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: 2009-2010 13 hours ago   permalink

Joe Katzman / Defense Industry Daily

F-35A: incoming… (click to view full) FY 2011 budget proposals, withheld performance fees, a change in program leadership, Australian reaction. (Feb 2/10) The $300+ billion F-35 Joint Strike... [summary]

9. Don't ask Don't Tell 15 hours ago   permalink

Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette

Gates and Mullen testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee, livestream: (Concluded - video embed removed) Gates' prepared statement for the committee here. Last week, during the State of the Union address, the President announced that he will work with Congress this year to repeal the law known as "Don't Ask Don't Tell". He subsequently ...

10. USMC’s New M-32s/ MSGLs: Hitting the Field 15 hours ago   permalink

USMC’s New M-32s/ MSGLs: Hitting the Field
Joe Katzman / Defense Industry Daily

No worse enemy…. (click to view full) While high-tech weapons items get a lot of billing, the Global War on Terror is very much an infantry war. Firepower overmatch matters in those... [summary]

11. MK 41 Naval Vertical Missile Launch Systems Delivered, Supported 16 hours ago   permalink

Joe Katzman / Defense Industry Daily

MK 41s in action (click to view full) US Navy and 8 countries place orders worth up to $104.9 milion for MK 41 electrical design agent. (Feb 1/10) The naval MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)... [summary]

12. Google Is Wrecking DoubleClick, Says Unhappy Client 16 hours ago   permalink

Google Is Wrecking DoubleClick, Says Unhappy Client
Www.businessinsider.com

I myself worked for firms that were acquired by Yahoo (YHOO) and AOL (AOL) for preposterous sums before management at the respective companies killed off all the value.

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13. Egypt to Spend up to $3.2B Adding to F-16C/D Fleet 17 hours ago   permalink

Egypt to Spend up to $3.2B Adding to F-16C/D Fleet
Fred Donovan / Defense Industry Daily

Egyptian Air Force F-16D (click to view full) Egypt chooses its engines. (Feb 1/10) The Egyptian government wants to buy 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft, associated parts, weapons, and equipment to... [summary]

14. DoD re-writes Congressional Travel Rules 18 hours ago   permalink

Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette

No, you can not have a free ride home. No, you can't bring the kids. While accepting their newly-acquired role as "shuttle service" for the Speaker of the House, the Department of Defense is attempting to draw a line in the sand regarding congressional transportation with an updated directive on DoD Support for Travel of Members and Employees of ...

15. Vote MATT and vote often! 18 hours ago   permalink

Vote MATT and vote often!
Blackfive / BLACKFIVE

Today, Tuesday, February 2 is THE day. The day Matt Burden, Candidate, gets to hear your voice. The day we need EVERY voter in his district to show up and VOTE MATT. (BOTH of you, hear?). Help us help Matt. He needs your support, he needs your vote. Spread. The. Word. More men in like Matt is what we need in office. If you want to see his other ...

16. A death throws of print kerfuffle 20 hours ago   permalink

Judy Breck / Smart Mobs

In an analysis of the MacMillan vs. Amazon dust-up, Charlie Martin writes: “This weekend kerfuffle is really the death throws of a business model.” He says bet on Amazon. His article includes this big picture analysis of what is happening to print: The key is the mainstream publishers’ worry that e-books will cannibalize the [...]

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A death throws of print kerfuffle Kindle, iPad, MacMillan, and the Death of a Business Model   —  If you visited Amazon.com this weekend, hoping to buy a book that happened to have been published by MacMillan, you got a rude surprise. You couldn’t do it. Whether you hoped to buy an e-book for the Kindle, or an old-fashioned physical book, Amazon wouldn’t sell it to you. In a protest against the pricing model that MacMillan and ...

17. Artisan Bread in Five 19 hours ago   permalink

Artisan Bread in Five
Cc / Cool Tools

As a practical guide to incorporating No-Knead Brea d baking into daily life, regardless of your schedule, I highly recommend Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and the follow-up Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day . I've been baking from the instructions in these books for some time now, and I hardly ever buy commercial bread. My young ones ...

18. How to really help Haiti 22 hours ago   permalink

P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

OP-ED: Building Haiti's Economy, One Mango at a Time , By PAUL COLLIER and JEAN-LOUIS WARNHOLZ, New York Times , January 28, 2010 A column I've been waiting to read, from a source I truly respect. A great opening: IN an astonishing outpouring of generosity, nearly half of American households have donated money to help Haiti recover from the ...

19. The right kind of missile defense 22 hours ago   permalink

P.M. / Thomas P.M. Barnett :

ARTICLE: U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf , By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT, New York Times , January 30, 2010 I heartily approve of close-in defenses and theater anti-missile efforts. Very much on target, as opposed to that nonsense in Eastern Europe.