Category: Crivins Uncut (OGG)

Discussion

• Has Canonical bitten off more than it can chew?
• Rarin’ to buy an Ubuntu phone? Maybe not until 2015, Canonical man says
• Firefox OS beats Ubuntu to smart TVs

Links

• Why The Copyright Industry Is Doomed, In One Single Sentence
• Scottish company Maidsafe claims to have built a Bitcloud-like system
• The FBI Seized all of TorMail’s Data and is Using it to Catch Hackers
• Parents sue Uber over daughter’s death, claim its app is illegal

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• Everything Is A Remix maker is back with the VHX-distributed This Is Not A Conspiracy Theory

Tunes

1. Burn Away by Other Noises
2. Long Black Coat by SadMe

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Discussion

• Are the public ready for the internet of things?
• Fridge sends spam emails as attack hits smart gadgets
• CES 2014: Connected tech raises privacy fears
• Who should we fear more with our data: the government or companies?

Links

• Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates
• Ouch: HP brings Windows 7 ‘back by popular demand’
• Microsoft removed Tor remotely from botnet-infected systems
• Firefox OS gains Foxconn dev tablet

Also Worth A Read

• Why The All-In-One Smartwatch Isn’t Happening Any Time Soon
• Why you should be angry about changes to NHS patient data policy
• Diplohack: where diplomats admit they’re sick of talking and want a digital revolution for the people
• Hackers Leak A Disturbing Walmart Guide on ‘How to Silence Workers’
• Pirate Bay Founder Can’t Shut Down Russian Pirate Sites
• US tech firms make eleventh-hour attempt to halt tax avoidance reforms
• U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Internet shopping patent case

Tunes

1. Personal Jah by White Owl
2. U can get it by ProleteR

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Links

• 16-year legal battle over laptop reaches UK supreme court
• UK ‘Porn Filter’ Blocks Legitimate File-Sharing Services (And TorrentFreak)
• EU Offers Public a Chance to Fix Copyright Law
• The Day We Fight Back – February 11th 2014

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• Hollywood Needs The Internet More Than The Internet Needs Hollywood… So Why Is The W3C Pretending Otherwise?
• Violett, GhostControl Inc And More Linux Games New On Desura

Tunes

1. Woman in the Corner by The Search
2. Silver Screen Love by Lyonn

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Discussion

• A few 2014 predictions, Chromebooks, Microsoft woes & the NSA

Links

• Ubuntu Will Add Torrent Search to Embed Free Culture Into User Experience
• Good ‘Pirate’ Reviews More Important Than Piracy Itself, Game Devs Say
• Dan Bull Takes On YouTube’s ContentID Changes, Stolen Revenue, With A Diss Track
• Music sales decline for the first time since the iTunes Store opened

Tunes

1. Drumland – feat. BabsBaumgartner – alone by Drumland
2. Fuck Content ID by Dan Bull
3. Good Night and Shut Up by Amity in Fame

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Links

• German Copyright Troll Sends Thousands Of Shady Demand Letters To Users Of Streaming Porn Site, Redtube
• Prenda’s Paul Duffy Claims To Be ‘Too Devastated’ By Nelson Mandela’s Death To Comment
• Zavvi threatens shoppers after accidental PS Vita deliveries
• Norway To Digitize All Norwegian Books, Allowing Domestic IP Addresses To Read All Of Them, Irrespective Of Copyright Status
• EU regulator warns Nokia against starting a new career as a patent troll
• ‘Revenge porn’ site owner arrested in San Diego
• How Google Should Respond To Revelation That NSA Uses Its Cookies To Track And Exploit
• Tuxmachines Tentatively Sold to Techrights
• MPAA to Settle With Pirates For $2 Billion Plus Blood of First Born Child
• Valve Joins the Linux Foundation as it Readies Steam OS
• Valve renews Linux commitment, Microsoft and Sony should worry

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• Beastie Boys Not Letting Goldieblox Off; Launch Massive Countersuit

Tunes

1. I Wish You Were Here by Teresa
2. On The Run by PiLicAN

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Links

• US Hypocrisy: Pushing For Maximum Damages For Infringement, While Settling Its Own Piracy Bill For Less
• What Piracy? Removing DRM Boosts Music Sales by 10 Percent
• Ubuntu 14.04 Adds Global Menu “Off” Switch
• German Court Tells Wikimedia Foundation That It’s Liable For Things Users Write
• Apple seeks to bar key Samsung executives from licensing negotiations
• Want Android and Firefox OS in one phone? Geeksphone has something lined up for you
• Huawei decides to exit the US market over cyber espionage concerns

Also Worth A Read

• NSA Gave Employees Ridiculous ‘Talking Points’ To Spread Among Friends And Family Over The Holidays

Tunes

1. The Wonder Of You by 4 Past Midnight

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Links

• It’s Official, Mir Will Be Used As Default On Ubuntu 14.10
• Microsoft’s Weird Anti-Google Video Says Chrome is “Commercialising” Everyone
• Google patent takes the social out of social networking: technology writes ‘personalized reactions’ for you
• Eric Schmidt Claims Google Considered Moving Its Servers Out Of The US To Avoid The NSA
• NSA Complained It Wasn’t Able To Spy Enough; Sought To Broaden Its Power
• Safeplug: Safe, Secure, Anonymous Web Browsing From any Device
• Are the Beastie Boys picking on science-loving girls? The copyright case is not so simple
• Twitch cracks down on ‘non-gaming’ broadcasts by PlayStation 4 owners
• The Slaughter by Brainchild — Kickstarter

Also Worth A Read

• Pirate Bay Founder’s Imminent Extradition Raises Big Questions
• The political party system must adapt to a world of virtual membership
• Press a button and Send a Tweet thanks to Arduino YÚN
• Is Open Source Hardware for People or for Businesses?

Tunes

1. I Don’t Know by The Spook School
2. Pepperskew’s Tale by James Raymond

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Links

• Angry Interns May Have Deliberately Botched Some PlayStation 4 Hardware
• Warner Bros: Our False DMCA Takedowns Are Not a Crime
• Defending the ‘Little Guy’ from Bogus DMCA Takedown Bullies
• David Cameron: GCHQ will be brought in to tackle child abuse images
• Google to warn users of 13,000 search terms associated with child pornography
• GIMP flees SourceForge over dodgy ads and installer
• Royalty Collection Agency SABAM Sued By Belgian Government Over ‘Piracy License’ Plans
• Crack out the champagne — Raspberry Pi sales hit the two million mark
• Robot used to round up cows is a hit with farmers

Also Worth A Read

• ICANN ‘coalition’ created to tackle concerns about the future of the Internet
• You can’t beat politics with technology, says Pirate Bay cofounder Peter Sunde
• 50 years of conspiracy theories and their effect on a nation’s psyche

Tunes

1. Best Friends by Floppy Dee
2. Angel Of The North by Roy Smiles

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Links

• Android ART: Google finally moves to replace Dalvik, to boost performance and battery life
• Play this: ‘Star Wars’ goes 8-bit with ‘Tiny Death Star’
• Linux Voice Indiegogo Campaign
• Piracy Release Group Has Been Spying on Downloaders For 9 Months
• McAfee Brands The Pirate Bay as a Security Threat
• The MPAA wants schools to teach first-graders the dangers of digital piracy
• Hotfile Wants MPAA to Stop Using Piracy, Theft and Stealing Terms in Court
• European Parliament Members Explore Decriminalizing File-Sharing
• Euro cops: We should be allowed to hack into computers
• This One Ad Sums Up Everything Wrong With Technology
• Copyright Extension Goes Into Effect In The UK: More Works Stolen From The Public Domain
• Musicians On The Wrong Side Of History
• Musicians’ anger at Spotify is like protesting the Sony Walkman — Billy Bragg

Also Worth A Read

• Linux Does What Win Don’t (Why Linux is better than Windows)
• Who’s Getting Rich In The Big Data Gold Rush?
• John McCain Says That Keith Alexander Should Be Fired… For All The Wrong Reasons
• 22 Examples Of NSA Surveillance Creating Chilling Effects

Tunes

1. Impossible love by Eugenio
2. Paranoia by Riot Agents

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Discussion

• Our behaviour on social networks has real world consequences
• Repeat a horrible lie on Twitter, pay $25,000: is that fair?

Links

• Pirate Bay Downloaders Inspire Free-to-Play Game Model
• Tesco petrol stations use face-scan tech to target ads
• CryptoLocker creators try to extort even more money from victims with new service
• badBIOS: The unstoppable malware that infects firmware, jumps ‘Airgaps’
• What’s At Stake For Google & Android In Lawsuit Against Rockstar Consortium
• UK Government Funds Anti-Piracy Outfit With Taxpayer Money

Also Worth A Read

• UK Officials Argue That David Miranda Was, In Fact, A Terrorist
• Korora 19.1 hands on: An excellent Fedora remix
• Setting up a Raspberry Pi as a home server
• Intel Open-Sources Broadwell Linux GPU Driver; Broadwell Graphics Look Amazing
• Too Much Cash Causes Pirate Admin to Quit, 43K Ebook Dump Imminent
• Fox Lawyers Doorstep Alleged Simpsons Pirate With $10.5m Lawsuit
• Internet might someday lose its dependency on servers, rely on P2P instead
• The YouTube Music Awards: a train wreck, exuberant, or just in search of the right tone?
• How the net was tamed: stopping cybercrime from child pornography to the Silk Road
• The Rogers Doctrine: More Transparency Creates More Privacy Violations, Since You’ll Find Out About Them

Tunes

1. The English Earth by Chris T-T
2. Connection by Forevertheless

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