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google may soon be releasing Google phone shortly

Google may be releasing Google phone shortly Google (GOOG) is believed to
be "a fortnight away from the worldwide launch of its much-awaited Google Phone."

It is expected in the U.S. and Europe, and the only hurdle Google is yet to
cross is U.S. regulatory approval, which is expected shortly.

Germany cracks down on copying

Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday approved a controversial copyright law, which makes it all but illegal for individuals to make copies of films and music, even for their own use.
The Bundesrat pushed aside criticism from consumer protection groups and passed the law, which makes it illegal for anyone to store DVDs and CDs without permission. The law also covers digital copies from IPTV and TV broadcasts.

Consumer groups and the Green Party had campaigned in vain to include an exemption, so that the measure would not criminalize youths and other private users. The law is set to take effect in 2008.

The law goes beyond previous legislation brought in by the government to help the entertainment industry. Germany's federal justice minister Brigitte Zypris claimed that the legislative reform brought Germany into line with European Union codes.

Yahoo spreading trojans???

In another example of how legit and mostly decent companies can have their user trust abuse in in this latest scandal involving Yahoo. An ad company that Yahoo owns, Right Media, served up some particular advertisements several million times that ended up being loaded with Trojans. These ads, while all over the Internet, were most prominently featured on MySpace and PhotoBucket – not shady warez sites.
The issues began last month, and according to ScanSafe the articles were seen many, many times:
The banner ads, which were brokered by Right Media, were served an estimated 12 million times over a three-week period starting in early August, according to ScanSafe, a managed security provider. Earlier this year, Yahoo paid $650m to acquire the 80 percent of the company it didn't already own.

How exactly did this happen? Obviously, Right Media doesn't generate all the ads they send out – other companies make them, and advertise through them. It's up to Right Media, however, to sort through those ads and make sure they are clean. Apparently someone dropped the ball on that, with unscrupulous folks being able to turn their own check system against them:
hackers were able to circumvent these checks by programming the flash file not to attack machines associated with Right Media's internet domain.

Who's responsible here? Yahoo, for owning Right Media? Right Media, for letting the ads slip by? MySpace, for having the banner ads? I'm sure someone will want to end up suing over this, though truthfully the threats we face like this are part of the charm that is the Internet.

http://www.techspot.com/news/26961-yahoo-accidentally-dishes-out-trojans-via-banner-ads.html

How to fit 1TB of data on one CD-sized disc

Blu-ray and HD DVD have pushed the limits of optical storage further than anyone thought possible. But a new technology has emerged which makes Blu-ray's 50GB capacity look tiny. Mempile in Israel says it's able to fit an incredible 1TB of data onto one "TeraDisc" which is the same size as CDs and DVDs. That's 20 times the capacity of a maxed-out dual-layer Blu-ray disc.
The incredible capacity achieved using this new technology is made possible by employing 200 5GB layers, each one only five microns apart. The discs are completely transparent to the red lasers which are used in the associated recorder.
Prototypes have already been made to store up to 800GB of data, and Mempile says it will crack the 1TB barrier before moving on to build 5TB blue laser disks.
Dr Beth Erez, Mempile's Chief Marketing Officer says that the first 1TB disks have a lifespan of 50 years and could be on the shelves in two to three years.
On a 1TB disc, you could store
212 DVD-quality movies
250,000 MP3 files
1,000,000 large Word documents

http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/hi-fi-and-audio/other-playback-and-recording-formats/news/how-to-fit-1tb-of-data-on-one-cd-sized-disc?articleid=1665250963