Students Try to Break Leapfrog Record (AP)

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Hackers break Wi-Fi record

Hackers break Wi-Fi record 08/10/2004 05:03 AM
USA Today Aug 10 2004 9:03AM GMT

Nanotubes break speed record

Nanotubes break speed record 12/19/2003 09:57 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 19 2003 9:46PM ET

Break Your Record for 100 Math Tables
1.3

Break Your Record for 100 Math Tables
1.3 04/12/2004 04:51 PM
A simple product to do math tables. It’s not only for kids. Do it with your family!

Nanotubes break semiconducting record

Nanotubes break semiconducting record 12/19/2003 11:45 AM
The futuristic material is the best semiconductor ever measured, according to a recent study, and could form the basis for far more efficient computer chips.

Star Wars DVDs break sales record

Star Wars DVDs break sales record 09/21/2004 08:30 AM
The DVDs of the original Star Wars trilogy break a UK sales record after one day of release.

Manning Picks Perfect Time to Break
Marino's Record

Manning Picks Perfect Time to Break
Marino's Record 12/26/2004 11:02 PM
Peyton Manning tied Dan Marino's single-season record when he threw his 48th touchdown pass of the season against San Diego.

Hark! Christmas carolers break world
record (Reuters)

Hark! Christmas carolers break world
record (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:41 PM
Reuters - Five hundred nineteen Christmas carolers braved the New York cold and fa-la-la-la-la'd themselves into the Guinness World Records Book with the largest carol service, breaking the previous record of 517.

Ananova - Man fails to break clothes
pegs on face record

Ananova - Man fails to break clothes
pegs on face record 10/31/2003 09:36 PM

Students bare all for rollercoaster
record (Reuters)

Students bare all for rollercoaster
record (Reuters) 05/21/2004 11:36 AM
Reuters - Over 80 students have thrown caution and their clothes to the wind to set a world record for the number of nudes riding on a rollercoaster.

Is LeapFrog a Prince?

Is LeapFrog a Prince? 02/11/2004 09:41 AM
This LeapFrog's got warts -- the bumpy kind.

Will Asia leapfrog America?

Will Asia leapfrog America? 03/24/2005 11:39 PM
ZDNet Mar 25 2005 3:38AM GMT

Copyright Extension As A Game Of
Leapfrog

Copyright Extension As A Game Of
Leapfrog 06/17/2005 03:33 PM
Over in the UK where they have, of all things, a "director of creative industries," there's an ongoing debate about copyright extension. Earlier this month, we noted the stance taken by this creative industries politician, where his rationale was basically that the industry didn' t know how to handle risk and therefore needed more money. Wouldn't it be great if every industry had their own minister to bail them out because they couldn't figure out how to handle risk in their business model? Anyway, it seems that some commentators are realizing the oddity of the situation as well, and the Times Online has an excellent editorial explaining co pyright extension in the UK makes no sense and would actually be harmful to the "creative industries" said minister is supposed to be protecting. The arguments made in the article are mostly familiar to those who read Techdirt often enough -- though, it's still a worthwhile read. One especially amusing point, though, shows how both sides of the Atlantic seem to be justifying copyright extension by using a "leapfrog" process. That is, when the Sonny Bono copyright term extension act was put in place, part of his argument was that the US had less strict copyright protection than Europe, and we needed to extend copyright to keep things in line or else it would be "hard to do business" with our friends across the pond. Of course, the extension then went beyond what Europe had (leading to the debate today), so now one of the reasons for pushing for copyright extension in Europe is because the differences make it "hard to do business" going in the other direction. That's quite a scam. As long as each side keeps leapfrogging the other, they can exten d copyrights virtually forever using the same claim.

Wireless LAN Specs Leapfrog Ahead

Wireless LAN Specs Leapfrog Ahead 08/23/2004 02:39 PM
Two camps, each backed by major technology companies, are planning to submit competing 802.11n WLAN standards proposals next month at the IEEE meeting.

Microsoft Plays Video Leapfrog

Microsoft Plays Video Leapfrog 05/02/2004 02:07 PM
Business Week May 2 2004 6:24PM GMT

Nouveau Solutions Supports Slough
Leapfrog

Nouveau Solutions Supports Slough
Leapfrog 12/24/2004 12:47 PM
Nouveau Solutions, Reading based IT specialists, brings the first commercially available access to BT's wireless Business Symetric Broadband Service to the Slough Trading Estate. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

Developing Countries ‘Leapfrog’ to
Mobile Technologies

Developing Countries ‘Leapfrog’ to
Mobile Technologies 04/03/2005 03:16 AM
Although many developing countries are leapfrogging to new, mobile, wireless technologies as drivers for development different business models are required, according to preliminary findings from a senior industry Think Tank. [PRWEB Apr 3, 2005]

Seeking Affordable Computer Technology
for Students? A New Solution Brings
College and Graduate Students the Best
Computers at Half the Cost

Seeking Affordable Computer Technology
for Students? A New Solution Brings
College and Graduate Students the Best
Computers at Half the Cost 09/07/2004 12:15 PM
University PCs, Inc. specializes in offering extremely affordable, professionally-serviced quality refurbished laptops, desktops, and all computer products to college and university students throughout the United States. University PCs is presenting an alternative to the existing model provided by Dell and other major computer manufacturers that promote only their most expensive products to students by bringing affordable computer technology to students on college and university campuses across the country. [PRWEB Sep 7, 2004]

Leapfrog Services Demonstrates Focus on
Customer Satisfaction by Creating Chief
Service Officer Position

Leapfrog Services Demonstrates Focus on
Customer Satisfaction by Creating Chief
Service Officer Position 01/06/2005 04:31 AM
Leapfrog Services Inc., an Atlanta based provider of secure computer networks and managed services, has established an increased emphasis on customer satisfaction by creating the position of Chief Service Officer and promoting Brian Kirsch to serve as the company’s first CSO. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2005]

Leapfrog Services and the Bobby Dodd
Institute Team to Provide e-scrap and
Computer Recycling to Atlanta

Leapfrog Services and the Bobby Dodd
Institute Team to Provide e-scrap and
Computer Recycling to Atlanta 06/21/2004 03:02 AM
Atlanta area business can dispose of obsolete computer and office equipment in a new e-scrap recycling program sponsored by Leapfrog Services and the Bobby Dodd Institute. [PRWEB Jun 21, 2004]

Record Industry making record amounts of
money!

Record Industry making record amounts of
money! 09/04/2004 07:27 PM

Apparently BMI is pretty proud that they have been paying record royalties to their artist. This is at the same time that the RIAA and others are complaining that P2P is costing them Billions. Bunch of hypocrites [Techdirt]

Even more amazing links and contradictions. [Arstechnic a]

Tossing A Verbal Egg At Dick Cheney's
Military Record, Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Blasted The Vice President Wednesday As
The "Lead Chickenhawk," Who Squawks
About John Kerry's Vietnam War Record
Despite Never Serving Himself

Tossing A Verbal Egg At Dick Cheney's
Military Record, Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Blasted The Vice President Wednesday As
The "Lead Chickenhawk," Who Squawks
About John Kerry's Vietnam War Record
Despite Never Serving Himself 04/29/2004 07:47 AM
squawking .. You go

newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--lautenberg-defend0428apr28, 0,2540034,print.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
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The Record Ass. of America's subpoena
tactics for sueing Kazaa users is
declared unlawful - good news for music
fans, bad news for fat cat record execs

The Record Ass. of America's subpoena
tactics for sueing Kazaa users is
declared unlawful - good news for music
fans, bad news for fat cat record execs 12/21/2003 08:35 AM
loses two court cases .. According to the BBC .. BBC

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3335063.stm
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"tie-break"

"tie-break" 06/04/2004 05:03 PM

Break Up the CIA?

Break Up the CIA? 08/27/2004 01:58 PM
Enough for the moment on fair use; I'll get back to that. I'm interested in the report of the 9/11 Commission on the intelligence failures that led up to the 9/11 attack. I was asked to do a book review of by it the New York Times, and I agreed...

Break Up the CIA (II)?

Break Up the CIA (II)? 08/27/2004 01:58 PM
Many excellent comments on my posting. I can't respond to all of them, but I do want to respond to two of them. One commenter said (I'm paraphrasing): why would breaking up the CIA be a big deal? It accounts for only 12 percent of the national intelligence budget. What...

Break Up the CIA (III)?

Break Up the CIA (III)? 08/27/2004 01:58 PM
A further thought, prompted in part by the release yesterday of the Schlesinger panel's report of its investigation of the Abu Ghraib scandal. Under the present system of intelligence, the CIA, although it is not the largest intelligence agency, is the leading agency, and its director is understood to be...

Break Up the CIA (IV)?

Break Up the CIA (IV)? 08/27/2004 01:57 PM
Interesting discussion of this question in Slate....

Break with EFF

Break with EFF 03/29/2005 04:42 AM

I gave $5000 to the EFF when they started, I think it was in 1990, with the noble goal of protecting freedoms as our technology and culture moves online. I think I have supported every cause the EFF has adopted since then, but that's no longer true. I gave this a lot of thought, believe me, and had a long email exchange with Brad Templeton, the chairman of the EFF board of directors, and think they have become as radically polarized as the entertainment industry, and like Hollywood are now working against the interests of those they were meant to serve.

The issue appears to be copyright, and it appears that the EFF believes there should be no copyright. My position is that copyright changes with the development of worldwide networking, and all creative people must have some right to the work they create, or else, truly, the incentive to create will disappear.

When the entertainment industry makes this claim, there's a glaring hole in their position -- they claim to represent the interests of creative people, but they don't. Their economics make the creative people powerless, they no more represent the interests of creative people than the EFF represents the interests of computer users (who are also creative people). Of course there's enough truth to each argument to make it hard to rebut. But in balance it's true. Instead of being aligned with users, the EFF is aligned with the financial interests of the electronics and software industry.

However, if there's any rationality to the justice system in the US, the EFF will prevail in the Grokster case. Why? Because, the act of freely distributing other people's work, without compensation, is something the user is doing, not the software developer. The Grokster defense is good because there are important non-infringing uses of the technology, and without those applications the right to free speech protected by the US Constitution would be violated. That must come first.

But copyright is is a good thing, even if it is applied immorally and stupidly by the entertainment industry. We can't have a rational society without it. The EFF can't claim to represent the interests of users if it doesn't stand behind copyright, in some form, and tell us what that is. Copyright is not sacred, and there are times when it must be relaxed, and it must be possible to disclaim copyright, something the Creative Commons helps with, but if we can't rely on the electronic media to render our thoughts and expressions without altering their meaning in transit, what's the point of having electronic media? As I've said here before, the written word is now largely electronic, as is commerce, health care, aviation, and who can disagree that accuracy and attribution matter in those endeavors?

The problem with the EFF psosition is that in order to remain consistent, they have had to say that copyright doesn't exist -- if a policy or law restricts what a user can do on the Internet then that is a bad policy or law. The courts can't agree with the EFF. I don't agree with the EFF.

Break Up the CIA (V)? No, the FBI!

Break Up the CIA (V)? No, the FBI! 08/28/2004 04:34 PM
I thank commenter Craig for discovering that my review of the 9/11 Commission's report, to be published tomorrow in the New York Times Book Review section, is now online. The review was written before Senator Roberts' proposal to break up the CIA, but offers several reasons for thinking that the...

A Break From Annoying Ads?

A Break From Annoying Ads? 05/25/2004 05:12 AM
A high demand for online advertising space coupled with low supply is giving Web publishers the upper hand. It could mean a break from outlandish ads that block the article you're trying to read. By Amit Asaravala.

Summer Tax Break

Summer Tax Break 07/02/2004 01:21 PM
It's not exactly hot fun in the summertime, but looking at your 2004 taxes now will save you money later.

What do you do on your lunch break?

What do you do on your lunch break? 07/15/2004 01:44 PM
A report on lunchtime eating in the UK reveals a change in workers' habits. Are you one of the 20% who never take a break?

Mylan's Big Break?

Mylan's Big Break? 05/12/2004 03:49 PM
The maker of generic pimple cream wants to lead the pack. Can it?

A Big LCD TV that Won't Break the Bank

A Big LCD TV that Won't Break the Bank 09/03/2004 06:05 PM
The Syntax Olevia breaks the HDTV price barrier with a 30-inch LCD HDTV for $1699. Can a cheap, flat TV from a relative newcomer build a panel that looks good?

Break In Your New Computer

Break In Your New Computer 08/02/2004 12:53 AM
G4 Tech TV Aug 2 2004 5:14AM GMT

Do You Need A Break From Your
Information?

Do You Need A Break From Your
Information? 05/10/2004 05:49 AM
For many people, it appears that information overload is a polluting factor that does more damage than good. A group of people are now recommending "information environmentalism" to help you rid yourself of the information onslaught for at least some period of time in your life. They want people to learn how to turn off their mobile phones, pagers, computers, TVs and other random connected gadgets and enjoy the information-free zone every once in a while.

Give me a break

Give me a break 03/17/2005 04:00 AM
Dave Winer, panties in a bunch, says I wish women would pick up some of the load and write about new stuff that interests Scripting News readers. I feel victimized by having to always point to men. We do all...

winter break

winter break 12/22/2004 01:53 AM

Ryan and Nolan start their Winter break today, and I have decided to take a Winter break of my own. I'm dangerously close to getting burn out, so I'm taking this week off, to spend time with my family. I'm thinking about maybe doing some geocaching, probably watching some Return of the King extended edition, and definitely a lot of playing Magic with Nolan.

I can't believe that there are just eleven days left in 2004, and for the first time in years I'm not looking back in frustration on the year that could have been, I'm looking back fondly on the year that was . . . and excitedly looking toward the year to come.

Merry, Happy, Joy, and Peace everyone.

Especially Peace.

CEO: US Airways could break even in 2Q

CEO: US Airways could break even in 2Q 07/10/2004 12:59 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Sat Jul 10, 02:58 am GMT
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