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Brother Computer Sew Machine Innovis CS
8060 reviewed

Brother Computer Sew Machine Innovis CS
8060 reviewed 01/06/2005 08:50 AM
Pocket-lint.co.uk Jan 6 2005 1:00PM GMT

No Nebula for me, alas

No Nebula for me, alas 04/18/2004 12:35 AM
Well, thanks to Jack Bell, I just listened in on Connie Willis reading out the winners for the Best Novelette category at the Nebulas. My story, 0wnz0red, didn't win, alas. However, I am here to tell you that standing in a hotel in Linz, phone clamped to ear, listening to someone read out the Nebula winners thousands of miles and nine timezones away, was enough to set my heart racing. Thanks to everyone who nominated me and voted for me. It truly is an honour just to be nominated. Eileen Gunn would have given my acceptance speech, had I won, may as well reproduce it here for alternate historians:

If there's anything worse than a long award-speech, it's a long award-speech by proxy, so this is short. I deeply regret not being there tonight, and I am thrilled down to my boots by this honour. In this age of Neil Gaiman's Hugo speeches, it's a cliche to say, "Holy fuck, I've won a Nebula," but really, after all, holy fuck, I've won a Nebula.

Thanks to everyone, but especially to my editors, co-workers and copyfighters, to my agent Don Maass and the Gibraltar Point workshop, and to all the slashdotters and other netizens who downloaded this from Salon.

And thanks to Eileen for letting me make her say "fuck" twice, er, three times, in front of all of you.

Link

Giant Stinking Flower Is, Alas, From a
Proper Family

Giant Stinking Flower Is, Alas, From a
Proper Family 01/26/2004 07:34 PM
Scientists say they have finally solved the mystery of the evolutionary origins of the plant that produces the biggest flower on earth.

Schroeder's half-brother joins Big
Brother (Reuters)

Schroeder's half-brother joins Big
Brother (Reuters) 04/17/2004 11:21 AM
Reuters - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's half-brother is set to feature on Germany's version of the worldwide reality television hit "Big Brother", newspaper Bild has said.

Brother Bear, oh brother!

Brother Bear, oh brother! 11/14/2003 07:32 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Nov 14 2003 6:26PM ET

"I am his little brother"

"I am his little brother" 01/05/2005 01:53 PM
Jeb Bush and Colin Powell have some humbling moments as they begin their tour of the tsunami disaster zone.

Big Brother 1.9e

Big Brother 1.9e 01/05/2004 01:44 PM
Highly efficient network monitor

Riding with Big Brother

Riding with Big Brother 08/10/2004 01:37 AM
Usatoday.com - Mon Aug 9, 08:47 pm GMT

DirectConnect's Big Brother

DirectConnect's Big Brother 01/08/2004 08:36 PM
First Release

Big Brother Lite 1.1

Big Brother Lite 1.1 01/10/2004 11:58 AM
A network management tool.

Letting my brother die

Letting my brother die 03/24/2005 11:52 AM
Like Terri Schiavo, Phil was never going to recover. Removing his feeding tube was a devastating decision. But at least my family got to make it privately.

Welcome To Big Brother Island

Welcome To Big Brother Island 05/04/2004 01:40 PM
Wired News is talking about a tourist island in Maine that is being blankete d with security cameras, motion detectors and sensors all tied back into a computer with some artificial intelligence to keep out the "bad people." Yes, it sounds like the pitch for a bad movie combining sci-fi with reality television ("Dave. You've been electronically voted off the island. Dave."). The folks behind the project, however, claim that privacy is a "two way street," suggesting that sure, you're being monitored by a computer, but at least it means you'll feel safe that you're not being stalked by a rapist. The system is designed to recognize regular "good" visitors to the island and let them on without any problems. However, the "bad" people who dare to sneak up via kayak will be shot on sight (well, maybe not that drastic...). Still, as a last ditch effort to ward off complaints, the folks behind the project say that, if anything, they're helping to bring up discussion issues around surveillance and privacy rights.

Big Brother Lite 1.0

Big Brother Lite 1.0 01/03/2004 04:33 PM
A network management tool.

Big Brother goes to the Olympics

Big Brother goes to the Olympics 08/13/2004 10:37 AM
New Scientist has an article looking at the US$312 million surveillance system installed for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. The eyes and ears consist of 1,000 high-res and infrared videocameras peppering the city. Cell and landline telephone calls are being recorded, converted into text, and "scanned for phrases that could be linked to terrorist activity." The software's developers say it speaks Greek, English, Arabic, Farsi, and other major languages.

(John Pike, an analyst with the defence think-tank Global Security) believes other undisclosed measures are undoubtedly in place, such as face recognition from video footage. He says such surveillance technology has already proven its worth in intelligence gathering. "They're basically the sort of stuff the National Security Agency has been using for some time," he told New Scientist. "And they seem to place great faith in it."

The human security is massive as well--there are seven security people for every athlete. Link

A Big Brother for System X

A Big Brother for System X 06/21/2004 11:34 PM

Big Business Becoming Big Brother

Big Business Becoming Big Brother 08/09/2004 05:33 AM
The ACLU says the government is using private companies to snoop on Americans, bypassing legal safeguards. What's worse, Americans share information with companies freely, not knowing where the data may end up. By Kim Zetter.

Nine million see Big Brother end

Nine million see Big Brother end 08/07/2004 08:48 AM
Nine million people watch Nadia Almada as she is crowned winner of the UK's Big Brother reality TV show.

Sifrys: Now There's a Brother Act

Sifrys: Now There's a Brother Act 02/14/2004 06:36 PM
Dave Sifry's Technorati is one of the blogosphere's great spinoffs -- and I believe it could become a linchpin in the architecture of tomorrow's journalism. Dave's brother, Micah, turned up at the Emerging Tech/Digital Democracy conference last week. Turns out he's an excellent journalist and writer. Here's his blog, with links to other work.

Thermalright ALX-800 vs his big brother
SP-97

Thermalright ALX-800 vs his big brother
SP-97 05/16/2004 06:05 PM

Getting Naked for Big Brother

Getting Naked for Big Brother 05/17/2004 04:49 AM
People are willing to strip for Uncle Sam and accept surveillance technologies to protect them from terrorists, though the privacy invasions won't make them any safer. Kim Zetter interviews the author of The Naked Crowd.

3G Sponsor for Big Brother

3G Sponsor for Big Brother 05/07/2004 05:08 AM
3G May 7 2004 8:24AM GMT

"?Fix It, Brother? (washingtonpost.com)"

"?Fix It, Brother? (washingtonpost.com)" 05/26/2004 07:51 PM

Big Brother goes wireless

Big Brother goes wireless 06/28/2004 09:56 AM
globetechnology.com Jun 28 2004 2:40PM GMT

"My brother is in Mexico"

"My brother is in Mexico" 06/22/2005 02:58 AM
Russian lessons from "Giant Heads"

Big Brother Lives

Big Brother Lives 06/17/2005 03:58 PM

I’ve written before about the shrinking rights of the American people. I don’t like it and I make no secret of that. This new story, however, goes more than a few steps on in the wrong direction. The FBI, so the story goes, is thinking of requiring your ISP to spy on your surfing. Talk about spyware!…

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Big Brother -- or Big Daddy?

Big Brother -- or Big Daddy? 02/12/2004 02:06 PM
Someone should remind the people now exploiting Janet Jackson's boob -- Washington politicians -- that most TV programming is democratically elected.

Big brother in the bookstore

Big brother in the bookstore 07/08/2004 05:14 PM

Big Brother's Big Brother?

Big Brother's Big Brother? 04/18/2004 12:14 PM
Watching Justice -- a new blog keeping an eye on the Dept. of Justice, drawing on the research and insight of a vast list of organizations, from the ABA to the Violence Policy Center, and brought to us by Soros' Open Society Institute.

Big Fun From a Big Brother Tool

Big Fun From a Big Brother Tool 05/31/2004 03:25 PM
Abcnews.go.com - Fri May 28, 05:08 pm GMT

Housemates set for Big Brother 5

Housemates set for Big Brother 5 05/28/2004 12:41 PM
The fifth series of reality show Big Brother starts on Friday, with bosses promising tougher challenges.

Big Brother for 3G in Italy

Big Brother for 3G in Italy 09/24/2004 05:49 AM
3G Sep 24 2004 8:50AM GMT

Big Brother Log Analyzer

Big Brother Log Analyzer 07/25/2004 04:11 AM
bbla-1.6 has been released

Big Brother invades your mobile

Big Brother invades your mobile 06/09/2004 07:42 AM
vnunet.com Jun 9 2004 12:21PM GMT

Donor is found for second brother

Donor is found for second brother 04/24/2004 10:27 AM
A bone-marrow donor is found who could save the life of the second of four brothers with one of the worlds rarest fatal illnesses.

Will Big Brother Watch You Drive?

Will Big Brother Watch You Drive? 08/23/2004 08:54 AM
Would you give up some privacy to save money?

Brother offers new printers

Brother offers new printers 01/03/2005 07:59 AM
Brother International Corp. on Monday introduced its HL-2040 and HL-2070N personal laser printers. Compatible with Macs and Windows PCs, the HL-2040 and HL-2070N cost US$149.99 and $229.99 respectively. The HL-2040 is expected to hit retail store shelves in January; the HL-2070N will follow in February.

HoustonChronicle.com - BRITAIN'S BIG
BROTHER

HoustonChronicle.com - BRITAIN'S BIG
BROTHER 04/13/2004 07:42 PM
UK's surveillance cameras raise hackles .. even more disurbing report

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Big Brother Brand Car Insurance

Big Brother Brand Car Insurance 08/18/2004 12:46 AM
A British car insurance company is offering a pay-as-you-drive policy that includes a black box for transmitting a driver's mileage data -- which means cheaper insurance rates for people who don't drive much. There is a similar "black box" policy in the US, but the driving behavior is stored for review by the driver, and the driver just gets a discount if he/she chooses to pass the data onto the insurance company. These policies have been suggested in the past, but usually are quickly shouted down by a somewhat horrified public. Still, the insurance companies are trying again. The flip side to these cheaper policies is that drivers are giving up their "freedom" to drive a bit recklessly, and it's not too much of a stretch of the imagination to foresee a point where driving behavior could be constantly monitored by wireless sensors. As long as these insurance policies are all voluntary, the companies say no one can complain about Big Brother, but there's a point at which "voluntary" doesn't become so voluntary when most insurance carriers offer such a policy, and those who "voluntarily" opt-out are charged much higher rates. Either way, "choosing" to break the speed limit could get a lot more expensive soon.

Big Brother to Watch Over Island

Big Brother to Watch Over Island 05/04/2004 05:05 AM
The developer of Ayers Island in Maine -- where the public can soon explore nature trails and art festivals -- will place every visitor under surveillance by cameras, sensors and computers. Why? To keep out 'suspicious' people, of course. By Mark Baard.
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"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..."

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..." 12/31/2004 10:23 AM

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it.

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it. 12/30/2004 11:53 AM
fights back .. lokittorrent .. Loki Torrent

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AirG Extends Mobile Games Offering in
Australia: AirG Provides New JAVA
Content to Virgin Mobile Australia

AirG Extends Mobile Games Offering in
Australia: AirG Provides New JAVA
Content to Virgin Mobile Australia 04/02/2005 04:53 AM
AirG, the most innovative supplier of advanced multiplayer mobile entertainment solutions has been chosen by Virgin Mobile Australia to expand its JAVA games content service and manage all provisioning for future content releases, including testing and quality assurance. [PRWEB Apr 2, 2005]

My first torrent

My first torrent 07/30/2004 03:00 AM

Thanks to Jim and Ado for setting up the BitTorrent tracker. Here is a torrent for Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture talk in Helsinki that I blogged about earlier.

UPDATE: Please standby. It doesn't seem to be working.

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Torrent 0.61

Torrent 0.61 01/27/2004 02:58 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

Torrent Zip

Torrent Zip 03/31/2005 11:44 PM
The project is live!

It's the torrent, stupid

It's the torrent, stupid 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
Xeni Jardin: Mark Pesce rants about the recent shutdowns of BitTorrent supersites Suprnova.org and TorrentBits.com.

Hey, Hollywood! Can you feel the future slipping through your fingers? Do you understand how badly you've screwed up? You took a perfectly serviceable situation - a nice, centralized system for the distribution of media, and, through your own greed and shortsightedness, are giving birth to a system of digital distribution that you'll never, ever be able to defeat. In your avarice and arrogance you ignored the obvious: you should have cut a deal with SuprNova.org. In partnership you could have found a way to manage the disruptive change that's already well underway. Instead, you have repeated the mistakes made by the recording industry, chapter and verse. And thus you have spelled your own doom.

It's said that the best sequels are just like the original, only bigger and louder. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for one hell of a crash. This baby is now fully out of control.

Link (via waxy)

Battle Torrent

Battle Torrent 08/11/2004 09:45 AM

Thanks to Dave over at Scripting News for the link. The already easy process of downloading files via BitTorrent has just gotten easier. [Downhill Battle]

Bit Torrent : An Analysis

Bit Torrent : An Analysis 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
Hardy news site, The Register, recently published a detailed analysis of the file sharing protocol Bit Torrent. Bit Torrent has received attention in the main stream news after reports that it was carrying as much as 50% of all peer 2 peer (p2p) traffic, which in tern amounted to a massive 30% of all the traffic on the internet. The paper, by Dr. Johan Pouwelse, examines the protocol and looks especially at one of the largest bit-torrent hubs, Suprnova.org. He examines how just 20 moderators solve the problem of fake files, something that plagues the traditional file sharing networks like Kazaa.

Dr Powelse notes that the major problems facing hubs like suprnova are fakes and maintaining hub availability. The availability of files on bit torrent is based on a centralised system; without it, the network fails as users cannot access the trackers. Decentralising bit torrent has already begun - Suprnova have started a project called "Exeem" which apparently has 5,000 beta testers trialling it, and has an ultimate aim of taking the best of Kazaa (a decentralised network) and merging it with Bit Torrent. Decentralisation removes the issue of poor availability at the tracker end, yet0 it also provides more scope for fake files and a reduction in data integrity at the user end.

The paper concludes that bit-torrent needs to evolve to create incentives to users to seed files. Bit-torrent as a protocol is a system that’s here to stay; it enjoys more and more usage from more main stream content providers. Yes, there is a lot of illegitimate use of the protocol, but unlike Kazaa, these users should not be allowed to over shadow the usefulness to legitimate users of the bit torrent protocol.

[Update] Since this article was published, Suprnova has shutdown as a hub for torrents. Although this cannot be confirmed, the shutdown is very likely related to legal action from the Hollywood against tracker websites; earlier in the week many other sites were taken down. The effectiveness of the takedowns could be massive; the paper below notes that when on the Suprnova mirrors went offline during their monitoring period, they saw a massive reduction in the number of users downloading files through the site.

Download: The Paper (pdf) | The Register

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Xcode .torrent

Xcode .torrent 08/08/2004 02:13 AM
Apple just released an update to is Xcode development tools, but Apple's content distribution network is slow and poky, and as Danny notes, it "won't let you resume downloads using wget -c." So here's a .torrent for Xcode. Link (via Oblomovka)

ShiftyGames Torrent 0.8.2

ShiftyGames Torrent 0.8.2 05/05/2004 10:52 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

CC Torrent Hosting

CC Torrent Hosting 12/17/2004 06:33 PM

Torrentocracy has announced a free BitTorrent hosting service for Creative Commons licensed content: Prodigem.

Download one of the beta torrents currently available. Send an email to Torrentocracy creator Gary Lerhaupt to request an upload account.

Update: Download all of the Duke Law School Arts Project Moving Image Contest finalists via one torrent at prodigem.

Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your
TV

Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your
TV 06/21/2004 07:41 AM

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns 12/22/2004 01:40 AM
Slashdot Dec 21 2004 6:33PM GMT

Sri Lankan hip-hop mix: torrent

Sri Lankan hip-hop mix: torrent 03/17/2005 03:55 AM
Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Lucas Emery says,

Your big article on M.I.A over the weekend reminded me that I had downloaded a mix mp3 shortly after the Tsunami disaster comprised exclusivly of Sri Lankan hip-hop. I can't remember where I originally found the mix (boomselection, maybe?) so I just made a .torrent. 58.4 Meg mp3 mix by Dr. Auratheft.

Link

Previously: M.I.A. is, well, MIA; and MIA for intergalactic overlord

Bit Torrent question

Bit Torrent question 04/09/2004 10:30 PM
Bit Torrent and the ability to download everything in one click (is this the end of Direct TV, Tivo and the music business?!).

Used BitTorrent a little bit when it first came out and was a bit underwhelmed. It didn’t work, there weren’t a lot of places to find files, etc.

I decided to take another look at it when a designer friend of mine was telling me that he has the latest version of every single piece of design software on his Mac compliments of bit torrent (yes, I know it’s wrong… not the point I’m trying to make, the point is coming :-).

Part I: I installed bit torrent and immediately noticed an amazing new trend (prob. not new to all of you) of people posting dozens of albums in one RAR file for download. Huge file sizes in the 500 to 4,000 meg size range. The last season of seven seasons of Southpark, every Nirvanna album and here is another file with every Howard Stern radio show from March in one file.

In one click you grab one really well organized, clean and deep sets of files—scary.

Part II: A couple of month ago I got the Gateway Connected DVD player. For $195 it connects via WiFi to my desktop and I can hit the My Music or My Videos button on the remote control and pull up those directories on my hard drive (in the other room).

Part III: Today I moved into my new apartment in Santa Monica and was faced with the standard $100 month cable/dish bill and I’m thinking “dang, I only watch less then a half dozen TV shows and they are all here on bit torrent… maybe I should save the $1,200 a year and just download the shows and watch them via my Gateway Connected DVD player?”

The Point/Question: How soon before you’ll be able-with one click-download every prime-time TV show or last year’s top 500 CDs in one click?!

(Note: This is not a trick question, I have yet to find a file containing that much content—however, I did find a file with last weeks top 100 singles that someone put together in one nice package).

[The Digital Music Weblog]

Torrent of video from DV Guide

Torrent of video from DV Guide 08/30/2004 02:55 AM

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Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2
Users?

Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2
Users? 11/18/2003 07:54 PM

Grokster briefs torrent

Grokster briefs torrent 03/26/2005 05:13 AM
Cory Doctorow: Thad sez, "This is a torrent of all of the briefs submitted re: MGM v. Grokster, in the zip format provided on the U.S. Copyright Office site." Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB

Microsoft builds a better Bit Torrent

Microsoft builds a better Bit Torrent 06/17/2005 03:18 PM
Researchers at Microsoft's computer science lab in Cambridge have developed a peer-to-peer filesharing system that they say overcomes the scheduling problems associated with existing distribution protocols such as Bit Torrent.

The researchers claim download times are between 20-30 per cent faster, using their network coding approach, than on systems that only code at the server, and between 200 and 300 per cent faster than distributing un-encoded information.

View: Full Article @ The Register
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SP2 Bit Torrent Legal Challenge

SP2 Bit Torrent Legal Challenge 08/11/2004 05:20 PM

Download the Windows XP Service Pack 2: The guys who were doing Microsoft a favor by pushing Service Pack 2 via Bit Torrent got slapped down by Redmond.

Microsoft sent DMCA takedown notices to our two webhosts, one of which was just linking to a torrent file on another server. We've stood up to these kinds of legal threats before (see the Grey Tuesday protests), but we decided not to bother this time, because we started this site primarily as a demonstration and to that end it's already been a huge success.

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Comrade - Bit Torrent Client

Comrade - Bit Torrent Client 06/24/2004 12:03 AM
Working.

Torrent Site Status

Torrent Site Status 01/07/2005 04:15 AM
Don’t download too much pr0n .. Torrent Site Status

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"Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB"

"Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB" 03/27/2005 10:28 AM

BeeTV - automatic torrent downloader

BeeTV - automatic torrent downloader 04/15/2005 10:02 AM
Prototype version released

AnimeMonitor RSS (torrent) feed monitor

AnimeMonitor RSS (torrent) feed monitor 04/16/2004 10:22 AM
We're Alive!

Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror

Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Cory Doctorow: Eyes on the Screen is an amazing Downhill Battle project that we blogged earlier. The idea is to get people to download the seminal documentary Eyes on the Prize, which chronicles the American civil rights movement. It's a Black History Month perrennial, but because of the prohibitive cost of clearing the copyrights to the archival footage used in the series. Once the series has been downloaded, you'd be encouraged to host a screening party for your friends and neighbors on February 8th, and ensure that the vital messages of this documentary don't fade away due to outmoded laws.

The Downhill Battle torrents for Eyes on the Prize have gone away, but there is still a mirror of them available. Please consider using the mirror to get your own copies and host a party of your own.

At 8pm on February 8th we will celebrate the struggle and triumph of the civil rights movement with screenings of Eyes on the Prize Part 1: Awakenings. Eyes on the Prize is the most renowned civil rights documentary of all time; for many people, it is how they first learned about the Civil Rights Movement (more about the film). But this film has not been available on video or television for the past 10 years simply because of expired copyright licenses. We cannot allow copyright red tape to keep this film from the public any longer. So today we are making digital versions of the film available for download. Join us in building a new mass audience for this film: organize or attend a screening in your city, town, school or home on February 8th.

Link

Outfoxed interviews .torrent for
remixing

Outfoxed interviews .torrent for
remixing 09/15/2004 11:36 AM
Cory Doctorow: The interviews from the awesome anti-Fox documentary Outfoxed have been released under a Creative Commons license, for you to remix. Here's the .torrent: Torrent Link (via Lessig)

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