Drink driving locks on cars? (Reuters)

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State Mulls Drunk Driving Locks on All
Cars (Reuters)

State Mulls Drunk Driving Locks on All
Cars (Reuters) 02/18/2004 09:19 AM
Reuters - New Mexico is considering a law that would make all drivers exhale into an alcohol detection device in their cars before they could start the engine.

Summer drink-driving dismay

Summer drink-driving dismay 08/02/2004 12:16 PM
Police say the 'don't drink and drive' message is failing to get through after their summer campaign.

Compuware driving CARS for software
quality management

Compuware driving CARS for software
quality management 05/18/2004 07:41 AM
Compuware on Tuesday is releasing Compware Application Reliability Solution (CARS) 4.1, a software quality management tool featuring an ?Executive Dashboard? for management-level understanding of quality issues.

Cross-dressers accused of stealing cars,
driving them to pageants

Cross-dressers accused of stealing cars,
driving them to pageants 05/05/2004 06:47 AM
Drag queens steal cars for travel to pageants

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Jury Duty? I'll Drink to That! (Reuters)

Jury Duty? I'll Drink to That! (Reuters) 09/16/2004 09:31 AM
Reuters - New Yorkers dreading jury duty take note: it's OK to be drunk on booze or high on pot or cocaine while doing your civic duty.

Spanish voters given "referendum drink"
(Reuters)

Spanish voters given "referendum drink"
(Reuters) 02/01/2005 09:24 PM
Reuters - Spain is handing out cans of a high-energy "referendum drink" in a bid to fire-up younger people to vote in a February poll on the European Constitution.

German drink-driver breaks booze record
(Reuters)

German drink-driver breaks booze record
(Reuters) 05/11/2004 10:50 AM
Reuters - Losing his licence did not stop a drunk German driver from jumping back into his car a day later to buy more of his favourite tipple -- only to be nabbed a second time by police who this time seized the car as well.

"technology makes new cars too expensive
to repair, which may lead to disposable
cars"

"technology makes new cars too expensive
to repair, which may lead to disposable
cars" 04/21/2004 10:19 AM

Tow Truck Drivers Push Cars into
Tow-Away Zone then hold cars for ransom

Tow Truck Drivers Push Cars into
Tow-Away Zone then hold cars for ransom 03/22/2005 04:59 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Tian says: "On March 7th, I took photos of a tow truck driver that damages a vehicle then tries to get away in Phoenix.

Sunday night (March 20th), Phoenix news channel 15 used a bait car and discovered that local tow truck company(s) would actually push cars into tow-away zone first, then held the cars as "hostages" for ransom."

I just watched it. The TV crew set up a white SUV as a bait car, and parked it legally. Time and time again, tow trucks would push the car into a red zone, snap a photo, and tow it away. Of course, when the TV crew showed the owner of the tow truck company how his drivers had pushed the car into the red lane, the owner denied responsibility. "I didn't push it," he said.

Arizona lawmakers have been half-heartedly writing legislation to stop this (isn't it illegal to do this already) but the tow truck has so far been able to convince them not to ruin the good thing they've got going. Link to RealMedia file. The segment starts about 20:15 into the broadcast.

'Bad' odors cause bad driving? (Reuters)

'Bad' odors cause bad driving? (Reuters) 06/05/2005 11:46 PM
Reuters - Driving badly? then ditch the fast food and reach for the mints.

'Bad' odours cause bad driving - survey
(Reuters)

'Bad' odours cause bad driving - survey
(Reuters) 06/05/2005 11:46 PM
Reuters - Driving badly? then ditch the pastry and reach for the mints.

Driving teacher without licence for 43
years (Reuters)

Driving teacher without licence for 43
years (Reuters) 07/31/2004 07:04 AM
Reuters - A Berlin driving instructor who taught more than 1,000 motorists how to drive says he never obtained a driver's licence because he was too nervous to retake the test after he failed the first time -- 43 years ago.

Hyundai to Fit XM Satellite Radio in
U.S. Cars (Reuters)

Hyundai to Fit XM Satellite Radio in
U.S. Cars (Reuters) 03/23/2005 01:22 PM
Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday it plans to offer XM Satellite Radio as standard equipment on all U.S. models around 2007, sending XM's share price up more than 5 percent.

Man, 76, beats up wife, 78, in driving
lesson row (Reuters)

Man, 76, beats up wife, 78, in driving
lesson row (Reuters) 07/21/2004 11:07 AM
Reuters - A 76-year-old German man who set out to give his 78-year-old wife a driving lesson instead put her in hospital by hitting and strangling her when she failed to follow his instructions, police say.

Driving Teacher Without License for 43
Years (Reuters)

Driving Teacher Without License for 43
Years (Reuters) 08/02/2004 10:04 AM
Reuters - A Berlin driving instructor who taught more than 1,000 motorists how to drive says he never got a driver's license because he was too nervous to retake the test after he failed the first time -- 43 years ago.

Priceline Profit Up on Strong Air,
Hotel, Cars (Reuters)

Priceline Profit Up on Strong Air,
Hotel, Cars (Reuters) 08/02/2004 05:19 PM
Reuters - Online travel agency Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN.O) on Monday said its quarterly profit rose from a year earlier as airline, rental car and hotel bookings improved.

Court Throws Out New Trucker Driving
Rules (Reuters)

Court Throws Out New Trucker Driving
Rules (Reuters) 07/16/2004 01:47 PM
Reuters - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out new and controversial U.S. government regulations that had allowed commercial truck drivers to spend more time on the road without taking a break.

Policeman arrested driving in fishnet
tights (Reuters)

Policeman arrested driving in fishnet
tights (Reuters) 05/07/2004 04:25 PM
Reuters - A French policeman faces trial in a police court for driving under the influence after he was stopped at the wheel of his car drunk and wearing only a pair of fishnet tights, a prosecutor says.

Driving instructor gives lesson in road
rage (Reuters)

Driving instructor gives lesson in road
rage (Reuters) 03/23/2005 01:07 PM
Reuters - A Dutch driving instructor hit a knife-wielding fellow motorist with a baseball bat during a fight over his student's skills, police say.

Court puts brakes on driving test conman
(Reuters)

Court puts brakes on driving test conman
(Reuters) 01/17/2004 10:48 PM
Reuters - Learner drivers, stumped by three-point turns and terrified by test centres, were ideal partners for a conman jailed for impersonating other people to take their driving exams.

Cars with Head Airbags Score Well in
Crash Tests (Reuters)

Cars with Head Airbags Score Well in
Crash Tests (Reuters) 04/18/2004 08:26 PM
Reuters - The Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry equipped with airbags that feature head protection were the only cars that posted good safety scores in landmark tests that simulated a sport utility vehicle or pickup slamming into the side of a sedan, an insurance group said on Sunday.

Live, Digital Video Heading to U.S.
Police Cars (Reuters)

Live, Digital Video Heading to U.S.
Police Cars (Reuters) 04/20/2004 12:22 AM
Reuters - Drunk-and-disorderly calls and other police blotter entries are about to go live and digital in Tyler, Texas, thanks to a new system that puts digital video cameras on the city's police cars and links them through a wireless network.

FCC locks down US TV

FCC locks down US TV 11/05/2003 10:34 PM
Broadcast flag approved

BerkeleyDB-Locks-0_3

BerkeleyDB-Locks-0_3 07/10/2004 05:50 PM

DRM locks onto your desktop

DRM locks onto your desktop 04/20/2004 07:11 AM
ZDNet Apr 20 2004 11:49AM GMT

BerkeleyDB-Locks-0_4

BerkeleyDB-Locks-0_4 07/10/2004 05:50 PM

IBM locks in VMware through 2007

IBM locks in VMware through 2007 05/19/2004 09:01 AM
Embrace and extend with EMC

VMWare locks down Windows

VMWare locks down Windows 09/20/2004 04:34 AM
ZDNet UK Sep 20 2004 7:26AM GMT

Microsoft Locks Up OEM Support for NAS

Microsoft Locks Up OEM Support for NAS 05/24/2004 09:17 AM
Buoyed by support from key partners, Microsoft (Quote, Chart) said Monday it has taken its feature pack for consolidating data from Exchange Server 2003 on network attached storage (NAS) (define) devices running Windows Storage Server 2003 to general availability. Original equipment manufacturers EMC (Quote, Chart), Dell and HP (Quote, Chart) will be offering the feature pack on their NAS devices. The goal is to help customers boost return on investment by consolidating files and data stored on Exchange Server 2003.

DRM Locks Out Library Patrons?

DRM Locks Out Library Patrons? 12/26/2004 11:03 PM

DRM at Its Worst? Here's a Prime Example

"DRM is actually a part of Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system and has been for a while, but it wasn’t until I picked up a DVD recently that I witnessed the ugly and very user unfriendly side of DRM in person. The DVD in question, T2: Extreme DVD, produced by Artisan Home Entertainment Inc., is a two-dvd disk set, which holds a digitally optimized version of the T2 movie on one disk, and a high definition version of the same movie on the second disk, encoded in WMV9 format....

Unfortunately, after trying to play the DVD back with Windows Media Player 9, I couldn’t get it to work. For some reason I needed to install a 3rd party application, InterActual Player, that was required to play back the content. I was a bit surprised as to why I needed to install InterActual Player as it clearly says Windows Media Player 9 on the cover. Why can’t I simply play the content back without having to install yet another application? But then it became quickly apparent that I did not only have to install and download an update for the InterActual Player over the internet in order to facilitate playback, but would also need to acquire a license. So obviously the WMV9 content on the DVD was protected by DRM and could only be unlocked after connecting to the license server to obtain a license, which it failed to do. I was surprised to find that it failed to give me a license as it had determined that my physical location was not in the US or Canada. Apparently the content was only to be played back in either one of these countries and nowhere else. After routing my IP address through an anonymous proxy server in the US I however managed to unlock the content just as well and was presented with a license agreement I had to agree to prior to being able to play the content back.

That agreement, amongst other things, stated that I could only play back the content for a period of five days, on the computer I installed the InterActual Player application onto, after which I had to re-acquire a license. To be honest that really pissed me off, I spent about an hour trying to play back a disc I legitimately bought and went as far as installing and updating a 3rd party application to my system that would allow me to do so, and now I’m only being given a temporary license, where’s my rights as a consumer?... Shame on you Artisan Home Entertainment Inc. and may this serve as a prime example of DRM at its worst." [Hardware Analysis, via Slashdot]

I wonder if any libraries bought this title. Unfortunately, looking in just my local catalog, SWAN, some did. I wonder how their patrons are faring trying to access these features. Would you go through all of that to watch a movie? I sure wouldn't.

Whatever did happen to fair use and the right of first sale in the digital world? I miss them.

China Locks Up Net Dissident

China Locks Up Net Dissident 11/01/2003 06:22 AM
Chinese security agents have detained civil servant Du Daobin, whose essays are banned by Beijing on the Internet, for 'subverting state power.' It's all part of China's intensified crackdown on online dissent.

Microsoft Locks Up XML Patent

Microsoft Locks Up XML Patent 02/12/2004 12:52 PM
The software giant lands another XML patent, which will bolster its .NET development scheme.

Apple Changes The iPod Locks

Apple Changes The iPod Locks 12/17/2004 06:27 PM

There's a bigger question at stake here, and eventually Apple is going to have to address it. The music industry wants a unified digital standard. By Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

Kensington security locks vulnerable?

Kensington security locks vulnerable? 08/09/2004 05:56 AM
According to Slashdot and Security.org, Kensington Locks are extremely vulnerable to very simple attack. With the most basic of tools costing less than $1, it's possible to unlock the device that offers 'security' to many thousands, if not millions, of laptop users worldwide.

Security.org report that using a bic pen and a pair of scissors, the protection from theft can be over come within 30 seconds. More worryingly, the procedure does not leave any damage to the cable / lock. As such, you would not be able to claim the $1500 that Kensington offer if a product is stolen whilst protected with one of its locks, due to the specifics of the guarantee.

So far, Kensington have not commented on the issue. One would suggest that you keep, as ever, a rather good eye on your laptop and any other products protected by their kit.

Screenshot: Kensington Lock
View: More Info @ Kensington
View: Security.org Piece

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VeriSign locks in security acquisition

VeriSign locks in security acquisition 12/17/2003 12:17 AM
The company plans to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire Guardent, a privately held provider of managed security services, for $140 million in stock and cash.

Glitch Locks Out Money Users

Glitch Locks Out Money Users 07/29/2004 11:58 PM
It's the end of the month--bill-paying time--and some Money 2004 users are wishing they'd kept their cash in an old mattress instead of relying on Microsoft's financial software. A snafu with a couple of Microsoft servers has frozen users' access to their own financial data, even though the encrypted files are on the hard drives of their own PCs.

Microsoft officials acknowledge the ongoing problem, which began Monday, and say they hope to have it fixed by midday Friday. Meanwhile, unable to view their budgets or pay their bills, many affected users are livid.

Angry Customers

"Clearly they screwed this up and have cost all of us time, and money!" says one user's post on Microsoft's Money Community Newsgroup.

Kenneth T. Van Wie, II, a computer consultant in Atlanta, agrees. "It is unacceptable that this could happen," he says. "While I have been inconvenienced by not being able to access my financial records, what about the small business that use this program for their day-to-day financial operations?"

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News source: PCWorld

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Unreal update locks on target

Unreal update locks on target 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
Unreal Tournament 2004 establishes its credentials as one of the premier FPS games.

When death locks words in computers

When death locks words in computers 06/04/2004 08:38 PM
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Addition of IPSec locks down 2.6 kernel

Addition of IPSec locks down 2.6 kernel 01/17/2004 10:45 PM

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