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I'm watching The Colbert Report: http://cli.cr/d0pxKZ (with @clicker)
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July 27 2010, 5:40pm | Comments »
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I'm watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: http://cli.cr/cP9uvb (with @clicker)
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July 27 2010, 5:13pm | Comments »
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72 Ravishing Refractions [Photography]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/OAK3dtmudps/72-ravishing-refractions
Refraction is a mind-bending idea. Light passes through a clear object, and it comes out the other side, inverted. The Shooting Challenge results that follow are must-sees, the winner is astounding and...well...we busted a cheater, too. More »
July 27 2010, 11:00am | Comments »
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Finished watching Sherlock. Brilliant acting, brilliant writing.
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July 26 2010, 7:44pm | Comments »
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I'm watching Paul Blart: Mall Cop: http://cli.cr/bxtWyV (with @clicker)
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July 26 2010, 5:33pm | Comments »
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RT @scifigeeks: Joss Whedon says Captain America and Iron Man won't be pals in his "Avengers" http://ow.ly/2gSdK
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July 26 2010, 2:49pm | Comments »
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Federal Judge: OK to Break DRM for Fair Use [Copyright] - Gizmodo http://goo.gl/fb/i6MkC
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July 26 2010, 12:43pm | Comments »
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Root is Part of Fair Use, According to New DMCA Exemptions - Android Phone Fans http://goo.gl/fb/AL5jw
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July 26 2010, 12:20pm | Comments »
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Root is Part of Fair Use, According to New DMCA Exemptions
http://phandroid.com/2010/07/26/root-is-part-of-fair-use-according-to-new-dmca-exemptions/
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is designed to be reviewed and updated every three years so that definitions of fair use can adapt as quickly as the technology they are regulating, and in the latest round of adjustments and clarifications made to the act, the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights have deemed processes such as the jailbreaking and rooting of smartphones perfectly legal under fair use provided they are not employed to illegally distribute copyrighted material or install pirated software. The exemptions added by the Library of Congress deal with owners of smartphone handsets circumventing protection systems in order to install legal software or to connect to any wireless carrier their phone is compatible with.
Here is the text of the relevant exemptions added to the DMCA: (2) Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset. (3) Computer programs, in the form of firmware or software, that enable used wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telecommunications network, when circumvention is initiated by the owner of the copy of the computer program solely in order to connect to a wireless telecommunications network and access to the network is authorized by the operator of the network. This comes as a true win for members of the development community who tirelessly work away at hacking every new Android phone released. Not that the law was stopping them before, but now those that choose to do so are free to root their handsets without any fear of legal ramifications. While no one has made too much of a fuss over the hacker community revolving around Google’s open-source operating system. the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF) has had an ongoing battle with Apple over the legality of jailbreaking their iPhone handsets. Apple contends that jailbreaking weakens and violates the copy protection designed to preserve copyrighted aspects of iPhone software. The EFF on the other hand sees such modifications to stock software and hardware as part of the fair use rights an owner obtains when purchasing such a smartphone, and the Library of Congress has agreed with the latest changes to the DMCA. If for some reason fear of the cops busting your door down was the only thing keeping you from rooting your Android phone, fear no more and get to rooting with the spirit and tenaciousness of any law-abiding American. [via IntoMobile]
July 26 2010, 12:06pm | Comments »
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I'm planning on watching Sherlock tonight. Sounds good. Moffat's Sherlock is a huge success… http://goo.gl/fb/q8msw
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July 26 2010, 11:40am | Comments »
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RTD Talks Torchwood Series Four - Doctor Who Online News RSS http://goo.gl/fb/SII7x
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July 26 2010, 11:39am | Comments »
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Eoghann Irving: Moffat's Sherlock is a huge success
http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/news/Default.aspx#newseries-moffats-sherlock-is-a-huge-success
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July 26 2010, 11:34am | Comments »
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Moffat's Sherlock is a huge success
http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/news/Default.aspx#newseries-moffats-sherlock-is-a-huge-success
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I'm planning on watching Sherlock tonight. Sounds good. Moffat's Sherlock is a huge successNews Dated: 26/7/2010It seems that whatever Steven Moffat touches, turns to gold, and the same can be said for his latest masterpiece, in the form of Sherlock - a 21st century, modern-day reworking of Arthur Conan Doyle's famed detective series.The 90-minute episode, titled A Study in Pink, is the first of three adventures that sees Benedict Cumberbatch (Holmes) and Martin Freeman (Watson) team up to battle villainy in the 21st Century. Both actors are a sheer joy to watch, and bounce off each other with an instant chemistry that, on first glance, shouldn't work.The filming techniques, lighting, and musical score - provided by the marvellous David Arnold, help bridge the gap from the classic Victorian setting, to that of modern day.Moffat has done here, what Russell T. Davies did for Doctor Who - he's taken a prized brand, breathed new life into it, thus enabling audiences of (almost) all ages accessibilty, whilst creating a touchstone for the future.It has been a long, long time since Sunday nights on BBC One were this entertaining, and with writers like Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss on board, the future of the channel, and indeed the Sherlock Holmes brand, is in safe hands.On perusing the national tabloids and online media, it has become clear, just how well received the episode was. In fact, we've yet to find anyone with anything negative to say about it. The stakes have been set high for next weeks adventure, The Blind Banker, which airs on Sunday 1st August at 8:30pm, on BBC One.In writing this, DWO have just received the overnight ratings for last night's episode of Sherlock, which achieved a fantastic 7m viewers, gaining a 28.5% audience share. This makes it the third biggest Sunday night drama in the past year for the channel.[Source: Doctor Who Online]
July 26 2010, 11:34am | Comments »
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Federal Judge: OK to Break DRM for Fair Use [Copyright]
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/SyaQO7BgfLQ/federal-judge-ok-to-break-drm-for-fair-use
The federal government rarely hands fair use proponents cheerful news—usually it's quite the opposite. But a judge of the 5th Circuit Appeals Court has ruled that circumventing DRM for non-infringing purposes isn't illegal, contrary to years of precedent. More »
July 26 2010, 9:07am | Comments »
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RTD Talks Torchwood Series Four
http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/news/Default.aspx#spinoffs-rtd-talks-torchwood-series-four
RTD Talks Torchwood Series FourNews Dated: 26/7/2010Speaking to SFX Magazine, Russell T. Davies discusses Series Four of Torchwood:So, did you always know you’d be doing more Torchwood?“Well it was always possible. I remember when Children Of Earth launched, you always get asked, ‘Is this is the end or will it continue?’ and there’s no true answer to that because you’re always in a state of suspension – if it ends, it ends and if it carries on, it carries on. It’s too soon to give away the story, but I’ve always had this story in mind, and the whole existence of season four will make sense once you know what the story is. I’d already moved out here, and it’d sort of been half in development, and then once those viewing figures came in it went into proper development. Actually, Jane Tranter [head of BBC Worldwide's American arm] planned this more than I ever did. For many years she was going to move out here and do this job, and she’s always wanted dramas that could move onto that sort of scale and be funded in this way, so it all fitted with her plan really – it all just sort of naturally fell into place. And if no-one had ever bought it I’d now be telling you it was naturally dead!”So tell us about the co-production deal – this is a very different way of doing things.“It’s a new model for the future, of BBC Worldwide actually becoming a production partner and making stuff for themselves. Their big thing in America is Dancing With The Stars, which is the American Strictly Come Dancing. They sell that format all over the world, but they actually make that for American television and it’s hugely successful, more successful than Strictly is – this year it overtook American Idol for the first time ever. So that’s part of building up a production base here, of taking British ideas – and new ideas – and making them on a worldwide scale. It’s a really good ambition, I think, and it’s going to have to be the case more and more. If you look at things like Dickens adaptations and Cranford, they haven’t been able to afford themselves for decades – they’re all made with money from Boston and stuff like that. Co-partner funding has been the future for decades now.”I seem to remember the first series of Doctor Who was a co-production with Canada...“That was different – there are different levels of it. There was no collaboration whatsoever with Canada – if they hadn’t liked a plot or some casting it wouldn’t have mattered at all. This is the next stage, which is just another partner, where they do have a say and they’re providing a lot of money and a lot of input. So it’s interesting. I think it”ll happen a lot more, especially when you’re looking at a licence fee that’s not going up with inflation now – and it’s bound to get frozen any day now with those stupid bastards in charge of the country! So this is the way forward! We are the future!”Of course, as soon as it was announced that Starz was involved, everyone on the net started talking about Torchwood turning into Spartacus: Blood And Sand!“Have you stuck with Spartacus? Because I was a bit off-put by the first two episodes, and then it turns into one of the most marvellous dramas you’ve ever seen.”To be honest, all I saw was Charlie Brooker slagging it off on telly..“I know, but he’s just another white middle-aged man on the internet – bless him, but he is! Stick with that show, you’ll be really surprised. It takes three episodes to find its feet and then it becomes amazing. ”You’re working with a “writers’ room” for the first time with this. That’s a very different way of working isn’t it, the American system?“Well, it’s all writers sitting at a keyboard in the end. When everyone talks about the British system and the American system, no-one ever factors in the evening soap operas that we have in Britain, which are run in exactly that way, with a writers’ room and a commissioning process. We’ve been doing it since 1960, so it’s really nothing new. And I’ve worked in that, so to sit in a room with people doing this is nothing new to me. It’s just we can’t normally afford to do it in Britain, whereas here because they’re in constant production, there’s constant money paying for that system to keep people permanently on board. We’ve some great names coming along - though I can’t say them yet – so it’s very exciting.”You’ve written the first episode. Will you be writing more?“That’s still TBC, to be honest. I’d love to write more, but we’ve got a lot of interest from other writers, and I’m happy showrunning the whole thing, so… depends how it pans out, really! Plenty of time to decide.”Children Of Earth went some very dark places…“Do you think?! Actually, this story is also very dark. I think with that, Torchwood found its feet. People found something very compelling and very chilling about it. I love the way people got on their high horse saying, ‘Oh, he killed his grandson!’ Hello! He saved every single child in the world! If you would fail to do that then you’re the monster, frankly. It’s this extraordinary treatment that only science fiction heroes get You find that. If ever a word is said out of place by the Doctor or Captain Jack, or even by Sarah Jane sometimes, people throw their hands up in horror, whereas in any other drama any character is capable of any thing at any time. That’s the only way to write, and it’s the same for these people as well. I thought it was fascinating and challenging what he did there, but hard – it was so hard. I do think with the whole of Children Of Earth we found a new heartland for Torchwood.So this new series will feel consistent with that?“It does. For faithful viewers you’ll see the same people in the same world, following on. Though it also starts from scratch, because there’s a brand new Starz audience there sitting waiting to be scooped up, new viewers coming to it. But I restarted Doctor Who in 2005 from scratch, so I know what I’m doing. I did it with Children Of Earth, actually – that practically tripled Torchwood’s audience, and noone said to me that they were lost. So it’s a new starting point and yet… as a faithful viewer you do get that awful feeling when something reboots or revamps that you’re not comfortable anymore, and there’s none of that. It’s still Gwen, it’s still Jack, and hopefully more. You’ll feel very comfortable with it. And there’s great new American characters coming into it. Bear in mind, of course, Captain Jack, he’s American as well, so it doesn’t seem quite as alien, I think, as if you suddenly introduced American characters into Emmerdale or something!” Issue #199 of SFX Magazine is out on 28th July 2010, priced £3.99.[Source: SFX Magazine]
July 26 2010, 4:04am | Comments »
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RT @geekgirldiva: ‘Glee’ to do ‘Rocky Horror’ episode http://bit.ly/cpNipl
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July 25 2010, 7:29pm | Comments »