Microsoft Goes After Xbox One Domain Squatter; Deploy Rootkits, Ransomware to Attack Pirates?

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Microsoft Goes After Xbox One Domain Squatter Deploy Rootkits, Ransomware to Attack Pirates? PETA Hunts Down Anonymous HuffPo Commenters PayPal Denies Teen Reward for Finding Bug Google Glass: What's With All the Hate? Hot Comment: "The metric system is the tool of the devil!" From the Vault: Brew Your Own Auto Fuel for 41 Cents a Gallon Watch It: Homemade Hovercraft Poll Booth: My plans for summer ... Microsoft Goes After Xbox One Domain Squatter Hot on the heels of the unveiling of the Xbox One gaming console, Microsoft has filed a dispute with the National Arbitration Forum against the owner of XboxOne.com. But this case of domain squatting is unique because the name was registered in December of 2011. Sound Off>> Deploy Rootkits, Ransomware to Attack Pirates? A report from the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property says that companies should be allowed to practice more active network defense, including the use of rootkits, spyware, ransomware and trojans to punish people believed to be copying content illegally. Sound Off>> PETA Hunts Down Anonymous HuffPo Commenters Animal rights group PETA wants access to the personal information of anonymous commenters who allegedly defamed the organization by blasting its pet euthanasia policy on a Huffington Post article. PETA wants to sue the commenters, many of whom posted their opinions under assumed names or anonymously. Sound Off>> PayPal Denies Teen Reward for Finding Bug Turns out you have to be 18 to qualify for PayPal's bug bounty program, a minor detail that 17-year old Robert Kugler found out the hard way after being denied a reward for a website bug he reported. Curiously, the age guideline isn't in the terms and conditions posted on the PayPal website. Sound Off>> Google Glass: What's With All the Hate? As Techcrunch points out, Google Glass isn't even on sale yet and there is already a noticeable backlash against it. The article also noted how odd is it to see a product that was greeted with so much hype a year ago endure the love-hate cycle so quickly. Sound Off>> The metric system is the tool of the devil! "The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it." --by Anonymous Coward Read More>>    Brew Your Own Auto Fuel for 41 Cents a Gallon Nine years ago, Damon Toal-Rossi of Iowa City, Iowa had enough of the high price of gasoline, so it didn't take too much for his friend to talk him into switching to biodiesel, an alternative fuel based on soy or vegetable oil. But after a few months of driving 10 miles to a biodiesel fuel station he decided it was time to start brewing his own. Read More>> Homemade Hovercraft SlashTV: What's not to love about a hovercraft? It's loud and can travel over water, pavement, maybe even over a plowed field or through a swamp. Timothy Lord caught up with Lone Star Hovercraft founder Ben King to talk about how to build one of your own.  Watch the Video>> My plans for summer ... ... describe a stretch of grand adventures. ... involve some small trips. ... involve no special vacations or trips. ... mean more work than the rest of the year ... start about six months from now. Cast Your Vote>>   Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.