p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Texas Instruments has dropped its spurious DMCA threats against hobbyists who’d blogged about potential mods to the company’s programmable graphing calculators. Researchers were able to reverse-engineer signing keys, “allowing modders to install custom operating systems and unlock new functionality in the calculators’ hardware,” said the EFF (Electronic Frontier ... [More]
Epic Games has announced a free PC edition of the Unreal Development Kit, also allowing non-commercial Unreal Engine 3 games to be released for free and detailing new royalty-based engine licensing. The free tools, which Epic call the Unreal Development Kit, is available to anyone with interest in exploring 3D game technology, from professionals to students and hobbyists. Those users will also ... [More]
A Metro Manila solon on Saturday criticized the Philippine National Police (PNP) for going after gun replicas or toy guns, calling the move as “a hollow attempt to make it appear that they are going hard on criminal syndicates.” [More]
Some rural town of Liberty Grove residents who live near a target range on Mink River Road dont want to listen to rounds of ammunition being fired or worry about loved ones getting hit by stray bullets. [More]
One of the first set of studies to examine what tourists and recreation enthusiasts actually think about coral reef ecosystems suggests they are a rare exception to controversies over human use versus environmental conservation – their stunning beauty is so extraordinary that almost everyone wants them protected in perpetuity.That core belief is often strong enough that if it means people have ... [More]
PHILADELPHIA -- Our excitement grew as we entered the 32d annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show with its 195 artists selling fanciful hats, wood and leather goods, exotic jewelry, ceramics, glass, and crinkled silk dresses. [More]
Today-Sunday. Theater. Doth Birnam Wood come to the Nuclear Power Plant? It does when "The Simpsons" meet "Macbeth." Rick Miller plays more than 50 characters in "MacHomer," a popular one-man stage play in which the cowardly but ambitious Homer is a funny yet tragic hero, aided and abetted by the faithful Marge, who has always worn the pants in the family. [More]
Novation has unveiled Launchpad, an easy-to-use audio controller that works with Ableton Live 8 performance software to let you create musical compositions. [More]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, wants to work with city and county governments on the best way to regulate boats that anchor outside of permitted mooring... [More]
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