http://www.kizo.com digital media electronic news technology and facebook jokes Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:50:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en orenh writes "Viacom has recently obtained a court order that requires Google to hand over a complete list of every video watched by YouTube users. These logs will include the login names and IP addresses of the users. Google are now asking Viacom if they can anonymize the logs before ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/finding-fault-with-googles-privacy-policy/ Raindeer writes "While the Broadband Bandits of the US are contemplating bandwidth caps between 5 gigabyte and 40 gigabyte per month, the largest telco in Japan has gone ahead and laid down some heavy caps for Japan's broadband addicts. From now on, if you upload more than 30 gigabyte per ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/in-japan-a-900-gigabyte-upload-cap-downloads-uncapped/ Ponca City, We love you writes "Once the US converts from analog to digital broadcasting next February, those who receive their signals over the air will need a converter box for older, non-digital models. Government-approved converter boxes sell for $60 or less and a government-issued $40 rebate coupon is available ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/theres-a-sucker-converted-every-minute/ An anonymous reader writes "In Iran, crimes such as apostasy (leaving a religion, in this case Islam) and armed robbery are already punishable by death, but a new bill in Iran aims to add to the list 'establishing weblogs and sites promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy,' effectively giving the government ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/in-iran-blogging-may-be-punishable-by-death/ An anonymous reader writes "In honor of the Tour de France's start today, Google has used it's awesome Street View technology to compile amazing Tour de France route views. A great description of the technology that went into creating this can be found in this LinuxDevices article. At least, I'm ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/google-creates-tour-de-france-video-maps/ Orangutan numbers decline sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action isn't taken, a new study says. ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/study-orangutan-populations-declining-precipitously/ The U.N. climate chief says climate change will cause the global food crisis to worsen. He is urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years. ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/climate-change-food-crisis-linked-says-un-chief/ SirLurksAlot writes "Many supporters of the SETI@home project have recently received a message informing them of impending budget cuts for the Arecibo Observatory and asks them to show their support for the project by writing to Congress. The letter also informs supporters that there are currently two bills (Senate bill ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/arecibo-observatory-facing-massive-budget-cuts/ Hugh Pickens writes "Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term "fuel efficiency" with a bullet-shaped microcar that gets 235 mpg. Called the One-Liter because that's how much fuel it needs to go 100 kilometers, the body's made of carbon fiber to minimize weight and the One-Liter makes extensive use ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/vw-concept-microcar-gets-235-mpg/ rfc1394 writes "While the regular price of an iPhone is $199 if you take a 2-year contract with AT&T, if you're willing to pay a lot more you can get one without a contract. An article in InfoWorld mentions that 'Freedom will come with a price — $599 for an ... http://www.kizo.com/2008/att-to-offer-no-contract-iphone/