Posted by on under judge nancy gertner, massachusetts cases, substantial resources, compas, litigants, formalities, riaa, law firms, peoe, lawyers | 
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Boston judge who has consolidated all of the RIAA's Massachusetts cases into a single case over which she has been presiding for the past 5 years delivered something of a rebuke to the RIAA's lawyers, we have learned. At a conference this past June, the transcript of which (PDF) has just been released, Judge Nancy Gertner said to them that they 'have an ethical obligation to fully understand that they are fighting people without lawyers... to understand that the formalities of this are basically bankrupting people, and it's terribly critical that you stop it ...' She also acknowledged that 'there is a huge imbalance in these cases. The record companies are represented by large law firms with substantial resources,' while it is futile for self-represented defendants to resist. The judge did not seem to acknowledge any responsibility on her part, however, for having created the 'imbalance,' and also stated that the law is 'overwhelmingly on the side of the record companies,' even though she seems to recognize that for the past 5 years she has been hearing only one side of the legal story."
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Posted by on under iphe, american dollars, android, australian dollars, g1, handset, agora, bet, blackjack, keyboard, capabilities, china |
The next gPhone has arrived, and surprisingly, it looks pretty nice. Although we were all very excited about
China's Sciphone (not really),
the Kogan Agora and its upgraded twin, the Agora Pro, are probably a much better bet. It looks rather like a Blackjack, but it fits all the capabilities of a G1 or iPhone into that thinner form factor. Iā??m a bit jealous, although I think Iā??ll much prefer the keyboard on my handset. Itā??s being sold for 300 and 400 Australian dollars for the Agora and Pro respectively, which translates to about $200 or $260 in American dollars.
Tagi: iphe, american dollars, android, australian dollars, g1, handset, agora, bet, blackjack, keyboard, capabilities, china
Posted by on under sandisk cruzer, encrypted storage, mac os x, course windows, mac side, lten, flavors, storage area, sandisk, firmware, os x, passwords, nbsp, tiger |
Listen up, paranoid readers.
SanDisk has just introduced what it's calling "the first secure USB flash drive to fully support Apple Mac OS X computers." The new
Cruzer Enterprise was designed to meet unique USB security / compliance needs by implementing a "hardware-based 256-bit AES USB encryption solution that puts mandatory access control on all files as protection against theft or loss of the drive." Of course, Windows environments are also supported, and on both platforms users can log in / shut down access to the encrypted storage area, change and manage passwords, alter contact information (among other preferences), launch online support (woo!) and view current firmware and drive information. The drive is available in 1/2/4/8GB flavors (runs around $60 to $300) and plays nice with both OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard) on the Mac side.
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SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise: first secure USB drive fully compatible with OS X originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tagi: sandisk cruzer, encrypted storage, mac os x, course windows, mac side, lten, flavors, storage area, sandisk, firmware, os x, passwords, nbsp, tiger
