Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the House Judiciary Committee chairman, told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that the bill has already accommodated objections by the opposition.“It’s easy to engage in fear-mongering and it’s easy to raise straw men and red herrings, but if they read the bill they will be reassured,” Smith told the WSJ.

Smith also dismissed charges that the bill amounts to censorship.

“Obviously there’s no censorship in the bill and no one can indicate any censorship whatsoever. It’s not censorship to want to stop illegal activity,” Smith told the publication. “That’s all we do. We’re trying to impede illegal activity by foreign websites.”

Smith was apparently unmoved by a widespread Internet blackout on Wednesday protesting SOPA. Meanwhile, PIPA remains scheduled for a vote in the Senate on Jan. 24.

Zuckerberg’s opposition to the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) joins the ranks of various other tech leaders and companies, including Wikipedia and Tumblr, who have blacked out their sites Wednesday to protest the bills. (Facebook didn’t go that far.)
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The idea of surface computing — interacting with gestures, movements and objects, is quickly moving from the big screen (a la Minority Report) and into reality. From smartphones to tablets to thermostats, touch is becoming the computing input mechanism of choice.

With Surface 2.0, Microsoft is actively taking surface computing to the next level.

First released in 2008, the Microsoft Surface was a tabletop touch computer with support for multi-touch and multi-gestures. Additionally, the original Surface had built-in cameras that could capture objects placed atop the tabletop device and project elements of that object back to the user.

At CES 2011, Microsoft unveiled the Surface 2.0. Partnering with Samsung, the Surface 2.0 is cheaper, faster and thinner. Gone are the bulky cameras and the heavy DLP display. Instead, a 40″ 1080p screen is fitted with a sheet of Gorilla Glass. The device can sit on four legs. Because the new SUR40 is only 4″ thick, users can also mount the device on a wall for more standard kiosk-style interactions.

Last month, Samsung started accepting pre-orders for the Microsoft Surface 2.0 SUR40 in 23 countries. The list price in the United States is $8900 and stores, hospitals and restaurants could start receiving their devices by early 2012.

This is Dj Dummy on the new Traktor ControlS2

The world’s first virtual store has opened in Seoul, South Korea. It looks a lot like your average grocery store from afar, but upon further inspection you can see that there are no real items in the store – just life size images of them. In order to shop, customers must scan barcodes of products displayed using a special downloadable app.

The app allows customers to fill their bag with virtual goods, pay for them with a credit card, and will ensure your purchases get delivered to your home by day’s end. Pretty handy!

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By now you guys should know that the government went haywire shutting a bunch of sites for copyright infringement. Is there more to come? Regardless to what side you are on it seems that the way things have gone on are no longer the norm and that Big Sis is on the hunt

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The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak.

ICE appears to be targeting sites that help Internet users download copyrighted music, as well as sites that sell bootleg goods, such as fake designer handbags.

The sites are replaced with a note from the government: “This domain named has been seized by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations.”

Open Up The Trunk Part 2 – DJ SOLO by DJ SOLO
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The highly anticipated sequel to my critically acclaimed mixtape “Open Up The Trunk” is in the streets!!! After almost 3 years since the first installment, I traveled through time and space to bring you another full hour of the most bangin bass-heavy hip-hop from the past and the future. It even features my brand new song “Gittin It” (rapped and produced by DJ SOLO). If you missed Open Up The Trunk Part 1, be sure to get it from the link below. Now TURN THAT SHIT UP!!!!!!!

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