Championed by the RIAA, who pointed to the University of Tennessee's no. 4 position on the list of top music piracy schools, and the MPAA, which noted the school's no. 19 spot on its infringement list, the law will force both public and private schools in the state to implement policies to prevent and prohibit copyright infringement on campus computers and networks.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will have to spend nearly $2.8 million for software, over $6.5 million for hardware, and hire 21 full-time employees at a cost of $1.575 million annually.

The RIAA is understandably elated at the passage of the bill, and why not? It forces schools to crack down on copyright infringement at no cost to the industry, and sets a disturbing legislative precedent for other states to follow.

Automated infringement-detection systems really don't work that great: researchers at the University of Washington were able to attract almost 500 bogus DMCA takedown notices, some of which were directed at three networked printers.

Pirates have anchored a hijacked Saudi oil tanker off the Somali coast, as the spate of hijackings gathered pace with two more ships seized on Tuesday.

A cargo ship and a fishing vessel were the latest to join more than 90 vessels attacked by the pirates this year.

The seizure points to the inability of a multi-national naval task force sent to the region earlier this year to stop Somali piracy, he adds.

Fourteen vessels currently remain captive in Somalia, with around 268 crew being held hostage, according to the IMB.

A one-eyed woman has appealed for some gadget guidance to help her turn her artificial eye into a camcorder.

In terms of recording capabilities, Vlach's opted for the MPEG 4 format and she hopes to have a Mini SD card slot inside it for cards of up to 4GB. It should also have a 3x zoom - optical, of course.

A German Member of parliament for a left-wing party, Lutz Heilmann, has obtained a preliminary injunction against the local chapter of the Wikimedia foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland e.V..

Apparently Heilmann is not happy with the fact that his Wikipedia article contains information on his work for the former GDR Stasi, the much-hated internal secret service.

Times have changed, and that old address is a black hole for spam. You never check it, and you don't want to. But your stupid ISP, your stubborn family members and high school buddies insist on sending you important things there.

Once you've got a domain, set up your mail preferences so that every e-mail sent to the domain gets accepted.

On your new domain hosting service, redirect your *@[yourdomain.com] to your Gmail account.

Use the "Vacation reply" in Gmail (activate it in Gmail's Settings tab) to announce to each sender your new address.