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Financial Services Group WCS Sues Online Forum Over Negative Post

First time accepted submitter kavzee writes The popular Australian online discussion forum, Whirlpool, is being sued by a financial services group for refusing to remove a negative review about its services. A similar story occurred a number of years ago when another company by the name of 2Clix attempted to sue Whirlpool for the same reasons but later withdrew their case. "A financial services business licenced through National Australia Bank is suing an online forum for refusing to remove an allegedly fake and negative post about its services, claiming it has damaged its reputation with would-be clients. It is the latest legal action launched against an online forum or review website for publishing negative comments, following several high profile cases in Australia and overseas. Financial advice group WCS Group has initiated action against Whirlpool in the Supreme Court of Victoria, seeking unspecified damages and costs, despite the fact the forum generates no revenue."

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Chrome’s Safe Browsing Blocks Expanded to “Deceptive” Downloads

Chrome's Safe Browsing Blocks Expanded to "Deceptive" Downloads

Chrome: Google already uses its Chrome browser to warn users about potentially malicious software. Soon, the browser will begin blocking downloads that do annoying things like changing browser settings.

Presumably the new filters won’t apply to the Chrome Store itself, nor will the blacklist include known safe software like Firefox. However, the existing Safe Browsing feature–which currently displays a red circle like the one above when it detects an unsafe download–will be expanded to include "programs disguised as a helpful download that actually make unexpected changes to your computer."

That’s not the download you’re looking for… | Google Chrome Blog


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Turns Out When Police Act Cordial, Rather Than As An Oppressive Military Force, Things Work Out Better

After covering the militarized police fiasco in Ferguson, Missouri the past few days, including highlighting Anil Dash’s rather simple point that the way to deal with angry protestors isn’t to make them angrier, it appears that someone finally got the message. Missouri’s governor kicked out the St. Louis County police, who were responsible for much of the previous escalation, and sent in the Missouri State Highway Patrol, who almost immediately set a very different tone — one that involved a much smaller police presence, and one that was a lot friendlier. It even involved talking with (not just to) protestors in a cordial manner. The most striking image — a complete reversal of the day before — has to be Captain Ron Johnson, who was put in charge, walking with the protestors (in ordinary police garb) rather than having militarized police aiming high powered weaponry at them.

Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol walks along with the Ferguson march. Compare this to Wednesday. http://ift.tt/1yC1QWd

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 14, 2014

It’s almost as if treating the public as people with rights who the police are supposed to be serving, rather than as an enemy that needs invading… works better. Who would have expected that, other than, well, most normal people?

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EtreCheck Produces a Bare Bones Diagnostic Report of Your Mac

EtreCheck Produces a Bare Bones Diagnostic Report of Your Mac

Mac: Diagnostics utilities don’t really need to be feature-packed. In fact, since their main purpose is to give you information about a busted Mac, it’s actually best if they’re very simple. EtreCheck fits that bill.

EtreCheck collects a ton of statistics about your Mac. This includes your hardware, software, installed apps, kernel extensions, and just about anything else that can cause your Mac to stop working. When it’s done collecting information, EtreCheck gives you a simple, text-based report of everything it learned so you can easily send that info to someone for help (or troubleshoot your own computer). It’s a super easy way to figure out what’s going on with your Mac without running any complex utilities.

EtreCheck (Free) | via Macworld


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Linus Torvalds’ Home Office (with Walking Desk and 3D Printer)

Let’s take a tour of Linux creator Linus Torvalds’ home office. Unlike other photo-perfect workspaces we’ve seen before, this looks like an often-used, practical home office any geek could see inhabiting.

There’s even that abandoned desk full of cr*p to the side, replaced by the walking "Zombie shuffling" desk. And there are so many penguins. It’s nice to see a messy workspace, presented with so much personality from an iconic developer—a place where stuff gets done, while walking at 1 mile an hour.

If you have a workspace of your own to show off, share them with us by adding it to our Lifehacker Workspace Show and Tell Flickr pool. Make sure any photos you include are at least 640×360. Keeping them to 16:9 helps, too! Include a little text about the stuff you used, how you came up with the design, and any other relevant details. If your clever organization and good design sense catches our eye, you might be the next featured workspace.

Linus Torvalds Guided Tour of His Home Office | YouTube via ITworld


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Hilarious video replaces all the sounds in The Matrix with 8-bit sounds

Hilarious video replaces all the sounds in The Matrix with 8-bit sounds

Like most people with eyeballs, I’ve scrubbed the memory of The Matrix sequels from the creases of my brain. That’s why I had so much fun when I watched this scene from The Matrix Reloaded. Oh and hearing 8-bit sounds instead of real noises makes it way more enjoyable. It’s an action comedy movie now!

Phillip Raupach edited the fight scene to include nostalgic 8-bit sound effects from our childhoods and created something pretty fantastic. You could get me to re-watch both sequels if the whole soundtrack was like this. Maybe.

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