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Violent Video Games Qualify The law to ban the sale of such games was passed in 2005 by the state of California
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video games that are too violent for kids. But can such games be banned for sale to kids in USA? The state of California wanted to have a law banning the sale of such video games, but the US Supreme Court has ruled that any such ban would violate First Amendment free speech rights, and hence was unconstitutional. The court voted 7-2 against the law proposed by the state of California, with justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer dissenting. The opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia said, “Video games qualify for First Amendment protection. Like protected books,
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the death of lulzsec lulzsec has reached the end of its lifecycle. The notorious hacker group, whose activities have created havoc on the internet during the last few months, has suddenly announced that it is dissolving itself. The announcement was made on the Twitter account of lulz security. no reasons for the disbandment were given, but according to sources, the move is a result of increasing pressure from law enforcement agencies. The pressure could also be from rival hackers, who seem to have joined the hunt, and have started posting information that could help in identifying the sex member lulzsec group. only few days ago a teenager in britain had been arrested on the charges of being connected with one of the group’s attacks. on its part the lulzsec group has been saying that there is nothing strange about their intention to dissolve the group, as they had always planned this to be a 50-day hacking exercise. during the days of rampage on internet, the lulzsec group was responsible for taking down government sites, compromising Web servers, posting police files and consumer data to the Web, and taunting a host of gaming companies and others.
IBM saved $50 Mn usIng green energy
IBM has already surpassed Its goal of reducIng carBon eMIssIons by 16.7 per cent from 2005 to 2012
In its new corporate social responsibility report, IBM says that it has saved $50 mn in the past two years by taking recourse to thousands of energy efficiency projects. These green initiatives include efficient lighting and better operating schedules for moving to cloud. IBM aims to eliminate 1.1 mn (mwh) of energy use by 2012. It intends to reduce carbon emissions by 12 per cent by 2012. 12
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plays and movies, they communicate ideas through familiar literary devices and features distinctive to the medium.”The decision went on to say, “The State wishes to create a wholly new category of content-based regulation that is permissible only for speech directed at children. That is unprecedented and mistaken.” Joining Scalia’s objection Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked “Could you get rid of rap music?” as the lyrics “talk about killing people.” The law was passed by the state of California in 2005. Since then the law had already been invalidated by a pair of lower federal courts, and now the US Supreme court has also rejected it.
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