Yet Another DRM Failure Leaves Customers High And Dry

03/17/2010 - 21:48 / Posted by admin
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By now you should know this -- as DRM'd music service after DRM'd music service has screwed over their customers by shutting off the servers on the music they were supposed to be able to access -- but it's yet another reminder that if you buy into DRM'd products, you're going to end up screwed over. The latest, sent in by a bunch of you, is that Australian ISP, Bigpond (from Telstra), is shutting off its DRM servers that were used to support Windows Media Audio.

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Congress tries to stamp out tobacco smugglers (AP)

03/17/2010 - 20:56 / Posted by admin
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AP - Congress has moved to stamp out a multibillion-dollar tobacco trafficking industry that has enriched criminals and terrorists and made it easier for kids to buy cigarettes online.

FCC plans to announce broadband agenda (Reuters)

03/17/2010 - 20:45 / Posted by admin
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Reuters - The Federal Communications Commission plans to announce in coming weeks an agenda of proceedings stemming from the recommendations in the national broadband plan, an agency official said.

Court Effectively Says No 4th Amendment Protection To Copies Of Emails

03/17/2010 - 20:38 / Posted by admin
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Earlier this year, we wrote about some Fourth Amendment questions when it came to information stored in the cloud -- and a recent legal ruling provides some new troubling views on this matter.

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Yahoo buying fantasy sports company Citizen Sports (AP)

03/17/2010 - 20:34 / Posted by admin
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AP - Yahoo is buying a fantasy sports company co-founded by an MIT graduate whose card-counting skills helped him win millions of dollars in blackjack and spawned a film and a best-selling book.

IMAX Threatens Open Source 3D Engine With Bizarre Reasoning

03/17/2010 - 19:30 / Posted by admin
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Proffer alerts us to the bizarre story of how IMAX (last seen suing competitors and misleading people about what an IMAX film really is) is now threatening the folks behind the Sandy3D open source 3D flash engine. Apparently, IMAX has some sort of 3D drawing system called SANDDE.

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After Weeklong Fight, Rogue ISP Troyak Struggles for Life (PC World)

03/17/2010 - 18:40 / Posted by admin
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PC World - After an international take-down effort, a rogue ISP responsible for controlling large numbers of computers infected with data-stealing code is down for the moment, but it may be reconnecting with the Internet, according to security researchers.

OurChart social network lacks its network

03/17/2010 - 18:26 / Posted by admin
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Rushed to launch, the site wants for the features its marketing promotes.

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ModCloth crowdsources vintage fashion

03/17/2010 - 18:26 / Posted by admin
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ModCloth, an e-retailer of women's vintage fashion, is creating a community of fashionistas included in almost every part of the company.

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Harvard Law Prof's Poor Economic Analysis Used As Cover For Unnecessary Fashion Copyright

03/17/2010 - 18:19 / Posted by admin
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For many years, we've pointed to the fashion industry as a perfect example of how a creative industry can be incredibly innovative and fruitful, even without copyright protections. It's a great story, and studies have shown, in fact, that the lack of copyright protection for fashion designs has been key to the success of the industry.

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Citizens United, Recent Winner Of Free Speech Case, Tries To Silence Critics

03/17/2010 - 17:08 / Posted by admin
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Unless you've been living under a rock lately, you've heard about the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court, which reiterated corporate personhood in certain circumstances -- specifically with regards to political campaign funding -- effectively freeing up companies to spend as much money as they wanted to support (or not support) political candidates.

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Internet piracy taking big toll on jobs (Reuters)

03/17/2010 - 17:02 / Posted by admin
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Reuters - Plenty of people download music from the Internet every day, but illegal downloading has a huge economic impact and could put more than one million people out of work by 2015, experts say.

FTC Member Rips Into Google's Privacy Efforts (PC World)

03/17/2010 - 16:50 / Posted by admin
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PC World - Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday.

Fear of surge in Internet crime ahead of S.Africa World Cup (AFP)

03/17/2010 - 16:40 / Posted by admin
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PayPal plans to double staff in Asia by year's end (AP)

03/17/2010 - 16:06 / Posted by admin
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E-commerce in protected wildlife booming (AFP)

03/17/2010 - 16:02 / Posted by admin
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Google making it easier to leave Exchange

03/17/2010 - 16:00 / Posted by admin
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Google's bid to get businesses on its cloud computing office productivity software has new weapon: a tool for making the Exchange migration easier.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

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New Study Points Out That Gene Patent On Trial Is Very, Very Broad

03/17/2010 - 15:50 / Posted by admin
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Last year a very important lawsuit was filed, challenging whether or not it was legal to patent genes.

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Law Enforcement Push for Stricter Domain Name Rules (PC World)

03/17/2010 - 15:40 / Posted by admin
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PC World - Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and U.S. are pushing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to put in place measures that would help reduce abuse of the domain name system.

Facebook Intros On-the-fly Search Result Suggestions (PC World)

03/17/2010 - 15:10 / Posted by admin
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PC World - Facebook has revamped its search engine so that suggested results drop down from the search box as people type in their queries.