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News : Google to Unveil 'iGoogle' Branding
2007-05-02 18:23:00
Seemingly taking a page from Apple's naming playbook, Googl e on Tuesday will unwrap "iGoogle," a new brand for the search company's Personalized Homepage service. News features will arrive alongside the iGoogle site, including a "Gadget Maker" and location based search results.Google's Personalized Homepage lets users create exactly that: a customized start page for their Web browsing. On the page, users can place "gadgets" containing information they are interested in, be it weather, stock feeds, news feeds from Web sites, and even the current date and time. The iGoogle name isn't exactly new, as developers of the feature originally planned to name the service as such before the idea was shot down by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Instead, the service was relegated to more generic branding, but remained at the URL: google.com/ig.Apparently, the surprise popularity of the feature and growth of competing personalized start pages such as NetVibes prompted Page and Bri...
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News : Napster Loses Penn State to Ruckus
2007-05-02 18:21:00
Penn Stat e will end its partnership with the Napster music service on May 31 in favor of Ruckus, the university said on Wednesday.The announcement ends a nearly four-year deal between the institution and music service, and sends mixed signals on the future of the offering itself. Penn State was one of Napster's largest educational customers. Starting in the fall, all students at the university's 24 campuses across the state of Pennsylvania will be eligible to sign up for an account with Ruckus. The service offers about 3 million tracks.In somewhat of an ironic twist, Ruckus is headed by Mike Bebel, who was president of Napster when the original deal was signed with Penn State in November 2003. Napster was staying silent on what the announcement meant for the future of the service."Napster helped Penn State greatly in taking a bold and ultimately successful step, but we believe the new Ruckus service will provide greater flexibility for the university marketplace going forward," un...
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News : AACS LA Versus Digg, Google in DMCA Showdown Over Leaked Key
2007-05-02 18:15:00
Beginning two weeks ago, attorneys for the licensing authority for the Advanced Access Copy System used in both Blu-ray and HD DVD issued letters to multiple Web sites and services, including search engines, demanding they remove direct references to a 32-hexadecimal digit code they claim is a processing key that could be used to circumvent DRM protection in HD DVD discs."It is our understanding that you are providing to the public the above-identified tools and services at the above referenced URL," reads one letter sent by AACS LA's attorneys to a representative of Google , "and are thereby providing and offering to the public a technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof that is primarily designed, produced, or marketed for the purpose of circumventing the technological protection measures afforded by AACS (hereafter, the "circumvention offering"). Doing so constitutes a violation of the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act." ...
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News : Zero-gravity is wonderful. Outer space here I come, says Hawking
2007-04-28 01:35:00
Jacqui Goddard at Cape Canaveral From The TimesFor more than 40 years, Stephen Hawking has studied the mysteries of the universe from his wheelchair. Last night, he broke free of his disability and indulged his passion for gravitational phenomena in a finely stage-managed operation 32,000 feet above the Atlantic.“It was amazing,” he said after he returned from his experience of weightlessnes. “The zero-g bit was wonderful . . . I could have gone on and on. Space , here I come.”Peter Diamandis, head of Zero -G, a company that gives the public the chance to experience space-like conditions for about £2,000, said that the professor told his carers after the first of eight zero-gravity plunges that he would like to perform a 180-degree “flip” with his body.He had spelt out his request using an alphabetical board as his electronic voice synthesizer was removed to allow him to drift free of electrical wires. “He was doing gold-medal gymnastics in zero-g, it was incredible,”...
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News : Verizon Wireless Adds Unlimited Messaging
2007-04-16 20:22:00
With "texting" becoming ever more popular, wireless carriers are beginning to offer unlimited messaging, some with the feature built into the voice plans themselves. Verizon Wireless is the latest to do so, saying Monday it would offer the feature in America's Choice Select and Family Share Select plans, which would allow customers to send unlimited text, photo, video, and instant messaging to any carrier within the US.As opposed to the traditional America's Choice plan, the new options would be $20 more expensive per month. All other features, including minutes, would stay the same, said the company. Verizon Wireless customers are among the most prolific messagers in the industry, sending a record 17.7 billion text and 353 million picture and video messages during the fourth quarter of 2006.More information contact us (WebDesigner): http://www.webdesigner.europieles.com/Con tacto.htm
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News : Google's Ad Moves Ruffle Feathers
2007-04-16 20:21:00
Google said Monday it would sell ads across all Clear Channel radio stations in the United States. This comes amid news that Google's competitors, including Microsoft, may challenge the DoubleClick deal over antitrust concerns.Since the inception of its radio advertising program brought about by the acquisition of dMarc Broadcasting, Google has struggled to convince station owners to allow the company to sell their advertising time. The ClearChannel deal is certainly a step in the right direction. All 675 Clear Channel stations across the country would make available time to advertisers, amounting to five percent of the total advertising space. Slots would be available at all times of the day.Clear Channel has even made some important concessions that are good news for Google's initiative. Rather than only gaining access to leftover content, advertisers would also be able to bid for premium inventory, says the company.Undoubtedly, Google execs are breathing a sigh of relief over t...
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News : Google Beats Microsoft in Race for DoubleClick
2007-04-16 20:14:00
Just when analysts and journalists were believing that interest in acquiring Internet advertising firm Double Click had perhaps dwindled, it’s Google that made the big play late this afternoon, beating Microsoft to the line in a deal Google says late this afternoon is worth $3.1 billion in cash.This afternoon’s joint Google/DoubleClick briefing with analysts did not have the characteristic Google attitude. Many queries were posted, as it were, but few search results turned up. The reason, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, was made clear right away: Although today’s deal, consummated just hours earlier, was “something we’ve thought about for a very, very long time,” neither side had actually worked out the major details.So the degree of what isn’t known this evening is substantial – in fact, it’s perplexing, especially with regard to a $3.1 billion cash investment. The role current DoubleClick CEO David Rosenblatt will play, if any, in a company that’s already stacked to th...
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News : Serious RPC Flaw Could Expose Microsoft DNS Servers to Remote Exploi
2007-04-13 17:42:00
This morning, the US-CERT team of the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged Microsoft 's advisory this morning, stating that it's investigating instances where Windows servers running the DNS service can be tricked into running any code remotely in a local system context, with the same privileges as the DNS service itself.As an indication of how seriously Microsoft takes this threat, in a special advisory issued this morning, it instructs customers to use their Registry Editors to set a bit in their DNS parameters for servers running the DNS service, effectively disabling DNS bindings to remote procedure calls (RPC) in favor of local procedure calls only (LPC). From there, the company further suggests that admins use their firewalls to block all RPC traffic, which could extend from ports 1024 to 5000. Essentially, Microsoft is telling admins to shut off the pipes completely for all traffic that would otherwise enable them to manage DNS servers from remote locations. As the c...
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News : Apple Can't Face The Truth
2007-04-13 17:41:00
Instead of admitting that Leopard is taking far longer to finish than it anticipated, Apple has chosen an attempt to hide behind the iPhone to mask the hypocrisy of delaying the next version of Mac OS X.PERSPECTIVE I can no doubt hear the snickers from Redmond this very minute after reading Apple's statement regarding its delay of Mac OS X "Leopard." This comes from a company that never passed up an attempt to bash Microsoft's incessant delays of Vista at every turn. Now, Apple's a great company, don't get me wrong, but this attempt at getting around the truth smells of hypocrisy all around. As somebody in the office said today, "You can't bash Microsoft for being late to the party and then be tardy yourself." How true.Apple claims that in order to finish the iPhone on time, it had to pull developers from the Mac OS X team. It goes on to say that the OS would be feature complete, but it would not be able to "deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us."...
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News : Google Asks Students About Campus E-Mail
2007-04-09 21:44:00
Google is asking college students to voice their opinions on campus e-mail services, likely aimed at giving the company a better understanding of how to improve its suite of communications services aimed at colleges and universities.The Mountain View, Calif. search giant has been offering a version of its Google Apps product for educational institutions for about a year now. The offering includes e-mail, instant messaging, document collaboration and calendaring tools. Several schools already use the product, including Arizona State and Northwestern University. Google provides the service for free to schools that are accredited as non-profits.Thus far, however, reception to the offering has been somewhat cool, and it is likely Google is looking for ways to attract more institutions by offering services and features that students want."University students lead hectic lives and are ready for email that helps them better organize themselves and communicate with others," Google's educat...
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News : Yahoo, SanDisk Team Up Against iPod
2007-04-09 21:42:00
Yahoo is joining the ranks of Microsoft and others in attempting to unseat Apple's venerable iPod by teaming with SanDisk on a new Wi-Fi enabled Sansa MP3 player. The device will retail for $250, and includes a 2.2-inch color LCD screen and a capacity of 4GB.Although it's not the first portable music player to boast Wi-Fi connectivity, Yahoo and SanDisk are making the feature more useful. Unlike the Microsoft Zune, the Sansa Connect would be able to directly download songs from the Internet and stream Internet radio. The connectivity software that powers the Sansa Connect's key features was developed by Zing, a Mountain View, Calif. start-up co-founded by Tim Bucher, a former Apple executive who played a key part in the iPod's development."My sixteen year-old daughter has a Zune, goes to a high school with 3700 kids, and has never once encountered another person with a Zune, shared music, or even used the Wifi functionality on the device," Yahoo! Music's Ian Rogers wrote Monday...
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News : Google Admits Help in Chinese Character Editor
2007-04-09 21:40:00
Google has admitted to using a third-party in developing the dictionary for its recently-released Pinyin Input Method Edit or (IME), aimed at assisting Chine se users in entering characters on a Roman-style keyboard, IDG News Service reported Monday. The search engine has come under criticism for possibly infringing on a similar service offered by Chinese competitor Sohu.com.Sohu sent a letter to Google Friday demanding that they halt downloads of the IME, as they claim portions of the application copies its own IME. It is unknown whether Sohu used the same third-party, although names of Sohu employees and similar mistakes are found in each product. Google China apologized in a blog post Monday, making changes to the IME database.More information contact us (WebDesigner): http://www.webdesigner.europieles.com/Con tacto.htm
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News : Google Trials Search by Phone
2007-04-09 21:38:00
Google may have an answer for those tired of paying for expensive 411 calls from their cell phone: Google Voice Local Search , which goes by the nickname Goog-411. The service, currently in testing on the search company's Labs site, makes local business searches accessible via the phone.In theory, Goog-411 is simple: users call a toll-free 800 number and speak their search query, which is then processed through speech recognition software. If there is an exact match, Google can connect the user directly to the business free of charge. Results from the search are read back to the user, who can request them be sent via text message to a cell phone. Initial reviews of the service have been mostly positive, although Google reminds callers that Goog-411 is still in its experimental stages.According to Google, the data used is the same as would be found using Google Maps, although no computer is required in this case. For now, the test offering is only available in English and in the Unit...
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News : Apple Sells 100 Millionth iPod
2007-04-09 21:36:00
Outpacing even Sony's once-ubiquitous Walkman, Apple announced Monday it had sold 100 million iPods, making the device the fastest selling music player in history. The milestone was hit in just five and a half years, with the original 5GB iPod introduced in November 2001.Apple has released 10 new iPod models since that time, including the iPod mini, iPod nano and iPod shuffle. Over 4,000 accessories are available for the player, and over 70 percent of car manufacturers offer iPod support. "iPod has helped millions of people around the world rekindle their passion for music, and we’re thrilled to be a part of that," remarked Apple CEO Steve Jobs.More information contact us (WebDesigner): http://www.webdesigner.europieles.com/Con tacto.htm
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News : Apple Debuts Eight-Core Mac Pro
2007-04-04 22:09:00
Apple on Wednesday refreshed its Mac Pro line, adding a new 8-core behemoth using Intel's new "Clovertown" quad-core Xeon processors. Also, a new quad-core model was introduced. The base configuration for the 8-core Mac Pro includes two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, with 1GB DDR2 RAM expandable to 16GB. A 250GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card, and a 16x SuperDrive are also included.The base price for that model will be $3,997 USD, although better configurations could push that figure several thousand higher. The new 3.0GHz quad-core model, using two Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" processors, will retail for $3,298 USD. The new models are the first refresh to the Mac Pro since Apple introduced the Intel-based lineup in August of last year.More information contact us (WebDesigner): http://www.webdesigner.europieles.com/Con tacto.htm
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News : Vista to Become More Virtualization-Friendly
2007-04-02 20:50:00
Microsoft has tweaked the licensing for Windows Vista slightly to allow users of the Enterprise version of its software to use the operating system in non-traditional environments, such as diskless PCs.The changes were announced at Microsoft's Management Summit 2007, an annual event held for IT management professionals in Redmond. The company says its customers had been requesting the licensing changes so that IT administrators could experiment with new management architectures. Changing the licensing to better support virtualization shows a slow capitulation on Microsoft's part to answer calls for better support of the increasingly popular technology. The company briefly flirted with banning Vista virtualization altogether last year, although settled later on taking it out of home versions only.Still, in order to use these new virtualization features, a company would need to purchase a license for Vista Enterprise, only available to those who participate in Microsoft's Software ...
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News : Google Warming Up to DoubleClick
2007-04-02 20:46:00
Although earlier reports have indicated Microsoft was close to a deal with online advertising firm Double Click , sources now say Google is emerging as a top contender as the price of the company continues to grow.The Wall Street Journal said Monday that as the likely acquisition price surpassed the $2 billion mark, Microsoft has been slow in responding with a counter offer. Negotiations were described as "fluid," although a deal could be announced in days. Several companies, including AOL and Yahoo, as well as private investment firms, have been rumored to have negotiated a deal with DoubleClick. It is unclear whether those companies are still in the running.Google and Microsoft are locked in an increasingly bitter battle for Internet advertising dollars. While Google is no doubt the behemoth in Web ads, Microsoft has made motions to make up lost ground, such as its adCenter offerings.Much of the interest around DoubleClick likely has to do with concerns over Google's dominance in t...
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News : iTunes to Offer EMI's DRM-free Music
2007-04-02 20:23:00
11:00 am CT April 2, 2006 - In what could be a watershed moment for the digital entertainment industry, leading music publisher EMI Group announced today it would provide most of its music catalog to listeners without any digital rights management restrictions.And making Apple CEO Steve Jobs live up to his promises from earlier this year, the two companies have reached a breakthrough agreement where DRM-free EMI music will be available on iTunes next month. As EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli announced in a press conference in London this morning, his company will be making available DRM-free music tracks across all platforms, with iTunes having signed up as the publisher’s first distributing partner. DRM-free tracks on iTunes will carry a premium, selling for $1.29 per track versus the $0.99 that has been iTunes’ standard since its inception.Just yesterday, EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli issued invitations to his employees to attend his company’s headquarters in London, specifically in t...
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News : Vonage: We Will Survive Post-Injunction
2007-03-27 17:32:00
Calling the turmoil following a Friday verdict banning it from using VoIP technology patented by Verizon an "overreaction," Vonage said Monday that it was confident it would be able to win on appeal, but investors are worried.US District Judge Claude Hilton issued an injunction Friday after dismissing arguments by Vonage that it was in the public interest to not enforce such an action, siding with Verizon's claims of 'irreparable harm.' Vonage will get a stay of two weeks to allow the company to further press its argument against an injunction, and appeal the entire patent infringement case, Hilton said.. The ruling will be signed at the time he rules on the stay.The surrounding fallout caught Vonage off guard, and it worked hard Monday to calm the market and assure its investors that the company would continue to operate even in face of an injunction."To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of Vonage's death have been greatly exaggerated," CEO Mike Snyder said in a statement. "The...
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News : AT&T: One Million Interested in Apple's iPhone
2007-03-27 17:24:00
AT CTIA WIRELESS 2007 AT&T's Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson told attendees of CTIA Wireless Tuesday that the company had received some 1 million requests to be notified when the iPhone becomes available. While the company is not taking advance orders for the phone, expected to retail for $499 and $599 for the 4 and 8GB models respectively, it has an option on the site to leave an e-mail address to be contacted when it becomes available."One million people have asked us to call when this phone is available," he said. The company plans to begin selling the iPhone in June, and has signed a multi-year exclusive deal with the company which could bring several additional models to the carrier over the next few years.More information contact us (WebDesigner): http://www.webdesigner.europieles.com/Con tacto.htm
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News : Apple: Leopard Will Ship on Time
2007-03-27 17:22:00
It seems as if Apple is determined to not take a similar route as Windows Vista with its next-generation operating system, code-named "Leopard ."The company took the unusual step on Friday of responding directly to speculation by the Taiwan technology publication DigiTime s that its newest operating system was delayed, saying it was on track to deliver Leopard in the spring. Normally, Apple declines to comment on speculation surrounding its products. However, it told JupiterResearch analyst Michael Gartenberg Friday that DigiTimes' report was incorrect."The rumor mill is wrong again," Gartenberg mused. The paper had claimed the delay was caused by a desire by Apple to enhance the dual-boot support within Mac OS X. However, the publication has often been wrong in speculating about the Cupertino company's future moves.American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu also downplayed the report, saying his checks showed that Leopard was nearing completion, and should be released in the spri...
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News : Apple TV Begins Shipping
2007-03-22 04:08:00
Apple said Wednesday that it had begun shipments of its Apple TV product, aimed at solidifying its hold on the digital entertainment industry, and expanding its presence into the living room. The device was originally scheduled for release last month, but the company said development had taken longer than expected and pushed the release back in late February.The device acts as a link between iTunes on the computer and a user's big-screen television by using a preexisting Wi-Fi network. For faster transfer, the device would use 802.11n technology. It includes a 40GB hard drive to store the information locally to the device, negating the need to download it before each viewing.More information contact us (WebDesigner): http://www.webdesigner.europieles.com/Con tacto.htm
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News :Microsoft Investigating Xbox Live Hackings
2007-03-22 04:04:00
Microsoft is investigating claims made on several Internet forums that hackers are breaking into customer's Xbox Live accounts and using their accounts to purchase premium content and steal personal information, the company confirmed in a statement to the press on Wednesday. Saying "security is a top priority," it will look into any report of hacking it receives.Gamers had been complaining that the Redmond company has not taken their complaints of break-ins seriously, either telling them to complain to their credit card companies or claiming they could not do anything about the problem. It is currently unclear as to how hackers are gaining access to the accounts, however some are speculating users are being tricked into giving enough of their personal information to facilitate a break-in.More information contact us (WebDesigner): http://www.webdesigner.europieles.com/Con tacto.htm
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News : Microsoft, Google Join OpenAjax Alliance
2007-03-22 03:57:00
What is fast becoming one of the computing industry's most diverse consortiums of competitors will meet tomorrow at IBM's offices in New York, for the first time with Microsoft as a contributing member. The Open Ajax Alliance is seeking to develop a standard specification for Asynchronous JavaScript, which can now also count Google among its ranks, after having co-founded the Alliance but having held out on its decision to officially join...for reasons some speculate may have had to do with Microsoft.For all intents and purposes, Google and Microsoft are AJAX, with Google having led the way in promoting the concept of JavaScript code that isn't bound to browser-based events. The freely distributed Google Web Toolkit (GWT) provided most Web developers' first introduction to document object models that could be amended on the fly. Microsoft came along not long afterward with its betas of "Atlas," which have since been pulled in under the ASP.NET umbrella.More information contact us...
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News : Wii Continues Sales Dominance in February
2007-03-17 17:25:00
Nintendo's Wii outsold all other next-generation consoles in February, the NPD Group reports, further solidifying its second place market share among new consoles in the US. Meanwhile, PS3 sales continue to lag.It was not all bad news for Sony, however. Sale s of its PS2 are still strong, selling 295,000 units during the month. This was about the same as its performance in January, when it sold 299,000 consoles. The Wii sold 335,000 units in February, a drop of 23 percent from the previous month. Xbox 360 came in second with 228,000, down 22 percent. However, the PS3 showed the biggest drop with some 127,000 consoles sold, falling some 49 percent.Sony's obvious sales problems with the PS3 are beginning to lend credence to reports that the consoles are beginning to sit on shelves while consumers opt for the cheaper Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii.A sales associate of an EB Games location in central Pennsylvania told BetaNews that since February, the location's stock of PS3's had either s...
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News : Blu-ray: We'll Replace DVD in Three Years
2007-03-17 17:24:00
Blu-ray is aiming to replace the DVD format within three years, and is practically claiming victory at the CeBIT technology show in Germany.The European chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association says that by the end of that period, Blu-ray would be the only next-generation format left. It pointed to the launch of the PlayStation 3 as a major impetus for the format's eventual supremacy. A little over 1.8 million PS3's have been shipped in the US and Japan, and the console is set to launch in Europe next week with about 1 million consoles available. HD DVD has conceded that it is being outsold in hardware by a five-to-one margin.However, it disputes claims by the BDA that it is also losing the battle in software, saying disc sales are pretty much even. Likely a lot of Blu-ray's recent sales have to do with a promotion allowing PS3 owners to get a free disc.HD DVD seems to have the upper hand in Europe, with smaller studios migrating to the format, although Sony disputes this as a si...
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News : Microsoft to Pay Business for Using Live Search
2007-03-17 17:22:00
If you can't get people to use your product for free, you can always pay them to.Microsoft is now offering to pay businesses through service or training credits if they get their employees to use its Live Search product at work. The amount of the payment would be based on the number of search queries served. While many may view this as a sign of desperation from a company whose search share badly lags behind that of competitors Google and Yahoo, Microsoft is attempting to spin it in a different way.Currently Google serves about half of all search queries, followed by Yahoo that serves about 24 percent. Microsoft has around an 8 percent search share, Neilsen//NetRatings reports.The company claims that feedback gained from the program would be used to improve Live Search for enterprise use. However, at the same time the program could raise the company's search share, thus allowing the company to sell more advertising and highlight its other related products.Furthermore, there is a g...
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News : Viacom Lawsuit Accuses YouTube of Outright Piracy
2007-03-15 01:45:00
In its lawsuit against Google and its YouTube subsidiary which came to light yesterday, Viacom not only alleges that YouTube is guilty of massive copyright infringement by allowing its users to post unauthorized content without restrictions or filtering, but the corporation goes one step further: It accuses YouTube of actually reproducing and posting some unauthorized content itself."YouTube itself publicly performs the infringing videos on the YouTube site and other websites," Viacom's lawsuit proclaims. "Thus, YouTube does not simply enable massive infringement by its users. It is YouTube that knowingly reproduces and publicly performs the copyrighted works uploaded to its site."The lawsuit goes on to contend that access to copyright-infringing content is a cornerstone of YouTube's and Google's business plan for the site, and may be promoting that access in order to drive traffic. The claim mirrors the successful allegation of MGM and other studios in their pursuit of P2P servi...
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News : Microsoft Expands Xbox Live to Windows
2007-03-15 01:40:00
Microsoft continued to build on the success of its Xbox platform by extending it's popular Live gaming platform to Windows PCs. The service would debut on May 8, and would connect gamers on both platforms together."Shadowrun" will be the first PC and Xbox 360 title to allow gamers on either platform to play one another in a single environment starting in June, although the Vista version of "Halo 2" due May 8 will permit person-to-person matches across either platform."UNO," which has become a popular Xbox Live Arcade title, is slated for release later in the year.In a humorous twist, Microsoft's Live naming convention has forced the company to give the new service an odd name: "Games for Windows -- Live," with the double hyphen meant to signify that the office is not a Windows Live service, but a different type of "Live" service altogether.Gamers would be able to use their "gamertags" between either platform, and maintain a single list of achievements. The service for Windows PCs ...
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News : How Do You Intercept a Text Message?
2007-03-13 16:58:00
Retail giant Wal-Mart fired an employee Monday for eavesdropping on phone calls and intercepting text messages between the company's media-relations staff and a New York Times reporter. How do you intercept a text message? Turn your own cell phone into a surveillance gadget. There are a few ways to do this. One method, phone cloning, lets you intercept incoming messages and send outgoing ones as if your phone were the original. If both phones are near the same broadcast tower, you can also listen in on calls. To clone a phone, you have to make a copy of its SIM card, which stores the phone's identifying information. This requires a SIM reader that can read the card's unique cryptographic key and transfer it to another phone. (Warning: This is super illegal, but there are still sites that show you how.) The problem with cloning is that it only lets you intercept messages sent to one phone number. Plus, you need physical access to the target phone to make it work—something Wal-Ma...
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