RIAA Wants to Depose Dead Defendant's Children; But Will Allow them 60 Days to "Grieve"
Just when we think we've heard it all.... In Michigan, in Warner Bros. v. Scantlebury, after learning that the defendant had passed away, the RIAA made a motion to stay the case for 60 days in order ...
BBC plans clip-on digital radio
The BBC is drawing up plans for a plug-in gadget that turns MP3 players into digital radios. — Currently plans are at an early stage and there are no firm details for the capabilities of the gadget ...
PSP price cut might be imminent
Analysts believe Sony is preparing to cut PlayStation handheld gaming system prices in coming months. — Game Over is a weekly column by Chris Morris — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — While the price of ...
Microsoft's antivirus package makes a splash
Helped by low pricing, Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare landed the No. 2 spot in sales at American stores in its debut month, according to The NPD Group. — The antivirus and PC care package nabbed 1...
Exclusive: Joystiq interviews WoW's Jeff Kaplan
Earlier this week, I sat down with Jeff Kaplan, lead designer for World of Warcraft, to chat about the state of the highly successful MMO and what was in store with the coming expansion, The Burning C...
The story of a story
First, Steve Garfield, in Doc Searls is Journalism: Part 2: … And Steve points to my on-the-scene coverage of what went down at Logan Airport in Boston when odd new security measures (no fluids other ...
The Search for Secret Google Services
Tony Ruscoe is a web developer working for a translation company in Sheffield, UK. He's interested in translation technology, genealogy and Google. — Since stumbling across Google Base almost a mon...
Your Life as an Open Book
Privacy advocates and search industry watchers have long warned that the vast and valuable stores of data collected by search engine companies could be vulnerable to thieves, rogue employees, mishaps ...
Use "POD" in your trademark, get sued. Has Apple gone to far?
Has Apple gone too far? — Even if the product you make doesn't look, smell, feel, or do anything remotely close to what an iPod does, and even if consumers can't buy it on the shelves in a store, th...
Seagate Leaves me bloody...
Microsoft to Introduce "Panorama;" Live Arcade for Vista?
Shacknews has learned from reputable sources who wish to remain nameless that Microsoft plans to introduce what seems to be a Windows gaming service called "Panorama." Apparently, Panorama will be a ...
"Bully" trailer online - critics crying out for ban
The backlash from Bully has been huge with both Jack Thompson from the US, and Keith Vaz, a Labour MP, both pushing movements to get the game banned before it's even released. However, Rockstar have ...
- Online Trading Card Game Coming to Everquest?
More Blu-Ray Hilarity! — We're often criticized at Kotaku HQ for being too hard on Sony (or Microsoft or Nintendo or Crecente). It all depends on the message board or slobbering fan site you're vis...
Publishing 2.0: GigaOm and CrunchNetwork
The new tech publishing moguls, following in the footsteps of Jason Calacanis' Weblogs Inc. and Nick Denton's Gawker network, are moving fast to expand their networks and coverage. The newly funded O...
My new favorite expensive toy: the $500 rotary phone
Today may be odd gadget day here at Opposable Thumbs, and in terms of toys it doesn't get any weirder than this. You're looking at a $500 rotary phone that is designed to work as a cell phone; you en...
Debunking Blue Pill myth
Since months the security and virtualization industry are discussing about a new security threat: the Blue Pill. — Blue Pill is the prototype resulting from a security study made by Joanna Rutkowska...
Social media and the London terrorist plot
Anyone who remembers the London subway bombings probably recalls the dozens of cellphone-camera photos of disheveled victims and twisted metal in the chaos of the London underground — pictures that be...
Tool: What it's Worth to Rank in Google, Yahoo and MSN
Want to know what it means to rank 4th in MSN? How about to rank 2nd in Yahoo? Or what about ranking 1st in Google and 3rd in MSN? — Well then grab the number of overture searches the term had las...
Two New Features
Starred Audio Player — If you've starred some audio then you have a Starred Audio page with a link to customize and get the code for a Flash player so you can share the cool stuff you've found. Her...