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WAL-MART WARNS STUDIOS OVER — DVD DOWNLOADS — Worried about its massive DVD sales, retail behemoth Wal-Mart has told some of Hollywood's biggest players it will retaliate against them for selling ...
Click fraud - here we go again
Yet another piece on click fraud, this time from Businessweek - which of course is an "old medium" itself. What amazes me is the elephant in the room: This is not an intractable problem. (Ask me ab...
HP's Dunn resigns from board
CEO Hurd takes over as chairman amid growing leak investigation scandal. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Hewlett Packard chief executive Mark Hurd said Friday that he is taking over as the company's cha...
VOIP - The Details Kill The Fun
A bunch of VOIP services have launched to help people make cheaper calls from normal phones. None of them are compelling for the mass market. — VOIP is great when you initiate calls from VOIP phone...
Holiday in Harare: part 4 - Zimbabwe's Internet under threat
They turned off the Internet shortly after I left Harare. — I don't think the two events were connected. — And they didn't really turn the net off, despite alarming reports to the contrary.
The Internet Address Book - Social Networks in One Place
The Internet Address Book, which launched this week, is a new service from the Netherlands that brings together all your online identities in one place - social networking URLs, instant messaging IDs ...
DRM is old and busted, according to BitTorrent cofounder
BitTorrent cofounder Ashwin Navin believes that DRM is not the answer to legal online video services despite his company's getting ready to launch its own DRM-based movie service in the near future.
Some VoIP services surpass traditional phones
A large-scale VoIP study from Keynote Systems concludes that VoIP audio quality is improving, and in some cases exceeds that of the traditional phone network—so long as you're making calls within the ...
Software Makers Complain to EU Over Microsoft's New Vista System
BRUSSELS — Two U.S. software makers are lobbying European Union regulators for action against Microsoft Corp.'s next-generation Windows computer operating system, slated for release to corporate custo...
Apple to trademark Podcast? (or "How to fight the good fight")
In perhaps the worst trademark enforcement decision—ummm—ever, it seems Apple is trying to get people to NOT use the term Podcast/Podcasting in the names of their companies. Podcasting for those of m...
Cablevision Gave Backdated Grant To Dead Official
Cablevision Systems Corp. awarded options to a vice chairman after his 1999 death but backdated them, making it appear the grant was awarded when he still was alive, according to a company filing and ...
HostGator: cPanel Security Hole Exploited in Mass Hack
HostGator says hackers compromised its servers using a previously unknown security hole in cPanel, the control panel software that is widely used by hosting providers. "I can tell you with all accura...
Know when to buy an Apple product
With surprise announcements and secret new products lurking around every corner, it's hard to know when to buy a product from Apple. The iPod obsessives from iLounge feel your pain, and have put toge...
Yahoo pulls a Scrooge with forced unpaid holiday vacation
Several Yahoos confided their frustration to me when the company sent an all-hands memo this week, forcing all employees to take the Christmas-to-New-Year week off, either unpaid or using their allott...
Publishers aim for some control of search results
Global publishers, fearing that Web search engines such as Google are encroaching on their ability to generate revenue, plan to launch an automated system for granting permission on how to use their c...
#1 William Henry Gates III
SOURCE Microsoft (quote: MSFT), Software, Self made — EDUCATION Harvard University, Drop Out — In June Microsoft's visionary announced his retirement from company he cofounded 31 years ago. Ray O...
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from the where-things-are-headed dept — There's been a lot of talk lately about what has made sites like YouTube successful. Certainly, ease of use, is one component — but it's not just ease of use...