Boy Scouts shill for MPAA with copyright merit badge
The Los Angeles Council of the Boy Scouts of America will offer rewards to Scouts who absorb a brainwashing regime written by the MPAA. The merit badge patch in "respecting copyright" will almost cer...
Blog Claiming with OpenId
Blog claiming enables a blog author to associate their identity with their blog. Technorati has long supported a number of different ways for members to verify that they can author on a blog: — Logg...
Hands On The Zune
Today, I had an opportunity to listen to a few songs and a radio station on the Zune here at the Microsoft Campus in Seattle. — All Zune colors were present, brown, white (or off-white) and black. ...
'Halo' pic loses its studios
Vidgame adaptation rumored to be too pricey — It's game over for Universal's and Fox's participation in the feature adaptation of Microsoft's "Halo." — Both of the studios that agreed to co-financ...
Internet video business challenges
I'm going to be going to see John Battelle this afternoon (he runs the blogging advertising network, Federated Media) and I'm going to ask him about the challenges of making an Internet content busine...
More on Lumines Live Premium Content
Lots of questions about the release of Lumines Live, so we put together a little more information to help with your purchase decision. Of course there are fans of the game that love seeing it on Xbox...
Security analysts: Mac attacks rare but may rise
NEW YORK (CNN) — Apple computers have long been prized for being relatively virus-free. But as more people use Apple products, experts say the company is increasingly becoming a target for cyber pran...
Zombies try to blend in with the crowd
Hackers are trying harder to make their networks of hijacked computers go unnoticed. — Cybercrooks are moving to new Web-based techniques to control the machines they have commandeered, popularly re...
Phil Harrison Talks Downloadable PS1 Games on PS3
New details on how backwards compatible games will work. — Following today's PS3 press conference in which Sony demonstrated its online PlayStation Store, 1UP was able to speak with Sony's Phil Harr...
Microsoft Blocks Vista Rootkit Exploit
Microsoft has blocked the attack vector used to slip unsigned drivers past new security policies being implemented in Windows Vista, according to Joanna Rutkowska, the stealth malware researcher who c...
Courts Can't Figure Out if Buying Keywords Constitutes Trademark Use—Buying for the Home v. Humble Abode
Buying for the Home v. Humble Abode — Buying for the Home, LLC v. Humble Abode, LLC, 03-CV-2783 (JAP) (D.N.J. Oct. 20, 2006) — 2006 has been a bit of a jurisprudential disaster on the question of w...
JibJab's "Great Sketch Experiment"
If you have no idea what JibJab is, turn the volume up on your computer and start with their original parody cartoon of the 2004 U.S. presidential election called "This Land," which has been viewed mo...
Edelman Reveals Two More Wal-Mart 'Flogs'
PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRM EDELMAN, WHICH last week pledged to be more transparent in its involvement with client-related blogs, Thursday revealed it is behind two more 'flogs,' or fake blogs, created on b...
Democracy Player 0.9.1 Released!
We have just released a major update to Democracy Player. Download it here: — Democracy Player 0.9.1 — WHAT'S NEW — This version has lots of new features and improvements. A quick list is belo...
Keep Ask.com As Your Steady with IE 7 and Firefox
Relationships. Can anyone get by without 'em? Take Ask.com, for instance. We cherish our time with you. We want to keep what you and we have going strong. — That's why we've made it easy to add ...
Analyst: New PSP Coming Next Spring
Sony today cut its PSP shipment target to 9 million units, but that hasn't stopped the company from redesigning its portable, according to American Technology Research analyst P.J. McNealy. In fact, ...
The Satellite iPod Returns (Apple Patent)
Perhaps this explains yesterday's rumor - today Apple filed for a patent application (PDF) for a method of saving media from various sources for later purchase. It's an ingenious method of grabbing s...
Single on memory stick for Keane
Rock band Keane will be the first act to release a single on USB flash drives, their record label says. — 1,500 of the gadgets will go sale with MP3 copies of the band's latest single, Nothing In My...
Interview with Adam Sah of Google
Adam Sah on the Google Gadgets team talks about a newer product from Google called "Gadgets For Your Web Page" on the Google Code Blog. He outlines a few limitations that currently exist in version 1...
NBC Universal Unveils "NBCU2.0″; Stresses Digital; Will Slash Expenses, Staff
NBC Universal Unveils "NBCU2.0"; Stresses Digital; Will Slash Expenses, Staff Make no mistake, NBC U needs a remake and, my irritation at the overused 2. designation aside, this is a major one that c...
Video 1st Look - HP iPAQ rx4540
Do remember hearing about the uncoming HP iPAQ rx4540 series last month? It's here and it's pretty neat! — Key features of the smart design include: — Choose to view digital content in either land...
Yahoo!'s Big Small Business Opportunity
Yahoo! Small Business — Let's forget about whether there are 10 million, 14 million or 22 million small businesses. In a way it doesn't matter. Most of them don't have a website or, if they do, it...
First 500K PS3s get Blu-ray Talladega Nights
The PlayStation 3's system font isn't the only thing it's borrowing from Spider-Man. Just like the first one million PSPs came bundled with Sony Pictures' Spider-Man 2, the first half million PlaySta...