Posted on October 10, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
Fans of Harry Potter will get something extra with the Order of the Phoenix DVD: versions of the film that can be downloaded from the disc to a PC or digital media player … read more
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Posted on October 7, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
Apple has made a huge mistake by offering the fourth episode of the popular science fiction TV-show “Stargate Atlantis” instead of the season premiere via its iTunes store. Soon after the episode leaked it spread to BitTorrent and other P2P networks … read more
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Posted on October 1, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
Joost, the free P2P video streaming service once known as The Venice Project, has nixed its invite-only status and is now open to the public. Still in beta, Joost needs more content and users to become a success … read more
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Posted on September 27, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
A hacker posted a list of 1,200 eBay account names, along with credit card information, prompting eBay to contact the users and launch an investigation. It is not yet known how the compromise occurred … read more
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Posted on September 18, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
Rumors that AMD will announce a triple-core, consumer-level CPU have turned out to be true, as the company revealed its plans for the new processor a day ahead of the start of the Intel Developer Forum … read more
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Posted on September 12, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
A new FCC decision says that cable operators must make local digital programming available on analog TVs for at least five years … read more
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Posted on September 11, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
Introduced late last week to the US Senate, the Cell Phone Empowerment Act of 2007 would force cellular carriers to provide detailed coverage data while making it easier for consumers to opt out of their cellular contracts.
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Posted on September 4, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
SCANDAL is brewing in Germany as revelations spread that the government plans to use malware to spy on and track persons of interest. The US has recently done just that and with some success, too.
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Posted on September 4, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
AN UPCOMING report from a German traffic management firm shows that P2P is responsible for the lion’s share of traffic on the Internet. The bandwidth crunch looms…
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Posted on September 3, 2007 by Charles Mazerolle
ADBLOCK PLUS, the Firefox browser plug-in that erases advertisements from web pages, is a killer of a killer app … or it could be if it became really popular.The widespread adoption of ad-blocking software could totally atomize online advertising. But, the numbers still aren’t high enough YET to spur a counterattack by the big guns, [...]
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