New Harry Potter DVD to come with PC, portable versions

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

iTunes Store Mistakingly Leaks Stargate Atlantis Episode

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

Joost finally sheds ‘invite-only’ status, opens up to the public

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

Mystery eBay ‘hack’ exposes 1,200 accounts, possibly more

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

AMD’s triple threat: the tri-core Phenom

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

FCC to cable: you must support analog TVs until 2012

A new FCC decision says that cable operators must make local digital programming available on analog TVs for at least five years … read more

Cellular freedom: bill would cut early termination fees, hidden charges

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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Germany to join US in using “policeware” for espionage, investigations

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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P2P responsible for as much as 90 percent of all ‘Net traffic’

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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Adblock Plus: the nuclear plug-in

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, like Google.

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