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By Jonathan Ezor anad Michelle Zakarin

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Last Entry: August 16, 2009 at 15:36:18

Government Moves Against Major Spammer

Posted on October 15, 2008
The FTC won a court order yesterday halting the operations of one of the largest spammers on the planet. The action was coordinated with New Zealand authorities who moved against a citizen of that country living in Australia. The New...

Obscenity Convictions Raise Issues

Posted on October 13, 2008
PC World takes a look at two federal pornography/obscenity convictions involving distribution via the Internet. The first involves Paul F. Little, also known as Max Hardcore. Little was convicted in Florida though his production company was in California...

Government Surviellance Pays Lip Service to Privcacy Concerns

Posted on October 09, 2008
Stories about how technological surveillance of individuals by the government isn't exactly safeguarding privacy while keeping us "safe" (whatever that means) seem to be cropping up lately. Take this one on ABC News that reports that NSA workers would routinely...

Real Halts Distribution of RealDVD For Now

Posted on October 06, 2008
RealDVD has been placed on hold at least through Tuesday by a federal judge until the Court gets a chance to look through arguments in the case. [MG]

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Google Search Circa 2001

Posted on October 06, 2008
In honor of Google's 10th Birthday, the company has placed online their index as of January, 2001. Feel free to search 1,326,920,000 web pages as they were listed back then. There is no "I Feel Lucky" button. How soon we...

Yet Another Microsoft Pay-To-Search (And More) Attempt

Posted on October 02, 2008
Microsoft has announced yet another pay-to-search Windows Live promotion, called SearchPerks!. Even though MS didn't purchase Yahoo! they still managed to appropriate the ! for something associated with search, so that gambit wasn't a complete loss. SearchPerks! stands along side...

Apple Threatens to Take Its iBall and Go Home if Artist Royalties Rise

Posted on October 01, 2008
The timing of Apple's statement to the Copyright Royalty Board regarding a proposed raise is royalty rates to music publishers is curious. Apple has said that it would likely close the iTunes Store if it could not run it at...

Real Sues Over DVD Ripping Software

Posted on September 30, 2008
Real is suing DVD Copy Control Association and a number of high profile studios over its RealDVD software. The suit seeks a declaratory judgment that the software is legal, using the DVD Copy Control Association v. Kaleidescape case as justification....

Jammie Thomas Gets A New Trial

Posted on September 29, 2008
Jammie Thomas won a retrial in the RIAA's file-sharing case brought against her in Minnesota. The Judge ruled that his instructions in the original trial were wrong. There he said files that could be shared (but weren't necessarily) was enough...

Windows 7 To Go Public, Sort Of

Posted on September 29, 2008
Windows 7 is going to developers at next month's Professional Developer Conference. More details about the OS replacement should come out shortly thereafter, depending on the non-disclosure agreements in place. Ars Technica has the details.

TiVo Comes to the PC (Only)

Posted on September 29, 2008
Nero and TiVo are teaming up to create a hardware software combination that allows a (Vista or XP) PC to be used as a TiVo. The product is called Nero LiquidTV and it can do everything a standard TiVo box...

Reports Are That Jack Thompson Disbarred

Posted on September 25, 2008
Multiple sources have reported that Jack Thompson, notorious in is pursuit of the gaming industry for a variety of reasons, has been disbarred. The Referee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court has submitted a 169 page opinion to the Court...

Windows 7 Losing Features, And That is Good

Posted on September 23, 2008
CNET is reporting that the next version of Windows will not have the email, photo and video editors baked in as they are with Vista and XP. They will be replaced by optional downloads that connect to comparable Windows Live...

No Privacy Interest in Fired Employee's Computers

Posted on September 19, 2008
A New Jersey Appeals court sided with the criminal trial courts ruling that a fired employee had no privacy interest in computers that he had sold to his employer and had protected with his own password. The New Jersey court...

Blu-Ray Prices Not Going Anywhere (or Down)

Posted on September 17, 2008
PC World is reporting that Blu-Ray discs will not drop in price anytime soon. The problem? Not enough market share for high definition discs despite the sales of high-definition televisions. So, let's work this one through. Blu-Ray players are still....

HP to Sell Mainstream Linux Machines?

Posted on September 15, 2008
An odd story showed up in CNET News. This one had a tease about HP creating its own operating system as a way of becoming less dependent on Microsoft. As it turns out, the company is really looking to see...

Court Says No Relaxed Standard for Government Accessed Cell Phone Records

Posted on September 11, 2008
The Federal District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania opines that the government must secure a court order to get historical geographical records for cell phone (and suspect) location using the probable cause standard under the Fourth Amendment rather...

LHC Goes Live, World, Sadly, Does Not End

Posted on September 10, 2008
The world did not today end due to the start-up activity of the Large Hadron Collider. The fear of some was that the power of the Collider would cause a black hole to form which would swallow the earth and...

Chrome Browser Has Impact

Posted on September 10, 2008
Google's Chrome browser has made a slight indent in Internet Explorer's market share. More from Computerworld. [MG]

Tips on Chrome

Posted on September 09, 2008
Nine tips from Google on using the new Chrome browser are available from Google Operating System, the unofficial blog that watches Google's attempts to move the OS online. Thanks to BNET for this one. [MG]

RealDVD Claims Legitimate DVD Copying

Posted on September 09, 2008
The news is buzzing with reports that Real is set to release (today) a DVD ripper, RealDVD, the company claims is legal. The legality of Real's software is based on the Kaleidescape case. That action had a manufacturer of a...

Happy Birthday Google

Posted on September 08, 2008
Google first appeared on September 7, 1998 then a merely a search engine, now an omnivore of commerce, culture, and technology (and a lawsuit magnet). Reactions to the anniversary range from how can we live without it to how could...

Classic Colbert on Wikipedia

Posted on September 05, 2008
Earlier this week I mentioned Stephen Colbert and how he got fans to manipulate Wikipedia to change the reality of the status of the African Elephant. Here's the clip. [MG]

More Buzz on Chrome

Posted on September 05, 2008
Google's new browser, Chrome, is a traffic generator as people look for the download. Information Week has the story. There was some backlash over harsh terms in the Chrome EULA. Google has said the language was a mistake and has...

8th Circuit Says No to Wikipedia as Evidence

Posted on September 03, 2008
The Eight Circuit is not a fan of Wikipedia, at least when the online source is used for the legal basis of a ruling of the Board of Immigrant Appeals. The case is Lamilem Badasa v. Michael Mukasey, (07-2276, 2008...

Google's New Browser -- Chrome

Posted on September 02, 2008
This post is coming to the blog via the new Google browser, Chrome, almost. See below. When AT&t decided to build a browser, many commentators wondered why. When Google builds one, the online world is filled with intrigue and speculation....

New IE8 Features Detailed

Posted on August 28, 2008
Microsoft's new beta of Internet Explorer 8 has a host of new features, as detailed here with screen shots from Ars Technica. One feature is of way more interest than the others, and that is "privacy mode." The short of...

No Texting While Driving Almost law in California

Posted on August 25, 2008
The California legislature has sent a bill outlawing texting while driving to the Governor. Nothing is being signed into law just yet due to a budget dispute. Details in the Los Angeles Times. [MG]

Identifying Digital Content Explained

Posted on August 25, 2008
Ever wonder how digital fingerprinting and watermarking of online content works? TechNewsWorld has an overview. [MG]

Joe Biden's Tech Record

Posted on August 25, 2008
Barack Obama's Vice-President pick of Joe Biden has pundits looking at his record on tech and copyright issues. Biden is characterized as pro-RIAA and pro-FBI in his legislative record. Declan McCullagh at CNET looks at the details. [MG]

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