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Last.fm sends a memo to Techcrunch: You're full of s**t
A few days ago we reported that U2's latest album, dubbed No Line on the Horizon, had leaked to the Internet despite huge efforts put in place by Paul McGuinness. After all was said and done, everyone's eyes turned to Last.fm, a web service that lists your recently played tracks. Techcrunch ran a story stating that, "Last.ft, which is owned by CBS, actually handed the data over to the RIAA." The ...read more
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Why Facebook users must still be cautious
Facebook bounced back, pumping out spin to media outlets big and small, about how they were retreating from the "forever" addition to their TOS. They retreated to their previous TOS which, following their spin campaign, was supposed to make everything in the world all right again. Clarifications about how you remain the owner of your content--clarifications that do not appear in older versions of ...read more
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The Pirate Bay trial, '80% of our torrents are legal'
The ongoing trial for The Pirate Bay is attracting international attention over the court case that could change the internet forever. everyone has been keeping up with the trial and the latest argument from TPB ( The Pirate Bay) is that "[a]n internal survey revealed that 80% of 1000 torrents observed are, in fact, legal". Sunde, the spokes person for TPB, went on to argue that there is more ...read more
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Microsoft warn over fakes
Hackers target Xbox Live players Xbox Live is being targeted by malicious hackers selling services that kick players off the network. The booting services are proving popular with players who want a way to get revenge on those who beat them in an Xbox Live game. The attackers are employing data flooding tools that have been used against websites for many years. Microsoft is "investigating" the ...read more
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Xbox 360 Finally Getting Blu-Ray Drive
After months of rumors and denials, the XBOX 360 with a Blu-ray disc drive is due to be manufactured soon and shipped in Q3 of 2008. Pegatron Technology, an OEM subsidiary of Asustek Computer, is reported to have received the winning order from Microsoft for a Blu-ray equipped XBOX 360. Earlier reports cited Lite-On as the company with the privilege of building the new console for Microsoft. ...read more
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ThePirateBay owners may face prison time
ThePirateBay owners, Hans Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundströmare set to appear in court on Monday and could face two years in prison and a fine as high as $180,000 each. The four owners of the very popular public torrent web site face charges of copyright infringement. The servers are located out of Sweden and out of reach of law enforcement, meaning the site ...read more
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Twitter raises $35M to go from geek to mainstream
With $35 million backing Twitter to help it go from geek to mainstream, the amount is expected to help it keep up with the growth it has recently received. Twitter has seen a 900% growth in users in a year, with a wide range of users and businesses reporting every event of their daily activities. Twitter hasn't actually made any revenue off the business as of yet, where it mostly focuses on ...read more
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US and Russian satellites smash into each other
It has taken surprisingly long but two satellites, one US and the other a Russian, have smashed into each other high above the Earth. With approximately 18,000 pieces currently being tracked in space it's impressive that it took until now for a collision to actually occur. "They collided at an altitude of 790 kilometers (491 miles) over northern Siberia Tuesday about noon Washington time," ...read more
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Microsoft to open retail stores
Microsoft has recently appointed David Porter Corporate Vice President of retail stores, who has 25 years experience with Wal-mart and 2 years with DreamWorks Animation in 2007. In a recent post on Neowin, a video demonstrated a futuristic fake Microsoft store that took a look into the Redmond head office store. The move to open up a retail store would compete with Apple in the operating system ...read more
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Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for info on Conficker
In an attempt to put pressure on the criminals responsible for the Conficker worm outbreak that has infected more than 9 million Windows PCs worldwide since late December, Microsoft today announced that it will offer $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker aka Downadup worm. Microsoft urges individuals ...read more
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