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The Huffington Post Slammed for Content Theft
" The Huffington Post, a venture-capital-backed new media site that mixes links to other sites content with hundreds of celebrity and volunteer blogger posts, is being accused of slimy business practices by a... Cambridge students 'plagiarising'
A recent poll carried out at the prestigious Cambridge University in the UK showed that nearly half of all students there admitted to plagiarism. In the age of the internet, it seems that plagiarism has become copmmonplace amongst university students."Almost half of students...Berlin's Electronics Trade Fair stormed by Customs officials
"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin. German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...Pritam - Bollywood Music Composer Exposed
After YouTube postings, work by the Bollywood film music hit-maker Pritam has been exposed as copied and taken from other artists and composers around the world. Pritam has been responsible for producing many hit... Withdrawn: Govt. to Canadians...
" Update: I apologize for this document and withdraw it. The research needed for this post was not done properly and the resulting material should not have been posted. The media and internet sources that provided... Nabaztag Wifi Smart Rabbit
"So you are probably wondering if a rabbit can really be “smart”? Well this bunny can teach you tai chi, read your e-mail, report the weather or stock market, pull RSS feeds and tell you the time. We’d... Parrot Mimics Ringtones, drives owner mad
Ringtones are probably some of the most invassive annoying sounds we confront on a daily basis. The distorted musical notes are designed to interrupt whatever we are doing at the moment. Imagine though if your...
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Sony BMG's chief anti-piracy lawyer: "Copying" music you own is "stealing"
"When questioned by Richard Gabriel, lead counsel for the record labels, Pariser suggested that what millions of music fans do is actually theft. The dirty deed? Ripping your own CDs or downloading songs you already own." Cheeky French steal moko
The blatant theft of traditional designs is an ongoing problem for the New Zealand Maori people. Their traditional designs are used for all sorts of promotions, from cigarettes to fashion. The Maori people have... Windows Vista fixes leaked to Internet early
Hopefully all thing will be better in Vista and soon it might be comparable in speed with the elder Windows XP."Microsoft’s upcoming Performance and Compatibility packs for Windows Vista have been leaked to the...GCSE Home Coursework is Scrapped
"Traditional GCSE coursework is to be scrapped for most academic subjects following a report by exam watchdogs. From 2009, it will be replaced by what is being called "controlled assessment", where pupils will do projects under supervision in class. The changes come amid...Digg.com: Site Is 'Aligned With the Users'
"Company stopped removing AACS code blog posts because it sides with users on copyright issues, says CEO Jay Adelson.Digg.com, the popular site where users determine the placement of new stories by voting, Wednesday found itself in the center of what some are calling a test...An iPod Tax?! Ottawa Considers It...
This has nothing to do with compensating artists and everything to do with fattening the bank accounts of record labels."Canadian music industry representatives are re-opening an old debate about MP3 players that could see the average price of the devices climb by as much as...Record labels mull unrestricted digital music
"The EMI Group said last week that it would offer free streaming music on Baidu.com, the leading Web site and search engine in China, where 90 percent of music is pirated. EMI and Baidu also agreed to explore developing advertising-supported music download services. This...Several boys die copying Saddam hanging
"Officials and relatives say the children appeared to be mimicking the former dictator's Dec. 30 hanging, shown both on a sanitized Iraqi government tape and explicit clandestine videos that popped up on Web sites...NowPublic on Facebook
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