Student Joel Tenenbaum Fined $675,000 For Illegal KaZaA Downloads

PhD student Joel Tenenbaum was fined $675,000 after admitting to illegally downloading and distributing 30 songs using the file-sharing software KaZaA. Tenenbaum's attorney and Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson stated that the figure was "bankrupting". Tenenbaum...

New World Order: Big Brother's At It Again April 2 2009

I was sent this important video link about the next wave of computer monitoring by the government.  This particular invasion of privacy will have no limits nor boundaries to when , and what the government...

Choosing the Right Cell Phone

There are many choices and many plans so it comesdown to what you will dowith it. "Smart Phone (such as BlackBerry, Palm Treo, Palm Centro, etc.)What It Does: Works as a PDA and a mini-computer as well as a phone;...

Be Careful Where you Click

"Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses ...

Alexander Keith's and Kiddie Porn

The shocking thing here is that he was charged in 2006 and yet Alexander Keith's continued to use him in their advertising campaigns.  That is disgusting.   " Beer actor sentenced on child...

Don't Screw Us Over: Porn Studios Form Their Own MPAA

Though suing file-sharing sites has no effect on the proliferation of file sharing, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)- and its lawers- sure feel better about themselves for doing it. However, there...

Man admits to Octopus porn

Now I've heard of wandering hands but 'octopus porn'?" A MAN has admitted downloading a catalogue of depraved images - including clips of sex acts being performed on an OCTOPUS. Tasmanian Rodney Scott McLagan,...

EU warns operators over mobile roaming fees

"The EU has told European mobile phone companies to slash their roaming charges for text messages and internet use before 1 July or face new regulations. The announcement was made by EU communications commissioner Viviane Reding at the Mobile World Congress trade show in...

Free and Legal Downloads!

"Qtrax is NOT just another P2P network, it provides a complete system for finding and downloading music. The player provides access a web site filled with artist content, including Videos, Ringtones, Lyrics, Album...

Virus writers target web videos

When you click on a video and a pop up comes up saying you need to download a codec to view, don't trust it." Security firms are reporting more and more instances of booby-trapped Windows codecs - file compressors - required to play some video formats. Some of the codecs let...

Off the record

"There is a story doing the rounds in the US that says a lot about the state of the music business. It concerns a young rock band who decided to stop selling their CDs at concerts. Selling CDs has, for many years, been a good way for an act to reclaim the margin that would...

Why P2P Networks Cannot Compete with Legit Media Files and MP3s

Full-featured article, including where to get free legit music: http://www.indierockcafe.com/2007/02/p2p-networks-still-cant-beat-legit.html

MySpace Gaining on Itunes as Music Brand

Myspace is catching up to Itunes with the kids:"Key findings from the Brandscape study include: * For many brands, awareness remained consistent in 2006. For a handful of services, however, the year brought...

One in five fail Windows validation checks

"More than 512 million tests against WGA have been conducted since July 2005 resulting in a failure rate of 22.3 per cent, according to figures from Microsoft released on Monday. Users need to validate their operating system using WGA before downloading certain updates from...

Italian court rules not-for-profit file-sharing legal

"Italy's top criminal court has ruled that downloading music, movies and software over the Internet isn't a crime if profit wasn't the motivation, though analysts questioned Monday whether the ruling...

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