Yahoo bolsters e-mail storage to 1GB
Yahoo on Tuesday said it plans to once again boost its free e-mail storage limit–this time to 1GB, the same amount offered by archrival Google.
Beginning in late April, Yahoo will upgrade free users to the new storage limit of 1GB, up from its current 250MB. The company said it will take about two weeks for [...]
‘DVD Jon’ reopens iTunes backdoor
EDIT: See that was pretty fast wasn’t it ~Bryan
The release comes just a day after Apple blocked a previous version of the program, called PyMusique, in part by requiring all iTunes customers to use the latest version of Apple’s software.
In a blog posting, Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen, who was previously responsible for [...]
UK TV Channel Channel (Five) offers programme downloads
TV channel Five has said it will be the first UK broadcaster to offer parts of its shows for sale as legal downloads.
From Monday, viewers of motoring show Fifth Gear can pay Ł1.50 for “DVD quality” downloads of car reviews. Legal music download sites have become hugely popular – but TV companies have so far [...]
Apple disables iTunes hack
Apple Computer has closed a security hole that allowed an underground program to tap into its iTunes Music Store and purchase songs stripped of antipiracy protections.
The PyMusique software, created by a trio of independent programmers online, emerged last week as a copy protection-free back door into the popular iTunes store. One of the creators was [...]
Peer-to-peer pressure hits Supreme Court
Usually, Digital Slobs pay no attention to the Supreme Court. If it comes up in casual conversation, we typically zone out into stream-of-consciousness daydreams until we’re sharing Taco Supremes and a Supreme Pizza from Pizza Hut with Diana Ross and The Supremes.
But not this month.
Come March 29, anyone who shares files on the Net will [...]
Hackers build back door into iTunes
A trio of independent programmers has released new software that allows people to tap into Apple Computer’s iTunes music store and purchase songs free of any anticopying protections.
Joined by Jon Johansen, the Norwegian programmer responsible for distributing DVD-cracking code in late 1999, the programmers say their “PyMusique” software is a “fair” interface for iTunes, primarily [...]
Anti-P2P lawmaker gets top Senate spot
Hatch, a Utah Republican, on Thursday was formally named chairman of the Senate Intellectual Property subcommittee. It’s responsible for overseeing the U.S. Copyright Office and drafting legislation and treaties relating to copyright and patent laws.
A few years ago, Hatch was one of the more vocal Washington critics of the Recording Industry Association of America. [...]
Cleaning spam from swapping networks
What if every other time you brought a book home from the library, you opened it up and it turned out to be a pop-up advertisement for a local dry cleaner?
Cornell University researchers are trying to clear file-swapping networks of this kind of disappointment, with a new program aimed at filtering spam out of the [...]
BPI Launches More File Sharing Lawsuits
Barely two weeks after settling cases against 23 file-sharers, British music industry watchdog British Phonographic Industry has sent forth a new crop of lawsuits.
Britain’s High Court has provided the BPI with an order, which would force six ISPs to divulge the names and addresses of 31 individuals it claims are serious peer-to-peer uploaders. The ISPs [...]
How Drink or Die network was brought down
Two men who were part of a huge network of internet software pirates, known as Drink Or Die, have been convicted at the Old Bailey. BBC News investigates how the network worked and what motivated those involved.
They called themselves Drink Or Die (DOD).
They were a network of computer buffs who derived pleasure from cracking [...]
