Town Auctioned on eBay Up for Sale Again
The first town ever auctioned on eBay soon will be back up for sale on the online auction site. Nearly two years after he bought the tiny town of Bridgeville, Orange County financial adviser Bruce Krall said Friday he plans to re-auction the Humboldt County hamlet on eBay next month.
Man who can’t switch on computer faces illegal downloading suit
Hong Kong – A single parent who claims he doesn’t know how to switch on a computer is being sued by seven record companies for illegally uploading music on to the internet, a Hong Kong news report said Sunday.
Call of Duty 2 Xbox 360 – Online experience break down
I wanted to post some thoughts on the online experience of Call of Duty 2, since I have been playing the game a lot I thought I would share some ideas.
Analysts Agree with France’s iTunes Move
Analysts say the French are on to something that the rest of the world has yet to figure out: It needs to set rules for this new market now or risk one or two U.S. companies taking control of online access to music, video and TV.
Judge Tells RIAA They Don’t Get To Randomly Hunt Through Everyone’s Computers
One thing that’s become clear in all of the recording industry’s lawsuits against file sharers, is they feel they pretty much have free reign in what they should be allowed to do. That’s why they originally wanted ISPs to just hand over names without having to file a lawsuit, and why they tend to take [...]
Broadband ISPs – Biting the torrent that feeds them
Flash back to 1998 or 1999, when most of us accessed the Interweb through telephone lines. AOL ruled the geography of the web as the king of dial-up. This was so because AOL was “good enough” for most of what the web had to offer at the time. Sure, visiting websites involved a ten to [...]
CRIA Study Reveals Some Interesting Information
The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) commissioned a new 144-page report of radio and consumer survey results, based on data collected between February 17 and 22 by Pollara, Inc. in 1229 telephone interviews with respondents above the age of 13. The purpose of the study was to collect data that the CRIA could submit to [...]
Spyware-killing Vista could take out rivals
Microsoft later this year plans to release Windows Vista, the long-awaited successor to Windows XP. The operating system is being designed to shut the door on spyware. It will introduce important changes at the heart of the operating system, as well as to Internet Explorer, and include Windows Defender, an anti-spyware tool.
“The spyware threat will [...]
What Windows Vista will do for PC gaming
The launch of Windows Vista will not only fatten the pockets of Gates’ but it will also bring with it DirectX 10. “It will offer six to eight times the graphics performance of DirectX 9.0″
Set to ship at the end of the year, Windows Vista will be Microsoft’s first major operating system release since introducing [...]
Google Avoids Surrendering Search Requests
A federal judge on Friday ordered Google Inc. to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine, but rebuffed the government’s demand for a list of people’s search requests — potentially sensitive information that the company had fought to protect.
