The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would make it a federal felony for Webmasters to use innocent words like “Barbie” or “Furby” but actually feature sexual content on their sites. Anyone who includes misleading “words” or “images” intended to confuse a minor into viewing a possibly harmful Web site could [...]

P2P Innovative, the world leader in the design and implementation of advanced peer-to-peer technology, announces the launch and availability of the iP2P network. The iP2P network was engineered from scratch to address the needs of the expanding world of distributing large media files and the fast growing P2P community. The iP2P network infuses our proprietary [...]

On Pirate Bay’s blog page, those rowdy swashbucklers come to the aid of AFCI by announcing their support for AFCI’s efforts again’s Ladonia. The greatest quote is from Pirate Bay Pirate Chairman of the Joint chiefs of staff Brokep, who says “Ladonia, you stand no chance! Our weapons of mass distribution is pointed at your [...]

Skype, the mostly free voice over IP telephony company, announced on Tuesday it will release this week a Mac Skype starter kit that will include new communications software for Mac Features of the revamped software include a calls in Windows feature and a “resizable” chat draw plus a more robust database that stores country codes [...]

The U.S. Department of Commerce will hold a Wednesday hearing on the government’s September deadline to give up control over Internet domain names, a schedule that some high-tech industry advocates say should be delayed. The U.S. government controls the naming system for “.com” and all web addresses through the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and [...]

Amazon.com Inc. declined to comment on Monday on a report in Advertising Age magazine that it would launch a movie download business in mid-August. Speculation has swirled for months that Amazon is working on a digital download service that would allow consumers to download and copy popular movies and television programs. Sources familiar with the [...]

About 1.8 million people in Japan are active users of file-sharing software, a sharp increase from a year ago, according to a survey by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), TV broadcasters, and other industry groups. The figure is equal to about 3.5 percent of all Internet users and represents a big jump from [...]

“Yes, the Romanian dance song performance is hilarious … and yes, the armies of tape recording music fans now have space for bootleg videos of concerts and festivals,” said Michael R. Graham, partner with Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP. “But every performance of a copyrighted work which appears does infringe copyright in the music, lyrics [...]

The entertainment industry is pushing further its battle against music piracy, with recording companies preparing legal actions against individuals downloading illegal files on the Internet. However, the move is drawing fierce opposition from Internet users and consumer groups, who question whether copyright holders should have the power to dictate individuals’ rights to use the music [...]

Google Inc. said on Tuesday that the company has begun offering mobile phone users in more than 30 major U.S. cities the capacity to view highway maps with “live” traffic data. The Mountain View, California-based company said that Google Maps for Mobile would allow mobile phone users to chose a destination within Google Maps and [...]

A wi-fi music device developed for audiophiles will offer better audio output than CD players, says its maker. Transporter is being billed as the world’s first network music player for lovers of pure sound. The $1,999 (£1,079) player is aimed at people who encode music using so-called lossless formats, such as Flac or Wav. Many [...]

As announced back in May this year, the Australian government is funding research into the nature, impact and extent of criminal copyright infringement. To be undertaken by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), the research will identify options for the Federal Government’s response to piracy and counterfeiting in the future. What is Criminal Copyright Infringement [...]

Major media companies are increasingly complementing traditional television programming with online content. Viacom properties MTV and VH1 offer well-known examples, and both are tapping into on-demand, broadband appetites. Now, country-music powerhouse CMT—another Viacom brand—is jumping into the fold with a new broadband entertainment destination called “Loaded.” The destination features a plethora of on-demand content, ranging [...]

Coca-Cola and Clear Channel Radio have recently announced a partnership that will focus on branded venues and streaming concerts. The action begins in Dallas, where two venues – the Tab Energy Lounge and Full Throttle Garage – have opened their doors. Each location, which accommodates a small crowd, takes its name from a high-energy drink [...]

A man was arrested Monday on suspicion of stealing about 500,000 yen from a postal savings account using LimeWire file-sharing software, police said. According to the Nagano prefectural police, this is the first known case of the software being used to gain illegal access to an Internet banking system. Arrested was Mitsugu Tominaga, 34, of [...]

As Fox, CBS and NBC are locked in a legal battle with the Federal Communications Commission over harsh new indecency rules, Fox’s entertainment president has accused the agency of creating “a chilling effect on creativity.” The TV industry is particularly worried about violating decency standards because fines are now $325,000 per incident, 10 times the [...]

Computer security experts at France’s Department of Defense have concluded that OpenOffice is more vulnerable to security problems than its closed-source counterpart, Microsoft Office, according to a report at ZDNet France. The article, published earlier in July, said that cryptography experts were able to create viruses which compromised the security of OpenOffice. “We can affirm [...]

Downloading media online has exploded throughout the years. Media downloading went from a niche hobby that few engaged in, to one of the largest uses of internet bandwidth. File-sharing started out complicated, but has evolved in to an easy way of obtaining media, even turning in to a completely legitimate business oriented concept. The phenomena [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest has achieved a unique double; the swashbuckling sequel starring Johnny Depp became the fastest film to generate $300m at the US box office at the same tip that it topped the unofficial movie file sharing chart. Proving – unsurprisingly perhaps – that piracy and Pirates do go together, [...]

New Web-based services don’t just store your data online — they keep it synchronized across your laptop, desktop, and mobile phone. The forecast for the future of the PC: partly cloudy. Online storage systems that can automatically synchronize the data on all of your computing devices, including the PCs you use at home and at [...]