The EFF's Fred von Lohmann, who dislikes DRM even more than Steve Jobs purports to, recently uncovered more evidence that the major record labels' love affair with technical protection measures is waning. On the EFF's Deeplinks blog, von Lohmann reports that two noteworthy sites offering free music on demand, iMeem and Lala, don't use DRM to protect their streams. …
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Asking the musical question, Is DRM necessary?
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FCC to hit the road to raise digital TV awareness
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/fcc-to-hit-the.htmlWith exactly six months until TV stations must start broadcasting only digital signals, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin announced today that he and his four fellow commissioners would hit the road to raise awareness. …
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David Byrne, Brian Eno and the viral album
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/object-typeappl.htmlMusicians David Byrne and Brian Eno, the historic duo who brought the world "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" more than 20 years ago, have a new album out, "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today." But don't feel you have to run to the record store (if you can still find one of those open near you) to buy the CD. …
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Remains of the slave ship Trouvadore found
http://starryskies.net/?p=8449Texas researchers have discovered the wreck of the slave ship Trouvadore, which slammed into a reef off the coast of the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, freeing the 193 Africans who were being brought to the U.S. South for a life of servitude.
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The Good Things in Life! Fashion, Lifestyle, Celebrity News
http://glittervita.comRecent Posts Signposts: Celebrate holidays, magnate-style - Contra Costa Times 'Billy Elliot' producer David Furnish's classic style - Los Angeles Times Minister 'resigns' over attacks - BBC News Sam Bradford adds a few style points to Heisman case - Fort Worth Star Telegram Fashion: Marvelous mentors - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Cyber-attack on Defense Department computers raises concerns
http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5469&goto=newpostThere are lots of people working hard to remove the threat and put in preventive measures to protect the grid," said the defense official. "We have taken a number of corrective measures, but I would be overstating it if I said we were through this." The pictures of police brutality that will shock all of Britain.
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"MEGABLASTER" - RuhrgeBEAT rulez!!!
http://realmegablaster.blogspot.comfür elektronische Bücher laut Random-House-Vizepräsident Matt Shatz "im dreistelligen Prozentbereich" gewachsen sei - wohl vor allem wegen des erfolgreichen Amazon-eBook-Readers Kindle - macht der elektronische Verkauf von Büchern höchstens ein Prozent des gesamten Buchmarktes aus. Apropos: Produkte, die die Welt nicht braucht Leider gibt es bisher nicht die Möglichkeit, Kindern direkt nach der Geburt ein Mobiltelefon in den Kiefer zu implantieren. Folglich muss man ein paar Jahre warten, bis man den Nachwuchs "always on"
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“Deal puts ads in video uploads”
http://www.thegroop.net/wordpress/?p=210digital revolution. The Viacom unit plans to pair advertising with clips from “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” “Punk’d” and other shows that MySpace users upload to the social network site, whether they have permission or not…” Read the rest of the article here
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Facebook Wins $873m Judgment Against Spammer
http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/2008/11/facebook-wins-8...won a $230m default judgment against Sanford "Spamford" Wallace and a business partner. In June, it got a $6m settlement from Scott Richter, whose company, Media Breakaway, allegedly sent unwanted ads to users. FULL ARTICLE @ LA TIMES See all posts on Facebook See all posts on MySpace
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Women and the Video Game Industry
http://www.fairerscience.org/fs-blogs/2008/11/women_and_the_...gamers and others just really enjoyed it and this led them to a major in computer science, with the hope of working for a video game company. I thought of that when I read this Jezebel post about women and the world of video games, highlighting an article from the LA Times. The article’s title tells a large chunk of the tale: “Women left on sidelines in video game revolution.” The news isn’t good: “They comprise fewer than 1 in 5 workers in the business, according to a 2007 survey by Game
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Cyberspace gumshoes are afoot in China
http://www.caobian.info/?p=4384on the Web appears to mark the first time that Chinese cyber-vigilantes have brought down a central government official. 以下的文章来自《洛杉矶时报》，其实不需要懂英文都能明白它在说什么，会读拼音就成。 《Cyberspace gumshoes are afoot in China
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Cyberspace gumshoes are afoot in China
http://www.hecaitou.net/?p=3850on the Web appears to mark the first time that Chinese cyber-vigilantes have brought down a central government official. 以下的文章来自《洛杉矶时报》，其实不需要懂英文都能明白它在说什么，会读拼音就成。 《Cyberspace gumshoes are afoot in China
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Last Bytes: Apple, E-books, Facebook spam, more...
http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2008/...L.A. Times] A judge fines a Facebook spammer almost $1 billion. [ArsTechnica] Paul McCartney says don't expect the Beatles catalog on iTunes any time soon. [Wired] Googlephone's sales may be up to 50 percent better than expected. [
