Entertainment industry ‘trying to hijack data retention directive’ – ZDNet UK News > In a move a digital rights group is calling ‘a gross affront to civil liberties and human rights’, media firms want to amend the proposed data retention directive so they can bring criminal prosecutions for copyright violation They’re lobbying to allow the [...]
Archives for November 2005
How to bypass US IVR systems
IVR Cheat Sheet to Find a Human really helps you out if you’re living in the US and want to talk to a human on the phone instead of punching numbers and speaking to a machine. They’re not all that much used here in Norway, instead you get “You’re currently number 76 in the queue” [...]
Search terms on Kazaa to be blocked
Search terms on Kazaa to be blocked: ZDNet Australia: News: Software > Eminem, Madonna and Kylie Minogue are just some of the popular artists whose songs are to be blocked from being illegally distributed on the peer-to-peer network Kazaa following Federal Court orders yesterday. Sounds like a plan to let the record companies themselves block [...]
RIAA President to stop downloading, save the empire
Malbela: RIAA President to stop downloading, save the empire > “How many burns are you allowed of a movie? None. How many of a videogame? None. You get the idea. Even the CDs with content protection allow consumers to burn 3 copies or so for personal use. The idea is not to inhibit personal use, [...]
Onlie Daters sue
Reuters: Online daters sue matchmaking Web sites for fraud > NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) – It’s not easy finding love in cyberspace, and now some frustrated online daters say they were victims of fraud by two top Internet matchmaking services and have taken their complaints to court. It seems that just as your account [...]
Television Executives Still Don’t Get It
Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection: Television Executives Stilll Don’t Get It, How Greed Trumps Innovation and Why Their New Downloadable TV Services Suck >Although PVR ownership is growing there is still far too much money on the table for television executives to offer us anything compelling. Why innovate when there is still tons of dough to [...]
CD Copy-protectoin turning music fans off
National Post > It’s becoming a regular occurrence in CD shops across the country: an irate customer comes in complaining the CD they bought won’t play on their computer, and worse yet, they can’t transfer the tunes to their IPod. Music wants to be free. The whole Sony fiasco has really gotten the attention of [...]
A first look at the Flock social browser
NewsForge | A first look at the Flock social browser A browser tweaked for blogging and social networks, mostly. Nothing for me, but some people find it quite good.
Kids Death Linked to Game
RED HERRING | Youth’s Death Linked to Game Parents are claiming their kid jumped to his death while acting out something from World of Warcraft. If a kid believes he can take the same amount of falling damage as a level 60 warrior in a game, I think it’s a good example of Natural Selection [...]
Fatal1ty – Pro Gamer
My Way News Earning a 6 figure income while playing games sounds like a dream come true. But, it’s a lot of hard work, and according to people who know him, he has a very good ability to predict how people will react and plan accordingly. Wish I’d thought of professional gaming when I was [...]