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Entertainment Lobby Calls for Internet Filtering
A new lobbying group on Thursday endorsed internet filtering for copyright material. The group Arts+Labs consists of content providers, software makers, songwriters and equipment makers. The lobby's formation comes weeks after the Federal Communications Commission issued an open invitation to internet filtering.
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Ready To Rock In Austin
We are in sunny Austin, Texas and have a full day ahead of us. In about 15 minutes, we are going to kick off a couple of TechCrunch events here, starting with a roundtable that I will be hosting on the Grassroots Web , followed by our Austin MeetUp. We'll be streaming the roundtable live right here. The Web, by its very nature, is not only a global medium, but a grassroots one. People find ...
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Despite File Sharing Case Mistrial, Decision Emboldens RIAA Litigation
A federal judge's decision declaring a mistrial in the nation's only peer-to-peer file sharing case nullified an almost foolproof method for the recording industry to prevail in cases and replaced it with another. U.S. District Judge Michael Davis said "making available" music in an open Kazaa share folder is not copyright infringement. But Davis said music the recording industry downloads from ...
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Google Patent Could Kill Off Cellphone Contracts
Google files for a patent that would allow portable communication devices to automatically search for the lowest cost carrier and switch to it seamlessly.
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Cable Madness: Crazy Connectors We Can Do Without
The bizarre USB-headphone connector on T-Mobile's new G1 Android phone is just the latest in a long line of proprietary, oddball cable connections the electronics industry has used to annoy and frustrate its customers.
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Man Pleads Guilty To Using Internet To Find Boys
A suburban Kansas City, Mo., man pleads guilty to one federal count of transporting a minor across state lines for sex.
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Reading Blogs at Work: Why You Should Do It & How You Can Make it Worthwhile
Yesterday we wrote about a new Pew study that found that only 11% of people in the US who use the internet at work are using it to read blogs . We've seen other studies that put this number much higher, but Pew's is probably the most objective. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Why_You_Should_Read_Blogs_at_Work';digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff';digg_skin = 'normal'; It's really a shame ...
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HSMAI Ties Exclusive Partnership With The Knot Wedding Network
The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) and The Knot Wedding Network have partnered to offer HSMAI members a 10 percent discount on advertising pricing solutions with the top two bridal media brands, TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com. The Knot Wedding Network, a division of The Knot Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT), includes the Internet’s most-trafficked wedding websites and ...
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Bangladesh auctions broadband wireless access licences
DHAKA, Sept 25 (Reuters) State-managed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) auctioned licences to operate broadband wireless access in the country at 2.15 billion taka ($31.38 million), officials said on Thursday.
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Palin once blessed to be free from 'witchcraft'
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A video on her hometown church Web site shows Sarah Palin being blessed three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for her protection from "witchcraft" as she prepared to seek higher office.
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Glubble: The nannybrowser
New service combines a "social network" for families with a locked-down, safer browser.
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British air passengers angered by airport chaos
Travel chaos occurred in London on Thursday after a computer fault at the main air traffic control centre caused delays and cancellations.
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UK teachers' body loses data on 11,000 teachers
A British teaching council says it has lost track of a computer disk containing the names and addresses of more than 11,000 teachers.
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It's Official: Windows 7 at PDC, WinHEC
Microsoft confirms its back-to-back developer shows will be the coming out party for its next operating system.
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Judge orders new trial in online music piracy case
WASHINGTON -- A US judge has ordered a new trial for a woman convicted of pirating music on the Internet and denounced the awarding of $222,000 in damages to record companies as "wholly disproportionate" and "oppressive."
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MySpace launches new music site
Social networking site MySpace has launched a new music section that allows users to listen to millions of songs for free. The advertising-supported format by one of the most popular sites on the int
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Non-profit organization provides software for special needs children
Andrew Bryan manages a little-known non-profit organization, ESE Resources, from his house in Deer Park, while currently working as a contract worker for Comcast. The organization provides software and computers for special needs elementary level children.
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Flights chaos after air traffic computers fail
Hundreds of Scottish air travellers were hit by serious flight disruptions last night after a computer glitch at the UK's main air traffic control centre.
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€100k report on school IT ‘a waste’
MORE than €100,000 has been spent sending schools a report highlighting the need for greater investment in computers — but the Department of Education itself has delayed the €252 million promised for classroom technology.
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Fined for toxic waste offence
KLANG: The owner of a trading company was fined RM12,000 or 12 months' jail by the Sessions Court yesterday for importing used computer monitors for disposal.
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Tories set sights on spammers, gas gougers
VICTORIA - The Conservatives promise to go after gas companies for price-fixing with legislation that would make it easier to prove collusion and impose stiffer penalties for infractions.
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More doubts over Chinese Olympians
The Google hacker who unearthed a trove of damning evidence about alleged age fakers in China's Olympic gymnastics team has forced the sport's world governing body to extend its investigations to include the Chinese team that competed in the 2000 Sydney Games.
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Facebook does not equal real "face time"
Our generation is the cyber generation. Step back from the computer and into the real world. Writing notes online has become an acceptable way to complain and deal with an issue.
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Court rules for Microsoft in patent case
A US appeals court ruled Thursday that US computer software giant Microsoft does not have to pay French-US telecom firm Alcatel-Lucent 1.5 billion dollars in a patent infringement case.
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T-Mobile, Google and G1
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Visa is developing mobile payment software for the new wireless phone powered by Google's Android system. San Francisco-based Visa said Android users will be able to receive near real-time alerts about purchases via their mobile devices, Visa said.
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