Tag Archives: Internet

Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean has raised $1 million via the Internet: The former Vermont governor and self-described underdog has used the Internet to complement traditional fund-raising techniques, collecting contributions through his Web site and e-mail at little cost to his campaign. Dean hit the $1 million mark in Internet …

Kazaa about to become the single most popular free software on the Web with 230 million downloads – the RIAA intends to sue and/or disable the computers of every one of those bastards: As of late Thursday, the Kazaa Media Desktop application–a file-sharing software that has drawn the wrath of …

Derrick Story of the O’Reilly Network wants to hear from you: It has just been reported that six Butterfinger candy bars were illegally downloaded into a college student’s backpack from Sam’s newsstand in New York City. The candy was then distributed to friends who are know to have a craving …

Those nutty kids: America’s youth are using mobile phones for everything from sending e-mails to playing games, and thousands are even turning to the Web to transform their phones into high-tech “whoopie cushions.” “After offering various sound effects, it became clear our audience was very young and that a lot …

Phillip Winn has working maniacally – he even has a real job (freak) – to incorporate suggestions for improving the site, and we have ended up with a hybrid of the old and new designs, with some very cool new features. He had to deal with the Exporer 5.5 issues …

A music service that launched yesterday offers “universal” selection of P2P with claims to legitimacy: A new all-you-can-eat music download service that claims to take advantage of a loophole in Spanish copyright law will launch on Tuesday [no mention of it on the Grokster sitye yet] and piggyback on a …

In testimony before the House Government Reform Committee May 15, Center For Democracy and Technology Associate Director Alan Davidson raised concerns about the privacy and security of popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks: P2P programs such as Kazaa, Grokster, and Morpheus are among the most downloaded computer software today. P2P …

The Internet, and now the NY Times, dig on the sometimes deft, but more often lurching light saber action of a 15-year-old chunky kid from Quebec, known as Ghyslain: In the video, Ghyslain brandishes a golf ball retriever in a series of maneuvers that are both painfully awkward and unmistakably …

New study says more searches for porn than for music on P2P networks: While much has been reported about the billions of free music and Hollywood movie files on the file-sharing services, there’s been far less attention paid to the abundance of pornography available for download. According to a study …

We mentioned a couple of days ago that Roxio might buy Pressplay – it’s happening: Software maker Roxio Inc., the new owner of Napster, has acquired the music service pressplay — laying the groundwork for a competitive Windows-based offering against Apple Computer Inc.’s online music store. Roxio, best known for …