Tag Archives: Sci/Tech

Having sought billions from four college students who created “mini-Napsters,” the RIAA has settled with each for between $12-17.5K: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued four students separately last month for running services that searched computers connected to their college networks for MP3 song files. The students also …

I still feel pretty left out because I am not an Apple-head, but the rave reviews keep coming in about the new Apple music service. A point I missed in the initial release is that while tracks are $.99 each, most albums in the catalogue are available for $10. The …

Iraq? Afghanistan? No, movie theaters.

FTC says 2/3 of spam fraudulent: Two out of three “spam” e-mail messages contain false information of some sort, according to an analysis of unsolicited e-mail pitches collected by the FTC. Of a random sample of 1,000 spam messages, 44 percent used a false return address to hide the sender’s …

Is it coincidence that a) a judge ruled in favor of Grokster against the RIAA regarding copyright liability on Friday b) Apple announced its new music service Monday c) the RIAA sent out threatening messages to Internet file sharers yesterday? No, it is not: RIAA President Cary Sherman said the …

I though we wre trying to FOSTER tech investment: Venture capitalists didn’t need another reason to avoid high-tech investments – but two major record labels have given them one anyway. Still seeking retribution for Napster’s online file-swapping system, industry giants Universal Music and EMI are trying to break new legal …

In all of the media frenzy over the new Apple Music Store, let us not forget a service that people actually seem to use and like: EMusic, whose only problem seems to be that its catalogue is largely confined to the indie label world. Note BJ Johnson’s review from last …

Diabetics beware: Devin Leonard’s feature on the new Apple iTunes Music Store is so larded with sugar and honey it might induce seizures: The real buzz in the music trade is that Steve has just created what is easily the most promising legal digital music service on the market. “I …

Webcast live here. Play-by-play from MacMinute here: Welcome to MacMinute’s live coverage of Apple’s press event! 1:00 Online Apple Store down 1:05 Event has begun Steve Jobs is going over recent annoucments — 12″ PowerBook, 17″ PowerBook, Safari, Keynote, iLife Final Cut Pro 4. “Today we are going to innovate …

Okay, so you finally joined the third millennium and got a DVD player – in three years you’ll be out of date again: Don’t panic; any future player also will handle the discs you buy today. But just as DVDs are of higher quality than TV, digital TV and high-definition …