Two weeks after the Recording Industry Association of America announced it had struck deals with top internet service providers to cut off unrepentant music sharers, not a single major ISP will cop to agreeing to the ambitious scheme, and one top broadband company says it's not on board.
The RIAA's announcement came as it revealed it was closing down its massive litigation campaign, which has targeted more than
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,
, and
put two key pieces of their plan in place to connect TVs to Internet-equipped widgets this year.
Samsung agreed to support the technology inside of selected 2009 TVs, and Adobe said that it would port a version of its Flash Lite technology to the Intel Media Processor CE 3100, a key component in Yahoo Widget Channel-compatible set-top boxes.
In August 2008, Intel and Yahoo made a
to co-develop the Yahoo Widget Channel, a technology Read the rest of this entry »
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The good news, according to a second study from the same research group, is that a simple intervention -- in this case, an-e-mail from a physician -- made some of the teens change their risky behaviors.
"I was surprised, at least to some extent, at how clearly teens were discussing behaviors that we struggle to get out of them," said Dr. Megan Moreno, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Commerzbank, Infineon, United Internet: German Equity Preview
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies
whose shares may have unusual price changes in Germany. Stock
symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the
previous close.
DAX Index futures expiring in March rose 46.5, or 0.9
percent, to 5,024 at 8:18 a.m. in Frankfurt. The benchmark DAX
Index climbed 3.4 percent to 4,973.07 on Jan. 2.
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BOSTON (AP) -- A bill sitting on Governor Deval Patrick's desk could allow Massachusetts Police Departments to use the internet to auction off unclaimed items.
Under current law, State Police Departments can hold auctions to make money off unclaimed property in police custody.
The new bill would allow departments to hold auctions with the use of the internet, which would expand reach for the auction, and bring in more bidders.
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January 1, 2009 9:54 AM PST
My web site, which caters to individuals (rather than businesses), received 28% of its hits from Macintosh users in December. Also, 70% Windows, 2% Linux.
January 1, 2009 10:25 AM PST
Ahhh - so the worm is finally beginning to turn.
January 1, 2009 11:11 AM PST
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has yet to restore most of its telecommunications network.
Qwest disconnected SkyWi on Dec. 30 because of a billing dispute, leaving thousands of Internet and phone customers without service in the six states where SkyWi operates: New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and Texas.
The cutoff created a crisis situation in some New Mexico communities because public safety — including fire, police and medical services — were affected.
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January 1, 2009 (Computerworld)
's market share plunged by a record-setting amount during December, Web metrics vendor
said today.
Microsoft Corp.'s browser lost 1.6 percentage points of its market share last month, ending December with a 68.2% share, down from November's 69.8%. Since the end of October, IE has lost 3.1 percentage points, nearly half of its total 2008 losses.
IE ended the year down 7.9 percentage points, a 10.4% decline in Read the rest of this entry »
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In January, Yahoo and Intel plan to show off their new Yahoo Widget Channel at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which plans to bring online interaction and social networking capabilities to digital TV watching. The Yahoo Widget Channel will showcase the ability to view Flickr albums with friends while watching television, serve targeted ads to the end user and order videos on demand via Yahoo.
For Yahoo, it’s establishment of the Widget Read the rest of this entry »
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Guyana, Suriname to boost phone, Internet service
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana and Suriname plan to invest a combined $60 million in an undersea fiber optic cable to improve phone and Internet service.
The 746-mile (1,200-kilometer) cable will run north through Trinidad to Florida, backing up an existing cable that often experiences service disruptions.
Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo announced the plan late Monday, saying construction Read the rest of this entry »