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Spore hit by class-action lawsuit over DRM

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against EA over the SecuROM DRM mechanism built into the Spore game. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Lawsuit, Digital-rights Management, Electronic Arts Inc., Class Action, Class-action Lawsuit, Spore, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Piracy, Productivity, Digital Media, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-09-24

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GOP will present a health care bill

Good startGood work Dana. This blog is not biased to the left (we'll see how you fare in the talkbacks though).There's of course still the question why you put politics on this IT tech site."ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, IT Pros, health care, No., Pelosi, GOP

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Google Books privacy debate: Whose side are you on?

I was listening to NPR yesterday, and one story lingered with me throughout the day. So, I figured I'd take it to the blogs and see what you all have to say about the matter. Here's the deal: Some authors have mixed feelings...

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Security, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Max memory limits for 64-bit Windows 7

Max memory limits for 64-bit Windows 7I think a better question might bewhen we might start seeing memory densities that could make those limits 'limiting' in any way. I have not actually set eyes on any server board that will allow 128GB to be exceeded. I'm sure they exist, if...

Tags: Memory, Corporate governance, memory limit, RAM, 64-bit

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem

Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem"...but losing everything is like the sun going down on me...Ahhh what a great song...Ok Rudy.Sure IBM can't compete with Sun what with their stock about $100 more per share.My advise is DON'T WAIT! SGI and Sun took a beating from Linux because they...

Tags: Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Nehalem, T2

Discussion threads 2009-04-04

Is $100 million enough to help Microsoft gain search share?

Is $100 million enough to help Microsoft gain search share?Could it? Yes. Will it? No.Why do I think that? Gut feeling. Given the information provided that's about all we have to go with.Rebranded is worthless don't they get that by now?How many times do they have to re brand MSN,...

Tags: Marketing research, IT User, MS-search, Microsoft Corp., marketing, MSN

Discussion threads 2009-04-02

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3

Photos and image samples: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3While it might be overstating the case to say the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3's Wi-Fi implementation drove me to tears, I can state without hyperbole that it terribly disappointed me. When I was first briefed on the camera, I had high hopes that with...

Tags: Keyboards, Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Wi-Fi, Sony Corp., camera, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3, Sony Cyber-Shot

Product reviews 2009-03-16

Apple iPod touch sets child's pants on fire; parents sue

Apple iPod touch sets child's pants on fire; parents sueNot related, probably, can children constantly bullied in schools sue the districts in which they grew up?Since everything has an effect on everything else around it, I say Apple should be sued. Quality Control is not a sin. Especially...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, Apple Products

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

News to know: HP, Hulu, IE 8; SOA; Citrix; Bearing Point

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Larry Dignan: Citrix to offer free XenServer; Takes shot at VMware HP's mixed bag: Sales weak across all units, earnings on target; Outlook weaker...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., Bearing Point, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and Mac

Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and MacAnd so then I guessthat Papermaster [i][b]was[/b][/i] hired just to run the "iPod division"Apple would never think of having him lend a hand in their server products developement.This Apple TV case may just prove how "true" the above mentioned statement is... ;)It...

Tags: TVs, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Apple TV, Apple AirPort Express, TV

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Apple: Don't believe the iPhone 3G truth

Don't believe what Apple says in its iPhone 3G advertisements, even though the company claims it's not lying. In a nutshell, that's Apple's legal response to a lawsuit alleging misleading advertising for the iPhone 3G. You follow? The corporation's nine-page legal...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Psystar OpenPro

Ongoing lawsuits notwithstanding, Psystar remains the only desktop vendor other than Apple to offer PCs with Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Thanks to a new restore disc and improved software updating, this $2,660 Psystar OpenPro computer is much more secure than the lower-end Open Computer the company released back...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, insurance policy, Psystar, Psystar OpenPro, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, disc

Product reviews 2008-10-11

Outside school doesn't equal online carte blanche

Outside school doesn't equal online carte blancheTime to teach the little buggers, and the idiot parents, a lesson.If I were the principal, I'd file a defamation of character & libel suit against the kids involved, AND their parents...two of whom are obviously low-grade morons at best. Then see what they...

Tags: principal

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Viacom v Google: Threat to the Net -- or just Google?

Viacom v Google: Threat to the Net -- or just Google?I just want a good source of non copy righted material.Okay I said it once but I do need a good source of open source music I can use that doesn't cost 59.95 for a power point presentation to...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DCMA, Viacom Inc., DMCA, Google Inc., U.S. Congress, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over name

Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over nameAnd what exactly makes Man and Machines an interested party in this?Do they own a piece of the trademark or do they simply want to use the name for one of their products?RE: Apple's Mighty Mouse sued over nameA chance for millions from Apple? That...

Tags: Mice, Apple Inc., mouse, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Apple Mighty Mouse, M&M, Mighty Mouse

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters

Just talked to Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive about their successful settlement with the FBI of a lawsuit over a National Security Letter. The FBI had demanded personal information on a user; the Archive replied with a lawsuit challenging the propriety of the NSL. As part of the settlement,...

Tags: Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Library, Brewster Kahle, Cookbook, National Security Letter, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+Apple

Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+AppleWhat's your vector Victor?Apple doesn't have a chance of moving into business class Windows/Linux territory unless they OEM OSX and open up their proprietary ways.Windows Server 2008 shares the same kernel as Vista SP1, but, interestingly 'retreats' from registry-based gui 'click next' configuration to a command-line interface 'Linux modular approach'...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Wintel Vista, Wintel Vista conspiracy, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., liar, Wintel, crook, PC, Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Discussion threads 2008-02-29

Recession fears squeeze tech budgets

Recession fears squeeze tech budgetsWouldn't Be In A RecessionIf a certain clown wasn't in the White House spending our money left and right searching for WMDs.RE: Recession fears squeeze tech budgetsYes, in the US. But other places on the planet earth are expanding ten times faster than the US. Look...

Tags: surplus, tech budget

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

Details here: BlackBerry-maker RIM gets hit with patent infringement suit

Wireless communications solutions provider TeleCommunication Systems says it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion. TeleCommunication Systems is charging that RIM infringed on its  United States Patent No. 6,871,215. Entitled Universal wireless email reader, the Patent describes methods for...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., E-mail Account, TeleCommunication Systems, Email Application, E-mail, Online Communications, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-21

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must die

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must dieI might agree that...... torrentspy.com should be shut down but not that torrents should be made illegal. I use them regularly for downloading my Linux ISOs and it would be very inconvenient to not be able to use them. Classifying torrents as a 'den...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2007-12-19