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Photos: Apple's DRM-free duet with EMI

Apple and EMI will make digital tunes available via the iTunes store without controversial copyright protections and with a bigger price tag.

Tags: Digital media, EMI Group Plc., Apple Computer Inc., copyright protection, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, photograph

Image galleries 2007-04-02

Photos: SanDisk's TrustedFlash

SanDisk's new TrustedFlash compact flash cards has copyright protection built in.

Tags: TrustedFlash, SanDisk Corp., card

Image galleries 2005-09-28

Photos: SanDisk's TrustedFlash

SanDisk's new TrustedFlash compact flash cards has copyright protection built in.

Tags: TrustedFlash, SanDisk Corp., card

Image galleries 2005-09-28

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Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things

Privacy International have said that Google's new Street View tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces are shown, according to the BBC, whereas the creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has made it clear that the success of the web has been because it's open for...

Tags: Imagery, Google Inc., Web, European Commission, Europe, Street View, Channel Management, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Web 3.0 - the future of social networking

Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...

Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-08

PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0

PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-08

AVG changes its stance on LinkScanner

A few days ago I wrote a story about AVG's LinkScanner causing a massive amount of additional traffic on the net in the name of protecting customers... yeah.  Well, here's a quote from the original article to give some background: Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Whirlpool Corp., Search Result, Slashdot, AVG, LinkScanner, Web Site Development, Search, Channel Management, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Approximately 800 vulnerabilities discovered in antivirus products

In what appears to be either a common scenario of "when the security solution ends up the security problem itself", or a product launch basing its strategy on outlining the increasing number of critical vulnerabilities found in competing antivirus products, the IT/Security consulting firm n.runs AG claims to have discovered...

Tags: Antivirus Product, Antivirus, Vulnerability, Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Google trying to take privacy seriously

Google trying to take privacy seriouslyRE: Google trying to take privacy seriouslyThe whole thing is a legal can of worms which I did not see American judges opening. I hope this will be overturned for it has very serious implications all over the world.While the state may potentially be the...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., privacy

Discussion threads 2008-07-05

MyText TopSecurity (rar)

Encrypt your text or html file in the easiest way, just 3 or 4 clicks and your files will be in a top security and protection environment. You have just to choose a key and its done. MTTS encryption method is named "Confusing", in fact this utility confuse file information...

Tags: HTML, Key, IlyeSoft, MTTS

Software downloads 2008-07-04

Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?

Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...

Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)

EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube and its usersViacom's Data DragnetIt seems to me that their is no justification for allowing this data dragnet.Whether dynamic or static, IP addresses can be traced back to many of the original users through data from Internet service providers. The Whitter article cited...

Tags: Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., IP address

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Apple caught neglecting iPhone security

Apple caught neglecting iPhone securityApple doesn't really care.I believe that Apple puts security of its products at the bottom of the list, with cool design at the top. All this stuff just proves me right, that sure they have a neat casing and a touch screen, but underneath it...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, security, iPhone security

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Viacom vs YouTube exposes Google's data retention policy

In the ongoing litigation between Viacom and YouTube Google over alleged copyright infringement, a US court has ruled that Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube. The one thing that bothers me more than the court ruling itself, however, is...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-07-03

EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about all the search happenings this week--Google and Adobe, Microsoft and Powerset and the never-ending Microhoo saga--as well as the Viacom vs. Google lawsuit. It was a busy week on the search front. Adobe kicked off the...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Viacom Inc., Podcasts, Games, Internet, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?.....“[B]Had this not happened, Viacom would have made a huge amount of profit, but have now obviously lost out.[/B]”Subjective speculation that is unsubstantiated.“[B]YouTube could get shut down, Google could get fined to the nth degree, or maybe Google will get sued and it have...

Tags: Pandora, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?

I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data

A federal judge ordered PDF Google to hand over 12 terabytes of YouTube user data to Viacom, finding that the list of "login IDs" does not qualify as personally identifying information. In opposing Viacom's request for the information, Google had asserted users' privacy rights: "Plaintiffs would...

Tags: Google Inc., Personally Identifiable Information, YouTube Inc., IP, IP Address, User Data, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-03

12 terabytes of YouTube data

12 terabytes of YouTube dataHorrible loss for ConsumersThis Judge needs to be taught what he has the power to do, and not to do. This is a clear violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act. Not to mention a major privacy issue for all of us that have ever watched...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital media, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Photos: Engineering New Orleans, post-Katrina

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is putting a great deal of money and effort into new hurricane protection systems that it hopes can reduce the risk of catastrophic flooding in the future. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Strategy, Management, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-03