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- Copyright associations want enforcement for free
- The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...
- Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser
- Kindle Format?Did they also say how they propose to display Kindle's proprietary format in your browser?Oh myDunraven, go get a good strong cup of coffee, drink it down, and read the article again. You just aren't awake yet.This is cool!NTRE: Google challenges e-readers by taking e-books directly to browserAnyone...
- Tags: Web browsers, E-books, e-reader, Web browser, Google Inc., e-book
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- P2P legislation is smart next step in piracy education
- Honesty not intelligence"One of the things that has always bothered me about the Recording Industry Association of America and its file-sharing lawsuits is that, for many of those people, their biggest crime is being uninformed."One of the things that has always bothered me about ZDNET and its file-sharing posts: the...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P legislation, music, file-sharing, P2P
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Give Google a break!
- soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...
- Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- MonaMusic 1.0 (Mobile)
- MonaMusic lets you carry a library of sheet music right in your pocket. Listen to a song while following along with the music. Audio can be sync'd to the sheet music and vice a versa. Four different audio modes are available allowing you to scroll through the sheet music and/or...
- Tags: Audio, Mobile, Sheet Music
- Software downloads 2009-09-01
- The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without content
- The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without contentEVDO Internet connectivity??EV-DO really?With that only it's a pretty restricted market...there are not many countries were it will work...Better GSM+EDGE+HSPA&HSPA+ /WCDMA (2G -> 2.5G -> 3G -> 3.5G etc. support).CDMA has no longer term future on this planet... RE: The Apple...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Cellular phones, Apple Tablet, tablet, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- Streaming music fundamentally changing music business
- Streaming music fundamentally changing music businessAre you sure about that?[i]music will no longer be a product that you buy.[/i]I'm not so sure about that claim. I just saw a TV story today on how vinyl records are making a comeback. Best Buy is now stocking vinyl records again;...
- Tags: Streaming Music, music business
- Discussion threads 2009-07-25
- JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU
- Amazon's removal of George Orwell ebooks from every Kindle with a paid entitlement is not only ironic in context but has frightening ramifications in terms of privacy and content ownership. Without warning or any sort of advance notification on Friday, Amazon...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-18
- Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles
- Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from KindlesDTPALet's hope somebody decides to sue their butts off under a state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act -- claiming that an item sold has qualities, characteristics, source, certification, approval or etc., which in fact it does not have (e.g., claiming non-kosher products are kosher)....
- Tags: E-books, Amazon.com Inc., e-book
- Discussion threads 2009-07-17
- Amazon gets bullied, pulls purchased e-books from Kindles
- Imagine buying a DVD at Wal-Mart and then, a few days later, someone from the Hollywood studio that produced that movie breaks into your house, takes that DVD out of your collection and leaves a refund on the dresser for you - all because that studio suddenly decided that it...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Public Relations, E-books, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .
- Ever since I first heard about the Internet and then saw its incredible development and application across industries, I've been on the look out for the economic effects of this powerful platform technology. The specific economic influence I've been looking for is a strong deflationary trend. That's when we will...
- Tags: Software, Craigslist, Advertisement, Technology, IBDT, Internet, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-20
- SOA as 'iTunes for business': interesting analogy
- For quite some time, we have talked about the concept of accessing SOA-ready services through public online marketplaces, and how that could shake up the way we approach IT. We're seeing manifestations of this model through cloud computing. But I wish I could have expressed it the...
- Tags: SOA, Apple iTunes, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Google to sell eBooks by end of 2009; what will Amazon do?
- Google to sell eBooks by end of 2009; what will Amazon do?Well lets hope they come @ it stronger than...they did with Android. Not at that price per book!Not sure that model makes sense. If the publishers try to get the prices back up to full print copy, who would...
- Tags: E-books, e-book, Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-01
- MediaSmart Server LX195
- Ranging between $375 and $399, the 640GB HP MediaSmart Server LX195 is the best sub-$400 NAS server you can find in terms of value, performance, and features. It comes with a great set of features and a remote connection that's easy to set up and use. The server can automatically...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, power button, MediaSmart Server LX195, NAS, NAS server, HP MediaSmart, HP MediaSmart Server, server
- Product reviews 2009-05-27
- The case for a Global Digital Public Library Network policy
- By Bill Kallman This guest blog is penned by Bill Kallman, CEO of Scayl, a direct, unlimited secure email solution, a longtime VC and real estate investor. He was a founding director of Streamcast, one of the defendant's in the landmark MGM v Grokster ruling. He holds...
- Tags: Google Inc., Network, Radio, Library, Digital Library, Library Network, GDPLN, Content Industry, Copyright War, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Google to Congress: We can help news publishers - if they embrace opportunities
- When did the news industry become like the music industry - a group of finger-pointing businesses trying to find someone else to blame for their woes? In both the music and news industries, the adoption of new technology completely disrupted a long-standing business model. But whose fault...
- Tags: Google Inc., U.S. Congress, News Industry, Strategy, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- How about textbooks by Google?
- How about textbooks by Google?More nonsense from our friend "The Educator"Look, if what you say is so obvious and easy to do, why were companies like Google or ZoHo waiting to do that until the Kindle arrives? Your attitude is something like: "Hey Mom Google, I hate the Kindle, please...
- Tags: E-books, DVD, Consumer electronics, textbook, Google Inc., e-book
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apart
- Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apartall books should be free in electronic formCan't the publishers see the tidal FOSS wipping out proprietary software?They don't realize that there is an analogy between copyrighted books and proprietary software that points to their demise.It's already happening with the...
- Tags: INTERNET, Google Just, Google Inc., book deal
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Apple to launch 'variable-pricing' for iTunes
- Apple to launch 'variable-pricing' for iTunesThanks for the reminderI am sure a lot of customers forgot Apple announce this in the beginning of January. It was presumably part of the deal for getting the other studios to allow Apple to sell DRM free songs.It is obviouslly the confortable position that...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Sales strategy, Apple Inc., record company, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- Facebook rolls back TOS
- Facebook rolls back TOSChanges are limited onlyFacebook did make a change to its TOS but the change is very limited. The TOS now says that if you remove content from Facebook the license expires. However, the TOS contradicts itself by also saying the license is perpetual and irrevocable....
- Tags: Blogging, rap artist, Facebook, TOS
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
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