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- CD shipments surge after lean years
- CD shipments surge after lean yearsMusic Industry PropagandaScenario 1: "CD sales are down? Well, we obviously need better piracy protection, tougher laws, more lawsuits, and to banish online music sales to the dustbin of history."Scenario 2: "CD sales are flat? Well, we obviously need better piracy...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, industry, MP3, sales, tougher law, piracy protection, dustbin, CD, online music sale, RIAA, online music, lawsuit
- Discussion threads 2004-10-20
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- Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits
- In a recently conducted comparative review, Danish security company Secunia, tested the detection rate of 12 different Internet Security Suites against 300 exploits (144 malicious files and 156 malicious web pages) affecting popular end user applications, to find that even the top performer in the test is in fact performing...
- Tags: Web, Malware, Exploit, Secunia, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright wars
- The Wall Street Journal is running an excerpt from Larry Lessig's upcoming book, Remix (book party in SF, Oct. 29.) In this excerpt, Lessig tells the story of Stephanie Lenz, who taped her infant child with some Prince song playing in the background and uploaded the...
- Tags: Larry Lessig, Copyright Law, Regulation, Lenz, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Bush signs online child protection bills
- In addition to the Pro-IP Act, President Bush signed two other Internet-related bills, these related to kiddie porn and child predators. The Protect Our Children Act requires Internet companies to report child pornography and forks over $320 million to the Justice Dept. to fight Internet...
- Tags: Attorney General, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- 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
- Norton AntiVirus 2009
- Symantec has been listening to its users, and this year the company delivers a slimmed-down and faster Norton Antivirus 2009. Almost all the security vendors have recognized the changing threat landscape and have rethought traditional protection. We especially like the Insight feature, which identifies "trusted" files and applications and doesn't...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Norton Co., Norton AntiVirus 2009, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Symantec Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-10
- Will Bush sign Pro-IP? Biz, labor, schools push for it
- There's no word yet on whether President Bush will sign the PRO-IP bill [ZDN] but big business and labor were united in favor of the bill that creates a copyright czar in the executive branch. The bill originally called for the Justice Dept. to prosecute copyright...
- Tags: Bill, President, IP, Justice Dept, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Overachiever: Sun surpasses greenhouse gas reduction goals
- Bully for Sun Microsystems. The company's U.S. operations have actually already overshot the 20 percent reduction goal originally set for 2012 under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program. Yes, that's right folks, a tech company has done something earlier than expected! The company reports this...
- Tags: Emission, Sun Microsystems Inc., Greenhouse Gas, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malware
- Asus ships Eee Box PCs with malwareAsus ships Eee Box PCs with malwareThis is a deliberate attempt by Asus to get people to move away from Microsoft Windows and get the Asus eee's with linux installed. I hope Microsoft sues them for negligence. After that people will not want...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, ASUS, Eee Box PC, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009 is a complete suite of antivirus, antispyware, antispam, antiphishing, and personal firewall tools for personal desktops. We've been hearing good things and looking forward to reviewing F-Secure for years, however, several little things bothered us about this release. F-Secure Internet Security 2009 costs more than the...
- Tags: Firewalls, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Network security, F-Secure Corp., F-Secure Internet Security 2009, F-Secure Internet Security
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Poker sites fight to get domain names back from Kentucky
- This is a novel legal strategy. And so far it's working. Last month, in an effort to preserve the state's monopoly on legal gambling, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear sued to have 141 online gambling sites' domains transferred to the state's control. According to the Washington Post, a big...
- Tags: Kentucky, Domain Name, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Canadian Conservatives vow to implement new copyright law
- Candians who vote to re-elect the Conservative government next week will also be voting for an archly pro-copyright agenda. According to the party's official platform released yesterday: A re-elected Conservative government led by Stephen Harper will reintroduce federal copyright legislation that strikes the appropriate balance among the rights of...
- Tags: Legislation, Copyright Law, Creator, Government, Intellectual Property, Vertical Industries, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Piracy, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Security, Corporate Law, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- The IT role in the mortgage meltdown
- The IT role in the mortgage meltdownNobody likes a WhisleblowerYou got blacklisted for publicly Whistle-blowing at a company meeting. For your trouble you lost a job, faced economic hardship, and had to explain at interviews why this employer would not give you a reference. You did not follow...
- Tags: Leadership, information technology, mortgage meltdown, IT role, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Asus announces quad-core gaming laptop (again)
- There are now several quad-core mobile workstations for work, but Asus is laying claim to the first quad-core laptop designed purely for play. This week it announced that the G71 "Republic of Gamers," a 17-inch gaming laptop, now offers Intel's new 2.53GHz Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300....
- Tags: Game, ASUS, Quad-core, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Forget the damn netbooks. Can âÂÂWindowsâ replace Windows?
- Forget the damn netbooks. Can âWindowsâ replace Windows?It's not about Windowsbut It's about pirated Windows. In my country, you will rarely see a person who willing to buy a genuine copy of Windowseven the rich people except it's coming with the PC they buy. So, if they couldn't afford a...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Updated: Restraining order against RealDVD stands
- Update: BetaNews reports the injunction is in place until Nov. 17. And they point out the impact of an extended injunction can be substantial. In Real's case, however, this is just one more product; not having it doesn't fundamentally interrupt the business model. Or does it? I recall when the...
- Tags: Rights-management, Violation, Copy Protection, Robert Moore, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Obama, McCain support making debates public
- Both Obama and McCain have come out in favor of the Open Debate Coalition's call to open the presidential debates for fair use on the Internet, Wired reports. Obama sent a letter to Coalition leader Larry Lessig. He quoted his own letter to Democratic Party chairman last...
- Tags: Debate, Internet, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Microsoft quietly halts sales of third-party activation offering
- Microsoft quietly halts sales of third-party activation offeringWhat now if you use MS SLPS?This is a very disconcerting time for software vendors. With a major recession on the way, they need all the help they can get to fight piracy and offer flexible revenue-generation options for their customers to stand...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, piracy, ISV, Microsoft Corp., sales
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Microsoft quietly halts sales of third-party activation offering
- Microsoft has halted -- temporarily, according to company officials -- sales of its Software Licensing and Protection SLP Services product. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., SLP Services, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Sales Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Antitrust suit against Apple, AT&T moves forward
- A federal judge has ruled that an antitrust suit against Apple and A&T over exclusivity deals for the iPhone may move forward, Ars Technica reports. Apple and AT&T signed a five-year exclusive deal but only told consumers they would have to sign up for a two-year...
- Tags: Antitrust, Consumer Protection, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
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