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Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR ban

Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR banThis had to go to court?Holy-wood! What a bunch of elitist greedy "Do as I say, not as I do" psuedo moralists!I've been using an external 750 Gig USB drive to store my recorded movies etc. for nearly a year now...So how is it Holy-Wood doesn't...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Holy-wood, remote-DVR, Second Circuit

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Police Blotter: Porn-dialing firm loses appeal

Police Blotter: Porn-dialing firm loses appealWordy, as courts often are, but RIGHT!Great to see that the silly claims of these nonsense criminals are being rejected.There is simply no justification or excuse for these kinds of people. I hope their fines scare off the rest.Right?It appears to me that they got...

Tags: Second Circuit, district court

Discussion threads 2006-03-31

Additional Resources

Vizio VO320E

Photo gallery: Vizio VO320EVizio chose to adorn its VO320E 32-inch LCD with claims of environmental consciousness, saying the little set exceeds Energy Star guidelines by 15 percent. But that's not a very high standard, and according to our tests the Vizio, while definitely no power hog, sips just...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, Vizio, Vizio VO320E

Product reviews 2009-11-16

News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP

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. Ryan Naraine: Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack' Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes Firefox to run...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., RightNow Technologies, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Cable, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Final thoughts on supermodel-blogger catfight

A few final thoughts on the "skank" blogger case. I was on The Jeff Farias Show Friday talking about this story. Jeff asked me if I was concerned about courts stomping on Internet anonymity and I said, generally, no, that courts must strike a balance between First Amendment rights of...

Tags: Court, Judge, Rosemary Port, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-23

The First Amendment rights of anonymous defamers

Photo posted on 'Skanks of NYC' blog Yesterday I wrote that a Manhattan federal judge has ordered Google to tell supermodel Liskula Cohen the identity of the blogger behind the "Skanks of NYC" blog, which brands Cohen "a psychotic, lying, whoring, still going to clubs at her...

Tags: Defamation, First Amendment, Cahill, Courts, D.C. Case, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-20

SSDs are getting better, still not there yet

To date, the solid-state disk has been a tech mirage. The vision is great, but it always seems to be just over the horizon. SSDs have struggled to live up the performance promises, and they remain too expensive to provide any real competition to hard drives. But...

Tags: Performance, NAND, Intel Corp., SSD, Corsair, X128, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-07-23

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .

The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .Cloud Computing: The low cost arrived to IT business?Hi Tom,Great analysis, and of course I agree.And dare to say that Cloud Computing is also the IT business ?low cost?:http://www.cloudviews.org/2009/05/cloud-computing-the-low-cost-arrived-to-it-business/RE: The Internet devalues everything it touches . . .i don't think it can...

Tags: Internet, gravity, industrial revolution, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD

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: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

The wireless escapades: the inevitable journey into frustration

The wireless escapades: the inevitable journey into frustrationThere is another solution...This isn't a problem I have due to living in a 2 bed flat, but my folks had the same issue when I lived there or rather I did and the way I got round it was using two wireless...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Network technology, Wireless and Mobility, wireless, inevitable journey, Ethernet, router

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Advances in TREKnology

Advances in TREKnologyI can think of three . . .right off the top of my head:1) The high-speed sliding doors at every mall, store, emergency room, etc, you go to today, came about as a direct result of the inventor seeing it on Star Trek, and wanted to duplicate...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, Corporate communications, Geordi, computer, Kirk

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled house

Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled houseBeer taps.http://craziestgadgets.com/2008/11/26/beer-tap-system-with-lcd-tv/RE: Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled houseEvery day should start with kitty:http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Kitty-Clock-Pink%252f-%2528KT2053%2529/dp/B0015ESWHI/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1240923927&sr=8-1RE: Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled houseNeeds:PS3 - $399 plays Blu-rayLogitech Cordless mediaboard pro (for both PS3 and TV-connected PC) - $7032" Samsung LCD TV - $549Belkin...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, tech-filled house, Get Involved

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Windows 7 Release Candidate now available for unsanctioned download

Windows 7 Release Candidate now available for unsanctioned downloadMy 2 PCs...I have been running the beta on 2 of my PCs at home. One PC is a low end HW wise, and the other one pretty high end. I have thrown anything that one would be able to do so,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Widows 7, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Release Candidate, release candidate, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

News to know: Google; iBotnet; Cisco; Microsoft

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: Google earnings deliver; Sales growth slows; Economy still in 'uncharted territory' Statement: GOOGLE ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2009...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, IBM Corp., Desktops, Strategy, Open Source, Hardware, Management

Blog posts 2009-04-17

Grid spyware: Deregulation bites us again

Grid spyware: Deregulation bites us againHow long did it take...For stop signs to be posted at intersections after the automobile came into use? Red lights? Speed limits? Look both ways before you cross?I am mystified at the apparent lack of any common sense about the digital reality...

Tags: Regulations, SECURITY, deregulation, spyware

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

AdWords suit is alive

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has resurrected Rescuecom Corp.'s trademark case against Google, Bloomberg reports. The company sued in 2004, saying allowing advertisers to use the company's trademarked name as an AdWords search term violated trademark. A federal court had dismissed the case, but the...

Tags: Brand Name, Brand, Google AdWords, Branding, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-05

New Microsoft TV commercial claims Macs are more about aesthetics

New Microsoft TV commercial claims Macs are more about aestheticsThe Apple World is missing the point of the commercialsAll this nitpicking is just pathetic because people are INTENTIONALLY trying to miss the point of the commercials and instead are deflecting and saying things like "Why didn't she pay sales tax"...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Apple World, New Microsoft TV commercial, advertisement, Apple Inc., Macs ARE, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-04

Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzy

Nehalem servers could spark a $27bn feeding frenzyItanium doesn't stand a chance to NehalemOne things for sure (and probably why Intels Tukwila/Itanium has slipped by about a year) is that Itanium doesn't stand a chance against Nehalem and even when Tukwila does arrive, will have a tough ride against Nehalem-EX....

Tags: Semiconductors, Servers, Processors, transistor, Nehalem, electron, Ballistic Deflection Transistor, single core server, Intel Itanium, server

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees vent

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees ventSmiling Sam does it againIt seems to me that the government is overlooking one of the critical components of this economic meltdown - the offshoring of American jobs. IBM is one of the worst offenders in this regard. This one...

Tags: Workforce management, Litigation, Financial accounting, Proskauer Rose, Madoff, IBM Corp., SEC, layoff

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Consumer technology sales fall almost 4% in 2008

Consumer technology revenue declined 4 percent in 2008 to $112.3 billion, nearly erasing a 4.5 percent gain in 2007, according to The NPD Group, a market research company. Notebook PCs and LCD TVs were the two largest sales categories in 2008.  Notebook PCs generated $20.2...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-20