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Farewell RIAA, we値l miss you (like a horrible, burning ass-rash)
Posted by:ManiacalV 1530 days ago • Discuss • http://www.churchofhell.com
I致e been watching the RIAA sort of crash and burn (or at least trip and smolder) in what, as a consumer, appears to be the kind of blunders that dominate best selling books on business a scant few.. READ MORE ...
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Tiger Attack Victim Arrested for Theft
Posted by:Iria 1521 days ago • Discuss • http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com
The night before Paul Dhaliwal, 19, and his older brother Kulbir, 24, filed a claim against the city of San Francisco alleging serious injury and emotional harm, the younger Dhaliwal was arrested on READ MORE ...
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Piracy Funding Terrorism: Mukasey
Posted by:Iria 1521 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
The RIAA, MPAA, and anyone else you can think of concerned with piracy have a new friend: Attorney General Michael Mukasey. In a gathering of Silicon Valley executives and media at the Tech Museum of READ MORE ...
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Couple Sues Google Over "Street View"
Posted by:Iria 1514 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Google Street View caused a great deal of consternation over privacy as soon as it was introduced last May. And the military has even shut out Google Street View researchers from its bases. So, as th READ MORE ...
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Universal Music Group: Keep Your Promo CDs; Tossing Them is Piracy
Posted by:Iria 1509 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Yes, you read that right. In a brief filed by Universal Music Group (UMG) in federal court yesterday, UMG said that giving away or even throwing out a promotional CD is piracy. READ MORE ...
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Psystar's Mac Clone Emerges, Disappears, Re-Emerges on Same Day
Posted by:Iria 1504 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Psystar claims it has a Mac clone for sale - and that it will sell the computer for $400. Unfortunately, until a little while ago, most of the pages related to the so-called "Open Computer" were no READ MORE ...
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Seagate Follows Through With SSD Lawsuit; STEC Fires Back
Posted by:Iria 1503 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Last month, Seagate CEO Bill Watkins raised eyebrows when he said Seagate was convinced that SSD manufacturers were infringing on Seagate patents, and that lawsuits were a possibility if SSD drives b READ MORE ...
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Is Psystar's Mac Clone Just a Scam?
Posted by:Iria 1501 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
You'll recall the Mac clone maker Psystar, which not only says it can sell you a computer, it says it will install Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) on it as well. Which not only violates the Mac OS X EULA, i READ MORE ...
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YouTube Video of Rectal Surgery a Pain in the *ss for Hospital
Posted by:Iria 1501 days ago • Discuss • http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com
It's bad enough when teenagers beat each other up so they can produce a viral video, but these are physicians, nurses and the like. Shouldn't they know better? READ MORE ...
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Tea Cup Madness Continues
Posted by:ArmySister 1478 days ago • Discuss • http://www.allaboutkimberly.com
Amiee Kraus is prolonging the Walt Disney World Tea Cup fiasco by moving on to file a lawsuit against Disney for the altercation between her and Victoria Walker in line at the Tea Cups. READ MORE ...
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Apple to Provide Refunds for Faulty Powerbook, iBook Adapters
Posted by:Iria 1478 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Another lawsuit, more cash out of Apple's pockets. I wrote earlier about the credit being offered to Canadian owners of older iPods. This case involves faulty power adapters for Powerbooks and iBook READ MORE ...
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RIAA DMCA Letter Creation Explained
Posted by:Iria 1474 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
So just how does the RIAA decide when it's time to send a threatening letter about possible copyright infringement? That's a good question, isn't it? It's of particular interest to colleges and u READ MORE ...
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T-Shirts Comparing Obama to Curious George May Earn a Lawsuit
Posted by:Iria 1472 days ago • Discuss • http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com
In Georgia, bar owner Mike Norman has been selling T-shirts at his Mulligan's Bar and Grill in Cobb County showing a picture of Curious Georgie peeling a banana, with the words "Obama '08" undern READ MORE ...
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Walmart's Copyright Policies!
Posted by:ArmySister 1466 days ago • Discuss • http://www.allaboutkimberly.com
Frustrations over trying to get old family pictures printed for aging grandparents who just experienced a house fire at Wal-Mart. READ MORE ...
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German Users Claim MacBook Airs "Edgy," in a "Slice-Yourself" Way
Posted by:Iria 1461 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
The design of the MacBook Air has been called sharp and edgy, but I don't think any users want it quite this edgy. Users at a German Apple forum (apfeltalk) have posted a thread on just how edgy the READ MORE ...
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Linking, Short Excerpts Draw AP DMCA Takedown Notices
Posted by:Iria 1444 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Deep-linking is when you make a hyperlink that points to a specific page or image on another website, instead of to that website's main or home page. You would normally think, who in their right min READ MORE ...
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Jammie Thomas, RIAA to Square Off Again?
Posted by:Iria 1436 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
You might remember Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman who lost a court case over music sharing and was ordered to pay the recording industry $222,000 for copyright violations related to sharing songs READ MORE ...
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MPAA: We Don't Need No Stinking Evidence!
Posted by:Iria 1435 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
You get some positive news, such as the Amicus brief filed by the EFF and others in the Jammie Thomas case, which could net her a new trial.
But also on Friday, the MPAA filed its own brief, one w READ MORE ...
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Viacom Granted Access to All YouTube User Data: Court
Posted by:Iria 1424 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Last night the federal court for the Southern District of New York ordered Google to hand over (.PDF) user data for all videos watched on YouTube to Viacom, stating:
Plaintiffs seek all data from READ MORE ...
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"I Believe" License Plates May Never "See the Light of Day"
Posted by:Iria 1419 days ago • Discuss • http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com
In May, the South Carolina state legislature unanimously voted to endorse an "I Believe" license plate, bearing the image of a cross and a stained glass window. Governor Mark Sanford then allowed t READ MORE ...
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Apple (Finally) Sues Mac Clone Maker Psystar
Posted by:Iria 1412 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Come on, you had to be expecting this. The question wasn't if, but when (and perhaps, what was taking so long). Since Psystar opened up its doors in April we've been waiting for the hammer to fall, READ MORE ...
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A "Taxing" Proposition for Music Downloaders? Maybe Not.
Posted by:Iria 1403 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
All right, readers, I'm sure some among you participate in the downloading of somewhat dicey material (read: copyrighted). If you could have a license to illegally download as much as you wanted - a READ MORE ...
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Scrabulous Returns to Facebook with a Triple Word Score: a New Name
Posted by:Iria 1396 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Hasbro can now stop worry about a server overload on its Facebook Scrabble application: only two days after disappearing from Facebook, Scrabulous is back, but with a new name (Wordscraper), and mino READ MORE ...
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Google: Complete Privacy No Longer Exists
Posted by:Iria 1396 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
It's been discussed before: in this information-filled age with all our personal data in databases that are vulnerable to leaks, as well as much of our behavioral data being gathered by corporations READ MORE ...
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Apple Sued Over iPhone's 3G Issues
Posted by:Iria 1376 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Well, I mentioned the words "class action" previously, and although this lawsuit hasn't been granted class action status yet, I believe it will, eventually. Alabama resident Jessica Alena Smith fi READ MORE ...
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Woman Sues Apple over iPhone 3G Issues
Posted by:ryzilla 1375 days ago • Discuss • http://blog.mintyit.com
Birmingham, Alabama resident Jessica Smith is seeking class-action status for her lawsuit against Apple, alleging that Appleﾃ｢竄ｬ邃｢s iPhone 3G is defective. Appleﾃ｢竄ｬ邃｢s iPhone 3G has met with complaints about READ MORE ...
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iPhone Antenna Seemingly in the Clear for 3G Issues
Posted by:Iria 1371 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
I wrote earlier about an unnamed Swedish scientist who said that the iPhone was not sensitive enough to 3G signals, bad news if true because it would mean that software wouldn't be likely to fix the READ MORE ...
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Google: "No Trespassing" Doesn't Mean "No Street View"
Posted by:Iria 1371 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
As reported by the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, a Google Street View driver passed two "no trespassing" signs to collect pictures images of a residence 1,200 feet from a county road, putting Street V READ MORE ...
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Psystar Plans Countersuit Against Apple
Posted by:Iria 1370 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
One day after fellow clone maker Open Tech put itself up for sale at the bargain-basement price of $50K, Psystar indicated it would respond to Apple's lawsuit with its own countersuit, alleging that READ MORE ...
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Jammie Thomas' RIAA Verdict Set Aside: Mistrial Ruled
Posted by:Iria 1340 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
You'll probably recall Jammie Thomas, the only target of the RIAA to take her case to trial. In October of last year the trial ended in an RIAA victory, with a $222,000 penalty assessed against her READ MORE ...
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Court Pulls Plug on Apple iPhone Battery Lawsuit
Posted by:ryzilla 1339 days ago • Discuss • http://blog.mintyit.com
Apple, Inc. has been granted a summary judgment in a class-action lawsuit brought by iPhone purchaser Jose Trujillo. Trujillo argued that Apple and AT&T concealed a replacement charge for the iPhoneﾃ｢竄ｬ邃｢ READ MORE ...
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Royalty Disagreement May See Apple Close Down ITunes
Posted by:socialexpert 1332 days ago • Discuss • http://www.money.co.uk
At the request of the largest music publishing association in the States, the NMPA (National Music Publisherﾃ｢竄ｬ邃｢s Association), the 3-judge panel will convene in Washington to rule on whether the royalt READ MORE ...
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RealDVD Sales Temporarily Halted by Court
Posted by:Iria 1331 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
In what was probably inevitable from the moment RealDVD was announced, lawsuits were fired in both directions last week when the product went live.
In light of that, a court has ordered RealNetwor READ MORE ...
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Morgan Keegan Lawsuit
Posted by:Lagazo 1297 days ago • Discuss • http://www.morgankeeganfundloss.com
Investors in Morgan Keegan's Funds allege they lost a substantial amount of money due to the misrepresentation of information about the nature of the Funds. READ MORE ...
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Crib Recall
Posted by:Lichtenberg 1292 days ago • Discuss • http://www.deltacribsrecall.com
Delta is providing free kits to repair the recalled cribs. READ MORE ...
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Trasylol Lawsuit
Posted by:Aller 1287 days ago • Discuss • http://www.fleming-law.com
Trasylol use linked to increased risk of death, kidney or renal failure, heart attacks, strokes and encephalopathy among heart surgery patients. READ MORE ...
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Fosamax Lawsuit
Posted by:Aller 1287 days ago • Discuss • http://www.fleming-law.com
Fosamax is the most commonly dispensed bisphosphonate in the United States with 22 million prescriptions written in 2004. READ MORE ...
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Trasylol Increases the Chance of Death
Posted by:Aller 1287 days ago • Discuss • https://confluence.cornell.edu
Bayer suspended sales in November after a big Canadian trial linked the drug to higher death rates, but the company says it still believes Trasylol has a "favorable risk-benefit profile" and consid READ MORE ...
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Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax Linked To Heart Problem
Posted by:Aller 1286 days ago • Discuss • http://www.fleming-law.com
We studied more than 700 female Group Health patients whose atrial fibrillation was first detected during a three-year period. READ MORE ...
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Study Shows Continued Damage From Banned Obesity Drug
Posted by:Aller 1285 days ago • Discuss • http://www.fleming-law.com
This is the largest study to examine duration of exposure to fen-phen and the first to estimate the incidence of valvular surgery among prior users. READ MORE ...
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