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[2005-03-30] Justices In P2P Case Hesitant To Restrict Technology
A legal battle pitting the peer-2-peer culture against the entertainment industry is becoming one of the most watched cases to reach the Supreme Court in a long time.
[2005-03-30] Blaster Author To Perform Community Service
Jeffrey Lee Parson, author of the Blaster-B Internet worm, settled his case with Microsoft today. In January, Parson was sentenced to 18 months in prison for launching a denial of service attack against the Redmond-based company.
[2005-03-29] Grokster Case Goes To The Supreme Court
The peer-2-peer file sharing community is having its day in court. Starting today, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments from developers of the P2P clients Grokster and StreamCast Networks' Morpheus.
[2005-03-28] Supreme Court To Hear Peer-2-Peer Client Grokster Case
P2P client Grokster and MGM Studios are preparing to face in Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case having broad ramifications towards the use and sharing of entertainment-based properties.
[2005-03-28] New Social Network Focuses On Building Trust
A new business networking service hopes to set itself apart by de-emphasizing the friends-bringing-in-friends strategy of many social networks and, instead, matching up people according to their professional affiliations and interests.
[2005-03-28] Supreme Court Gets Cable Modem Case
In what looks like the makings of busy week, the Supreme Court is preparing to hear statements from cable modem-based Internet service providers about the sharing of cable modem capable networks with competitors.
[2005-03-28] BellSouth Awarded Favorable DSL Decision
Telco giant BellSouth was awarded ruling by the FCC, which stated the company was not required to offer stand alone DSL subscription packages, meaning BellSouth can require customers to accept the company's landline service when offering DSL.
[2005-03-26] Yahoo Messenger Phishing Target
A Yahoo spokesperson has confirmed that Yahoo Messenger is the target of a phishing attack.
[2005-03-25] Kazaa Case Goes To The Judge
The trial pitting Australia's recording industry against the makers of Kazaa may be coming to a highly anticipated end. With closing arguments complete, Judge Murray Wilcox of Australia's Federal Court is expected to rule whether or not the makers of the P2P client are liable for copyright breaches and lost income resulting from files being shared across the Kazaa expanse.
[2005-03-25] Is Google Using Several Algorithms at the Same Time?
To analyze Google results on several Google data centers we have developped a free online tool called Google Data Centers Analysis Tool.
[2005-03-25] File Sharers Find Other Avenues
A recent study discovered 27% of the Internet population has turned to other methods besides the traditional peer-2-peer programs with which to share files.
[2005-03-24] Streamload Launches xStreamMail
Streamload, the leading Internet service for transfer and storage of personal digital entertainment, today announced the launch of xStreamMail, the first email enhancement system specifically designed for sending and sharing collections of full-quality videos and photos.
[2005-03-23] Yahoo Mail To Offer 1-Gigabyte Storage
Although the initial hubbub over email storage capacities has died down, it appears as if it's ready to start back up again. Apparently, Yahoo's email service is preparing to offer another increase in member storage, bringing the fight for email subscribers back to the front.
[2005-03-21] IAC Gets a Search Box, Acquires Jeeves
Once again, the Law of Noise has proven itself. Ask Jeeves certainly had the promotional volume turned up to "11" in recent months -- and that's loud when you have 4% market share.
[2005-03-21] Yahoo And Flickr: Photosharing Made Easy
This past weekend, Jeremy Zawodny confirmed what many have been speculating about for a little while now: Yahoo has or is purchasing Flickr, the digital image sharing web presence.
[2005-03-14] Microsoft Settles With Burst
Microsoft and Burst.com have reached an agreement in principle resolving all claims in Burst's lawsuit against Microsoft.
[2005-03-14] FTC Calls Out Spyware Company
A company fraudulently claiming to detect spyware infections and selling bogus spyware removal software has been targeted by the US Federal Trade Commission.
[2005-03-12] Mozilla Focuses on Firefox and Thunderbird
Mozilla has decided to concentrate less on its "Seamonkey" software suite and stay focused on Firefox and Thunderbird.
[2005-03-12] No More MSN Support For Mac
Microsoft plans to discontinue its support for the Mac OS X client for its MSN services after May 31st.
[2005-03-12] Scoble Blog Not Interesting, Register Says
Oh, the Register is picking on me and other bloggers here at the SXSW show: "Scoble seems to scoot around the country ...
[2005-03-11] Microsoft Wants To Reform Patent System
Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft wants to reform the patent system. There's a major need for this.
[2005-03-09] Fred Durst Sends Gawker Flowers, Drops Gawker from Suit?
Fred Durst has apparently dropped Gawker from his lawsuit over the hosting of his hacked sex video.
[2005-03-09] Interview With Nooked CEO Fergus Burns
I've been fortunate enough to meet some very interesting RSS executives and CEO's over the past few months.
[2005-03-09] Microsoft Releases Malware Remover
Today, with a new approach to security at the forefront, Microsoft released a free malware remover tool designed for computers operating in the Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 environments.
[2005-03-08] MSN Messenger Targeted By Malicious Worms
Microsoft's MSN Messenger is the latest in a long line of applications to be targeted by virus writers.
[2005-03-08] AOL Expected To Introduce VoIP Services
America Online, the much-discussed ISP, has announced they will be introducing voice over IP services in about a month's time.
[2005-03-07] The Internet Becomes A Viable News Source
A recent report discovered during the election, more people made use of the Internet to acquire their news intake.
[2005-03-06] Yak Shaving and Other Blogosphere Tales
Today's one of those Sundays when yak shaving seems to be the order of the day. A day of catching up with much-neglected email and prep for the week ahead.
[2005-03-05] Gawker Sued By Fred Durst Over Video
Gawker is in trouble over hosting the Fred Durst sex video (his phone was hacked) ...
[2005-03-05] Strange Gawker Reply To Durst Sex Tape Suit
Gawker was served a lawsuit on Friday by the legal team of Fred Durst. You may recall that he was the second celebrity whose Sidekick was hacked.
[2005-03-04] Most Americans Don't Read Blogs, So What?
A CNN/Gallup Poll finds that more than three-quarters of Americans - 76 percent - said they use the Internet, but only 26 percent said they were "very familiar" or "somewhat familiar" with blogs.
[2005-03-04] Exposing False Predictions
There's an old saying that you can complain about the weather, but you can't do anything about it.
[2005-03-04] Netscape Releases Beta Version Of Their Upcoming Browser
There is something to be said about persistence. A never-say-die attitude can make a company continue to improve a product many perceived as being dead.
[2005-03-03] NY Times To Open Its Grand Old Archive
David Weinberger breaks the news of the news, where the NY Times will open its grand old archive in the form of definitive topic pages.
[2005-03-03] RealNetworks Releases A Real Patch
RealNetworks, makers of the much-discussed Real Player, have released a patch addressing a number of security issues related to the media player.
[2005-03-01] Q & A With iUpload CEO Robin Hopper
I honestly didn't "get it". All the recent hype around iUpload bewildered me and I was unable to figure out what everyone was talking about.
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