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The Movie Industry's 300% Error (Kenneth C. Green/Inside Higher Ed)
A week ago today, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) issued what had to be a hugely embarrassing news release acknowledging that an aggressively promoted and widely cited research report commissioned by the MPAA in 2005 significantly overstated …
Slashdot Founder Questions Crowd's Wisdom (Brad Stone/Bits)
One of the oldest rivals to the community news site Digg is pointing to recent unrest at the site as evidence that the social news model is flawed. — Last week, frequent users of Digg protested changes in its algorithms that were designed …
Sprint Revives Clearwire Talks (Wall Street Journal)
Sprint Nextel has revived serious discussions with startup Clearwire to form a joint venture that would bring in funding from the likes of Intel, Google and Best Buy to build a high-speed wireless network using WiMax technology.
Legal Defense of Free and Open Source Software (barracudanetworks.com)
The purpose of this Web page is to inform the community of Barracuda Networks' plans to defend itself and the free and open source software (FOSS) community from a patent threat by Trend Micro. In addition, we wanted to share …
Wall Street Journal signs up with Microsoft for Contextual ... (Kip Kniskern/LiveSide)
Microsoft will become the exclusive third-party ad provider for the Wall Street Journal network of sites, including The Wall Street Journal Online, Barrons.com, MarketWatch.com, AllThingsD.com and others.
VMware Down 30% As Growth Disappoints; Now What? (Eric Savitz/Tech Trader Daily)
VMware (VMW) shares have plunged more than 30% today following the company's announcement late yesterday of both a $5 million revenue shortfall compared with Street expectations in the fourth quarter and a 2008 growth projection that left the Street wanting more.
Digg Joins the DataPortability Project (Steve Williams/Digg the Blog)
Digg has joined the DataPortability Project, a group of websites cooperating to help you securely use your data however you want. Why? Because you own your data. It's that simple. From the start, Digg has supported the idea that you own your own data.
Motorola may exit its handset business: analyst (Aude Lagorce/MarketWatch)
LONDON (MarketWatch) — There is a possibility that Motorola, Inc. (MOT:, , ) may exit the handset business and concentrate on becoming an enterprise and government company, Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura International, told clients a in note published on Tuesday.
Our Tech President Endorsements: Barack Obama and John McCain (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)
It's sadly clear that our current leaders have little understanding of technology and why it's important to our economy and culture. That has to change. — We've been interviewing 2008 presidential candidates for the last few months …
The True Cost of SMS Messages (Sam/a gthing science project)
I just found out that AT&T (A-fee&fee?) is raising their text message pricing. When I first signed up for AT&T 6 or so years ago it cost 10 cents to send an SMS message, and it was free to receive them. — When AT&T switched to Cingular the price of sending …
Suspicion over online banking
Extensive safeguards intended to make online banking more secure may be making customers suspicious their money is at greater risk, a study has found. The Massey University study, by Dr Hokyoung Ryu and researcher Kansi Zhang, found customers of banks with six, seven or eight checkpoints felt their money ...
JRuby on Rails Rewrite of mediacast.sun.com Launched
0 - a complete rewrite of the old Mediacast application. The old code was hard to maintain and extend, and that's why we decided to EOL the old code base and write something better from scratch. I'm a fan of Rails and for the past year I've been amazed by the great progress of the JRuby project.
U2 Manager Says Google And Its Hippie Friends Should Pay The Recording Industry (Michael Masnick/Techdirt)
from the still-haven't-found-what-i'm-looking- for... dept — While the IFPI and the RIAA have been actively pushing for ISP liability for file sharing, it appears some in the industry are taking it even further.
THE NEW NIKON COOLPIX L18 IS AS SIMPLE AS POINT AND SHOOT (Nikon Press Center)
Compact Camera Combines Easy Operation and Unique Features for Taking and Sharing Photographs — MELVILLE, NY (Jan. 28, 2008) — Nikon is pleased to introduce the COOLPIX L18, a new addition to its Life Series line of digital cameras.
Big Hopes For Small Barcodes (GOOG
Google's efforts to get into the newspaper ad business have yet to yield much. When a person scans the barcode with a compatible camera phone, it takes their phone's browser to a mobile Web address encrypted in the graphic. These barcodes are big in Japan -- we were there last December, and saw them ...
Google's Newspaper Ads: Big Hopes For Small Barcodes (GOOG) (Dan Frommer/Silicon Alley Insider)
Google's efforts to get into the newspaper ad business have yet to yield much. One tool it hopes will eventually change that: Small, square barcodes, like the one at the right, at the bottom of print ads.
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Priced and Dated
It's official - SCEA announced today the April 17 North American release date for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, available exclusively for PS3. The BD version will offer added value with an exclusive behind-the-scenes High Definition (HD) video feature called "Beyond the Apex". This video will offer some awesome ...
Windows 7 = Vista Release 2 (Ed Bott/Ed Bott's Microsoft Report)
All the kerfuffle over Windows 7 - leaked memos, shaky handheld video clips of leaked builds, equally shaky tentative release schedules - is amusing. I don't have any inside information to offer, only a perspective drawn from 17 years of watching the Windows development process in action.
11 Power Tips for Gmail (Matt Cutts/Gadgets, Google, and SEO)
Wow, I can't believe how many people commented on my late-Friday night post about desired features for Gmail. If you want to suggest something for Gmail, that thread is the better place to do it. But looking through the comments, I saw a few requests that can already be done today.
Can a Sandwich Be Slandered?
The contest rules made it clear that the videos should depict Quiznos sandwiches as "superior" to Subway's. Subway promptly sued Quiznos and iFilm, the Web site owned by Viacom that ran the contest, saying that many of the homemade videos made false claims and depicted its brand in a derogatory way. ...
HTC share of Windows Mobile smartphone segment declining (Daniel Shen/DigiTimes)
High Tech Computer (HTC) has lost the title as the global top ranking vendor of Windows Mobile-based smartphones (excluding touch-screen models), with its share of the segment falling to below 30% currently, trailing behind Motorola …
O2 improves package for iPhone users (Bobbie Johnson/Guardian)
Mobile network O2 has overhauled the cost of using Apple's iPhone handset just two months after it went on sale in the UK. — The mobile network today announced that iPhone owners who are currently paying its lower-rate tariffs of £35 …
U2 manager urges ISPs to help fight web piracy (Ben Fenton/Financial Times)
The music industry should shift the focus of its battle with internet piracy towards the technological industries which have “built multibillion dollar industries on the back of our content without paying for it”, according to Paul McGuinness, manager of rock group U2.
U2 manager urges ISPs to help fight web piracy
The music industry should shift the focus of its battle with internet piracy towards the technological industries which have "built multibillion dollar industries on the back of our content without paying for it", according to Paul McGuinness, manager of rock group U2. Mr McGuinness, a highly-respected ...
The True Cost of SMS Messages
I just found out that AT&T (A-fee&fee?) is raising their text message pricing. When I first signed up for AT&T 6 or so years ago it cost 10 cents to send an SMS message, and it was free to receive them. ...
Rapidshare To Be Forced to Shut Down Following Court Defeat? (Enigmax/TorrentFreak)
Last week we reported on rumors that Rapidshare had, or was about to be, shut down, rumors that now look likely to resurface. The company, one of the world's largest ‘one-click’ file hosting services, has lost a copyright infringement case …
First Proof Apple Making Near Zero on AppleTV (And Big Bucks on iTunes) (Matt Buchanan/Gizmodo)
That sweet $70 price chop Steve announced for the Apple TV had to come from somewhere (a question smartly raised by CW) and we know the only thing Apple guards more than closely than its secrets is its bottom line.
Liberty Media Takes Action To Force Diller Out of IAC (Jessica Vascellaro/Wall Street Journal)
Liberty Media Corp. took steps Monday to seize control of IAC/InterActiveCorp from IAC Chairman Barry Diller. — Liberty, which owns a majority voting stake in IAC that has long been voted by Mr. Diller under a longstanding proxy agreement …
Rapidshare To Be Forced to Shut Down Following Court Defeat?
Last week we reported on rumors that Rapidshare had, or was about to be, shut down, rumors that now look likely to resurface. The company, one of the world's largest 'one-click' file hosting services, has lost a copyright infringement case against German performing rights outfit, GEMA. ...
HTC share of Windows Mobile smartphone segment declining
High Tech Computer (HTC) has lost the title as the global top ranking vendor of Windows Mobile-based smartphones (excluding touch-screen models), with its share of the segment falling to below 30% currently, trailing behind Motorola and Samsung Electronics, according to internal data from Microsoft. ...
