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Some cockamamie site that calls itself Shyftr has launched recently, and they’re into stealing people’s content. If you look around at their site, they’re couching their actions in nice language and calling it a place where people can read their favorite feeds and discuss them. I call it outright theft and wonder why their site [...]
» Go to this postA few months ago, I wrote this review of the WD My Book Pro Edition II drive. I hereby rescind anything positive I said about it. I am at the end of my patience with this drive, and Western Digital’s technical support has failed me.My three BIG problems with the drive are as follows:
It crashes [...]
» Go to this postITWire has an article on the lawsuit Creative (the makers of the Creative Zen MP3 players) has just filed against Apple, for allegedly infringing on a method they patented through which users “search for music on MP3 players”.
Creative applied for this particular patent in 2001, and it was granted to them in 2005. Apple also [...]
The FTC is to be praised for its efforts in shutting down spyware companies. In its latest coup, two of them, Spybot.net and Odysseus Marketing, were fined and closed, and their owners are now responsible for payment of the fines. The FTC wants to put a permanent halt to their services, and to make them [...]
» Go to this postMike from TechDirt has a great post with background on the RIAA vs. MP3.com lawsuit, and why MP3.com never appealed. Recommended reading for those concerned with DRM and the RIAA’s well known (and injust) legal hardballing. Here is the link.
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