As reported in the Times, and followed up by CrunchGear, the Government here in the UK is considering forcing ISPs to take action against any of their users who are downloading copyrighted material. This is how the proposal will work (from the CrunchGear article):
Users “suspected” of having illegally downloaded something will get an e-mail from […]

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Following the news of recent layoffs, and Terry Semel’s departure, both Marketwatch and Reuters are reporting that Microsoft have just offered $44.6 billion in cash for Yahoo.
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It seems last week’s speculation was true because Bungie have today confirmed that they will be breaking away from Microsoft to become an independent company.
Any group capable of producing a product that generates $300 million worth of sales in it’s first week is, surely, the thing you want to hold to the most?
Perhaps that’s […]

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That Viacom is suing GooTube for $1bn is old news - a great opening shot in the negotiating battle to come, but old news.
The thing I don’t get is, why would Viacom bother? One of the podcasts I listen to is Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code. On each episode, he plays (at least) a couple […]

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A worker from Boeing has been fired, after their laptop was stolen. The laptop was holding data for nearly 400,000 retired Boeing workers, and included home address, home telephone number, social security and salary details (I’m guessing that person had something to do with the Boeing pension scheme….).
My first reaction to this story was, […]

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Shopping over the Internet is easy - browse, point, click, pay. Often, a delivery charge is added, and not long after is where the problem starts.
The other day I ordered a new laptop from Dell, and using their Order Tracking facility, I noticed that the delivery date which had been automatically scheduled wasn’t convenient for me. […]

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