Let the games begin. Time Warner are the first in what could be a long line of copyright holders stepping up to see how deep Google’s pockets are following their acquisition of YouTube.
It was a sure bet that many copyright holders were waiting to see if YouTube would be snapped-up by a richer adoptive parent before [...]

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I was looking to download some new music today, and found my way over to allofmp3.com.
They’ve got an impressive catalogue, and I quickly found several albums that took my fancy. Then I started looking for payment methods, hoping that I could use something like PayPal.
Although allofmp3.com have a couple of payment partners, I spent a [...]

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The telecoms regulator here in the UK has finally come around to the idea of legalising personal, low-powered FM-transmitters like the iTrip.
A law passed in 1949 prohibited the use of radio broadcast equipment without a license, making devices like the iTrip or the AudiaX illegal and could have resulted in a two-year prison sentence, if [...]

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I’ve decided to ditch the Orange Photography service - it never really worked the way I’d imagined it would, and the problem with double-posting pictures was resolved, and then came back again.
After some searching around, I’ve opted for Splashblog. The smartphone client install is a breeze, and using it couldn’t be more straightforward. I love [...]

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I signed up for Sharpcast Photos after reading about it on this article at TechCrunch. The Orange mobile photo service that I blogged about a couple of entries ago isn’t working too well, and Orange still haven’t responded to the problem ticket I raised regarding the double-posting of uploaded photos. But, hey, I’m just the [...]

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It seems that the problems I was having with Orange Photography weren’t just teething troubles. Since my last post here, I’ve tried to send at least half-a-dozen photos but none of them have arrived in my shared album. I think I preferred the double-posting problem!
At first I thought it was because I was sending text [...]

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