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 [...]

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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. Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Yahoo, buyout

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If you’ve unlocked your iPhone, because you wanted to choose which airtime provider to use, or because you live outside the US, then be warned; Apple will be disabling your handset with their future software updates. Not only will Apple’s future updates turn a working handset into a brick, users who suffer this because they [...]

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