Yesterday, the Daily Mail carried this story about a hapless – and innocent – chap who was arrested by gunpoint after a member of the public mistook the MP3 player in his pocket for a gun. The story unfolds like an episode of 24, with this poor chap being followed on CCTV cameras, which seem [...]

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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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