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March 31, 2005
In an effort to save "billions of dollars" music and movie giants are looking to the Supreme Court to set Peer-to-peer services like Grokster and StreamCast Networks straight. On Tuesday the Supreme Court heard arguments from representatives of major film studios and the recording. The case began when MGM and several record labels filed suit against StreamCast Networks and file-sharing network Grokster, arguing that they were intentionally created to allow people to illegally trade copyrighted material. That case was thrown out by a circuit court in August, paving the way for it to be argued in front of the Supreme Court.
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March 29, 2005
ecoustics
Both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs enable HDTV reproduction because of their massive storage capacities. Using dual-layer techniques, HD-DVD can store as much as 30 gigabytes of data while a Blu-Ray disc can pack in a whopping 50 gigabytes. In the lab, techies already are working on several-layered discs that could allow more than 100 gigabytes of storage on one disc. Read More
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A few weeks ago a file purporting to be a Sony PSP update made the rounds on the net, that file showed a host of features that could come to the PSP, apparently that file (assumed -- could be another file) has appeared again. Sony had this to say
"We have become aware that there is a software program going around on some Web sites and Internet bulletin boards claiming to be an update file that rewrites the system software of the PSP hardware," says Nanako Kato, a spokesperson for Sony in Tokyo.
"This software has not been issued officially by [Sony] and does not function properly. We advise our users not to execute or apply the program as it will cause the PSP hardware to stop operating," she says.
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Telecom equipment providers and network operators, including such industry heavyweights as Deutsche Telekom, MCI, NTT, Cisco Systems and EarthLink, have linked to form an alliance designed to combat the increasing scourge of Internet attacks.
The Fingerprint Sharing Alliance has set up an automated process for sharing attack profiles across service-provider networks. By sharing profiles, often called "fingerprints," the Telecom giants hope to stop denial-of-service attacks, worms and viruses quicker and closer to the source reports informationweek.com
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in what is now being called one of the most important copyright-infringement cases brought by film and music Plaintiffs against tech-startup defendants Grokster and StreamCast Networks.
At issue is whether technology companies are liable when people use their programs to illegally download music and videos, a question that has implications for many companies.
"Grokster and StreamCast cannot escape the reality that copyright infringement is their business," lawyers for the movie and music companies contended in court papers, adding that a company should be liable whenever the "principal or primary use" of its product is piracy.
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Working 220 miles above Earth, Leroy Chiao of NASA and Russia's Salizhan Sharipov, installed hardware that will be used to help dock Europe's new cargo ship, the Automated Transfer Vehicle, which is scheduled to fly next year. The gear included antennas and a Global Positioning System receiver. The two men also released a 1-foot-long, 11-pound satellite called Nanosputnik. They opened the hatch at 1:25 a.m. EST and concluded their spacewalk 4 1/2 hours later.
The station, which has just two of four stabilizing gyroscopes working, drifted for about 20 minutes, NASA said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration also said the station held steady longer than expected. When the astronauts were out of the danger zone, the thrusters were fired to regain the correct attitude.
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March 27, 2005
The folks at LordPercy, tackle the podcasting definition
A Podcast consists of high resolution MP3 or other audio files wrapped in a RSS feed, RSS or really simple scripting is widely used on the web as a means to create news feeds or product updates that can be read by browsers and other websites.
RSS 2.0 is used to underpin Podcasting by the use of the enclosures tag, the RSS feed is exactly the same XML code as the one you can get BBC news through except that the enclosure tag is used to point at media files (in this case audio). A Podcasting client such as Ipodder reads the RSS feed which is made available on a website URL and downloads the files highlighted by the enclosure tag in the background, as soon as all the files are ready the new Podcast is shows as available in the client.
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March 25, 2005
According to Greg Sterling, a Kelsey Group analyst, Google's Gmail killed any hope MSN or Yahoo! may have had of getting users to pay for mail storage." MSN & Yahoo still managed to squeeze a few pennies for mail storage above 250MB, however with Google's Gmail full scale launch imminent, Yahoo has leveled the playing field with Google's Gmail.
The company yesterday announced plans for an increase of current 250MB email boxes to 1 gb. The new mail box size will be available by Mid April. With More space comes more viruses, so Yahoo will provide software from Symantec Corp. to clean viruses detected in attachments
When Google introduced "Gmail," Yahoo provided just 4 megabytes of free e-mail storage. Yahoo, which runs the world's most popular Web site, has gradually increased its e-mail capacity in response to Google's competitive threat.
"They're removing storage as one of the deciding factors" when people chose a e-mail service, said Charlene Li, an analyst at Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc.
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March 24, 2005
The World Expo opens in Japan on Friday in Aichi Prefecture and it will showcase some of the latest technology in eco-friendly energy. The folks at impress.co.jp (japan) have a first look at what to expect
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The world's largest personal computer maker, Dell Inc., on Wednesday introduced two low-priced server computers in it's continuing bid to convince customers that networks of PC-style machines can handle tasks generally reserved for much bigger ones reports Reuters.
Dell, which mainly sells its PCs to businesses, has had mixed success persuading corporations to use its products to run key programs.
According to one analyst, Dell has succeeded in preparing easy setup for the machines, the PowerEdge 6800 and 6850, which each can have up to four Intel Corp. chips.
"They've figured out how to package pre-tested database (systems)," said Joe Clabby, an analyst with industry research firm Summit Strategies who is based in Yarmouth, Maine.
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