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ICANN still rules the Internet roost

...agreed to the creation of a new UN-based discussion group. Meanwhile, SonyBMG continues to try to weather the fallout from its surreptitious copy-restriction... Read more

23 November, 2005 by John McCormick

Is Sony BMG spreading malware?

...and encountered some disturbing results. After considerable work, he discovered that the SonyBMG-produced CD he recently purchased on Amazon.com restricted access by planting... Read more

9 November, 2005 by John McCormick

Sony CD protection sparks spyware row

...a recent CD he’d bought and played on his computer. The SonyBMG-produced Van Zant album had been advertised as copy-restricted when he... Read more

2 November, 2005 by John Borland

Microsoft exposes serious IE vulnerability

Microsoft announced the critical threat this week, but admitted to knowing about it six months ago Read more

29 November, 2005 by John McCormick

Sony plans patch after DRM rootkit row

Claims that Sony's CD copy restriction could be abused have sparked the company into action Read more

3 November, 2005 by John Borland

SonyBMG's criminal intent

...and Media Business Alliance's list of members gives the game away: SonyBMG. This is the company that saw fit to use a rootkit to... Read more

25 November, 2005 by Leader

Sony: Why care about rootkits?

...A senior SonyBMG executive has hit back at the criticism surrounding the company's use... Read more

9 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Entertainment industry 'trying to hijack data retention directive'

...and Media Business Alliance (CMBA), a group of media companies including EMI, SonyBMG and TimeWarner, has lobbied the EU to allow this data to be... Read more

24 November, 2005 by Graeme Wearden and Karen Gomm

Sony's malware malaise

...traced some mysterious processes and hidden files on his computer back to SonyBMG's "Get Right with the Man" CD. It turned out that they... Read more

7 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

BT enters quad-play era with IPTV launch

...signed up to BT Vision include the BBC, Disney, DreamWorks, National Geographic, SonyBMG, Universal and Viacom. Customers of the service will also be able to... Read more

4 December, 2006 by Natasha Lomas

Jobs set to win iTunes pricing battle

...to do so "greedy". The Post reported that the record labels - EMI, SonyBMG, Universal and Warner - are set to abandon their demands to charge different... Read more

21 April, 2006 by Jo Best

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Jack Schofield

Moonlight wasn't a Microsoft product, so it's not really a failure for Microsoft, more a failure for open source. Or, specifically, for Novell,...

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J.A. Watson

@apexwm - You are basically right. GIMP is not included in the Fedora 17 base distribution, but it can be installed from the Add/Remove Software...

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Moley

@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...

46 minutes ago by Moley on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
J.A. Watson

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

50 minutes ago by J.A. Watson on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

3 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July
apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

4 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

4 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

4 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

18 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

19 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

23 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

23 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

24 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC