CDs Get Environment Friendly Packaging
The insert in more than 20 Universal Music Group titles being intro
Is TechCrunch Really Suing Facebook For $25 Million?
Over at TechCrunch, Michael Arrington has a post announcing that his company is suing Facebook for $25 million for allowing "advertisers to post ads using my picture and name to endorse their products without my explicit permission."
BBC.com Gets A Makeover
Today the BBC unveiled a new look to the BBC News website. It’s a refreshing update. I visit very few websites these days and BBC News is one of them (it’s actually the home page in my browser).
Google Calendar Criticized For Problems
Whenever Google’s services don’t quite work the way they’re supposed to, we typically accept it as the downside of getting so many great services for free, right?Well, what about the Google services we actually pay for? Shouldn’t we hold Google to a higher standard for such services?
TiVo Comes Under Attack
Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit | Lawgarithms | ZDNet.com Denise Howell has an informative write up on a copyright debate held last week at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood.Participants in the debate included TiVo VP and general counsel Matt Zinn, Executive Director of the Copyright Alliance Patrick Ross, Fred von Lohman from the EFF and moderator Doug Lichtman of UCLA Law School.Two things I found interesting in the article.
No More IP
Wow. Is it really happening? Are we really going to run out of IP addresses? The answer is yes, but the outlook isn’t as bleak as it appears.
Study: Mobile Phones More Dangerous Than Smoking
A new study suggests that prolonged cell phone use has been linked to brain cancer as well as tissue damage. The study said that exposure to mobile phone radiation causes the risk to significantly increase over time.
SheZoom follows Shine in women's footsteps
First Ask.com stated an interest in being more female-focused. Yahoo followed that up with Shine, which formally launched today, and video site SheZoom announced its debut as the first video site for women.
Zimbabwe Bloggers Anxious For Election Results
Bloggers in Zimbabwe have been speaking out about the presidential and parliamentary elections as they wait for results.The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and ruling ZANU-PF were virtually tied in parliamentary results released by the electoral commission, 36 hours after polls closed.
Google Working Closely With Intelligence Agencies
The major intelligence agencies in the U.S. have turned to Google to help them better share and process information they have on security threats.