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Technology NewsRecord Companies Sue Project Playlist on Copyright2008-04-29 05:55 - Nine major record labels filed suit against an online music provider, accusing Project Playlist of a ?massive infringement? of their copyrights to the songs of artists such as U2 and Gwen Stefani. Metallica may join the free music movement 2008-04-29 05:15 - One of the most ardent crusaders against online music file sharing, hints they might release tracks for free over the internet. Internet degree factories pump out diplomas 2008-04-29 05:15 - Diploma factories are willing to sell sell fake parchments and transcripts from universities around Australia. Bits: Who Needs Another Social Network? 2008-04-28 06:01 - Rather than building new social networks, Google and Yahoo want to bring ’social’ features to their own sites and services. What’s Online: When the Smoke Cleared 2008-04-27 06:01 - Should employers have the right to punish workers who smoke when they are not working? Global Cellphone Sales Continue to Rise, Report Says 2008-04-27 05:55 - A research firm says global mobile phone sales surged in the first quarter, despite an economic downturn. Market Values: Blockbuster Faces the Critics 2008-04-27 05:55 - Many agree that Blockbuster needs a change in order to beef up profits, but few agree with its proposal to acquire the consumer electronics retailer Circuit City. Cloud computing takes the ’P’ out of PC 2008-04-26 06:01 - Forget monster hard drives, backing up your PC and shrink-wrapped software - the future of computing is up in the ’cloud’. It’s a pipedream stream 2008-04-26 06:01 - Whoever controls the digital content that bridges the last 10 metres from the front door into the living room is well-placed for the future. Internet telephone encryption stumps police 2008-04-26 06:01 - German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the internet telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and terrorists, Germany’s top police officer said on Thursday. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 |
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