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The Big Four Organized Music cartel faces what may be yet another serious setback: a possible new trend ---

--- Victims banding together.

Two John Does, one from the Southwest and the other from New York, have teamed up to fight the RIAA in Warner v Does 1-149.

"What they have in common is that both discovered recently that they are named as 'John Does' in the same case pending in Manhattan federal court," says Ray Beckerman on Recording Industry vs The People.

Comcast, Time Warner back Cablevision DVR plan | CNET News.com

Comcast, Time Warner back Cablevision DVR plan | CNET News.com

Comcast and Time Warner Cable on Thursday threw their support behind fellow cable operator Cablevision's plan to offer a digital video recording service that can replace DVR boxes.

The proposed new service will allow cable TV subscribers to record programs on Cablevision Systems' network servers, doing away with the need for digital video recorder boxes made by companies like TiVo and Cisco Systems' Scientific-Atlanta.

Slashdot | Google Accused of Bio-piracy

Slashdot | Google Accused of Bio-piracy
ZDNet is reporting that Google has been accused of being the 'biggest threat to genetic privacy' this year for its plan to create a searchable database of genetic information. From the article: 'Google was presented with an award as part of the Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy in Curitiba, Brazil, this week. The organisers allege that Google's collaboration with genomic research institute J. Craig Venter to create a searchable online database of all the genes on the planet is a clear example of biopiracy.'

Snag an NEC HD DVD drive for just $120 - Engadget

Snag an NEC HD DVD drive for just $120 - Engadget
If you've been waiting to get your hands on one of NEC's HD-DVD HR-1100A internal HD DVD drives, now's your chance. A seller on CDFreaks is offering one of the drives, which reads HD DVD discs at 2x, for a mere $120.

Slashdot | Revolution Horsepower Revealed

Slashdot | Revolution Horsepower Revealed
IGN.com unveiled leaked specs for Nintendo's upcoming Revolution console today. The system really is about twice as powerful as a GameCube and a far cry from the Xbox 360 and PS3. Of course, the focus is on the innovative controller and the affordable price.

Slashdot | Ballmer Babies Banned From iPods and Google

Slashdot | Ballmer Babies Banned From iPods and Google
In a recent Fortune interview with Steve Ballmer, the newer kinder Microsoft CEO is not only ready to take on the videogaming, search, music download and mobile markets - but he's also laying down the law in his own house. Steve says that his kids are not allowed to use Google or have an iPod."

Apple celebrates 30 years | CNET News.com

Apple celebrates 30 years | CNET News.com
In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes"--electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

Luckily for the technology world, the duo cleaned up its act and started making computers.

Google experiments with map ads | CNET News.com

Google experiments with map ads | CNET News.com
Google is adding graphical advertisements to maps on its local search site, foreshadowing the use of its pop-up balloons for various types of information and activities, an analyst said Monday.

Greg Sterling, managing editor at The Kelsey Group, said Google representatives told him several weeks ago that the company plans to let businesses add advertisements and logos to the mapping balloons that appear on Google Local

Slashdot | 60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten

Slashdot | 60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten
Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company "scrambles" to fix internal problems, according to this report. In an effort to meet a deadline of the 2007 CES show in Las Vegas Microsoft has pulled programmers from the highly succesful Xbox team to help resolve many problems associated with entertainment and media centre functionality inside the OS. Much more at the link."

10,000 Clerics Can't Be Wrong

10,000 Clerics Can't Be Wrong
Remember how the intelligent design community got the signatures of 500 scientists that doubt Darwin's theory of evolution? Well a coalition of scientists has struck back with a document signed by 10,000 clerics that defend evolution. Take that!

BT targets broadband hogs | The Register

BT targets broadband hogs | The Register

BT is pulling the plug on around 4,000 broadband hogs because of "excessive usage". The giant telco reckons these punters - who make up less than 0.2 per cent of the firm's 2.3m broadband users - are consistently hoovering up more 100 gig each a month.

Letters have already been sent to those fingered by BT with the telco insisting that the overwhelming majority of its users are unaffected by this move. It seems that these "exceptionally heavy users are in consistent breach of BT's fair usage policy and have failed to respond to requests to contact BT to discuss the matter.

Now that Lamcastic!

Slashdot | Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'?

Slashdot | Apple MacBook Pro 'Fastest Windows XP Notebook'?
The Register has a great opening line in a recent article, "Want the fastest Windows XP Core Duo notebook? Then buy a Mac. According to benchmarks carried out by website GearLog, Apple's MacBook Pro running Windows XP is a better Adobe Photoshop rig than any other Core Duo laptop on the market." GearLog ran the same tests that were run by PC Magazine with the Mac coming out on top

Slashdot | Intel Launches New Pentium Extreme Edition 965

Slashdot | Intel Launches New Pentium Extreme Edition 965
Although Intel is hard at work readying their next-gen Conroe core for a proposed 2H '06 release, it seems engineers at the company are still improving upon the existing 65nm Presler core. This review of the brand-new 3.73GHz Pentium Extreme Edition 965 dual-core processor shows that the CPU is based on a new stepping of the Presler core that runs cooler and overclocks higher than older chips, while consuming a bit less power as well."

Slashdot | IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer

Slashdot | IE7 Separated from Windows Explorer
Security experts warned Microsoft 10 years ago that putting IE as a component of Windows Explorer was a bad idea, looks like Microsoft finally decided to listen to the advice. According to a short write up in Business Week, Microsoft has decided that when IE7 comes out with Vista it will no longer be a component of Windows Explorer and will be able to replace IE6 even on XP machines."

Yahoo Employees not Happy about Tom Cruise's Visit

Yahoo Employees not Happy about Tom Cruise's Visit
Yahoo's decision to invite Tom Cruise to speak today at company headquarters has generated some snide comments among employees, some of which are being aired in the blogosphere. The responses seem to highlight resentment among some in the rank and file toward the general perception that the company is trying to go Hollywood

Simpsons Renewed For 2 Seasons

The Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News
Fox Broadcasting Company has ordered two additional seasons of The Simpsons and one additional season of King of the Hill. This will take The Simpsons, created by executive producer Matt Groening, through 19 seasons in 2007-2008. Mike Judge's King of the Hill is picked up for its 11th season.

Having debuted on Jan. 14, 1990, The Simpsons reigns as the longest-running animated series in history and the longest-running primetime series currently on television. The Simpsons is a cultural institution and will celebrate a milestone 400 episodes in May 2007.

Carbon nanotube TV trials on horizon | CNET News.com

Carbon nanotube TV trials on horizon | CNET News.com
Applied Nanotech has signed a letter of intent to enter negotiations for a trial on carbon nanotube TVs with Da Ling, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer.

Under the proposed terms, Da Ling will invest $10 million on a pilot manufacturing facility to make carbon nanotube TVs based on Applied's technology. In these TVs, nanotubes shoot electrons at a screen to create a picture. Functionally, they are similar to traditional CRT (cathode-ray tube) televisions, which still provide the best picture, but are slim, like LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions.

The Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News

The Simpsons Channel | Your Source For Simpsons News
Following on from our report two months ago regarding four direct-to-dvd Futurama movies being greenlit, Billy West has now unofficially confirmed that these have been put on the backberner in favour of 26 brand new episodes, meaning that Futurama as we know may well be back in business the same way Family Guy was revived last year.

'South Park'-Scientology Battle Rages On

'South Park'-Scientology Battle Rages On

"South Park" has declared war on Scientology. Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist tom cruise.

Who's Need Scientology when there New Wave. Any Religion required you to pay to pray is out right scam period.

Google Wins!

Google Wins!
Google will not have to hand over any user's search queries to the government. That's what a federal judge ruled today when he decided to drastically limit a subpoena issued to Google by the Department of Justice.
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