July 24th, 2008 at 11:59pm Under Uncategorized
Yahoo Music comes under criticism for deciding to stop supporting DRM keys. The Electronic Frontier Foundation should have learned from Microsoft’s mistakes.
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July 24th, 2008 at 09:25pm Under Uncategorized
The man who acknowledges spying on TorrentSpy for the MPAA, also promised to obtain information on the Pirate Bay, court documents show.
By CNET News.com - Media Continue Reading Court records: MPAA sought info on PirateBay founders
July 24th, 2008 at 09:09pm Under Uncategorized
In a webinar on Thursday, the researcher finally discloses specifics about his DNS cache poisoning flaw, and cites statistics on the number of systems that are patched.
By CNET News.com - Security Continue Reading Kaminsky (finally) provides DNS flaw details
July 24th, 2008 at 07:18pm Under Uncategorized
Oh, I love useless things. I really do. They pass the time and provide endless amusement. [Note: I don’t need to be told that I’m easily amused.] Even so, there are two more useless apps I just had to review because #1 they’re funny and #2 everyone should enjoy a bit of random fun now […]
By Brenda Stokes Continue Reading Quickie Review: More Cowbell and SimStapler
July 24th, 2008 at 07:01pm Under Uncategorized
This is a two for one review today. Because Shazam and Midomi Mobile are functionally similar (yet fundamentally different) I thought I’d group them to give you a bit of a side by side comparison.
For starters we have Shazam. This is a nifty little program that lets you “tag” songs that you like or […]
By Brenda Stokes Continue Reading Quickie Review: Shazam and Midomi Mobile
July 24th, 2008 at 06:53pm Under Uncategorized
The software company’s search unit head says that Microsoft will deliver an API that Facebook can use to integrate Web search and the company’s paid search results into its social network.
By CNET News.com - Media Continue Reading Microsoft to power Facebook search ads
July 24th, 2008 at 06:31pm Under Uncategorized
Apple’s just release three new iPhone ads to help bolster interest in the phone and encourage consumers this phone really is “twice as fast” as the first-gen version and that you can get it for “half the price.”
Good marketing, as always. Though I don’t know if anything can beat the first commercial for the […]
By Brenda Stokes Continue Reading New iPhone Ads Are Everywhere
July 24th, 2008 at 06:22pm Under Uncategorized
Hasbro launched an official version of its Facebook Scrabble application a few weeks ago. Now it wants the far more popular Scrabulous knockoff deleted.
By CNET News.com - Media Continue Reading Scrabble maker Hasbro sues over ‘Scrabulous’
July 24th, 2008 at 06:15pm Under Uncategorized
No!! Can hear it? It’s the sound of my world crumbling. My favorite app! Not my favorite app!
Okay, I’ve collected myself. So what’s the problem? Well, it turns out Aurora Feint has some serious security issues. Nothing malicious, mind you, but a security threat, nonetheless. In order to keep track of other players online, the […]
By Brenda Stokes Continue Reading Apple Removed Aurora Feint–For Now
July 24th, 2008 at 05:59pm Under Uncategorized
It’s no secret that I love iPhone apps. You can find me browsing the App Store more often than I’d like to reveal. But getting to my point, while browsing the store, I’ve noticed a few things that probably need to be addressed in an upcoming update.
For instance, after I install updates to applications […]
By Brenda Stokes Continue Reading App Updates Could Use Some Work