the developments in music consumption
Archive for 2011/03/21
Streaming music overtaking ownership models in five years
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, Future Developments?, New Business Models, Stats / reports, Tech EvolutionAccess to Knowledge in Africa: The Role of Copyright
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Copyright, Education / AwarenessIran appears to have developed a system for identifying computer users on a network designed to block surveillance, a member of the Tor Project says
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, Filtering, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicySee also:
TOR: Bug Doors In TOR’s SSL Layer
http://bit.ly/i6uzpK
WikiLeaks: Lamo And The TOR Assange Connection
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data ProtectionAnon explores and explains the link between Lamo the hacker and TOR exit node operator,and Assange’s Wikileaks: Anon comes to the conclusion that the TOR network is unsafe and not fit for its stated purpose, and has become the territory of hackers and an overt orgy of exhibitionism
Google accuses China of meddling with Gmail
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, Google, Public PolicyThis is a government blockage carefully designed to look like the problem is with Gmail
Privacy lawsuits rain down on Netflix
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, Litigation, Privacy / Data ProtectionEach of the five plaintiffs allege that Netflix hangs onto customer information, such as credit card numbers and rental histories, long after subscribers cancel their membership. They claim this violates the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).
German court rules Google Street View is legal
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, Google, JurisprudenceA Berlin court has ruled, according to Deutsche Welle, that it’s legal for Google to take the street-level pictures, striking down a lawsuit brought on by a German woman who sued Google over Street View and cited privacy and property rights
A lawsuit filed last week in Texas by a group named Imperium Holdings claims that Apple along with Kyocera, LG, Motorola Mobility, Nokia, Research in Motion (RIM), and Sony-Ericsson are infringing on five patents related to the cameras and imaging equipment found in phones and other mobile devices
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, LitigationMicrosoft on Monday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Barnes & Noble and the manufacturers of its e-readers
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, LitigationSee also:
Microsoft throws down the gauntlet at Android tablets
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/microsoft-throws-down-the-gauntlet-at-android-tablets/1509
One of the founders of the world’s largest music-dedicated private torrent site has quit
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awarenesssays that having spare time is a luxury of the past
http://torrentfreak.com/what-cd-founder-quits-worlds-largest-music-torrent-site-110321/
French privacy watchdogs have hit Google with its very first fine for allowing its Street View cars to snoop on citizens’ Wi-Fi data
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, Google, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicyThe search giant must pay a €100,000 (£87,114) fine for improperly gathering and storing data for its Street View application
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/21/google_street_view_fine/
In-car computing, smartphones, and the future of cars
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution2010: 5% of games given M rating, including 29% of big sellers
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsGames aimed at adults may not be a large part of the market, but they’re a big part of the market that sells.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/03/in-2010-5-percent-of-games-were-rated-m.ars
Circumventing ING’s two-factor authentication security scheme using PayPal or Click & Buy
Posted: 2011/03/21 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data ProtectionThis Dutch language article explains how phishing sites and botnets are being used to retrieve user names and passwords of ING Online Banking accounts. Usernames and passwords relating to the ING Online Banking accounts are all it takes to mislead the bank account verification schemes of PayPal and Click & Buy and use the latter services to purchase goods and essentially withdraw money without the need of any two-factor authentication security regime.
