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Need help getting your new tech toys to work?

Jeff Chiu — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The eggnog is gone, gifts unwrapped. And all across the USA, people are desperately trying to figure out how to get their brand-new ...

Wild Predictions for a Wired 2007

Wired News Staff — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Computers will be instant-on, Digg becomes the new Friendster, and virtual adultery ends in real-life murder. Here are our predictions for 2007.

DVD Sales Climb in Tumultuous Year

Thomas K. Arnold/The Hollywood Reporter — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES When 2006 began, fearful studio executives were still reeling with the first down sales year in DVD history. They were anxiously looking for salvation, and hoping to find it in high-definition discs, digital downloads or perhaps a combination of the two.

The new hotness: Personal tech in 2007

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Increasingly sophisticated technology will find its way into consumer electronics products of all kinds this year. If you're a gadget freak, fasten your seatbelt and hang on.

YouTube 2006: A bit of Napster revisited

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

MP3 site responds to legal action

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Russian MP3 site Allofmp3.com says legal action by US record firms to shut it down is "unjustified".

What threats does Skype face?

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

newsmaker The Internet phone company's security chief takes stock of IM worms, encryption and other matters.

Ailing music biz set to relax digital restrictions

Antony Bruno — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The anti-digital rights management (DRM) bandwagon is getting more crowded by the day. Even some major-label executives are pushing for the right to sell digital downloads as unprotected MP3s.

Strong summer movies drive DVDs to '06 rally

Thomas K. Arnold — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Call it the year of smoke and mirrors. When 2006 began, fearful studio executives were still reeling with the first down year in DVD history. They were anxiously looking for salvation, and hoping to find it in high-definition discs, digital downloads or perhaps a combination of the two.

Movie Marketers Get Second Life via DVDs

Thomas K. Arnold The Hollywood Reporter — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

When 2006 began, fearful studio executives were still reeling with the first down year in DVD history. They were anxiously looking for salvation, and hoping to find it in high-definition discs, digital downloads or perhaps a combination of the two.

Research: IM Malware Attacks on the Rise

Category — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

With 41 new attacks carried out during the month of December alone, 2006 proved to be a significant growth year for threats distributed over instant messaging systems.

Copyright Lawsuit Names Leading Technology Firms

JOHN MARKOFF and MIGUEL HELFT — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The latest patent dispute pits Apple, Google and Napster against a company that closed five years ago.

How to Brand in User-Controlled Media

Mark Sigal — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

History will show Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube was the inflection point when the old content-driven media model (CBS, NBC and Fox) irrevocably shifted to a new medium (MySpace, GoogleTube and Facebook) driven by deep profiles, social nets and video clips.

Apple, Google, Napster face suit for patent infringement

Bloomberg News — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Apple Computer Inc. , Google Inc., and Napster Inc. were sued by online movie distributor Intertainer Inc. and accused of infringing a patent on a way to distribute digital entertainment over the Internet.

Which Movie Download Site Is Best?

Michael W. Muchmore — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

We're not talking about those little blurry things you see on YouTube: These movie download sites offer full-length feature films for download, saving you the trip to the video store or the wait for the Netflix envelope, but what do you lose along the way? VOD Video on demand.

Research: IM Malware Attacks on the Rise

Category — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

With 41 new attacks carried out during the month of December alone, 2006 proved to be a significant growth year for threats distributed over instant messaging systems.

Apple, Google, Napster Sued Over Patents

GARY GENTILE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A defunct online movie service has sued Apple Computer Inc., Google Inc. and Napster Inc. claiming patent infringement over the distribution of video over the Internet.

One Laptop Per Child sweetens hardware with 'Sugar' UI

a 10-person design team — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

One Laptop Per Child is readying a user interface specifically created to run on its low-cost machines aimed at schoolchildren in developing nations.

Is Apple The New Microsoft?

Michael Calore — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

As the Cupertino wonder faces an antitrust lawsuit over iTunes' digital rights management, questions arise about the company's intentions. In Monkey Bites.

Google ties up with China Mobile

minutes Ago — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

SHANGHAI - The world's top Internet search engine, Google said it has forged an alliance with China Mobile to provide mobile and Internet services in China.

Non-Voice Wireless Revenues Approaching $1 Billion in India

In fact — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Indians love their mobile phones.

Napster expects better upcoming sales

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Online music service Napster Inc. raised its forecast for fiscal third-quarter revenue on Thursday, driven by a better-than-expected increase in subscribers.

SpiralFrog's free-music ambitions on hold until February

Greg Sandoval — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Blog: Free-music startup, SpiralFrog, was supposed to open in late 2006 but has missed the targeted launch date, and is now hoping to...

Busting BitTorrent's Bullies

Michael Calore, with Scott Gilbertson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Two new experimental P2P clients, BitThief and BitTyrant, promise better download speeds at the expense of all that is good about sharing. In Monkey Bites.

DataDirect Storage Powers Bandwidth Challenge Winners

the National Center for Data Mining (NCDM) at UIC — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

(HPCwire) DataDirect Networks' S2A9550 was the HPC storage solution of choice by the National Center for Data Mining (NCDM) at UIC, the winner of this year's prestigious Bandwidth Challenge at SuperComputing 2006.... The 3rd place team consisted of Indiana University, Pittsburgh SuperComputing Center and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for their project All in a Day's Work: Advancing Data Intensive Research with the Data Capacitor....04/05

iRumors: Apple May Launch A Phone And A Video Player Next Week

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

With the Macworld Expo only a few days away, the Internet is abuzz with speculation about what Apple may introduce and whether anything it does unveil can live up to the iPod's multi-year reign as the hot gadget du jour.

Google Partners With Chinese P-to-P Site

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Partnership marks another move by Google to influence a market where rivals still lead.

Virgin Kills Music Subscriptions

Eliot Van Buskirk and Sean Michaels — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Richard Branson pulls the plug on his experiment selling DRM-ed music subscriptions to Americans, offering them a deal if they switch to Napster. In Listening Post.

Google To Power Search On China's Xunlei Downloading Service

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Google has signed a deal to provide the search engine for Xunlei, a Chinese download service for videos, games and other content.

Electronics show focusing on content

Antony Bruno — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - For an event traditionally focused on the latest and greatest innovation in hardware, this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is surprisingly focused on content.

Broadband Hits South Pole Station

Angela Posada-Swafford — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A new telescope aimed at Mars requires a huge amount of bandwidth in the most remote location.

Sophos box takes aim at bad Web sites, misguided end users

Ellen Messmer — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Sophos Monday unveiled an appliance that can block access to harmful Web sites to prevent malware infection as well as filter out banned Web sites for productivity purposes.

Motorola sees media, Internet as '07 priorities

Sinead Carew — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Motorola Inc, the world's No. 2 handset maker, unveiled plans on Monday to improve media services on its cellphones via agreements with Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc and said it is developing set top boxes that can send home television to phones.

Sophos seeks to stand between harmful sites, surfers

Hardware appliance handles bans — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A hardware appliance introduced by Sophos Monday promises to block end-user access to sites known to be malware infectors, and can be configured to enforce banned-site lists.

Skype founders' TV plans could blur bandwidth picture

John Blau — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

If your provider of Internet connectivity has a strict monthly limit on bandwidth usage, you could be forced to turn the channel on the new peer-to-peer TV streaming offering planned by the founders of the Skype Internet telephone service.

VeriSign, Adobe to Enhance Online Video Delivery

Category — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

VeriSign and Adobe Systems will collaborate on integrating Adobe Flash technologies with VeriSign's recently introduced peer-assisted content distribution technology, setting a new standard in the delivery of high-quality video content, officials of both companies said.

Hearst Digital Buys Into Online Teen Market

Ryan Naraine — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

With eyes firmly fixed on the online teen market, Hearst Magazine's digital unit on Monday announced the acquisition of eCrush.com, a group of entertainment and social networking sites for teenagers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Experts: Vendors need to reach DRM consensus

Time for a showdown — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The long-running debate over digital rights management is due for either industry consensus or a showdown, said experts at this week's Consumer Electronics Show.

IBM Launches Push into Virtual World

Rachel Konrad — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

IBM Corp. didn't throw a lavish casino party or set up an over-the-top booth to mark its return to the International Consumer Electronics Show for the first time in a decade. Rather, the company reserved its most ambitious consumer initiative for the virtual world.On Monday, IBM announced plans to build virtual stores for Sears Holdings Corp. and Circuit City Stores Inc. in the popular online world "Second Life." The partnerships could help IBM expand its consulting services to corporate clients interested in the growing number of people who belong to immersive online environments, also called the "3D Internet.""Second Life" is a subscription-based, 3D fantasy world devoted to capitalism -- a 21st century version of Monopoly that generates real money for successful players. More than 2.4 million people worldwide have Second Life characters, called avatars.At one point Monday afternoon, 22,000 avatars were logged onto Second Life, socializing by instant messages or engaging in virtual pastimes such as flying, dancing, gambling or watching adult videos.At the "Sears Virtual Home," avatars of IBM architects greeted guests with glasses of merlot and invitations to sit in recliners and watch flat-screen televisions in a fantasy home theater.The idea is to help consumers see how Sears' refrigerators, televisions, counter tops, garage doors, storage cabinets and other products look in a 3D environment. Visitors can swap cabinets with counter tops to determine which combination they like most, and they may follow links to purchase items from the Sears' main Web site.Eventually, avatars will be able to type in precise room dimensions and come up with design ideas and even blueprints for kitchens, garages or home theaters.In the Circuit City headquarters on Second Life, avatars could get information on products sold in real stores and configure couches and flat-screen televisions to see what might look best in their...

Report: Apple, Cingular to Team for Cell Phone

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Apple CEO Steve Jobs expected to announce phone during keynote speech today at Macworld Expo.

Updated: Apple, Cingular tout iPhone

Kevin Fitchard and Dan O'Shea — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LAS VEGAS-- Apple CEO Steve Jobs formally announced the long-anticipated iPhone at the MacWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco today, sending reverberations throughout the consumer electronics and mobile industries, most notably here in Las Vegas where the Consumer Electronics Showcase was in full swing. The mobile phone/iPod melding will be available in June through Apple, as well as Cingular Wireless, the computer company's exclusive U.S. carrier partner, through what the companies described as a multi-year partnership.

Short-range wireless makes first big step

John Cox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

An industry group has released an architecture and initial specifications for a wireless technology with a range of inches that can be used to automate data sharing and transactions by mobile devices.

Hollywood Courts Tech It Once Opposed

GARY GENTILE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

It looks like Hollywood and Silicon Valley have kissed and made up. The folks who make movies, TV shows and music have had an often hostile relationship over the years with the companies that make the cool new devices to display, record and move that content around.

Apple's iPhone a threat to mobile operators?

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The iPhone could prove to be tough competition for Verizon Wireless' and Sprint Nextel's mobile music and video services.

• Turning Cell Phones on Their Ear

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

His usual smooth voice turned raspy, Steve Jobs nonetheless radiated the satisfied glow of a man who had just pulled off a bravura performance before a packed house at San Francisco's Moscone Center. In his hand was his latest gem: a combination phone/music player/Web browsing device called the iPhone. Tapping on its sleek, candy-bar-size screen, Jobs conjured up Wall Street's verdict: "Let's see, Apple's stock is up…8%!" he said matter-of-factly. "Now let's look at RIM [cell-phone rival and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIMM)]. Hmm, it's down 7%."

How to Get More Out of Your URL Filtering Solution

Frank Derfler — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (45 minutes)

AOL Music migrates to Napster

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Deal to replace download service gained in MusicNow acquisition, preserve members' existing music libraries.

AOL Signs Napster as Music Subscription Service

Category — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

AOL signed Napster Inc. as its exclusive online music subscription service, the companies said on Friday, sending Napster's shares higher.

AOL, Now Focused on Free, Sells Its Paid Music Service

SAUL HANSELL — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

After six years of trying to build an online music service, AOL agreed to sell its AOL Music Now to Napster for $15 million.

CES: Multimedia Cell Phones Take Center Stage

The latest handsets play music — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LAS VEGAS -- Remember the days when a cell phone did little more than make calls? Judging by the latest crop of handsets on display here at the Consumer Electronics Show--not to mention Apple's new iPhone--those days are long gone. New handsets do everything from playing music to capturing...

Review: 'Metal Gear' Gets PSP Overhaul

MATT SLAGLE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

-- With a few exceptions, Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable hasn't had many good games since it was released a few years ago. The new "Metal Gear Solid: Portal Ops," (Rated M, $39.99) is one of those rare titles to buck that trend. This latest in a long series of spy-action thrillers from Hideo...

AOL signs Napster as music subscription service

Friday — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL has signed Napster Inc. as its exclusive online music subscription service, thecompanies said on Friday.

Napster up on AOL deal, but Street reaction mixed

Dan Gallagher — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Shares of Napster Inc. swung wildly Friday after the company landed a deal with AOL to replace the latter's online music service, which could mean a significant boost in subscribers for Napster's own digital offering.

Link by Link: Documents Borne by Winds of Free Speech

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Eli Lilly is trying to stop sites from publishing internal documents on its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.

Putting Digital Media in Its Place

Joe Kyriakoza — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Jumpstart Automotive Media's product development VP points out three major developments that are shaping how autos will be marketed this year.

Video Emerges As Key to Cisco's Growth

JORDAN ROBERTSON — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

So far, when it comes to making money, the online video explosion is mostly about potential. Studios selling TV shows and movies for download, and Web sites like YouTube that link ads to user-generated content, stand to reap billions from the Internet's hottest trend.

Napster Uploads AOL Music Subscriptions

George Szalai — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Shares of online music firm Napster jumped as much as 15% on Friday after the company unveiled a deal to serve as the exclusive provider of subscription music services for Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit.

Movie watchers remain loyal to mail order and stores, for now

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Despite all of the planning by online retailers such as Netflix Inc. and Blockbuster Inc. to introduce digital movie downloads, a new study from ABI Research reports that consumers will remain loyal to their mailboxes and local video stores--at least for now.

AOL hands its music gig over to Napster

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

AOL is closing up shop on its subscription-based AOL Music Now and turning it over to Napster. AOL announced today that Napster will become the exclusive music subscription provider integrated into AOL Music, replacing AOL Music Now. AOL will migrate 350,000 paid subscribers of Music Now to Napster's digital music subscription service. Additionally, AOL will promote Napster with links to the Napster service throughout AOL's free music site, AOL Music.

Tech Shows Unplugged

Rob Pegoraro — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Fifteen or so blog postings, eight video clips, two radio appearances, two columns and one Web chat later, I've survived my tenth Consumer Electronics Show. It's been a busy week, to say the least.

Skype founders name new video start-up Joost

Company aims to a provide a fast — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Company aims to a provide a fast, efficient and cheap distribution method to transmit high-quality video over the Internet.

AOL Uploads Music Unit to Napster

In its latest move toward a completely free — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

In its latest move toward a completely free, ad-based model, AOL has sold its Music Now unit to rival Napster.The terms of the agreement include Napster's adding Music Now's 350,000 subscribers to...

A DVD Copy Protection Is Overcome by Hackers

BRAD STONE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A loose-knit coalition of hackers around the world defeated the antipiracy software protecting several high-resolution movies in the HD DVD format and began distributing copies of the films.

Skype's New Video Venture Now Called Joost

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Beta online TV service from Skype pioneers is expected before summer.

Joost is the new name of Skype founders' video venture

John Blau — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Peer-to-peer technology pioneers Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis have renamed their new online TV service under development and plan to open the gates to let more people test the software.

Skype founders dub Internet TV service Joost

John Walko — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

(01/17/2007 6:30 AM EST)

IMSafer protects kids who chat online

Peter Cohen — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

IMSafer, software designed to protect kids who chat online, on Wednesday announced support for Mac OS X and Windows Vista. The basic service is free to use.

Digital music isn't halting CD sales decline

Jeremy Kirk — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Digital music sales doubled in 2006 thanks to better distribution, but the rise hasn't made up for the decline in CD sales, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said on Wednesday.

Why Joost Is Good for TV

Spencer Reiss — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

First they Kazaa'd the music industry. Then they Skyped the telcos. Now Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrm want to Joost your TV.

Risky Employee Behavior on Web Threatens Corporate Networks

Category — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Research by FaceTime Communications has found risky Internet activity by employees poses an increasing threat to network security for corporate enterprises.

Can Joost Bring Internet TV to the Masses?

Elizabeth Millard — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The founders of Skype are inching ever closer to officially launching their broadcast-quality Internet TV service, but what remains to be seen is whether the effort can finally bridge the gap between TV and PC.The new service, dubbed Joost, was first unveiled in December as "The Venice Project" and helmed by Skype cocreators Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom. To launch Joost, the pair used part of the money gained from selling Skype to eBay in 2005.Analysts and tech observers have been curious as to whether the two developers can do to TV what they did for VoIP -- create a disruptive technology that inspires imitation and changes the communications landscape.Market SceneIn creating Joost, Friis and Zennstrom are entering an increasingly crowded market, said Yankee Group analyst Adi Kishore.Content providers such as television networks and movie studios have been putting more video online, and technology companies such as Apple and Microsoft have made major moves toward shuttling content between TV sets and computers."It's a very hot area, and many companies are getting into it," said Kishore. "But there are also many challenge with getting content from a PC to a TV and vice versa."Quality is a major consideration, he said, pointing out that anyone who has ever visited YouTube will recognize that not all video online is quality material."But, even with the challenges, it's a good time for Joost to get in," he said. "With the level of investment, it's a good time for them to think about how they'll differentiate what they have from other offerings."TV ChannelJoost is determined to be unique in the industry by providing a global TV distribution platform, melding content owners, advertisers, and users into a single community. The service will depend on peer-to-peer technology for delivering content, and will be particularly careful...

Skypsters Fast Forward to Internet TV

The company — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Skype Ltd. 's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are about to fast-forward the IP-based TV revolution that telecom vendors and carriers have been talking about for years, with their year-old Internet TV company, Joost . (See Joost Brand Unveiled.)

U.S. Companies Lead List Of Tech Pioneers

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The United States dominates the World Economic Forum's list of Technology Pioneers 2007, with American firms representing more than half of the companies chosen.

Online video network Veoh lands talent agency deal

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Hollywood talent firm United Talent Agency (UTA) said on Wednesday it plans to create a channel on Internet video service Veoh Networks to seek new artists and spotlight its own clients.

Jobs to Beatles: Be My Valentine?

Eliot Van Buskirk and Sean Michaels — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Rumor has it that Steve Jobs will finally add the Beatles catalog to Apple's iTunes store next month, on Valentine's Day. In Listening Post.

Digital Music Up 80% but Shy of Lost Revenue

ERIC PFANNER — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Sales of digitally distributed music rose about 80 percent worldwide in 2006 but failed to make up for falling sales of compact discs.

Digital archivists look to porn, Flash for tips

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Symposium focuses on models that will help preserve digital art on the Internet with the same success that real-world museums preserve traditional works of art.

Planning for innovation can be a challenge

Johna Till Johnson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

One of the toughest challenges facing IT executives is how to plan for technology that hasn't been invented yet. Companies generally stress the need for IT to think more like a business, which means crafting long-term strategic plans demonstrating how, say, IT will positively benefit the company in 2011. The gotcha is that engineers can't always know what products and services will be available in 2011-- much less how they'll affect the company.

Skype Founders Prep Free Internet Video Service

Bob Wallace — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Joining the growing list of companies promising to change the TV viewing experience via the Internet, Skype Ltd. founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have co-founded Joost, a free peer-to-peer streaming-based service currently in beta-test.

So long, Sonet

Carol Wilson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

This could well be the last year of significant sales of Sonet and SDH transport gear, according to industry analysts and vendors. Particularly as the volume of Internet Protocol-based video grows, the telecom industry is moving more quickly to replace its existing transport gear with more flexible, higher-bandwidth carrier Ethernet and wavelength division multiplexing technology.

Indies Aim to Grab Share of Online Sales

LAURENCE FROST — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Independent record labels behind artists like The White Stripes, Deep Purple and Arctic Monkeys announced a global deal Saturday to pool access to their catalogs, seeking to grab a bigger share of digital music sales from the major record companies.

Don't fall victim to the 'Free WiFi' scam

Those wireless connections could be a trap — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

You see the wireless network connections all over the place -- especially in airports -- advertising "Free Public WiFi" or "Free Internet Access." But don't connect, warns Preston Gralla, because they could be a security attack.

Skype founders name new video start-up Joost

Greg Sandoval — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

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Apple Lawsuit, Saving Power, Dual-Format HD Player

CONTINUED — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Welcome to another edition of the Community Scoop!

Adesso's Tubes simplifies peer-to-peer file sharing

John Cox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Adesso Systems this week released a free client application that lets users quickly and easily share and update the information they use every day, such as documents, PDF files, spreadsheets, photos and video clips.

Indies Aim to Grab Share of Online Sales

LAURENCE FROST — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Independent record labels behind artists like The White Stripes, Deep Purple and Arctic Monkeys announced a global deal Saturday to pool access to their catalogs, seeking to grab a bigger share of online music sales from the major record companies.

Independent record labels sign MySpace deal

Kate Holton — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Merlin, the new agency representing the world's independent music sector, has agreed a deal with digital music company Snocap which will allow its labels' music to be sold from Web sites such as MySpace.

eMusic eyeing Asia after strong European launch

Kate Holton — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Digital music download service eMusic says it is eyeing a launch in Asia after a successful rollout across Europe in 2006.

Indies Aim to Grab Share of Online Sales

LAURENCE FROST — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Making a Ruckus in the Music Business

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Mike Bebel has a plan for inducing young people to pay for downloaded music: Give them all the songs they want for free while they're still in college, then start charging them a fee when they're out of school and gainfully employed. Bebel, a veteran of Universal Music Group and Napster (NAPS), is putting that plan to the test at Ruckus, a media download service he now runs.

Ruckus Network Launches Free Campus Access To Downloads

THE NUMBERS — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

If at first you don't succeed, give it away. As college students all over the country devoured pirated music and movie files, Herndon-based Ruckus Network formed more than two years ago to provide a legal way for kids to get their download fix. The concept: Put entertainment files on a server and...

Independent Record Labels Sign MySpace Deal

Category — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Indies aim to grab share of online sales

Laurence Frost — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Independent record labels behind artists like The White Stripes and Arctic Monkeys announced a global deal Saturday to pool access ...

Strange DIY Film Hits Sundance

Jason Silverman — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

M Dot Strange, the first YouTube filmmaker to make it to the big screen at Sundance, draws on Kabuki theater, the Brothers Quay and early Ninja Gaiden in his frenetic tale of alienation, freedom and conformity.

eMusic surpasses 250,000 subscribers

Peter Cohen — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Online independent music reseller eMusic on Monday announced that it has surpassed 250,000 subscribers. The company claims to be the second largest online music service behind Apple's iTunes Store.

SnoCap, Merlin Partner to Let Indies Sell Music on MySpace

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SnoCap, MySpace and a new force in the music industry are working together to launch an initiative that would let music artists sell downloadable MP3s directly from MySpace.SnoCap, founded by...

Music industry divided over digital future

Kate Holton — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

CANNES, France (Reuters) - With global music sales down for a seventh straight year, the talk at an annual industry meeting in Cannes, France, has become heated over how to develop digital sales against competition from the dreaded F word -- free.

Independent record labels sign MySpace deal

Kate Holton — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

'Storm Worm' Trojan horse surges on

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend.

Making a Ruckus in the Music Business

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Ruckus Offers College Students Free Music Downloads

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Instead of continuing to fight music piracy on college campuses, the majors have changed their tune and are backing an ad-supported service that lets college students legally download music for free....

CIA Gets in Your Face(book)

Chaddus Bruce — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Want a job in intelligence, recruiting secret sources and working undercover in exotic overseas locations? Head over to the CIA's Facebook page.

I Survived My Internet Vacation

Lore Sjberg — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

What happens when a humor columnist eschews the web for the duration of his vacation? Hint: It involves a Godzilla suit and wood pulp surfaces.

Oversi: Set-Tops Next Stop for P2P Video

Mark Sullivan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Israeli startup Oversi says it can help service providers provide a wider variety of video content to consumers with its peer-to-peer (P2P) video servers. (See Oversi Gets $6M.)

Move Over Silicon Valley, Here Come European Start-Ups

JOHN MARKOFF — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

European entrepreneurs who have taken the start-up culture pioneered in Silicon Valley as a template and are successfully transplanting it.

OpenOffice, Office 2007 Get New Tools

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

OpenOffice.org and Microsoft release toolkits to develop applications for their rival products and formats.

Stones still rolling in the dough, according to 'Forbes' list

Lacey Rose — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The news out of the once-glamorous record business is mostly grim these days, as it has been since the advent of the original ...

Ellacoya beefs up deep packet inspection

Carol Wilson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Ellacoya is taking the next step in its product evolution, today announcing the e100, a scalable box that can support line-rate deep-packet inspection at rates up to 20 Gigabits per second, supporting up to 500,000 active subscribers and doing content inspection at 10 Gbps wire speeds.

Netherlands Joins ITunes-IPod Opposition

TOBY STERLING — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The Dutch consumer protection agency became the latest in Europe on Thursday to pressure Apple Inc. into changing restrictions that tie songs bought on iTunes to its market-leading iPod players.

Why pirated Vista has Microsoft champing at the BitTorrent

On the eve of launch — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

With Vista on the cusp of launch, Microsoft's had mixed results in managing a factor that didn't exist during its last major consumer launch five years ago: highly efficient file-sharing services such as BitTorrent and the piracy threat they pose. Eric Lai reports.

Bad News for Hollywood

More Americans are downloading movies — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Let 'em rip!

Half of pirated Vista is malware

Robert McMillan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

About half of the downloads claiming to be free versions of Microsoft's Vista operating system are actually malicious Trojan horse software, security vendor DriveSentry warned Thursday.

AACS confirms hacks on high-definition DVD players

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A consortium of movie studios and technology companies backing the encryption system for high-definition DVDs on Thursday confirmed that hackers have stolen "title keys" and used them to decrypt high-definition DVDs through flaws in DVD player software.

AACS Confirms Hacks On High-Definition DVD Players

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES - A consortium of movie studios and technology companies backing the encryption system for high-definition DVDs Thursday confirmed that hackers have stolen "title keys" and used them to decrypt high-definition DVDs through flaws in DVD player software.

Rivals slam Vista on antitrust grounds

Paul Meller — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

As Microsoft gears up for the consumer launch of Vista, rivals slammed the new product, claiming that it breaks the very same European antitrust laws that its operating-system predecessor, XP, fell foul of in 2004, and that it will be riddled with bugs.

Blu-ray and HD DVD Encryption Cracked

Lindsay Martell — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Hackers now have the keys to the high-def DVD kingdom, leading to serious concerns about the security of DVD player software and the content it is designed to protect on new Blu-ray and HD DVD media.According to the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Authority -- the alliance of motion picture studios and technology companies responsible for the encryption system used to protect Blu-ray and HD DVD content -- hackers have illegally obtained "title keys," also called encryption keys, and used them to decrypt high-definition DVDs.Hackers have posted the stolen keys on sites such as hdkeys.com for copying and downloading -- allowing anyone to have unauthorized access to the contents of a disc. Whenever a key is made public, it essentially gives people an all-access pass to a decryption free-for-all.Weakest LinkSecurity experts say one problem is that HD DVD and Blu-ray discs can be played on a PC, which is too insecure a platform to keep AACS safe."The title keys that are used to decrypt the movies will reside somewhere in the PC's memory -- it's just a matter of finding them," explained Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, author of Internet blog PC Doctor. "Sure, programmers can try to be sneaky, but this will only slow down a determined hacker. It's not going to stop them."The publication of the title keys comes about a month after notorious hacker Muslix64 first cracked the encryption system used by the next-gen DVDs, leading industry experts to believe the cracks will continue. Ed Felten, professor of computer science at Princeton University, said he believes we're in a situation that's not going away."What the music industry found was that everything they tried to do to prevent infringing, didn't work," he said. And while movie files are larger than music files -- making...

'Storm Worm' Trojan horse surges on

Tom Espiner — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Many home PC users may have been infected after a large-scale sustained Trojan horse attack that took place over the weekend, security vendors believe.

Internet brands leave music services to experts

Antony Bruno — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - So far, 2007 has not started off well for music subscription services.

Labels Cautious Over Ad-Funded Songs

LAURENCE FROST — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

When SpiralFrog announced a deal with a major recording company to offer free, ad-supported music downloads, it made headlines as a bold but natural step, giving the label a share of the fast-growing Internet advertising pie, while squeezing out pirates.

Courts Turn to Wikipedia, but Selectively

NOAM COHEN — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

More than 100 judicial rulings have relied on Wikipedia, beginning in 2004, including 13 from circuit courts of appeal.

A Second Life for MTV

Mark Wallace — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

It used to be the last word in youth culture. Can a virtual world of 3-D avatars help the network get its groove back? By Mark Wallace from Wired magazine.

Ads to Help Web TV & Film Download Revs Hit $6.3B by 2012

Click to enlarge — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

TV and film download revenues are expected to grow tenfold from 2006 levels, reaching $6.3 billion in 2012, according to an Informa report (via the Financial Times).Advertising will consistently...

Hundreds turn out to welcome Windows Vista in Tokyo

Martyn Williams — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Hundreds of people braved chilly weather in Tokyo on Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday to be among the first in the world to buy a retail copy of the Windows Vista operating system.

With Vista, seeing is believing, says Gates

On the eve of Vista's consumer launch — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

On the eve of Vista's consumer launch, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says that a short demo is all that's needed to convince doubters.

Surveys: Internet Traffic Touched by YouTube

Mark Sullivan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

For the first time in years, peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing isn't eating as much network bandwidth as video sharing and other types of Internet traffic, say two equipment vendors whose products help carriers manage and monitor bandwidth usage. (See Deep Packet Inspection .)

eJamming: Skype for musicians

the way — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Blog: eJamming, which makes software that enables people to practice music together if their instruments are Musical Instrument Digital...

Lime Relaunches With Broadband

Anthony Crupi — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

After having soured on Lime TV's viability as a 24-hour cable network, the company's investors have relaunched the brand as an ad-supported broadband channel.

Mass Storage for Phones

00:00 AM — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Tiny 20-GB wireless drives are coming this summer from Seagate, the world leader in magnetic storage. In Gadget Lab.

Napster boss eyes strong mobile future

Kate Holton — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The majority of consumers have not yet accepted the subscription model to rent rather than buy music but this is likely to change over the next year, according to the head of the online service Napster Inc..

With Vista, seeing is believing

Ina Fried — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Not sure what Vista means for you? Bill Gates would be happy to show you.

SyncTogether syncs Macs without .Mac

Peter Cohen — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Mark/Space, developers of the Missing Sync products for PDAs and smartphones, announced Wednesday the release of SyncTogether 1.0, a Mac-to-Mac synchronization product that doesn't require .Mac or a dedicated server to operate. It costs $49.95 per license, which can be used by up to three computers.

Jamming at the Speed of Light

Mike Kobrin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

New P2P software lets musicians collaborate in real time on the web without the familiar digital hiccups of the past.

We Uncover a Stealth Startup

Eliot Van Buskirk and Sean Michaels — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

With readers' help, Listening Post ferrets out a new digital-music project ramping up in San Diego. It's still under wraps but vets from iRiver, Rio and Musicmatch are involved. In Listening Post.

BitTorrent Preps February Launch

Mark Sullivan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

BitTorrent will finally launch its retail Internet video site this month, Light Reading has learned.

Napster Looks to Mobile in Fight against iPod

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Napster says it may have found a significant advantage in its fight against Apple's iTunes: mobile phones.Apple's iTunes music service sells digital music that's playable only on the iPod and comes...

IM Security Appliances

Coldhearted Worms — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Someone just sent user Bobee518 a link that promises pics of American Idol judge Paula Abdul in a compromising position with a contestant. Who could resist? Not Bob. Unfortunately, the link was sent over IM, and it will bring Bob to the latest variant of the IM-borne Kelvir worm, which once forced Reuters to shut down its IM network.

Digital Domain: Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers

RANDALL STROSS — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Sending Wi-Fi signals from the inside out, for better service.

Check Point Ships First Ever UTM device

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Check Point has announced its first ever unified threat management (UTM) appliance.

RSA - FaceTime to offer Skype management

Robert McMillan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Next month, FaceTime Communications Inc. plans to release new software that will make Skype a little easier to manage.

FaceTime to offer Skype management

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Greynet Enterprise Manager software will manage Skype clients that will allow IT administrators to do things like turn off Skype file-sharing, network-wide.

Playlist: What's Wired This Month

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Survivorman, Neil Young and Idiocracy make our top 10 list of things to play with in February. From Wired magazine.

Despite lawsuits, digital music downloads grow

Yinka Adegoke — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Despite success in suing people who download music illegally and in reaching deals with personal networking sites like YouTube, the music industry is still bleeding millions of dollars in sales to online piracy.

Will the Beatles go digital at last?

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

If you download music, then money really can't buy you Love - the latest album by the Beatles.

Apple seeks to unchain melodies

Michelle Quinn — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Labels would remove restrictions on copying digital songs under a proposal by Steve Jobs.

Net Video Drives DWDM Growth

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

More than half the carriers worldwide are now expanding their DWDM backbones to increase capacity, thanks largely to consumer interest in Internet video. Another big chunk of carriers, 42 percent, say that they'll start building later in 2007 or in 2008, according to a new Heavy Reading report on the long-haul DWDM market: Long-Haul DWDM: Market & Technology Outlook.

Could YouTube crash the 'Net?

Google — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The Internet isn't built to provide the bandwidth needs of Web TV and online video services, according to Vincent Dureau, Google's head of TV technology.

Google and cable firms warn of risks from Web TV

15 PM ET — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

New Internet TV services such as Joost and YouTube may bring the global network to its knees, Internet companies said on Wednesday, ...

Label Must Pay P2P Legal Fees

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Exclusive: In a setback for the prosecution of file sharers, Capitol Records is ordered to pay most of a P2P defendant's legal fees. In Listening Post.

Music Industry Group Fires Back at Apple

ALEX VEIGA — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A recording industry group fired back Wednesday at Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, suggesting his company should open up its anti-piracy technology to its rivals instead of urging major record labels to strip copying restrictions from music sold online.

More Efficient Combinations of Web Services through Mobile Channels

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Over the past few years there has been a growing interest among computer scientists and users for distributed computer systems such as the Internet. A distributed system consists of different independent computers in a network that appears to be a single coherent system for the users. At least one software component is present on each computer, which communicates with components that are on other computers, such as databases, web services or peer-to-peer applications that exchange data such as Skype, Kazaa or Napster. As all of these components are distributed and run at the same time, suitable theories and infrastructures are needed for an efficient coordination.

Microsoft files with FCC to test what may be Zune phone

John Letzing — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A filing that Microsoft Corp. submitted Monday to the Federal Communications Commission suggests the technology giant will likely add phone service to its line of hand-held media players, now known as Zunes.

Napster posts narrower quarterly loss

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Online music service Napster Inc. posted a narrower third-quarter loss on Thursday that beat analysts' forecasts, citing strong subscription growth.

Working past Internet file-sharing frustration

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

INTENT MediaWorks CEO Lee Ottolenghi says the more consumers learn about file sharing, they less willing they are to pay cash for content.

RIAA's Riposte to Apple, Jobs

ALEX VEIGA — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Instead of advising the music industry to drop copying restriction, Apple should consider making its anti-piracy technology available to all, an industry group says.

Net grows to meet fresh demands

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The net is facing the need for serious upgrades in order to meet fresh demands such as high definition video on the web and social networking.

EMI mulls unprotected Web song sales: sources

Sue Zeidler — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Music label EMI Group is in talks to release a large portion of its music catalog for Web sales without technological protections against piracy that are included in most music bought over the Internet now, sources said on Thursday.

Federal appeals court weighs Internet phone taxes

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Vonage and an industry group argue that new rules imposed by the FCC discriminate against voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

EMI mulls unprotected Web song sales: sources

Sue Zeidler — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Music label EMI Group is in talks to release a large portion of its music catalog for Web sales without technological protections against piracy that are included in most music bought over the Internet now, sources said on Thursday.

Conference Attendees Drop Ball on Wi-Fi Security

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

More than half of the wireless LAN devices being used at this week's RSA Conference on information security are themselves unsecured.

How Does The Hacker Economy Work?

It's a murky world of chat rooms — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

When retailer TJX disclosed Jan. 17 that the computer systems that store data related to credit card, debit card, check, and merchandise return transactions had been broken into, it said it had discovered the hack in December. But security officials at Visa had been seeing an increase in fraudulent activity on credit and debit cards related to TJX properties, such as T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods stores, since mid-November. That means it's possible the purloined consumer data has been floating around the Internet, available for purchase on black market Web sites and chat rooms, for at least two months, maybe longer.

The Wizards of Buzz

By JAMIN WARREN and JOHN JURGENSEN — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A new kind of Web site is turning ordinary people into hidden influencers, shaping what we read, watch and buy.

Google accused of aiding movie pirates

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

But search giant is not a defendant in the case and denies defendants' allegations.

'Storm Trojan' ignites worm war

It's spreading via IM — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The "Storm Trojan" is at it again and is now spreading via AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger, security researchers said.

P2P Ad Firm Skyrider Unveils Video Product

Kate Kaye — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

While many users of open source file sharing systems despise the commercialization of those services, Skyrider intends to change that. The firm is launching a new video ad product today, something President and CEO Ed Kozel hopes will help bring peer-to-peer, a.k.a. P2P, into the "normal world." For him, that means making P2P networks viable places to advertise.

YouTube to offer old TV programs

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

YouTube, the popular online video sharing site owned by Google Inc., has signed a deal with Digital Music Group Inc. to offer such 1960s U.S. television programs as "I Spy" and "My Favourite Martian".

Veoh Enters Crowded Online Video Market

GARY GENTILE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Veoh Networks Inc. is launching a Web video syndication service Tuesday that uses peer-to-peer technology to distribute DVD-quality video and publish it on the Web's most popular sites, including MySpace and YouTube.

Veoh sees new service as 'virtual cable'

Associated Press — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES -- Veoh Networks Inc. is launching a Web video syndication service today that uses peer-to-peer technology to distribute DVD-quality video and publish it on the Web's most popular sites, including MySpace and YouTube.

P2P Ad Firm Skyrider Unveils Video Product

Skyrocket ads to be hosted — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Peer-to-peer (P2P) ad firm Skyrider is expanding the ad service it launched in October to include dynamic advertising built into audio and video files, reports ClickZ. If a P2P user downloads a...

New RIAA Site Pimps P2P Malware

Eliot Van Buskirk and Sean Michaels — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

P2PLawsuits.com, registered recently by the Recording Industry Association of America, serves up ads for nasty file-sharing clients. The site is described in a leaked strategy letter allegedly sent by the group. In Listening Post.

The Medium is the Metric for Online Ads

David L. Smith — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The Mediasmith CEO predicts that in the near future there will be an Agency of Record for metrics, and he explains why metrics are the future of online media.

P2P Camp Swarms Video

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Could peer-to-peer (P2P) save Internet video?

Why the future of wireless cells is small

Smaller cells offer greater capacity — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

How do you add capacity to cellular systems? Making cells smaller is the answer, according to columnist Craig Mathias.

Nabbed downloading files illegally? The RIAA has a deal for you

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The Recording Industry Association of America plans to allow individuals charged with pirating music via peer-to-peer networks to settle claims against them at a reduced rate.

RIAA Cans P2P Ads on Parked Site

Eliot Van Buskirk and Sean Michaels — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Update: The Recording Industry Association of America purges nasty file-sharing clients' ads from a recent site reportedly planned as part of a new anti-piracy campaign. In Listening Post.

New Torrent Beefs Up Security

Michael Calore, with Scott Gilbertson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The update for the popular Windows BitTorrent client includes serious bug fixes, new encryption options and handy bandwidth controls. In Monkey Bites.

'Storm' Worm Touches Down on IM

Category — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The Storm worm that wreaked havoc in January has opened up a new front in its war against users--instant messaging.

Napster reports record Q3 sales with more hits to come

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Napster Inc. reported a record $28.4 million in net revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2007, up 21% from $23.5 million in the same quarter of fiscal 2006. Subscriber growth and the launch of Napster Japan contributed to the gains, says Chris Gorog, Napster's chairman and CEO.

Bridgewater Expands Policy Rules Offerings

Rhonda Wickham — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

BARCELONA - Today's 3G operators need to be able to flexibly apply policy controls at application level as well as network resources level as they operate across mobile, fixed and converged networks. In response, Bridgewater Systems has launched two new solutions that allow operators to address policy controls in real time.

Half of pirated Vista is malware

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

You can't cheat an honest person, they say. Like generations of scammers before them, some malware writers are taking that "advice" to heart, releasing their Trojan software and keyloggers as "cracked" versions of Vista oon peer-to-peer service. Who's going to turn them in, after all -- a would-be pirate?

New VoIP Service for Cell Phones

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Fring is a cheap Internet-based phone service that runs over mobile networks.

All Sides Dig In on DRM

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

DRM Still Out of Tune for Some

'Wikify' Your Brand

However — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The old saw "half my ads work, I just don't know which half" is no longer valid. Chances are, if you're still focused on broadcast and print, far less than half actually work. Since Google lit the explosion of pay-per-click advertising, companies everywhere are rethinking their media spend. Using context-specific advertising, companies can create what I've dubbed "micro-relationships" that last for a millisecond but can be infinitely more effective than a TV ad.

New search engine provides live answers from experts

Instead of listing URLs — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Jyve unveiled a new search enging where subject-matter experts provide live answers to user queries.

Viacom signs deal with Joost for online video

Elise Ackerman — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Viacom, one of the world's biggest media companies, struck a deal Tuesday with two of the Web's biggest rebels to distribute shows like ''Laguna Beach'' and ''Road Rules'' on a free Internet-based service called Joost.

Raketu Tries Combining IPTV, Social Networking

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A new application from Raketu Communications aims to integrate Internet Protocol television with social networking.

No Limits Mobile Video

Carolyn Schuk — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

I passed an unmistakable milestone on the road to irrelevance the other day. One of my son's friends's paused as he passed our three-foot shelf of record albums and asked, "What are those?"

Black Hat: Botnets Go One-on-One

Kelly Jackson Higgins — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The most savvy and sophisticated botnet operators are bringing out the big guns now -- operating deeper underground and staging massive distributed denial-of-service attacks on their adversaries.

Commentary: Google's low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office

Erica Driver — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

While Google Apps Premier Edition isn't yet on par with the dominant productivity suite, the Google mystique and the $50 price count for a lot.

Microsoft hit with $1.52 billion patent suit damages

Sinead Carew — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A U.S. federal jury found that Microsoft Corp. infringed audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages, the No. 1 software maker said on Thursday.

Skype asks FCC to force open mobile networks

Stephen Lawson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Skype is looking to a 1968 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to open up the country's mobile phone industry for "unlocked" devices and third-party applications--such as Skype.

BitTorrent opens digital media store

P2P site to sell music — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

P2P site to sell music, video and games, using the tech that made it notorious as a tool for pirates.

Software Exploited by Pirates Goes to Work for Hollywood

BRAD STONE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Hollywood studios are going into business with one of their biggest tormentors: the peer-to-peer pioneer BitTorrent.

BitTorrent Offers Legit Downloads

GARY GENTILE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The makers of the technology often used to trade pirated movies, launches a website to sell film and TV-show downloads licensed from the studios.

• Advertising to the File-Sharing Crowd

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

For a year, Edward Kozel valiantly tried to keep computer users from illegally downloading music. His antipiracy company, C-Right, infiltrated networks using the peer-to-peer technology that can be used to share files illegally. Once there, C-Right effectively blocked downloads of unlicensed content on behalf of its entertainment clients.

Popular peer-to-peer site partners with studio big boys

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Video: Popular peer-to-peer site partners with studio big boys. CNET News.com's Neha Tiwari visits BitTorrent headquarters in San Franscisco and chats with the co-founder and President, Ashwin Navin. BitTorrent has partnered with MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, 20th Century Fox, as well as others, in order to bring legal content to their site.

Software Tool of Pirates Gets Work in Hollywood

BRAD STONE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Hollywood studios are going into business with one of their biggest tormentors: the peer-to-peer pioneer BitTorrent.

BitTorrent launches movie download service

Bob Tourtellotte — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Web company BitTorrent Inc, once scorned in Hollywood, on Sunday joined a number of providers in the nascent arena for legal downloads of movies and television shows with content from several key studios.

BitTorrent launches movie download service

Bob Tourtellotte — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Web company BitTorrent Inc, once scorned in Hollywood, on Sunday joined a number of providers in the nascent arena for legal downloads of movies and television shows with content from several key studios.

Joost and Babelgum: "Revolutionizing Television"

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

What will TV look like in the future? If people like Niklas Zennstrom, Janus Friis and Silvio Scaglia have their way, we know some of its components: P2P streaming, TV-like, choice and control, personal, social, easy to use. Their first attempts to make this real are services like Joost and Babelgum. Whether they can realize these goals, and be compelling for consumers and financially viable for investors, remains to be seen.

Europe Seeks To Tighten Online Laws

Matt Moore — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Some European countries are proposing outlawing the use of fake information to open e-mail accounts or set up Web sites, a move intended to help terror investigations but which could face resistance on a privacy-conscious continent.The German and Dutch governments have taken the lead on the proposals, crafting legislation that would make it illegal to provide false information to Internet service providers and require phone companies to save detailed records on customer usage.The aim, analysts say, is to make it easier for law enforcement to access information when they investigate crimes or terrorist attacks. But Europeans have long cherished their privacy, railing against measures that would see personal information stored for commercial use or government examination."The people of Europe have a long record of fighting for their personal freedom, and are unlikely to accept such regulations being imposed upon them," said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant with the London-based consulting group Sophos."No one disagrees with the need to take decisive action against terrorism and organized crime, but to introduce such restrictive surveillance on the general public and Internet companies -- without proper safeguards in place -- seems positively Orwellian," he said this past week.Look Christian, 42, who works at an Internet cafe in Berlin, said it's his business -- not the government's -- if he wants to set up an anonymous e-mail account."I understand that the police might want to hunt people down on the Internet, and I wish them luck, but it's not going to happen through anonymous Internet accounts," he said.The German Justice Ministry did not return repeated phone calls seeking comment about the proposal.The Germans and Dutch are moving well ahead of a 2009 EU deadline to implement its Data Retention directive, which calls for storing names and addresses of Internet subscribers, including those who use...

eMusic.com partners with Westin to expand online music audience

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

In a move to win over consumers aged 25 and up to online music, eMusic.com is partnering with Westin Hotels to offer free digital music that hotel guests can download to portable music players.

Kazaa's Creators Do Latest Venture by the Book

JEREMY W. PETERS — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Joost, the new Web video venture of Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, has struck the mother lode of television programming through its deal with Viacom.

BitTorrent to Launch Movie, TV Downloads

GARY GENTILE — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios.

Planners: Don't Be Ruled by Your Tools!

Jim Meskauskas — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Our media strategies editor worries that too much technology -- or too much reliance on it -- is bad for media planning.

Advertising to the File-Sharing Crowd

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Apple Delays Its Apple TV Device Until Mid-March

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Shipments of Apple TV, originally scheduled to begin this month, have been delayed slightly with initial delivery now expected to get underway in mid-March.

BitTorrent Goes Legit, Starts Selling and Renting Video Content

the studios and networks — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Several major studios and TV networks are partnering with peer-to-peer file-sharing network BitTorrent to sell and rent encrypted video content to subscribers.The e-commerce venture will come with...

Advertisers Use Illegal Music Downloads as Ad-Delivery Platform

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Instead of trying to combat the illegal use of peer-to-peer services for file-trading, companies are using those services to deliver ads reports BusinessWeek.Agencies such as Skyrider and...

When lawyers use Napster at work

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Some years ago, I got a job doing network support for the District Attorney's office in a large city that shall remain nameless. When I arrived, the network was a mess! Malware was rampant, Internet and WAN connections were saturated, and users were constantly complaining about slow computers and network performance. Even so, my attempts to enforce a mindful security policy were met with fierce resistance. The attitude among the legal staff was, "This is my computer and my network; you're just a computer janitor."

When lawyers use Napster at work

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Anonymous network staffer recalls battles with snooty attorneys at District Attorney's office.

College students take to Ruckus

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Service that caused a stir in January by offering free music to those with .edu e-mail is seeing double-digit growth.

RIAA intensifies campus crusade against piracy

Dawn C. Chmielewski — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

The music industry is intensifying its fight against unauthorized music downloading by college-age students, as new information shows a dramatic increase in the number of songs exchanged through file-sharing networks.

Boycotting the RIAA?

Jason Cross — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Commentary: Will boycotting the RIAA for a month do anything? Is it a practical campaign? Is DRM evil, or is it a tool most often used for evil?

"Ethnic" Web video company lands Joost deal

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

JumpTV, which offers "ethnic" television programming on the Internet, said it will announce a deal on Friday to offer some of its shows for free on Joost, an online video service launched by the founders of Skype and Kazaa.

Forget DRM. It's the music

Napsterization — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Studios remain shell-shocked by Napsterization, but CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the real solution isn't attacking pirates.

FCC: Local phone companies must connect Net calls

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

VoIP industry applauds ruling that says local providers can't refuse to carry calls on wholesaler-owned broadband lines.

Week in videos: Of spying and downloading

Tom Perkins speaks out on the HP spying scandal — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Tom Perkins speaks out on the HP spying scandal, and BitTorrent goes mainstream.

Advertising: Can't Tell Your Cokes Apart? Sue Someone

STUART ELLIOTT — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Coke Zero is being promoted with an unusual campaign about company executives suing each other.

Leveraging ultrawideband for mobile applications

Mark Bowles — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

(03/05/2007 9:00 AM EST)

Battling Bots, Doing No Harm

Kelly Jackson Higgins — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

ISPs, researchers, and law enforcement officials are finding themselves in a quandary in the botnet war -- whether to infiltrate and monitor a botnet's command and control, or to shut it down altogether. Both approaches can help trip up a botnet, for sure, but they also run the risk of derailing an investigation.

Rogers speeds up with 18 Mbps service, HSDPA

Karen Brown — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Rogers Communications Inc. is moving into 2007 with plans to not only expand its dominant cellular wireless service but also to unveil a new 18 megabit per second high-speed data service that includes a file download cap.

How dangerous is Skype?

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Skype expert Michael Gough examines the top five security misconceptions about the free peer-to-peer VoIP/IM application.

U.S. Firms Invest in Chinese Web Site

PETER SVENSSON — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A group of U.S. venture capital firms, including Disney's investment arm, was set to announce Wednesday that it had invested $23.5 million in UUSee, a major Chinese site for Web video.

Verizon Service Combats Web Threats

Category — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Verizon Business has expanded its presence in the managed security space with a new set of services targeted at enterprises.

Scaglia Joins P2P Video Pack

Michelle Donegan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

A new peer-to-peer (P2P) video startup, Babelgum, announced today it would offer its service to beta testers later this month.

Lower Costs and Increase Security with Microsoft Live Communications Server and FaceTime

Ken Ewert — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

2 p.m. Eastern/ 11 a.m. Pacific (45 minutes)

Web Video Cheat Sheet

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Editor's Note: The Video Site Cheat Sheet has been updated several times since this post was first published on June 27. The most recent version (and all future versions) can be found right here: http://www.lightreading.com/videoshare.

CacheLogic Pushes Hybrid P2P

CacheLogic's CDN — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00

Fearing consumer backlash, CacheLogic Ltd. is saying it will limit the reliance of its peer-to-peer content delivery network (CDN) on the hard drives of end users to deliver large video and gaming files.