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Apple Store Shutdown Threat |
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Oct 02, 2008 - 2:07 PM - by TheHeartSmasher
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It seems Apple might close down their store as the costs are getting pretty high for them with the royalty fees, will they increase the overall price of music to cover the costs. I don't use iTunes as I purchase my music from the retail store, but I know many of you do for your ipods  .NEW YORK (Fortune) -- For five years, Apple's iTunes Music Store has been the Internet's most successful music store. But as music publishers have sought a higher share of its proceeds, Apple has threatened to shutter iTunes.
The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C. is expected to rule Thursday on a request by the National Music Publishers' Association to increase royalty rates paid to its members on songs purchased from online music stores like iTunes. The publishers association wants rates raised from 9 cents to 15 cents a track - a 66% hike.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Cloud Computing |
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Oct 02, 2008 - 1:53 PM - by TheHeartSmasher
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Well it appears that Microsoft is moving into the Cloud Computing Industry even more.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft would soon be releasing an OS for cloud computing, tentatively titled Windows Cloud. Like Windows Home Server was a specialized release of Vista with new components to serve its role, Cloud will carry specialized components for cloud applications.
Ballmer details that it’s a separate project from Windows 7, but further details remain nebulous. What cloud computing applications are so important that they require a new OS? Cloud computing is a tremendous buzzword, but is there actually so large a demand that an OS dedicated to it is needed? More simply, what cloud applications are out there?
Apparently Microsoft has answers to these questions. It’s possible that more details will be released at the Microsoft ... [Read More]
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Italy can't stop TPB (The Pirate Bay) |
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Sep 25, 2008 - 9:05 PM - by TheHeartSmasher
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According to TorrentFreak, an Italian judge tried to keep Italian users from permanently accessing The Pirate Bay services. Well the Court of Bergamo did not take that so well and were able to get Italian users back to the TPB.
The Pirate Bay has successfully appealed the decision of an Italian judge who had ordered ISPs to block access to the popular BitTorrent tracker last month. The Court of Bergamo decided that this block was unlawful, and that Italian users should regain access to the site.
From reading what TPB has on their legal page none of the things they do are illegal as all they are doing is hosting a .torrent file which is not illegal as they do not store any of the content on their servers. I can understand that companies feel that what they are doing is illegal but:
a. They are in Sweden
b. They host no... [Read More]
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Windows Vista Security Breakthrough |
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Aug 11, 2008 - 8:37 PM - by TheHeartSmasher
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Windows Vista Security Breakthrough
AT THIS WEEK'S Black Hat security conference, two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely open Windows Vista to hackers.
Mark Dowd of IBM Internet Security Systems and Alexander Sotirov, of Vmware Inc. have together discovered a hack that can be used to bypass all memory protection safeguards that Microsoft programmed into the much-maligned Windows Vista.
The methods employed have enabled the researchers to bypass Vista's Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and other protections by simply loading malware through a standard web browser.
Dowd and Sotrirov were able to load any content they desired anyway on a user's machine using a variety of scripting languages, including ActiveX, Java, and .NET objects.
From a distance these seem like the usual standard exploiting of bsic-security, however other researchers have... [Read More]
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Vbulletin 3.7.0 GOLD/STABLE almost near! |
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Apr 22, 2008 - 2:15 AM - by TheHeartSmasher
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Vbulletin 3.7.0 is almost here
As those of you who have been keeping an eye on the bug tracker will probably be aware, the frequency and severity of bugs being reported has dropped right off in the past few weeks, and I believe that it has reached the point where we should declare vBulletin 3.7.0 stable and do a final, 'gold' release.
vBulletin 3.7.0 Stable/Gold will be released in the coming week.
I do not anticipate the release of any further release candidates in the interim period.
Today, we will be updating vBulletin.com to run the final version of the code, and we will allow this to run over the weekend to get some final, extra uninterrupted testing done on a production site.
Needless to say, should you find more bugs over the weekend, don't hesitate to report them as soon as ... [Read More]
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SmartyPig: Online bank account designed to help/make you save |
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Apr 03, 2008 - 6:28 PM - by News Poster
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Filed under: Internet, Web services
 Want to save up for a new house, car, or computer, but don't have the self discipline to set aside a bit of your paycheck every month? SmartyPig is an online banking service designed to help.
Here's how it works. You set up an account, tell SmartyPig how much you want to save, and when you want to save it by, and the service will tell you how much you need to set aside each month. You can then set up an online savings account with a pretty decent interest rate to start saving. Like ING Direct, ... [Read More]
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Craigslist enters the 20th century, launches a blog |
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Apr 03, 2008 - 4:01 PM - by News Poster
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Filed under: Business, Internet, Blogging
Online classifieds site Craigslist has always thrived on its simplicity. While other web services have added bells and whistles, AJAX, and Flash, Craigslist has a look and feel reminiscent of the dawn of the internet age. Of course, the site has ben thriving, so there hasn't been much need to change.
But Craigslist has been in... [Read More]
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MySpace and 3 major labels to launch MySpace Music |
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Apr 03, 2008 - 2:02 PM - by News Poster
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Filed under: Audio, Internet
MySpace, Warner Music Group, Sony BMG, and Universal Music have announced plans to launch an online music web site called MySpace Music (not to be confused with the existing web site called MySpace Music, rather the new site will be a spinoff of MySpace's existing service).
The music companies wil be making their complete content libraries available. Users will be able to stream ad-supported audio and video for free, or pay to download files includign songs and ringtones,... [Read More]
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Set-up Firefox to search through text like Safari (dimmed background, animated) |
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Apr 03, 2008 - 10:25 AM - by News Poster
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Filed under: Finance, Internet, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Productivity, Mozilla, Freeware, Browser Tips, Unix, Search
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Superb Development
