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Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales
(AP)
11 Mar 2010 at 7:45am
AP - In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.
Summary Box: Huge 'botnet' only slowed by takedown
(AP)
11 Mar 2010 at 7:26am
AP - BOTNET AMPUTATED: An Internet provider thought to be helping spread malicious software was taken down, apparently cutting criminals off from millions of personal computers under their control.
2nd mistrial declared in case against NJ blogger
(AP)
11 Mar 2010 at 5:30am
AP - A New York judge has declared a second mistrial in the case against a New Jersey blogger charged with threatening federal judges.
Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label
(Reuters)
11 Mar 2010 at 5:03am
Reuters - British rock band Pink Floyd on Thursday won a court battle with EMI in a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the internet from the group's concept albums.
Digital mirror: fashion brands convey glamour online
(Reuters)
11 Mar 2010 at 3:43am
Reuters - With videos of catwalk shows, pictures of glamorous models and a catalog of chic products, luxury brands are creating "digital mirrors" online as they turn to the internet to tap into growing e-commerce demand.
Virgin Media to trial broadband over telegraph poles
(Reuters)
11 Mar 2010 at 2:28am
Reuters - British cable operator Virgin Media is testing a new technology to deliver ultrafast broadband over telegraph poles which could allow it to extend its reach to another 1 million homes.
MySpace upping ante in online social games
(AFP)
10 Mar 2010 at 9:39pm
AFP - MySpace began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks.
Motorola to Put Bing Search on Android Phones
(PC World)
10 Mar 2010 at 8:10pm
PC World - Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.
Nikon Coolpix S360 12-Megapixel Camera
(PC World)
10 Mar 2010 at 7:56pm
PC World - Online photography store Adorama is offering a factory-refurbished Nikon Coolpix S360 digital camera in black for just $129.95 with free shipping. The 12-megapixel camera features a 7X optical zoom, four-way image stabilization, a 2.7-inch LCD, and in-camera editing features. It has nifty features such as a Sport Continuous Mode for high-speed image capture, and a Smart Portrait System that includes face-priority autofocus, Smile Mode, Blink Proof, and in-camera Red-Eye Fix.
Huge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 6:38pm
AP - The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control.
US city schools locked down after online threat
(AFP)
10 Mar 2010 at 5:59pm
AFP - A vague threat apparently posted by an Australian on two social networking sites led to the lockdown on Wednesday of all schools in the busy midwestern US city of Minneapolis, officials said.
After Takedown, Botnet-linked ISP Troyak Resurfaces
(PC World)
10 Mar 2010 at 4:10pm
PC World - Last week FBI Director Robert Mueller called the fight against hackers "the cyber equivalent of cat-and-mouse." On Wednesday security experts trying to take down the Zeus botnet got a taste of what he meant.
Bing gains US search market share for ninth straight month
(AFP)
10 Mar 2010 at 3:32pm
AFP - Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing slightly increased its share of the US search market in February, the ninth straight month of modest gains, online tracking firm comScore said Wednesday.
Bing Gains Again -- Should Google Worry?
(PC World)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:55pm
PC World - Microsoft's Bing search engine may still be a bit player in the lucrative online search business dominated by Google, but it's slowly and steadily gaining users. And it appears that Bing's share is coming at the expense of both Google and Yahoo, the latter of which recently teamed up with Microsoft to be more competitive in online search.
Summary Box: OnLive game streaming to come in June
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:28pm
AP - THE SERVICE: OnLive will let you "stream" popular high-end games over the Internet, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
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