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Russian Judge Throws Out Allofmp3.com Case

A Russian judge has dismissed a royalty case by Western music companies against the discount download service Allofmp3.com.

Load Up Your iPod At The CD Store

Ripfactory has created a device that lets you transfer the contents of your new CD or DVD to a portable device in the store.

Introducing The Paper Battery

Researchers at the Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a battery that’s as thin and flexible as a piece of paper.

Nintendo Dominates UK Games Sales

Showing again that it’s the champion, eight of the top ten games in Britain are exclusives for either Nintendo’s Wii or DS games consoles.

Microsoft Has Big Patch Tuesday

Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday, to fix vulnerabilities in its software, saw the second-biggest number of fixes this year.

VMware IPO A Huge Success

The first day of trading for VMware shares saw the price soar from $29 to $51, the largest IPO for a tech stock since Google.

Google vs. Microsoft With Google Pack?

With the addition of Star Office to Google Pack, the search engine appears to be ready to go head to head with Microsoft on productivity applications.

Microsoft Closes $6 Bln aQuantive Deal

Microsoft has spent a record $6 billion to acquire online ad company aQuantive, and immediately formed a new unit to encompass it.

UK ISPs Predict Video Problems

UK ISPs are concerned that increased demand for video content could lead to congested networks, with upgrades paid for by higher consumer prices.

New Rules Gag British Forces

The British Ministry of Defence has quietly passed new rules that appear to stop all critical comment by service personnel.

EA To Digitize Classic Board Games

Electronic Arts and Hasbro have struck a deal that will see EA making digital versions of perennial board game favorites, including Monopoly.

Timex Markets iPod Controller Watch

Timex has rolled out the Ironman iController, which controls an iPod via a radio receiver.

Second Life Avatar Sued

A Second Life avatar has been sued in Florida for violating copyright and selling a product called SexGen Platinum.

Hackers Hit UN Site

A group of hackers, claiming to be Turkish, have attacked the U.N. website with anti-U.S. and Israeli statements.

Universal To Go DRM Free

Universal will offer much of its catalogue without copyright protection for the next several months.

Veoh Files Pre-Emptive Suit

Video-sharing site Veoh has filed suit against UMG to stop it from filing a copyright infringement suit.

House Of Lords Calls Internet “Wild West”

A new report from the British House of Lords has lambasted the current state of Internet security.

Spellbinder Sends Invisible Art

You send Spellbinder a picture of your location in Edinburgh and it replies adding a piece of invisible art.

New Process For Pristine Pics

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an algorithm that will allow users to remove unwanted images and replace the background in an undetectable way.

The Shadow Webcam Projector

Japanese researchers have come up with the perfect bad hair webcam answer – project your image as a shadow on a lamp.

Massive Pump And Dump Scheme

Security group Sophos detected a massive spike in spam on Tuesday connected to a pump and dump stock scam.

Google Adds Participants’ Comments to News

Google News will start allowing comments from people quoted in the news stories it publishes, which could lend an interesting twist to news in the future.

British Government Pulls Facebook Ads

The British government has joined six companies in pulling its advertising from Facebook in a row over where the ads appear.

Facebook Adds Garage Sale

Buy.com has developed an application called Garage Sale that allows Facebook users to buy and sell items directly from their pages.

YouTube Hit With Another Suit

The National Music Publishers’ Association has joined the list of people suing YouTube over copyright issues.

Social Networking Made Easy

So what exactly is social networking? It means more than you might think, we help you figure it out.

Qualcomm Patent Decision Stands

The Bush administration has let stand a decision that means Qualcomm will have to pay a licensing fee of $6 per phone to its competitor, Broadcom, to use power management technology

Microsoft MP3 Judgment Set Aside

A San Francisco judge has set aside the massive $1.5 billion judgment against Microsoft in an MP3 patent infringement case.

Democrats Quizzed At YearlyKos

Seven Democratic presidential hopefuls were grilled by bloggers at the YearlyKos Convention in Chiago.

Online Drug Company Faces 313 Counts

18 people associated Affpower, which sold prescription drugs online, are facing a total of 313 charges in court.

Storm Worm Threat Grows Rapidly

The last two months has seen a huge rise in the number of computers infected with the Storm Worm, and now part of a huge botnet.

American Airlines Offers In-Flight Internet

American Airlines is planning to test in-flight paid Internet access for passengers, beginning next year.

Two British Companies Pull Facebook Ads

Vodafone and First Direct have both pulled ads from Facebook after they ended displayed on the page of the right-wing British Nationalist Party.

New GTA Delayed Until Next Year

Take Two Interactive has announced that Grand Theft Auto IV won’t ship until the second quarter of next year.