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Man Faces Jail For Uploading ’24’

A Chicago man is facing 36 months in jail for uploading episodes of Fox's 24 to the Net before they’d been aired on television.

Europeans Spend 24 Hours A Month Surfing

A new survey by comScore reveals the online habits of Europeans, and more of them go online daily than Americans.

YouTube Inks Deal With Local TV Giant

YouTube has signed an agreement with Hearst-Argyle Television to air content from its local stations on dedicated channels.

Vonage Loses In Court

Vonage has lost its appeal against an FCC ruling that means it will have to pay into a universal telecommunications fund.

Google Keeps Up Its Expansion

Google has announced that it’s bought RSS company Feedburner.

Now We Know When We Can Buy An iPhone

Apple has announced when the much-anticipated iPhone will finally go on sale – and it’s soon.

Dell Increases Profits, Cuts Workers

As part of its move toward profitability, Dell head Michael Dell has announced that the company will shed 10% of its workforce.

Burn Your Video With Real

Real Networks is bringing out a new version of RealPlayer which will let you burn downloaded video.

Apple Puts Personal Data In DRM-Free Tracks

It’s been revealed that tracks on Apple’s new DRM-free premium service has personal details of the purchaser embedded in them.

Warner Music Inks Deal With Premium TV

Warner Music has signed a deal with Premium TV to make its entire video catalogue available online using an ad revenue model.

EMI And YouTube – Together At Last

EMI has signed and agreement with YouTube to make video legally available.

A Second Life For Sweden

As virtual art imitates life, Sweden opens an embassy on the Second Life platform.

Tag – You’re It!

Hi-tech crime fighters are now using GPS technology to capture…graffiti artists.

Lyrics Go Legal Online

A new legal service aims to oust all those unauthorised lyric sites – but can it find traction?

Palm Spreads Its Wings With The Foleo

Palm has unveiled the Foleo, a laptop designed to work with its Treo smartphone that will “complete the picture.”

China Has "Information Warfare" Units

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has units ready to attack enemy computer systems with viruses in the event of war, according to a report.

Google Gets A GreenBorder

Google moves on relentlessly – now it’s acquired a company that will give it antivirus and anti-spam capabilities.

Memories Will Be Made Of This

A Screensaver and social network has won a Microsoft-sponsored IT design contest.

VoIP Gets A $20 Million Boost

Telecom giant Deutsche Telekom is aligning itself with the future by putting $20 million into VoIP startup Jajah.

Firefox Keeps Gaining On Internet Explorer

The release of Firefox 2.0 has greatly boosted the number of the browser’s users at the expense of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

Yes Or No – Is Avaya For Sale?

Telecom company Avaya might be selling some or all of itself. Or maybe it won’t.

Cybersuicide Viewers Will Not Be Prosecuted

Those who witnessed Britain’s first cybersuicide won’t be liable for charges, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.

The World’s Thinnest TV

You can bend it, but you can’t beat it – at 0.01 inch, Sony has come up with a screen breakthrough.

Best Buy Or Bait And Switch?

Connecticut has filed suit against Best Buy over alleged price deception in store.

Ever Wanted Your Own Cell Phone Network?

Fancy being a cell phone magnate? A company is offering everyone the chance to own their own network.

Facebook – The Platform Expands

Facebook has opened itself to developers to create a host of ambitious new applications for the social networking site.

13 Million People are Steam-ing

The digital distribution of games continues its march as Steam announces it now has 13 million subscribers.

The End Of Spam?

Your inbox might become a safer place as a new spam fighting tool receives industry approval.

Can Telecommuting Help Save The Planet?

Telecommuting could help fight climate change, according to a new report.

Call Home? It’s Getting Cheaper In Europe

If you live and travel in Europe, there’s good news – soon it will cost you a lot less to call home from abroad.

New Google Move Raises Big Brother Spectre

Google's personalized search plans have brought questions from Britain's Information Commissioner

China Backs Down On Bloggers

In a surprising about face, China has abandoned plans to force bloggers to register their real names

Google Says No To Essay Writing Companies

Students will be worrying. Google has announced that from June it will no longer run ads for essay writing services

eBay And Ivory A Pair That Shouldn’t Be?

Auction giant eBay has been accused to helping to facilitate the trade in illegal ivory in a new report