Archive for December, 2007

RIAA not suing over CD ripping

Okay, so we’ve done some digging into the RIAA’s lawsuit against Jeffery Howell, in which the industry is claiming that ripped MP3s are “unauthorized copies,” and it turns out that Jeffery isn’t actually being sued for ripping CDs, like the Washington Post and several other sources have reported, but for plain old illegal downloading.

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10 Most-Anticipated Movies of 2008 + Official Trailers

As we look back into 2007, we didn’t have many remarkable movies around. Hoping 2008 to be a better year in the movie sphere,here is a list of most anticipated movies of 2008 which is probably a useful resource.

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How to Install Wikipedia on Your iPod

Yes that’s right. You can now have the entire Wikipedia encylopedia on your iPod. Clocking in at only 1.7 GB of space, it is a very handy tool if you have the sudden uncontrollable urge while out at the shops to discover the capital of Mongolia or the mating habits of eels

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The RIAA Will Die in 2008. . .

I realize lots of folks have been predicting the imminent demise of the RIAA and the music industry since the inception of Napster and yet both are still here and still treating legitimate customers as criminals - or at least as potential criminals. Sure individuals have tried to fight the RIAA’s questionable lawsuits and. . .

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JK Rowling drops hints of possible eighth Harry Potter book

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series.

Rowling, 42, admits she has ‘weak moments’ when she feels she will pen another novel about the boy wizard.

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VIDEO PROOF: iPhone 1.1.3 leak is REAL

Here you go guys - video proof. A full video walkthrough of the new iPhone 1.1.3 feature updates. Still think it’s fake?

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Devil May Cry 4 Opening Cinematic is Very Cinematic Indeed

We’ve been impressed by the footage we’ve seen of Capcom’s newest demon slaughtering simulator, Devil May Cry 4. It has all the elements we’ve come to expect from the DMC series: acrobatics, dismemberment, and extreme cases of early-onset leukotrichia.

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Hackers Run Wild Spending BitTorrent Tracker’s Donations

The SuperTorrents BitTorrent tracker has been the subject of a major security breach, with hackers donating all the site’s money to a religious group. The hackers even went as far as contacting the site’s host and canceled all of their seedboxes.

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Convincing the Military to Embrace Open Source

Misconceptions about open source software have made many U.S. Defense Department sectors reluctant to employ this technology. Although a 2003 department policy allows its use.

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Kubuntu Demoted Gnome Gets Thumbs Up From Canonical

“Even though I’m among those who prefer KDE overall, I think Canonical’s decision is sensible under the circumstances. And maybe, if we’re lucky, this choice will be one small step toward moving beyond the problem that there have to be different Ubuntu flavors with different user interfaces in the first place.”

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iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 100% Confirmed, Breaks Unlock Apps

Gizmodo confirms that the iPhone Firmware 1.1.3 is 100% real after talking gathering solid evidence. The update installs without any problem in iTunes, which requires Apple’s private encryption key to work. The previously published features are real as well. The update patches previous hacking methods, breaks unlock and third-party apps.

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RIAA suing citizen for copying legally purchased CDs to PC

“Ira Schwartz, the industry’s lawyer in the case, is arguing that MP3 files created on his [Jeffrey Howell's] computer from legally purchased CDs are indeed “unauthorized copies,” and while we’ve no idea what will become of all this, we suppose you should go on and wipe those personal copies before you too end up in handcuffs.”

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