After many years of following the legal battles of the RIAA and cringing at everything that has happened, from suing 12-year-olds to claiming that they are oh so poor, this has to be the best yet. The RIAA have now explained why they are suing everyone from kids to adults, but especially kids. Apparently if…
How to run Vista legally without activation … for at least a year Delay activating Windows Vista for up to one year (tags: windows vista activation delay postpone registry)
No longer a problem! That pesky activation process can now be delayed for up to a year. Or such is the claim of Windows expert Brian Livingston. Seemingly a simple change to the Windows registry can postpone the activation for up to a year and research is being done to discover if it is possible…
For the past number of months my life has centred on the development of a SIP-based instant messaging client (extensible for other protocols but focussed on SIP). Naturally, the aim of writing any SIP client these days is with a goal to achieving IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) compliance, whose backbone is SIP. The development is…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Privacy bodies back Google step Google agree to anonymise server logs after 18-24 months. (tags: google server logs data privacy anonymous)
Google have agreed to start anonymising server logs after a 18-24 month period. This data that was previously kept for indefinite periods and was used to ‘personalise’ services offered to end users was a source of contention for privacy bodies. The new decision by Google has been welcomed and is seen to strike a balance…
SanDisk intros internal Flash drive for laptops | Reg Hardware New flash drives for laptops – getting there but not just yet… (tags: laptop solid state hard drive disk sandisk flash storage)
SanDisk have just launched their new 32GB solid-state, flash drive for laptops. I really like the idea of no more spinning hard disks but at twice the price and one fifth the storage capacity of a typical good spec hard disk, I’d be willing to put up with the noise for a little longer. source:…
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Viacom are set to sue Google/YouTube for US$ 1 billion for alleged, wrongful usage of their video content. That’s a pretty big suit that if upheld could be a big problem for the free world of video sharing. source: BBC NEWS | Business