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AP claims ‘fair use’ over the scanning of Sarah Palin’s book

Sean P. Aune — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:14 +0000

The Associated Press has essentially claimed there is no such thing as ‘fair use’ when it comes to quoting its articles or reprinting its headlines, but when the news organization scans an entire book, then fair use [...]

Barnes & Noble Nook already sold out for the holidays

Sean P. Aune — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:33 +0000

If you were hoping to purchase the nook ereader from Barnes & Noble for the holiday gift giving season, hopefully you did it before now.

According to the New York Times, Barnes & Noble has sold out of the initial productions runs of the [...]

Skype gets new owners and a $2.75 billion valuation

Sean P. Aune — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:21 +0000

Skype has finally been sold off from beleaguered auction house eBay, though they will retain a 30 percent stake in the company.

Skype, a leader in the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business, was purchased in Oct. 2005 by eBay [...]

Record labels delay U.S. launch of Spotify

Sean P. Aune — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:45:02 +0000

The launch of popular music streaming service Spotify has already been delayed once in the U.S.A., and now it may be delayed even more due to the record labels not liking the business model.

Spotify is a music streaming service that has [...]

Apple Tablet rumors now verge on the surreal

Sean P. Aune — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:21 +0000

The rumors of the Apple Tablet have now reached a level of surrealism that makes you think someone from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is running the show. At any moment the Little Man from Another Place is going to [...]

Microsoft officially announces Internet Explorer 9

Sean P. Aune — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:05:57 +0000

Microsoft announced today that it has officially begun work on Internet Explorer 9.

In a completely unsurprising announcement, Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft’s Windows and Windows Live division, today announced at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC), that development began three weeks [...]

U.S. Senate begins investigation into post transaction marketing

Sean P. Aune — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:11:20 +0000

It seems some big name online retailers thought it would be okay to trick consumers into giving their credit card information to third-party vendors. The United States Senate is letting them know they thought wrong.

The U.S. Senate Committee on [...]

Palm may have finally stopped the iTunes/webOS war

Sean P. Aune — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:50:44 +0000

A new update has gone out for Palm’s webOS, and for once it does not include iTunes syncing.

Ever since Palm released the Palm Pre, the company has been touting the fact you could sync the phone with your iTunes library. [...]

News Corp plans for news subscriptions begins to take shape

Sean P. Aune — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:21:07 +0000

At least one of the newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has begun to outline how it expects readers to begin paying for the news.

According to the Guardian, the News International owned newspaper [...]

Modern Warfare 2 recalled in Russia over controversy

Sean P. Aune — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:38:26 +0000

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been recalled from all retail stores in Russia, effectively banning the game in the country.

It is being reported by Destructoid, based on a report from Russian site GotPS3, that [...]