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RSS cdDiary of an ADSL disaster
Comment The fated day arrives but despite formal confirmation from openworld in the form of a letter and CD-Rom, there's no sign of the engineer. One small company charts the world of woe waiting at the end of the broadband rainbow. [04 Jun 2001]
British Library should lead DRM debate, says MP
News The poor bloke who makes the CD often gets bugger all. Derek Wyatt MP has called on the British Library to lead the debate on digital rights management (DRM), and present the results to government. The chairman of the All Party Parliamentary... [15 Mar 2006]
The new iMac is here
News The 17-inch 'mini-Mac' version will ship for £919, $1299 or €1399, or, for those with a bigger budget, Apple is doing another version with a faster processor and a SuperDrive (a CD/DVD burner) for £1049, $1499 or €1629. [31 Aug 2004]
Google sued over alleged code theft
News Affinity Engines asked Buyukkokten to return a CD containing source code for its social networking product but Buyukkokten declined, the complaint said. A Silicon Valley start-up has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming an engineer employed at... [01 Jul 2004]
Microsoft to release stripped down XP to tackle Linux and piracy
News It also comes with a helper CD called MySupport. Microsoft is getting ready to release a cheap, easy-to-use version of Windows XP for developing markets. Windows XP Starter Edition - an inexpensive version of Microsoft's flagship operating system... [11 Aug 2004]
Paid-for Napster launches
News Most were complimentary toward the new service, asking only for a few new features, such as live chat and CD-quality streaming music. Napster is back, with an inescapable marketing campaign that's put the familiar kitty-with-earphones logo... [30 Oct 2003]
EU digital copyright vote delayed again
News If you buy a CD in New York, and next year you sell it on eBay to a person in Paris, you can be sued for copyright infringement. A vote on the European Union's proposed directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights has been pushed... [12 Sep 2003]
Microsoft to stump up $750m in AOL settlement
News Microsoft will help distribute AOL CD-ROMs to PC builders around the world, which could help stabilise AOL's sagging subscription numbers. Microsoft is paying $750m to AOL Time Warner as part of a wide-ranging settlement that also calls for the... [30 May 2003]
Microsoft aims to simplify software licensing
News This complexity has been said to be one of the main attractions of software delivered as a service as opposed to as a CD installed on a computer. Microsoft has unveiled a toolkit to help UK companies get control of their software licences. [01 Aug 2006]
Leader: Apple work with Microsoft? Let the people decide
Leader For those seeking a more agnostic solution, there's always the CD - remember them? To interoperate or not to interoperate? That is the question to which Apple said 'no' and which the US Congress is now debating. [07 Apr 2005]
Microsoft's latest big push - that's entertainment
News Among the new software's 10 features are special photo-editing tools and a tool for making CD labels. Microsoft will announce on Tuesday availability of new personal entertainment software for Windows XP, featuring fresh tools for handling music... [17 Dec 2002]
RFID specialist touts cheaper, smaller tags...
News Tagging individual items could cut down on DVD and CD theft. RFID specialist Impinj has devised a way to make it easier for manufacturers and stores to put RFID tags on shirts, CDs and other consumer items, a move that should please corporations... [22 Feb 2006]
MusicNet and Pressplay have sympathy for the devil
News It also let people burn some of the songs onto a CD. By Lisa M Bowman MusicNet and Pressplay are close to rounding out their music offerings with deals that would allow them to provide songs from all five major labels. [16 Oct 2002]
Windows piracy check has a backdoor
News We don't see this as too different from people who take legitimate software, burn it to a CD and distribute it to their friends that way. A tool provided by Microsoft could let people get around a check meant to prevent those with pirated copies of... [24 May 2005]
Music piracy fight - coming to an office near you
Comment It has never been proven that Napster dented CD sales - many suggest its 'try before you buy' appeal actually boosted sales. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has written a threatening letter to 300 companies whose employees are... [18 Mar 2003]
