Judge: Labels Must Consider 'fair Use'
Published on August 22, 2008 to Business & LawA U.S. judge says record labels cannot order YouTube users to remove videos featuring their music unless they can show it's not a legal "fair use." Read more
Retailers Use Social Networking to Catch Thieves
Published on December 2, 2008 to Business & LawComing into the holiday season, lots of shoppers are focused on finding that perfect gift. While retailers are traditionally looking to capitalize on consumer spending, there are always the... Read more
How The RIAA Tracks File Sharing at Colleges
Published on May 14, 2008 to Business & LawAn anonymous RIAA representative has come out detailing the organization’s methods in seeking out file sharers on college campuses in the United States. In many ways the method is almost identical... Read more
European Airlines To Allow In-Flight Cellphone Use
Published on April 7, 2008 to Cell PhonesIn an announcement released by the European Union (EU), cellphone users will soon be able to make calls while flying in a plane. Travelers will be allowed to send text messages, emails and make... Read more
One Billion PCs In Use Worldwide - Gartner
Published on June 24, 2008 to Desktop ComputersThe number of installed PCs worldwide has surpassed one billion units, according to Gartner. Read more
How To: Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 - Part 4- Customizing the Flash
Published on September 9, 2004 to NetworkingPart 4 of Jim Buzbee's series shows how to modify the NSLU2's flash so that you can automate the startup of the other hacks and open the door to even more customizations. Read more
How To: Manually Setting Up the Linksys WRE54G Wireless-G Range Expander
Published on September 2, 2004 to NetworkingLinksys' WRE54G Wireless-G Range Expander [reviewed here] is a WDS-based 802.11b / g repeater that Linksys says works only with its WAP54G access point and WRT54G and WRT54GS wireless routers. But with a little effort, you can get it to function with any 802.11b or g product that supports WDS-based bridging and/or repeating. Read more
How To: Sniffing the Air
Published on September 28, 2005 to NetworkingThe nice thing about wireless LANs is that you don't have to be physically connected to use them. But that strength also opens the door to security problems. Derek Boiko-Weyrauch shows you how a popular open source tool can be used to keep tabs on WLAN activity. Read more
How To:Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 - Part 3 - Adding an iTunes server
Published on August 24, 2004 to NetworkingOur third installment of Jim Buzbee's series walks you step-by-step through adding iTunes serving to the tricks that Linksys' little wonder can perform. Read more
How To: Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 - Part 5- Moving to Unslung
Published on October 7, 2004 to NetworkingIn Part 5 of his Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 series, Jim Buzbee introduces us to the Unslung firmware that is the next step in the evolution of this little box into a general-purpose Open Source application platform. Read more
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The Spotlight: By The Numbers
Microsoft fined $1.35 billion, HD-DVD players drop to $49.99, and an alarm clock with a math equation snooze bar. Plus the comment of the week. Read more
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The Spotlight: Vista Dancing In The Dark
Microsoft acquires Sidekick maker Danger, Psystar stirs controversy by offering a Mac clone, the super hi-def 5k Red video camera unvelied and the internal Vista sales video so cheesy it must be seen to be believed. Read more
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The Spotlight: Vista Shines In The Mojave
Scrabulous goes d-o-w-n, Dell sells a Hybrid, a working jetpack and Virgin does Space. Plus Microsoft battles bias toward Vista in 'Mojave Experiment'. Read more
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The Hiphone vs The iPhone
We compared this $200 feature-packed clone with the original iPhone. But how did it perform? Read more
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The Flock Web Browser
Ben Meyer takes a look at the recently released 1.0 beta of Flock, a social-networking web browser based on Firefox code. Read more
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