Tech Week in Review 1-6-2012
Techmeme’s Biggest Stories of 2011 Rather than focusing on some technical specifications or using some fancy algorithm to figure out the biggest stories from the past year, Techmeme decided to keep it real. They’ve compiled a list of the biggest stories, literally, as measured by height. I thought that was pretty clever, but even more [...]
Read MoreGoogle Drops Piracy Keywords from Autocomplete and Instant
At the end of last year, Google decided they would do their part to make copyright work better online. Among changes like acting on reliable takedown requests within 24 hrs and improving AdSense anti-piracy review was this little tidbit: We will prevent terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in Autocomplete. While it’s [...]
Read MoreRIAA Gets Limewire Shut Down For Good
A lawsuit filed against Limewire about four years ago has finally reached a verdict. The file-sharing service has been found guilty of assisting users in committing copyright infringement “on a massive scale” according to a federal judge. The suit was filed by the RIAA in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New [...]
Read MoreFonera 2.0n: “TIVO for your Laptop”
Let’s face it. When you think of sexy, exicting tech the wireless router rarely if ever makes the list. Even though it resides in many of our households, giving us access to a world of funny videos, breaking news, and social networking that we greedily consume, the router sits gathering dust — an unsung gadget [...]
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