In short, SOPA, if passed, would allow the U.S. government to blacklist any website found to have infringing material, inhibiting access to those sites using DNS filtering techniques similar to those employed by China and Iran.
At the SysCan conference in Taiwan this week, security researcher Charlie Miller will describe a flaw he discovered in the iPhone’s web browser that allows a malicious app installed on the phone to download executable code from a remote server. Miller is well-known for finding security flaws in Apple software, and this latest instance could be the most serious flaw he’s uncovered yet.
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is forging ahead with its BBM Music offering, an attempt at creating a viral music service that will probably fall flat.
Napster’s long, troubled life is finally coming to an end, with Rhapsody acquiring the service’s subscribers and assets from Best Buy. The Napster brand will be phased out as part of the deal.
Remember back in the day when you listened to Pandora and hit your 40-hour listening limit?
NBC’s iPad app just got a lot more useful with full episodes of popular shows like Community and Parks and Recreation. Both the app and the TV episodes are now free.
Despite a smattering of bad press thanks to some security loopholes, Dropbox remains one of the most widely used services on the web, now with over 25 million users. The way they got there is simple, really: Not only were they one of the first to offer free cloud-based storage, but they streamlined the process [...]
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) is a national survey conducted by the University of Michigan that evaluates customer satisfaction with a number of businesses annually.
(UPDATE: Spotify has clarified that the software made available to me is the U.K. version of the service, not the U.S. version. Therefore, things may change before launch, and these should be considered early impressions.)
Like a blind oaf, Best Buy has stumbled into the cloud music arena. What Best Buy hasn’t done is given you any clear reasons to pay attention to this service in the first place.
What separates independent author John Locke from his esteemed contemporaries in the “Kindle Million Club” – the likes of which includes Stieg Larsson and Nora Roberts – is that he self-published his books through the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform with no backing from major publishers.
