Archive for July, 2009

Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case (AP)

July 31st, 2009 by admin


AP - A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.

Astronauts return from space to sushi overload (AP)

July 31st, 2009 by admin


AP - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station.

US file-sharer gets $700,000 fine

July 31st, 2009 by admin


A US student who faces millions of dollars in fines for illegally swapping music files has admitted that he shared and downloaded hundreds of songs.
Joel Tenenbaum is accused of copyright infringement by four recording labels for sharing tracks by artists such as Nirvana and Green Day.
It is only the second music-downloading case to go [...]

Global mobile market bottoms, grows anew: iSuppli

July 31st, 2009 by admin


SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Global handset shipments grew nearly 5 percent in the second quarter, the first quarter-on-quarter growth in nine months, marking a reversal of course for the struggling market, researchers at iSuppli said on Friday.

Apple warns iPhones vulnerable; fixes bug

July 31st, 2009 by admin


LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Apple Inc has released an iPhone software patch to fix a critical software bug uncovered by two independent researchers that make the devices susceptible to secret attacks by hackers.

Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case (AP)

July 31st, 2009 by admin


AP - A Boston University student has been ordered to pay $675,000 to four record labels for illegally downloading and sharing music.

Astronauts return from space to sushi overload (AP)

July 31st, 2009 by admin


AP - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station.

Apple fixes iPhone SMS vulnerability

July 31st, 2009 by admin


SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Friday it has issued a software update to fix a vulnerability that security experts said could allow hackers to take control of the iPhone and use it for identity theft.

U r pwned: text messaging paves way for hacking (AP)

July 31st, 2009 by admin


AP - Getting a text message is akin to someone sliding a piece of mail under your door: You may not have asked for it, you can’t stop its delivery and you have to deal with it whether you want to or not.

Now in my Netflix queue: Movies from the future!

July 31st, 2009 by admin


The second “Twilight” movie isn’t even in theaters yet, but I already have “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” — the third movie in the series, mind you, still unshot and not due for release until 2010 — in my Netflix queue. Even better, Netflix already knows that I’ll like it. Amazing!