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Submission + - Norton Now Stealing from Customers

Submitted by on Thursday December 07, 2006 @10:23AM

An anonymous reader writes: It appears Norton is now automatically renewing subscritions... and automatically charging credit cards. I deleted their product long ago, yet today got this email: "As part of your Norton AntiVirus subscription and Norton On-Going Protection, Symantec has automatically charged the billing method on file. Norton On-Going Protection delivered through our auto renewal process allows you to continue using your Norton AntiVirus without interruption and ensures your system remains protected with the latest security updates as they become available. You do not need to do anything! Thank you for your purchase."

Submission + - Nintendo tInvestigating Wii-mote Strap

Submitted by Spritzer on Thursday December 07, 2006 @10:19AM

Spritzer writes: It seems there have been enough incidents of broken wrist straps that Nintendo has announced they will investigate the problem.

From the Article:
"We are investigating," Iwata said of reports about the Wii's strap coming off as players swung around the controller, at times causing the remote to fly out of their hands.

Players use the Wii remote like a tennis racket, sword and other devices to play games.

"Some people are getting a lot more excited than we'd expected," Iwata said. "We need to better communicate to people how to deal with Wii as a new form of entertainment."

Submission + - A terabyte of data on a regular DVD?

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Thursday December 07, 2006 @09:51AM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "This is the promise of the 3-D Optical Data Storage system developed at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This technology allows to record and store at least 1,000 GB of data on multiple layers of a single disc. The system uses lasers to compact large amounts of information onto a DVD and the process involves shooting two different wavelengths of light onto the recording surface. By using several layers, this technique will increase the storage capacity of a standard DVD to more than a terabyte. Read more for additional references and a diagram showing how this two-photon 3D optical system reads data."

Submission + - EMI "experiments" with DRM-free MP3's

Submitted by trifster on Thursday December 07, 2006 @08:34AM

trifster writes: Several news outlets are carring the story about EMI selling DRM-free MP3's through Yahoo Music's US online store. Ars Technica has an article on this trial. It should be noted that this trial is an attempt to increase sales and competition with online music that is not necessarilary available on iTunes.

From the article: "Why the sudden interest in non-DRMed formats? It appears that the record labels are slowly beginning to realize that they can't have DRMed music and complete control over the online music market at the same time.... There are signs that consumers might be growing irritated by the Balkanization of the online music scene. Nielsen SoundScan reports that online music sales dropped during the second and third quarters of the year."

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