Feed Viacom Deal Will Allow Its TV Clips on Internet (nytimes.com)
The parent of MTV and Comedy Central reached a deal with the upstart Joost, and will get a cut of advertising revenue.
Feed Shift on Antitrust Issues May Aid Sirius-XM Deal (nytimes.com)
The regulatory tone in Washington has changed since a failed effort to merge EchoStar and DirecTV, two satellite television providers, four years ago.
Bookmark EFF Takes Viacom to Task Over YouTube Takedown (thenewscoverage.com)
Submission + - Bill Would Require Isps To Track Users
Dan writes: ""A Republican congressman has introduced legislation that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to keep information about their users' identities and, possibly, their actions online."
"Earlier this month, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced a bill (H.R. 837) with a stated purpose of combating child pornography but the legislation also includes a measure that would force ISPs to monitor their users, an item that has long been on law enforcement's wish list. The bill mandates that the U.S. Attorney General determine the exact regulations, but the rules should "at a minimum, require retention of records, such as the name and address of the subscriber or registered user to whom an Internet Protocol address, user identification or telephone number was assigned, in order to permit compliance with court orders.""
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http://www.governmentsecurity.org/forum/index.php? showtopic=24884"
"Earlier this month, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced a bill (H.R. 837) with a stated purpose of combating child pornography but the legislation also includes a measure that would force ISPs to monitor their users, an item that has long been on law enforcement's wish list. The bill mandates that the U.S. Attorney General determine the exact regulations, but the rules should "at a minimum, require retention of records, such as the name and address of the subscriber or registered user to whom an Internet Protocol address, user identification or telephone number was assigned, in order to permit compliance with court orders.""
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http://www.governmentsecurity.org/forum/index.php
Submission + - IBM'er says Vista's needs 4GB of RAM
taoman1 writes: "IBM'er says Vista's RAM sweet spot is 4GB. Microsoft's on-the-box minimum RAM requirement "really isn't realistic," according to David Short, an IBM consultant who works in its company's Global Services Divison. He says users should consider 4GB of RAM if they really want optimum Vista performance. With 512MB of RAM, Vista will deliver performance that's "sub-XP," he warned."
