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Submission + - TiVo Patent Victory Over Dish Network Upheld (thomashawk.com)

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Thomas Hawk
Thomas Hawk writes: "An appeals court today shot down Dish Network's last chance to avoid a multi-million lawsuit verdict won by TiVo over their time shifting DVR technology. In addition to having to pay TiVo a minimum of $92 million, Dish Network will also now have to honor a court injunction to turn off DVR software to most of their customers. I hope Dish Network customers like commercials with their daily dose of Dr. Phil."
The Internet

Submission + - iStock Photo Seller Rips Off Flickr User (flickr.com)

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Thomas Hawk
Thomas Hawk writes: "Popular Flickr member _rebekka was upset recently to learn that 25 or so of her photos were being sold online by a user on the popular microstock photography site iStockphoto. iStockphoto, owned by the world's largest stock photography agency Getty Images, requires their users to certify that they own the photos that they sell on the site. But what happens when these rules are flagrantly violated and users begin pilfering Flickr to find new stock photos to sell?"
Technology (Apple)

Submission + - ATT&T iPhone Activation Hell (thomashawk.com)

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Thomas Hawk
Thomas Hawk writes: "Unfortunately it appears that the activations with Apple's new iPhone have gone FUBAR. After waiting in line 36 hours (number 8 in line) on Thursday and Friday I'm still unable to activate my phone. I'm documenting the AT&T circus call by call on my blog. http://thomashawk.com/2007/06/activating-new-iphon e-thus-far-is-pain.html I've had my hold calls dropped, been patched into other users unable to activate their phone instead of AT&T customer service reps, been told that my wife must get a new phone and that the family plan can't work for me. I've been told that the problem is that I'm not putting a new chip into my iPhone in the slot on the left side of my phone when no slot there exists. PR Blogger Steve Rubel has also been documenting his problems on his Twitterstream http://twitter.com/steverubel. According to an unscientific poll being conducted by Engadget about half of the people who bought iPhones have had activation trouble with about 38% of problems still unresolved. http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/01/poll-got-iphone -activation-problems/. We've been documenting the last 36 hours or so of iPhone activation hell live on ZooomrTV. http://zooomr.com/tv."

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