halcyon1234 - Slashdot User

Submission + - Ticketmaster Sued for Scalping in Canada

Submitted by halcyon1234 on Monday February 09, 2009 @11:34PM

halcyon1234 writes: A Toronto lawfirm has brought a $500 million class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster Canada 'for selling popular tickets at inflated prices, in violation of provincial laws'. Tickets for instantly sold-out shows would appear minutes later at inflated prices on TicketsNow, a ticket scalping site owned by TicketMaster. In one case, the tickets appeared before they even went on sale, prompting the allegations of scalping and collusion.

Submission + - Your Favorite Made-Up Swear

Submitted by

halcyon1234

on Friday October 31, 2008 @01:30AM

halcyon1234 writes: "Options:

Frack
Frell
Smeg
Gorram
Cowboy H. Neil
"

Submission + - Is Anyone Left Who Isn't A Victim of Data Theft?

Submitted by

halcyon1234

on Monday September 08, 2008 @01:02PM

halcyon1234 writes: "It seems that every week, there is a story about some company who loses, exposes or has stolen the private data of their customers. This data often includes the real sweet stuff; bank account numbers, SSNs, addresses, etc. The number of records seems to always be in the thousands or millions. And these are just the data-thefts that get reported. The US only has a population of 303,824,640. Given the seemingly vast numbers, and even taking into account the intersection of records amongst individual sets of stolen data, is there anyone left whose personal information isn't "out there"? What about the rest of the population of the data-tracked world? Are there any numbers or studies on what the current "total damage" estimates are?"

Submission + - Canadian DCMA May Die During Federal Elections

Submitted by

halcyon1234

on Monday September 08, 2008 @10:12AM

halcyon1234 writes: "On his blog, Michael Geist notes that "With every reason to believe that Canada will be in the midst of an election campaign by next week, Canwest runs a story on how an election call will kill Bill C-61... C-61 may dead but copyright reform Canada is still very much alive. Regardless of who forms the next government, copyright will almost certainly be on the agenda. ... Bill C-61 may be about to die, but the prospect of Canadian DMCA-like legislation remains very much alive.""

Submission + - Dec 10 Last Day For Pay-What-You-Want Album

Submitted by

halcyon1234

on Friday December 07, 2007 @10:28PM

halcyon1234 writes: "December 10th's will be the last day to download Radiohead's pay-what-you-want album, In Rainbows. After Dec 10th, the only way to get the album will be purchasing a hard copy. There's no word as to why the band isn't hosting the album in perpetuity, or what their stance will be on people downloading it from other sources."

Submission + - Dell Suddenly Discontinues E1405/640m Laptop

Submitted by halcyon1234 on Friday June 08, 2007 @10:14PM

halcyon1234 writes: As of sometime last night, Dell stopped offering the E1405/640m model. Shopping carts containing the 640m were deleted, and all links to the popular, portable laptop no longer work. Sales reps say the product either at the end of life. Some customer service reps admit that Dell is no longer able to purchase the parts needed to build the 640m, but they have not been specific as to which suppliers or parts. A replacement model is expected sometime in the coming weeks. Until then, anyone who has ordered a 640m, or is looking to have their 640m serviced, is out of luck.

Submission + - Battlestar Galactica Webisode Series Now Available

Submitted by

halcyon1234

on Tuesday September 05, 2006 @07:43PM

halcyon1234 writes: "Scifi.com has begun "airing" ten original episodes of Battlestar Galactica. Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance takes place between the end of Season 2, and the start of Season 3. A new episode will be posted every few days between now and the Season 3 primere on Oct. 6th. Unfortunately, the webisodes are Flash, and have built-in advertisements."

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