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kaufmanmoore writes:
X17, the paparazzi group famous for photos like Katie Holmes pregnant and Britney Spears sans underwear are suing blogger Perez Hilton for copyright infringement for his use of their photos on his blog to the tune of $7.6million. Perez Hilton maintains that he is entitled to fair use of newsworthy images and is using them to comment on them and for satiric purposes. The paparazzi claim that Hilton is freeloading off their images and reducing their ability to sell them as exclusives to gossip magazines. Full story here
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kaufmanmoore writes:
Companies and governments are looking to alternatives to expensive radars and road sensors to track traffic jams. Two companies are looking at using data from wireless carriers to mark how fast phones are moving and overlaying that with maps to calculate traffic conditions. AirStage has already partnered with Sprint-Nextel and the Georgia DOT to cover Atlanta's notorious traffic. There are obvious privacy concerns over the usage of the data of your cell phone's location and the accuracy of this data. Full Story
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kaufmanmoore writes:
Cnet is reporting that some video Ipods made after September 12th have the RavMonE virus loaded onto it. In Apple's announcement they take a swipe at Windows security and encourage Windows users to install anti virus applications. Is this an intentional swipe at Apple's rival OS? full story
