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BlueMerle writes:
From the Not-A-Chance-In-Hell department at ARS comes a story that EMI is disappointed with RIAA and ultimately they (RIAA) may disappear.
From the article:
Is the RIAA as we know it about to disappear? As rumors continue to swirl that EMI will pull its funding from music trade groups like the RIAA and IFPI, an IFPI spokesman tells Ars that the group is in the middle of a major internal review of its operations.
Don't hold your breath!
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BlueMerle writes:
Another example of the Man trying to keep us down!!
Airlines around the world are gearing up to offer in-flight broadband for passengers, but overblown fears could make it less sweet than it should be. The fears, and why we don't buy them.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071224-airlines-planning-to-filter-censor-in-flight-net-access.html
344109
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BlueMerle writes:
Verizon offers 20Mbps both ways for current FiOS customers. Cable companies sweating like a whore in church.
In a huge win for both medical imaging and BitTorrent porn, 20Mbps symmetrical connections are now available over Verizon's fiber optic FiOS network.
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BlueMerle writes:
If you thought that Comcasts traffic shaping of P2P data was bad, wait till the FTC gets their hands on it!
The committee has a bee in its collective bonnet about the issue of data security, and believes that P2P users across the country are inadvertently leaking private information and financial records into the tubes.
316609
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BlueMerle writes:
Sun Microsystems' relatively new ZFS filesystem will see rudimentary support under the soon-to-be released Mac OS X Leopard, but will eventually play a much larger role in future versions of the Apple operating system, AppleInsider has been told.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/04/zfs_to_play_larger_role_in_future_versions_of_mac_os_x.html
