If someone were to ask you “What do you think the following things might be?”
Talula Does The Hula
Fish and Chips
Yeah Detroit
Keenan Got Lucy
Sex Fruit
Number 16 Bus Shelter
Violence
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American Airlines already ran a test-pilot of a in air WiFi system a few months ago, and is now expanding its in air WiFi services to 15 more planes. This test is not to demonstrate the effects of WiFi on the plane’s systems but to see how well wireless connections work at high speeds and the reliability of them.
internet + laptop (or iPhone) + you=new way to join the mile high club.
I guess its really hard times when drive by shooters can no longer “drive by.” In a recent LA times article, two gunmen rolled up on their bicycles, opened fired then fleed. Rolling on bikes apperantly seems to be the “new cool.” No wonder they make those low riders.
The Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bicycle16-2008jul16,0,6609897.story
Apple today announced that the 1 millionth iPhone 3G was sold on Sunday, making it an even hotter product than its predecessor, the original iPhone.
“iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “It took 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world.”
The iPhone 3G is currently available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and the US and will be offered in France later this week.
Apple’s press release announcing the sales figures didn’t mention what percentage of iPhones had been successfully activated.
On Friday, Konami announced that it had begun a lawsuit against MTV, Viacom and Harmonix over alleged patent infringement have to do with the blockbuster game Rock Band.
Konami claims that Rock Band infringes on patents pertaining to “musical-rhythm matching game.”
“Konami’s actions are extremely surprising,” an MTV spokesperson said.
“Unfortunately, successful products such as Rock Band can often become targets for baseless litigation. We have substantial defenses to this claim and intend to vigorously defend it.”
Konami is currently working on a new “musical-rhythm matching game” dubbed Rock Revolution and is seeking to have an injunction placed on the instruments sold along with Rock Band.
Since last year’s revelation that Comcast was indeed throttling BitTorrent traffic from customers of their broadband internet service it brought them to the attention of the FCC, where they’re already vigorously defending themselves. They’ve cited a lack of specific rules outlawing their “network management” techniques as proof they’ve done nothing wrong. They’re also being sued in California, where a judge has granted them a stay, pending the FCC’s decision.
The California lawsuit does make claims of illegal interference with network traffic, but it also alleges false advertising. The plaintiffs claim that Comcast is advertising more than they’re actually delivering when it comes to high speed internet service. The judge has indicated that only the FCC has jurisdiction over traffic management, agreeing with an argument made by Comcast attorneys who wrote the following. Read more »
Gas stations lure in customers with their “lower” prices. And once you swipe your credit card, the gas prices spike up anywhere between 8 cents to 50+ cents. This unfair practise is actually taking many people by surprise.
video here
Next time you are at the Gas pump, make sure you check the price after you swipe your card, and check your receipt.
The IFPI and Italy’s Guardia di Finanza have announced the shutdown of the alleged file-sharing forum Downrevolution.net for thousands of instances of copyright infringement.
In connection with the site, four people have been arrested and each will face a “criminal investigation.”
Reports claim that only one of the men arrested was over the age of 18 meaning the rest are minors. There was no word on whether they will prosecuted as minors however. 17 computers, three external hard drives, and hundreds of counterfeit CDs and DVDs were also seized from a house in Sesto San Giovanni. Read more »
The G8 Summit began yesterday in Tokyo, Japan. Among the topics expected to be discussed is the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty proposal drafted in secret primarily by the office of the US Trade Representative and legislators from California. Not surprisingly, the California lawmakers are well known for supporting just about any legislation that increases the term or scope of copyright or strengthens penalties for infringement.
Despite some attention from websites like Afterdawn, public interest groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and news publications in Canada we don’t really know anything more now than we did when a draft of the proposal was first published by the watchdog site Wikileaks.
Besides suggesting the controversial move of making law enforcement responsible for investigating and prosecuting intellectual property infringement, the proposal has come under fire for the exclusive group of countries included in the initial discussions. Unlike the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or World Trade Organization (WTO), every member of the G8 have businesses that derive a significant amount of revenue from intellectual property.
Although representatives of non-G8 countries will be in attendance at the summit, with the secrecy surrounding the entire issue of the ACTA treaty there’s no way to know whether any of them will be consulted or even briefed on any relevant discussions. In fact the description on the event’s official website is merely a mention that “protection of intellectual property rights” will be “discussed.”
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Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli is in the news again for talking about how PC game piracy has affected his company and sales of its blockbuster hit Crysis. Last month, Yerli said the company would no longer be PC exclusive because of piracy and would bring future titles to multiple platforms.
In this most recent interview, Yerli was asked what he felt were the reasons behind Crysis’ “lacluster” sales and he responded with putting most of the blame on PC piracy.
“The PC industry is really, at the moment, I would say the most intensely pirated market ever. It’s crazy how the ratio between sales to piracy is probably 1 to 15 to 1 to 20 right now,” Yerli said.
“For one sale there are 15 to 20 pirates and pirate versions, and that’s a big shame for the PC industry. I hope with Warhead I hope we improve the situation, but at the same time it may have an impact on [our] PC exclusivity in the future.”
