It has become a trend: More and more pay-per-tune services are offering file-sharing of tunes their customers purchase. MusicMatch is the latest to join in, the Washington Post reports. "Like Napster 2.0 [and unlike Apple's iTunes], MusicMatch subscribers can share playlists with fellow subscribers and others who don't subscribe to the service," according to the Post. "Unlike Napster, which only … [Read more...] about File-sharing paid-for tunes
Oz porn watchdog: No bite
Once famous for its unusually tough approach (for a democratic country) to Internet porn, the Australian Broadcasting Authority has been found "powerless against offshore [porn] operators," Australian IT reports . The article adds that the ABA shut down only four Australia-based sites last year. But Aussie adult sites aren't the primary problem, apparently. The international, borderless nature of … [Read more...] about Oz porn watchdog: No bite
File-sharers to be ‘unmasked’
This may be a little scary to young music fans and file-swappers, and possibly their parents, because the RIAA sues minors too. A federal judge just made the RIAA (Recording Industry Assoc. of America) very happy by granting its request to "unmask anonymous file-swappers accused of copyright infringement," CNET reports. US District Judge Denny Chin ruled that Cablevision, a broadband Internet … [Read more...] about File-sharers to be ‘unmasked’
Google glitch
Actually, it wasn't just Google, but just having Google down can affect a lot of family and corporate Net researchers. If you tried to do a search and couldn't at Google, AltaVista, Lycos, and possibly Yahoo today, it's because they were attacked by a worm, CNET reported. In a separate article, CNET said that this week's version of the MyDoom worm, working on home and business PCs that had been … [Read more...] about Google glitch
Bin Laden virus
Tell your kids not to open any attachment or go to any Web site that's supposed to show pictures of Osama bin Laden. It's just another attempt by some malicious hacker to take control of your family PC. Reuters cites computer security experts saying that the virus was written by someone who runs a "zombie network" - a huge network of PCs that have been infected by a "trojan" virus that allows its … [Read more...] about Bin Laden virus