1st February 2004 Archive

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Double Jeopardy for kids caught in Pepsi Apple promo

Superbowl Shame

Four children bullied by the Recording Industry Association of America will re-enact their shame for tens of millions of TV viewers today, at the behest of two giant American corporations: Apple Computer and Pepsi Cola Inc. Instead of using actors to dramatize their shame, the RIAA, Apple and Pepsi have forced the children …

Music and Media 1 Feb 2004, 11:18
Free legal downloads for $6 a month. DRM free. The artists get paid. We explain how…

Analysis Costing the alternatives to Apple Pepsi DRM

Imagine a world where music and movies could be freely exchanged online, where artists are recompensed and the labels don't lose a cent, and where 12-year old girls need not fear harboring an MP3 of their favorite TV show theme tune on their PC. All that could be yours for less than the price of a subscription to Napster: for …

Music and Media 1 Feb 2004, 12:06
IT firms top UK software piracy roll of shame

Putting skills to bad use

IT firms are the UK's most prolific software piracy offenders. In 2003, tech sector firms were the subject of 24 per cent of 50 settlements made with the Business Software Alliance (BSA) in the UK. In other words, that makes a whopping 12 IT firms which got caught and which paide up. Cue much disapproving rhetoric from the BSA …

Channel 1 Feb 2004, 22:07
Small firms fighting Microsoft addiction

Going cold turkey with Windows

A fast-growing number of small and medium-sized firms are deeply concerned about being hooked on Microsoft technology and depending too heavily on the software giant's products and services. That's according to new research from the Yankee Group which finds that more than 40 per cent of companies with between two and 499 …

Small Biz 1 Feb 2004, 22:13
DARPA-funded Linux security hub withers

Nobody showed up

Two years after its hopeful launch, a U.S.-backed research project aimed at drawing skilled eyeballs to the thankless task of open-source security auditing is prepared to throw in the towel. Initially funded by a research grant from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Sardonix project aspired …

Security 1 Feb 2004, 22:20