March 2011
14 posts
The Music Labels Will Sue Amazon →
…Amazon has likely agreed not to allow, for example, music redownloads after a user has purchased a song (a complaint that often crops up about music purchased from the iTunes Store as well). “Why is that? Because that’s what their contracts say. They’re specifically prohibited from allowing people to download multiple times, but that’s what Amazon is doing with its...
Company Will Make Fake Facebook Girlfriends →
I remember when you just cut a photo of hot chick out of a magazine, threw it in your wallet and then told your D&D buddies that you met a chick when you were on vacation with your family in Canada and she was your girlfriend now.
Sticky Issue
I just read this article on The Consumerist about parents who want a child kicked out of school for her peanut allergy and it hits home pretty hard. My son has a classmate with this kind of life-or-death peanut allergy. The child could die if exposed to any oils or any part of a peanut. I absolutely fear looking like the a-hole, as the parents do in this article. But I do feel like I would have to...
AT&T Will Cap Internet Use, Charge Overages →
If you use AT&T for your internet connection, cancel now. Only the loss of customers will stop them.
DroidDream was Building a Mobile Botnet →
Google can’t curate the market and ensure the safety of users after proclaiming openness for so long.
Could Backscatter Scanners Be Coming To City... →
The TSA’s rollout of full-body backscatter scanners at airports hasn’t pleased too many people (other than the manufacturers of said scanners). Now a handful of newly uncovered documents show that…
E-Books and Successful Indie Writers →
Shared by Chris
More of this please. I want all traditional media to go this way.