by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
Dave Morgan makes an interesting post on Online Media Daily.It’s pro the Grokster ruling (but he has an interesting viewpoint as to why). One example:“File-sharing services have inflicted harm for money. While most of the attention file-sharing...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
Rumor has it that Microsoft is in talks to buy Claria. (Also, Microsoft Watch tidbit here)How many times in the dozens of acquisitions that Microsoft has made has there been any advance rumor? Answer? Never, at least to my knowledge.I have been on the far outside...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 29, 2005 | Uncategorized
According to a recent survey by SurfControl, computer misuse by men causes a surge in spyware on office PCs. Read an article here and here.The survey of 300 men and women showed that male workers consistently made more regular use of the online facilities and PC...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
180 Solutions is sending out 20 million notifications to users. 180’s official PR here. Here is what the notifications look like (apparently delivered in a popup):Click to enlarge Click to enlarge (Thanks Ben Edelman for the pics).The blogsphere gets busy.Ben...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
So the major news yesterday was that Grokster lost. This puts the industry into a bit of a quandary. The Justices said that Morpheous and Grokster crossed the line as they were (effectively) promoting their networks as ways to pirate software. Good news is that the...
