The Register - Music and MediaBiting the hand that feeds ITGoogle: 'Even in the desert, privacy does not exist'- July 31, 2008 Defends Street View, scoffs at The Borings As Google's government-approved spycar fleet drives across the UK, doing its best to photograph every inch of the country, the search giant cum global menace has told the world that "even in today's desert, complete privacy does not exist."http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/31/google_desert_privacy/ Chinese net censors unblock BBC, Wikipedia- July 31, 2008 Olympic games After foreign journalists complained that several web sites had been blocked at Olympic media centers in Beijing, it appears that access has been now restored to some, including the BBC's Chinese-language site.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/31/chinese_unblock_bbc/ Dell to launch MP3 player, claims mole- July 30, 2008 PC manufacturer back onstage with another DJ Ditty Watch out Apple, because Dell is poised to unveil an MP3 player and music downloads service, according to company insiders.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/30/dell_mp3_player_relaunch/ More dodgy phone-ins cost BBC 400,000- July 30, 2008 Staff know not to rip the public off now The never-ending TV and radio phone-in scandal prompted more embarrassment at the BBC today, as Ofcom hit the corporation with fines totalling 400,000.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/30/bbc_ofcom_competition_fine... Yahoo! vows freedom for DRM prisoners- July 29, 2008 Music Unlimited after all Yahoo! now says it will reimburse all those people silly enough to purchase DRM-shackled tunes from its failed music store.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/29/yahoo_to_reimburse_drm_pri... Who wants a music tax- July 29, 2008 This blanket is no comfort In Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, set in WW2 London, a character called Slothrop begins to realize that everywhere he has sex, a V2 rocket subsequently lands on the same spot, obliterating the area. If you dig a little, you may notice something spookily similar with the idea of a Music Tax in the media.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/29/who_wants_a_music_tax/ Ex-Googlers reinvent web search- July 29, 2008 Quantum porn Updated - but still NSFW In an attempt to upstage their former employer, a trio of ex-Googlers have launched a search engine of their own. They insist on calling it "Cuil" - pronounced "cool," apparently - and they say it "goes beyond todays search techniques."http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/29/cuil_launch/ The PSP: what's its future- July 28, 2008 PSP 3000 en-route Rumours have emerged that suggest Sony could be working on a new PSP that combines gaming with the qualities of an iPod and iPhone. Could these be true Lets examine the evidencehttp://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/28/psp_future/ Yahoo! shoots DRM servers, swallows keys to tunes- July 25, 2008 Music Unlimited Like Micro, like Hoo. Following in the footsteps of Steve Ballmer and company, Yahoo! plans to destroy the DRM servers propping up all those people misguided enough to purchase tunes from its failed music store.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/yahoo_announces_death_of_d... Who killed Three Strikes for filesharing- July 25, 2008 National Freetard Register cancelled - but freetards don't notice Rejoice! "Three strikes and you're out" is dead in the UK. Music file sharers will no longer face the threat of seeing the household broadband connection severed. The plague that is currently endemic in France won't be jumping the English Channel.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/25/three_strikes_dead_hurrah/ |