The Register - Music and MediaBiting the hand that feeds ITFor truth about Europe, read The Reg- May 24, 2008 Bruce Sterling educates America The Reg has a new favorite cyberpunk sci-fi writerubiquitous tech pundit of the future. And a new favorite blog for professional excellence in public speaking, speech-writing, and executive communications.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/24/reg_gives_truth_about_euro... Bittorrent tosses Orb into Apple's walled garden- May 23, 2008 Apple - a monopoly in the making Bittorrent Inc. announced a deal with Orb yesterday to bundle the streaming media centre software with its own P2P client, and both parties used the opportunities to goad Apple over its "walled garden" approach to media.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/23/bittorrent_orb_bundle/ Print-on-demand crusader tags Amazon with anti-trust suit- May 22, 2008 'Unlock my BookLocker' After threatening to limit print-on-demand sales to books printed by its very own print-on-demand printer, Amazon is facing an anti-trust lawsuit.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/22/amazon_sued_over_book_surg... 'Fk the Country Channel', says the Country Channel- May 21, 2008 Web TV outfit in email newsletter shocker We're very much obliged to the shocked reader who forwarded us an email newsletter from online TV outfit The Country Channel, which appears to dedicate its time to dancing with horses, tractor-pulling and sniffing out British cheeseries.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/21/the_country_channel/ Napster flirts with Apple fanboys- May 21, 2008 'Get your MP3s here' Napster has a message for all you iPod and iPhone owners: It's now selling DRM-free MP3s.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/21/new_napster_download_servi... Wikimedia Foundation muzzles Wikinews- May 20, 2008 Speech is free if you pretend it's free Wikinews - like its sister site, Wikipedia - bills itself as a place without bias. Ostensibly, it's a democratic news source that never answers to a higher power. But that's just a setup for the latest act in the world's greatest online farce.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/20/wikmedia_muzzles_wikinews/ Netflix to sell set-top box for streamed movies- May 20, 2008 The postman doesn't need to ring twice... DVD renter Netflix has started selling set-top boxes that allow its subscribers to watch streamed movies.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/20/netflix_downloads_roku/ BitTorrent tracker Mininova faces legal action- May 19, 2008 Mostly warez Dutch anti-piracy body BREIN says it will ask a judge to halt all activities of Dutch BitTorrent-tracker Mininova, which draws over 30 million unique visitors and five billion downloads a month.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/19/mininova_faces_legal_actio... Google unveils Image Search image ads- May 19, 2008 'A seamless experience' Google has added image ads to its Image Search engine.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/19/google_image_ads/ Whatever happened to... Three Strikes- May 19, 2008 BPI hasn't started shooting. Yet. Sharp-witted readers may be wondering what happened to the great stand-off between the British recording business and the nation's biggest ISPs. You'll recall that back in March, the BPI set ISPs a 14-day deadline to "take action" - or face court injunctions over copyright infringement.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/19/bpi_three_strikes_not_yet/ |