Monday Tech News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on November 7, 2005 at 3:02:15 PM
Sony could be sued for their DRM stupidity.
Open source venture capital.
Bird flu in China.
Look up tonight and see Mars.
I have an awesome picture of the Moon and Venus taken on Friday. Check out ASEville's Album section to see the picture.
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Sony has backpedaled a little, saying that the hidden files can be uncloaked. But customers still have to beg for help if they want to uninstall the software. Still, it may be too late for the entertainment giant to fend off the plaintiff's bar. One recent court case in Illinois, Soleto v. DirectRevenue, sets a nonbinding precedent that lawyers expect to be invoked against Sony.
Open source venture capital.
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Venture capital firms are pouring more money into start-ups that adhere to open-source practices, such as giving away technology for free. That rush could result in an investment bubble, similar to that seen in the early days of the Web, several industry executives cautioned at the Open Source Business Conference last week.
Bird flu in China.
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The health ministry admitted in a statement that it did not know what killed the girl and afflicted her nine-year-old brother and a 36-year-old schoolteacher in the same province. While bird flu has killed more than 60 people in south-east Asia, China has insisted that it has had no human infections even though there have been numerous outbreaks in birds.
Look up tonight and see Mars.
I have an awesome picture of the Moon and Venus taken on Friday. Check out ASEville's Album section to see the picture.