Jun
5
RIAA Asks the Court to Shut Down Lime Wire
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Many would argue that Lime Wire has been running on borrowed time for years, but their luck appears to be running out fast. The music industry has asked a New York federal court to shutdown Lime Wire permanently, and they might just get their way this time based on the summary judgment leveled against them [...]
May
23
Apple Faces Patent Suit Over iTunes Store
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Apple is known in the tech industry for being a bit of a patent bully, but it turns out what goes around really does come around. This week a number of infringement cases were filed in a Texas federal court which allege that iTunes, Safari, and even OSX infringe on a number of patents held [...]
Nov
30
Maximum PC Blog Postings – November 2009
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Articles By: Justin Kerr
November 7th 2009
Zune HD v4.3 Firmware Update Brings Several New Improvements
November 8th 2009
Windows 7 is Selling Well, But Microsoft Could Still be in Trouble
November 8th 2009
ComScore Internet Usage Survey Shows Microsoft “On Top”
November 15th 2009
Windows 7 Activation Bypassed (Yes Again) for Keyless Activation
November 15th 2009
Windows 7 OEM EULA Excludes Home Builds not [...]
Aug
31
Maximum PC Blog Postings – August 2009
Filed Under AMD, Asus, Hardware, Intel, Legal, Maximum PC, Nvidia, Technology News Roundup, The Internet | Leave a Comment
Articles By: Justin Kerr
August 1st 2009
Windows 7 Family Pack & Anytime Upgrade Pricing Announced
August 1st 2009
Asus Cancels the World First USB 3.0 Motherboard
August 1st 2009
MySpace Offers Email & Instantly Becomes the 4th Largest Provider in the World
August 2nd 2009
Browser Ballot Screen Won’t be Limited to Windows 7
August 8th 2009
Microsoft Retail Store’s – Seeing is Believing
August [...]
Apr
30
Maximum PC Blog Postings – April 2009
Filed Under Android, Gadget, How To, Legal, Maximum PC, Microsoft, Technology News Roundup | Leave a Comment
Articles By: Justin Kerr
April 5th 2009
Android Tethering App Pulled – What’s Next?
April 5th 2009
Linux to Blame – Microsoft & TomTom Settle Patent Dispute
April 11th 2009
Proposed Bill Gives Obama the Power to Shut Down the Internet
April 11th 2009
Old Fashioned Pen & Paper Gaming / Modern Day Piracy Woes
April 11th 2009
Google Gives Details on its Once-Secret Server [...]
Apr
19
Obama Picks the New CTO
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By Justin Kerr
We have spent a lot of time speculating about who would be the US’s first CTO. Heck, even Intel’s CTO has chimed in on the issue. But when all the smoke cleared, Obama had chosen Aneesh Chopra, currently Virginia’s secretary [...]
Apr
19
Will Search Engines Become The Next Pirate Bay?
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By Justin Kerr
The pirate bay is taking on water at a frantic pace, and while an appeal in the trial is still likely, odds are pretty good that site may soon be brought down once and for all through a court injunction. [...]
Mar
15
French Anti-P2P Bill will Kick Users off the Net & Could Spread to the Rest of the World
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By Justin Kerr
We have been keeping our eyes on a disturbing new trend within the movie and music industry over how to deal with online copyright disputes, and the news continues to worry privacy advocates. The idea of booting people off the internet [...]
Mar
15
Sacked Sony France Employees Hold Boss Hostage
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By Justin Kerr
Mel Brooks may have coined the phrase “it’s good to be the king”, but that probably wasn’t what the president of Sony France was thinking when he was taken hostage by the angry employees at his soon to be closed Pontonx-sur-l’Adour [...]
Mar
7
Closing Arguments Presented in the Pirate Bay Trial
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By Justin Kerr
People around the world have been monitoring the Pirate Bay trial with an acute fascination. Bit Torrent has defiantly emerged as the dominate peer-to-peer file sharing method, and its packet based infrastructure has made it very difficult for copyright holders to [...]