Canada: We might be America’s hat, but we don’t like caps
The City of Vancouver doesn't like usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet access; this kind of traffic metering "will act as a tax on innovation, free expression, and empowerment," according to the city council. In addition, mete...
Apple owns 66% of online music market, Amazon second at 13%
Despite unrelenting competition from numerous online music vendors—particularly Amazon—iTunes has managed to actually increase its market share. The music service now makes up 66.2 percent of the online music market, ...
BPI: 1.2 billion illegal music downloads in 2010 a record
The illegal downloading of copyrighted songs in the UK has reached record levels in 2010, on track to hit 1.2 billion before the year is over. This bit of data comes courtesy of a new report released by UK...
Mac Orchard closing down
Drew Saur, founder of The Mac Orchard, confirmed today that he is permanently shutting down his popular applications repository. Those that follow The Mac Orchard may have noticed that Saur stopped updating the website in July. He has decided to extend...
Appeals court: warrant required before Feds can read e-mail
The government must obtain a valid search warrant before infiltrating your e-mail in a criminal investigation, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The appeals court ruled Tuesday on US v. Warshak, noting that e-mail "r...
UK cracks down on undisclosed "sponsored" tweets, posts
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the UK is making good on its threat to punish companies that purchase coverage online without public disclosure. The OFT says it has "received undertakings" from at least one company for violat......
Mac 101: Changing the default web browser in OS X
Apple introduced the Safari browser in January of 2003. Since then, it's matured to include extensions, an RSS reader and even a Windows counterpart. Still, many users prefer another browser. Since Safari is set as the default on every new Mac, you'll ...
OpenLeaks to mimic WikiLeaks—minus the “political agenda”
The alternative whistleblower site created by WikiLeaks defectors may launch sooner than later, according to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN). The project is being referred to as "OpenLeaks" and is reportedly on track to lau...
First arrest made in WikiLeaks revenge attacks
4chan vigilante group Anonymous is used to getting away with its DDoS attacks and other Internet shenanigans, but that's not going to be the case this time around. An arrest has been made in 4chan's revenge attacks on PayPa......
Want to watch a first-run movie at home? $20,500 please
How would you like to host a first-run movie for all of your family and friends, right in the comfort of the awesome home theater that you carefully crafted just for moments like this? On the very day it...
Users can now read full Kindle books online
Amazon expanded its Kindle for Web offering Tuesday by announcing that not only can users read full books from the browser, they can also sell Kindle books from their own websites. The company demoed the new functionality during ......
