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Facebook checks in to location-based services with Places

2010-08-19T10:44:00.000-07:00

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg late on Wednesday announced the company's latest creation, a foray into the world of location-based services called Facebook Places.

"This is going to be a really fun and interesting summer," said Zuckerberg at the start of the evening. "We've got a lot of new products coming out." The first of these new products -- Places -- is a smartphone-based service that takes on much of the functionality provided by existing services such as Foursquare and Yelp.

Michael Sharon, Facebook's product manager for Places, demonstrated the service's capabilities, most of which appear functionally identical to the features already popularized by Foursquare. Through an updated version of the iPhone app or by browsing to touch.facebook.com on a mobile browser, users will find a main menu that shows nearby friends and offers a list of nearby places to check into.

Choose a place from the list and tap the "check in" button to check in, or tap the plus symbol to add a new place, and users will see a security notice explaining that they're about to share their location. The service also includes the ability to tag friends who are in the same location and check them in at the same time because, as Sharon explained, not everyone has a smartphone that supports Places yet.

Privacy controls

In light of recent concerns over Facebook user privacy, the company made a point of highlighting Places' security features. By default, check-ins are visible to friends only, though this setting is customizable to allow broader sharing or to restrict it down to just a few specific people.

Users will only be able to tag people who are on their friends lists, and then only when they first check into a place. This ostensibly limits the chances of mischief with the service, particularly because the only way to check a friend into a potentially embarrassing location will be to check oneself in as well.

Users will have the ability to remove themselves from any tag, just as with the existing photo sharing service. Additionally, users can choose to opt out of letting others tag them in Places.

Places will also include a reporting feature that will allow users to report location listings that are erroneous, offensive, or out of date. As of Thursday, Facebook will launch a read API that lets people read check-ins and find out more about a place. A write API and a search API are currently in beta in beta testing and will be rolled out to developers soon.

Facebook partners

When Sharon finished his overview of the service, he invited representatives from several popular location-based services to the stage to describe their companies' new features that integrate with Facebook Places.

Scott Raymond, CEO of Gowalla; Holger Luedorf, Foursquare VP of mobile & partnerships; Eric Singley, director of mobile products at Yelp; and Keith Lee, CEO of Booyah stepped up to the podium to talk about how they perceive the new service. Unsurprisingly, all four sounded bullish on Places, though at times the tone seemed a bit desperate.

Holger Luedorf of Foursquare used his time at the podium to answer the question on everybody's mind: "This basically validates that we're onto something and that we're adding value," said Lueforf, focusing on the positive. "We're looking forward to working with the Facebook team."

Google targeting Apple iPad with Chrome tablet?

2010-08-19T10:42:00.000-07:00

Google Android was always going to be the heart of many Linux-based iPad like devices. That's not news. What is news is that Google and Verizon appear to be working together to create a Chrome operating system-based tablet.

According to a report from the Download Squad, HTC is building the Chrome OS tablet. The device will be sold in partnership with Verizon starting on November 26th. That date is already engraved in every retailer's heart as Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and usually the biggest shopping day of the year.

After those nuggets of news, everything else that's been written about the Google Chrome tablet has been pure speculation. Yet I can believe this core of the story. Google already worked with HTC to deliver one of the first Android smartphones: the currently developer-only Nexus one.

On the carrier side, everyone who pays any attention to telephone company business-buddy relationships knows that Verizon and Google have been working closely together since the announcement of their net neutrality plan. So sure, the business relationships to make a Chrome tablet a reality are in place.

Besides, I think Google wants to jump-start the Android/Chrome tablet market. The very first Android tablets, like the Augsen GenTouch78, have been less than impressive. Just the very hint that Google may be making an iPad competitor already has buzz going.

That last part may also be important in its own right. Lately, Apple and Google have been getting along like cats and dogs. I think Google would be very, very — one more time, with feeling — very happy to put a spanner in Apple's hopes for an iPad Christmas.

Smartphone app would constantly monitor epilepsy patients

2010-08-19T10:41:00.000-07:00

Engineers and medical experts have joined forces in Chicago to to create a small prototype device and complex software that can monitor brainwaves of people with epilepsy and then send them from a patient's smartphone to a monitoring center for analysis.

The team hopes that once the techology and software is developed, the data gathered could be used to warn epileptics in real-time that a seizure may be imminent, giving time to quickly stop driving or operating equipment. Data compiled from epileptic children could be interpreted by software in the child's smartphone, which would send a text message to a parent or guardian for help when needed.

"Making an emergency call for a patient in need is one of those huge unprecedented wins from this technology," said Sam Cinquegrani, CEO of Wave Technology Group. Wave software engineers are collaborating on the project with staffers at the University of Chicago Hospital's Pediatric Epilepsy Center.

Part of what inspired the project at Wave Technology is personal. Cinquegrani said he stuttered as a child, which some doctors said may be due to mild epilepsy. "I grew out of it and a lot of children do, but it made an impression," he said.

Cinquegrani said he met leaders in the univeristy hospital's epilepsy center a decade ago, which "gave me an opportunity to give back. We're excited about this because we can make a difference and give some quality of life back to children."

An estimated 3 million people in the U.S. have epilepsy, and 10% of the cases are so severe that patients could have several seizures a day, he explained. "Some people are in danger of dying from it," he added.

Since the new technology is designed to run on mobile devices, brain wave data could be gathered constantly to allow doctors to compute trends that would help in a patient's long-term care. Also, a compilation of data collected from many patients could be stored in a nationwide database where researchers could analyze it to come up with future treatments and cures, Cinquegrani said.

The prototype now in development includes a small 16-channel amplifier - smaller than a credit card -- that would be attached by wires to sensors on a patient's head. In the current design, a hat with a pocket sewn inside would be used to carry the amplifier.

The software would control the gathering of brain wave data by the amplifier and the ability to send it via Bluetooth to a smartphone carried by the patient, and from there to a typical cellular network for transfer to a monitoring center.

Intel-McAfee deal baffles security analysts

2010-08-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

Several security analysts today expressed surprise that Intel would purchase security tool maker McAfee, noting that at first glance the move makes little sense for a pure hardware firm.

Intel Thursday agreed to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion, which analysts are calling a premium price tag.

"I'm baffled," said Peter Firstbrook an analyst with Gartner in Stamford, Conn. "I don't see any synergy at all between McAfee and Intel."

At best, he added, the acquisition could be a good venture capital investment for Intel. "And they may get a little cross R&D benefit from the deal as well," he said,

In fact, analysts said, the deal could prove beneficial to McAfee rivals like Symantec, Sophos and Trend Micro, at least in the short term. Each can be expected to move quickly to try and take advantage of a distracted McAfee prior to the deal's closing and during the integration phase, they said. "McAfee is going to be a little bit distracted for sure. It's probably good news for Symantec," and the other vendors, said Firstbrook.

Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini, said this morning that the acquisition was driven by Intel's belief that security has become a fundamental component of online computing.

"With the rapid expansion of growth across a vast array of Internet-connected devices, more and more of the elements of our lives have moved online," he said in a statement, adding that McASfee will bring to his firm "incredibly talented people with a track record of delivering security innovations, products and services ... [that are used to make] the Internet safer and more secure."

Intel said that McAfee will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel reporting into the Software and Services Group.

Firstbrook predicted that efforts to integrate McAfee's security technology into Intel hardware platforms will likely be a time consuming process, and noted that it could have been achieved more chickly and cheaply by simply partnering with security companies.

"It's a different product, it's a different market, it's a different customer base," Firstbrook said. "Intel moves in terms of quarters and years. McAfee has to move daily in terms of responding to [security] threats. One operates much higher in the stack. The other is much lower in the stack."

McAfee's enterprise customers are likely a bit puzzled by the move, said Andrew Jacquith, an analyst at Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass.

"McAfee customers in many cases have reasons to be worried, and not just because of this deal," he said, noting that many users are already upset with McAfee over a flawed security update that crippled thousands of corporate PCs.

"In the wake of McAfee's DAT issue many customers were already looking for other suppliers," he said. Uncertainty over Intel's plans for McAfee "may accelerate that trend," he said.

Intel's purchase, though puzzling to the analyst community, is not the first time that a hardware company has purchased a security vendor.

For instance EMC purchased RSA in 2006, and IBM has gained security tools from Rational, Ounce Labs and WatchFire in recent years, Just this week, Hewlett-Packard said it had purchased Fortify, an application security vendor, for an undisclosed amount.

Pete Lindstrom, an analyst with Spire Security in Malvern, Pa., did say that the deal could help Intel diversify its business over the long term. "Intel is a big company flush with cash looking for ways to diversify. It's no secret Intel is interested in services, and McAfee has some interesting security services in the cloud," he said.

Nook e-reader software ready for iPhone, iPod Touch

2010-08-18T10:43:00.000-07:00

Barnes & Noble today released free Nook e-reader software for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, along with updates to Nook software for the iPad that provide content rating capability and more.

The bookseller also sells a Nook e-reader device, but it has always focused on making its collection of 1 million e-books available on other readers and computer platforms, a strategy that not all of its competitors have followed. The company said today that it plans to continue to add support more platforms and devices in the future, but it didn't provide further details.

Barnes & Noble said it designed the Nook iPhone software to take advantage of the iPhone 4's high-resolution Retina display by maximizing e-book cover art and text. The software does work with earlier models of the iPhone and the iPod Touch as well, however.

Nook software is unique in that it allows customers to share certain e-books with other Nook software users for up to 14 days. Nook software is available for desktops and Android smartphones, as well as iPads and now iPod Touch and iPhone devices.

The update to the earlier-released iPad app provides a feature called "Rate" that allows users to rank their books by scoring them on a scale of one to five stars.

Nook e-reader software ready for iPhone, iPod Touch

2010-08-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

Barnes & Noble today released free Nook e-reader software for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, along with updates to Nook software for the iPad that provide content rating capability and more.

The update to the earlier-released iPad app provides a feature called "Rate" that allows users to rank their books by scoring them on a scale of one to five stars.

Gateway releases 16-inch MC series laptops

2008-10-22T00:17:00.000-07:00

Gateway on Monday released its first 16-inch laptops, the MC7801u and the MC7803u. With a 16:9 aspect ratio screen, 16-inch (and 18-inch) models are beginning to emerge.

Unlike traditional 16:10 laptop displays, a 16:9 screen matches the ratio of movies and HD content. Similar to the redesigned MacBook, the display on Gateway's MC series laptops features a glossy glass overlay that runs edge to edge. The 16-inch screen features a 1366x768 resolution; you'll need to bump up to an 18-inch model for 1080p playback.

The $950 MC7801u features a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo T5800 CPU, 4GB of DDR2 RAM, 64-bit Vista Home Premium, and a 320GB hard drive. So what don't you get on this sub-$1,000 laptop? You miss out Intel's latest Centrino 2 platform, and the laptop relies on integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics.

A second model in the 16-inch MC series, the $1,000 MC7803u, will feature a dedicated 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 graphics card. Providing the MC models with a distinctive look, a thin pleather strip runs down the middle of the lid. The lower-end MC7801u features a burgundy lid, and the higher-end MC7803u features a black lid.

Other features include HDMI and VGA ports, backlit keyboard and multimedia controls, Webcam, DVD burner, Draft N Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports, and ExpressCard and media card slots.

The Gateway MC7801u is being sold through Best Buy and is included in our holiday retail laptop roundup. Look for our review next week.

UPDATE 1-Dell's China sales up 30 pct so far this year

2008-10-22T00:15:00.001-07:00

Computer maker Dell (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) has seen 30 percent sales growth in China and Hong Kong so far this year, in line with recent years, although it faces near-term uncertainties, a senior executive said on Wednesday. "Honestly, how things will turn out next year is hard to say," Alex Yung, Dell China vice president, told Reuters before a presentation to reporters.

"We don't know what kind of policy the Chinese government will come up with. If they continue to encourage domestic consumption, we wouldn't be too worried," he said.

"And also if the Chinese banks are not pulled too far (into global financial turmoil), we wouldn't be too worried."

The company's 30 percent sales growth in China so far this year compares with 30 to 40 percent growth over the last five to six years, he added.

Dell, the second largest computer maker after Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), said last month that slow demand had spread from the United States to Europe and Asia, and had not rebounded as expected after the summer lull. In August, it posted a steep drop in second-quarter profit, saying that companies were becoming more conservative in spending.

It has said it would realign its business to boost competitiveness, cut headcount, and invest in infrastructure and acquisitions.

Yung told reporters on Wednesday that the company was seeing a mixed performance in various sectors of the market in China, with a particularly major impact on demand from export-oriented small companies, which have been hurt by the global economic slowdown.
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Apple Unlikely To Sell Cheaper Computers

2008-10-22T00:12:00.000-07:00

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday said the company is unlikely to start selling low-priced computers, despite the global economic slowdown, and has no plans to enter the emerging mini-notebook market or to build a variety of iPhone models.

Jobs made an unusual appearance at the teleconference the company holds with financial analysts after releasing quarterly earnings. Apple on Tuesday reported that profits rose to $1.14 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 27, as sales increased 27%, driven primarily by iPhone and Mac computer sales. The company also said that it had surpassed during the quarter its goal of selling 10 million iPhones this year.
In answering analysts' questions, Jobs said the company is prepared for the economic slowdown with a loyal customer base that's likely to delay purchases rather than turn to competitors, a successful product portfolio that offers strong value for the money, and $25 billion in the bank.

While Apple could get "buffeted around by the [economic] waves a bit," Jobs said he was confident the company would do well in the slowdown. "I think this economic downturn will present some extraordinary opportunities for companies with cash," he said.

Asked whether he would consider returning some of the cash to investors, Jobs dodged the question, but indicated that the company would prefer to invest the money in its business during the downturn. "It's not burning a hole in our pockets," Jobs said of the money stash. He also declined to say whether Apple would use the money for acquisitions.

As to selling cheaper computers to attract consumers with thinner wallets in a slow economy, Jobs said that wasn't a strategy the company would pursue, preferring instead to beat the competition on features within the high-end market.

"What we want to do is deliver an increasing level of value for customers," he said. "We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk, and our DNA won't let us do that."

One new market Apple would stay out of for the time being is for so-called "netbooks," defined as sub-$500 notebooks with displays 10 inches or smaller and running a full PC operating system. Most of the major PC makers are offering such machines as second or third computers for people looking to check e-mail or browse the Web on the road.

"That's a nascent category that, the best that we can tell, not a lot is being sold," Jobs said. "We'll wait to see how that nascent category evolves, and we've got some pretty interesting ideas if it does evolve."

In the meantime, Apple has the iPhone, which can browse the Web from anywhere on a cellular network and fit in your pocket, Jobs said. Asked whether he would consider making a variety of models, like other mobile phone makers do with their products, Jobs said Apple plans to stay with one iPhone and make it a strong platform for software that would differentiate the product from rivals'.
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Computer security systems vulnerable to new attacks

2008-10-20T07:25:00.000-07:00

New York: A new category of computer attacks may compromise memory systems touted as foolproof, particularly in laptops, a recent study has found.

The study, by researchers at Princeton, found these attacks overcome "disc encryption," a broad set of security measures meant to protect information stored in a computer's permanent memory.

The researchers cracked widely-used technologies like Microsoft's BitLocker, Apple's FileVault and Linux's dm-crypt.

They described the attacks in a paper and video published on Thursday on the web.

The team said these attacks are likely to break through other disc encryption systems because these technologies have similar structural features.

The attack is particularly effective against computers that are turned on but are locked, such as laptops in "sleep" or hibernation mode.

One effective countermeasure is to turn a computer off entirely, though in some cases even this does not guarantee protection.

"We've broken disc encryption products exactly when they seem to be most important these days: laptops that contain sensitive corporate data or personal information about business customers," said Alex Halderman of Princeton's computer science department.

Halderman's Princeton collaborators included graduate students Nadia Heninger, William Clarkson, Joseph Calandrino, Ariel Feldman and Professor Edward Felten of the Centre for Information Technology Policy.

The findings demonstrate risks associated with recent high-profile thefts, including a Veterans Administration computer containing information on 26 million veterans and a University of California, Berkeley laptop that contained information on more than 98,000 graduate students and others, said Felten.

The team wrote programmes that gained access to essential encryption information automatically after cutting power to machines and rebooting them.

"This method is extremely resistant to countermeasures that defensive programmes on the original computer might try to take," Halderman said.

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Needy schools a priority in computer rollout

2008-10-12T07:44:00.000-07:00

ALL secondary schools will be able to apply for commonwealth grants from March next year to boost their computer resources, but the most needy schools will be given priority.

Federal cabinet yesterday signed off on Labor's ambitious $1billion computer initiative, the first election pledge to be approved by the Rudd cabinet.

Deputy Prime Minister and federal Education Minister Julia Gillard said that under the program every secondary student in Years 9 to 12 would have access to computers and other information technology resources.

Ms Gillard said a million Australian students would benefit from the technology fund, the first step in the Rudd Government's education revolution.

"World-class ICT in schools will make a real and sustainable change in the way teaching and learning are delivered in classrooms across Australia," she said in a statement.

The fund will allow each school to apply for up to $1 million, depending on enrolments and existing technology. Funding can be used to buy computers, digital projectors, interactive whiteboards and other equipment.

"The Rudd Government will work with the school systems in every state and territory to identify schools that have the highest priority in terms of need, and assist them in making applications to the fund. Over four years, all secondary schools will have access to the fund," she said.

Ms Gillard said visits to secondary schools by Labor MPs since the election had revealed a desperate need for an increase in computer and internet access.

"Unfortunately, they found too many Australian schools don't have adequate internet access, some don't have internet access at all," Ms Gillard said after the cabinet meeting in Brisbane yesterday.

"Too many schools don't have enough computers for senior secondary students."

Ms Gillard said she was concerned that technology aids such as interactive whiteboards and digital projectors were missing from many schools.

"Today, cabinet has agreed that we will implement our $1billion fund to bring computers to Years 9 to 12 students in each Australian secondary school," she said.

An audit will be launched to establish existing resources in schools, and the Government will begin discussions with state and territory governments and independent and Catholic schools to ensure the rollout of funding.

"In the course of this financial year, there will be expenditure of $100 million in grants to schools to assist them with getting computers, internet access and other information technology aids," Ms Gillard said.

Dell Will Sell Computers at Best Buy

2008-10-07T07:44:00.000-07:00

DALLAS (AP) — Dell Inc. is venturing farther from its direct-to-consumer sales model and will start selling computers at Best Buy stores in January.

Analysts say Dell must expand its presence in stores because consumers increasingly see computers as an extension of their personality, and want to touch them before buying.

Dell built its business around selling personal computers directly to customers over the phone or Internet, but it has been cutting deals with retailers as growth of PC sales slowed and Dell's U.S. consumer revenue declined. It fell 26 percent for the six months ended Aug. 3, compared to the same period a year earlier.

The company lost its spot as the world's No. 1 computer maker to Hewlett-Packard Co. late last year, and HP has stretched its lead since then.

Round Rock, Texas-based Dell said Thursday that Best Buy Co. will sell Dell's XPS and Inspiron notebook and desktop computers at more than 900 stores.

Best Buy complements Dell's U.S. retail lineup. The company already sells modestly priced PCs in about 3,000 Wal-Mart stores and targets small-business owners with sales at 1,400 Staples Inc. stores.

Michael Tatelman, a vice president for Dell's consumer business, said Best Buy gives his company access to a big audience of shoppers looking for machines for gaming, music and photography.

The computer maker, however, will miss the pre-Christmas sales traffic at Best Buy.

That suggests negotiations with Best Buy were difficult, said J.P. Gownder, a technology marketing analyst for Forrester Research Inc.

"Gosh, it would have been nice to have this available about a month ago so they could have taken advantage of Black Friday," he said, referring to the traditionally heavy retail traffic the day after Thanksgiving.

Tatelman responded that Dell wrapped up the Best Buy deal sooner than expected, and "We've got Wal-Mart and Staples available for the holiday season."

With the Best Buy agreement, Dell machines will be sold in nearly 10,000 stores around the world. Dell has deals with Bic Camera Inc. in Japan, Gome stores in China and Carrefour Group and Carphone Warehouse PLC in Europe.

For many years, Dell resisted selling computers in stores out of fear it would dilute the company's image of building affordably priced machines to the customer's specifications. The direct-sales approach was a success with business customers and seemed to work well with consumers, too.

But consumers now are more interested in style and computers that match their personality, a development that has helped HP and other brands that are readily available in stores, Gownder said.

"This is very overdue," he said. "Even if this cannibalizes some of (Dell's) direct sales, they'll be able to compete head-to-head for market share, because right now they're getting their lunch eaten by HP. Dell had to make this move. They're hemorrhaging in the consumer market."

Richard Shim, an analyst with IDC, said selling through retailers is risky because Dell must rely on store salespeople instead of its own. But he said there's a good chance Dell's offerings will stand out in shelves already crowded with machines from HP, Toshiba Corp., Apple Inc., Sony Corp. and others.

"They have the brand name, they're viewed as being a good value, and they can pass on the advantages of being as big as they are," he said.

Shim added that Dell must continue to produce innovative, attractive machines and change its marketing to appeal to consumers.

Dell has added colors and slimmer profiles to its Inspiron and XPS notebooks in a nod to consumer tastes. It has also beefed up high-performing machines to entice gamers.

Dell has also started to tweak its advertising, getting away from a longtime fixation on price.

New print ads feature Victoria's Secret model Karolina Kurkova. A television spot shows old machines exploding in slow motion, leaving only a new XPS One, and ends with the tagline, "Dell. Now available in beautiful."

From Best Buy's perspective, the deal with Dell adds another name to the chain's lineup of PCs.

Dave Morrish, a Best Buy senior vice president, said adding Dell would give its customers unprecedented choice in buying a computer.

Shares of Dell rose 64 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $24.95, and Best Buy shares gained 89 cents, or 1.7 percent, to $52.71.

Officer Charged With Illegal Computer Use

2007-10-10T12:04:00.000-07:00

MADISON - Town police on Tuesday arrested one of their own, charging him with illegally using police computers to track down information on various women, including his ex-wife and current and former girlfriends.

Officer Bernard Durgin Jr., a seven-year veteran of the Madison Police Department, was also suspended without pay on Tuesday by Chief Paul Jakubson for neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and other violations of department policy related to a separate incident.
Durgin already had been suspended with pay since early August, after a confrontation between New Haven police and a member of the Poor Boyz motorcycle club outside a bar. Durgin, according to police, was wearing the East Haven motorcycle club's colors and represented himself as an on-duty Madison police officer. Jakubson said Durgin had called in sick that day.

Officer Bernard Durgin Jr.

As a result of the investigation into the New Haven incident, Jakubson placed him on unpaid leave. Both the internal and criminal investigations into that incident are ongoing.

Durgin, a resident of East Haven, could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

In the computer-use case, Durgin was released Tuesday on $75,000 bail for an appearance in Superior Court in New Haven Oct. 16, police said.

That charge involves Durgin's alleged efforts to obtain private and personal information about women he met while working part-time as a security guard at Yale-New Haven Hospital. According to the arrest affidavit, Durgin made 34 separate inquiries about 17 people between Feb. 17, 2006, and July 14, 2007, using the computer in his cruiser to access the networks police use to obtain information about suspects.

In most cases the people were women with whom he had no more than a passing acquaintance. He also used the system to find out about his current and past girlfriends, his ex-wife and her family, a former fiancée and her partners and family, police said.

Police spoke to the human resources department and the head of protective services at Yale-New Haven and interviewed several of the women.

Durgin's arrest on a felony charge of computer crime, which covers a wide range of possible activities, came about as the result of the investigation into the August incident. Durgin had called a fellow officer, investigators said, and asked if he would look up information on someone using his cruiser's computer.

The officer pretended his computer was not working. A week earlier, he said, "Durgin had told me that his fiancée left him for another guy and that [Durgin] was going to try and find out who that guy was," according to the arrest affidavit. Police began looking into other inquiries Durgin had made.

Police use various information systems, including the Connecticut On-Line Law Enforcement Communications Teleprocessing system, the National Crime Information Center and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. It is a clear violation of policy - and illegal - for police to use those systems for personal reasons.

On Aug. 5 about 12:30 a.m., on a night when he had called in sick for the midnight to 8 a.m. shift, Durgin showed up outside a Temple Street bar in New Haven after an altercation between a suspect and New Haven police, according to Jakubson, who referred to the incident in a suspension letter given to Durgin Tuesday. Durgin reportedly showed his badge and told officers at the scene he was on the job with Madison police. Instead of assisting the other officers, Durgin interceded "on behalf of a convicted felon who had been violently resisting arrest," the chief wrote.

Durgin's actions "caused the investigating officer in the incident to relate deep concern about the display of motorcycle gang `colors'" by Madison police, Jakubson wrote.

At Microsoft, seeking the next billion computer usersBill Gates and Steve Ballmer got Microsoft its first billion customers.

2007-10-10T12:02:00.000-07:00

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer got Microsoft its first billion customers. It's Will Poole's job to get the next billion.

Poole, who co-leads Microsoft's emerging-markets push, is chartered with enabling the company's goal of allowing 1 billion more people to access computing technology by 2015.

The company has a number of efforts under way in the area, from the Starter Editions of Windows XP and Vista, to shared computers for classrooms, to research into turning a cell phone into a low-cost computer by connecting it with a large display. Poole said the last effort, which has garnered a fair bit of interest, is moving from the drawing board to reality.

"We've got it in development in China right now," he said during a recent meeting with CNET News.com reporters and editors. "We've got a manufacturing partner signed on with us and our group in Beijing is working quite hard on it. It'll be in trials I think within a year, and we'll see how people respond to it."

In the meeting, Poole talked about Microsoft's approach, as well as some of the challenges, which stretch well beyond the fact that many people can't afford the latest technology. In actuality, relevance and accessibility are bigger hurdles for the world's poor, Poole said.
When I started looking at this about five years ago, I thought that affordability was the biggest challenge. It turns out that affordability is actually the third on the list of issues. The first one turns out to be relevance.

Q: How can Microsoft reach people who historically have not been users of its technology?
Poole: Let me begin by clarifying the difference between emerging markets and emerging segments. An emerging market is what people typically think about--such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. The other includes very large developing economies. Of course there are many people in those countries who do not have very good access to technology. At the same time, we look more broadly at a concept called emerging segments...people who do not have access to technology in whatever market they're in.

So what do you do to reach those people? There are obviously people who can't afford technology here in the United States, as well as in our neighboring countries and in emerging markets.
Poole: There are three primary areas where we can help people realize social and economic opportunity through technology. Transforming education is one. The second one is looking at fostering local innovation, and the third one is enabling jobs and opportunities.

When I travel around the world I see the power of the PC to bring people new opportunities--either to have skills that they can apply to get better jobs to earn more money, or to take a disadvantaged person who simply could not get a job at all because of a handicap.

What are some of the technologies that you guys are working on that can really help beyond the economic issues that are in play?
Poole: You bring up a very good point. When I started looking at this about five years ago, I thought that affordability was the biggest challenge. It turns out that affordability is actually the third on the list of issues. The first one turns out to be relevance. That means bringing a product to market that really meets the needs of somebody in an emerging segment--be it in rural India or in urban China or down the street, here in San Francisco. Are we building a technology that is relevant to the specific needs and problems that they have?
The second thing is to look at whether the technology is accessible to them. Can they find a place to buy it? Can they get support? Can they get broadband connectivity to bring them into the world of the Web? And then the third thing is affordability.

So, for example, in Asia we focus a lot on education because that's a very high priority there. In Latin America, we focus a little bit more on the jobs and opportunities and helping people get better jobs through the use of software technology. So there's a variety of different technologies we'll bring to the market, depending on the specific needs of local people.

I've seen a lot of interesting demos from across the company of some different approaches. One of those is called MultiPoint, where it's basically an entire classroom using one computer. Can you talk a little about how that works?
Poole: MultiPoint came from Microsoft Research India. They had sent people out to see what kids were doing with PCs in schools. What they found was that kids tended to be gathered around a PC and (watching) one person do their thing and then they took turns every five minutes or so. It was really not very engaging. So they developed this technology called Microsoft MultiPoint, which enables an application to be built that lets multiple mice be used with a different cursor for each kid. So one kid can be solving a math problem in one part of the screen while another one is solving a math problem on another part of the screen.

They basically can be time-sharing the screen and working collaboratively. What we found is that not only do they get to be more engaged with what they do on the PC...but they help each other. That's turned out to be something that's very beneficial from an education perspective. The kids are engaged and collaborating to solve a problem.

A lot of people think that for much of the world the first computing device that people use won't be a PC. It'll be some sort of mobile device. Obviously, that's an area that Microsoft has spent some time on, but it's a little bit further from its comfort area. What are you doing in the mobile space as far as non-PC devices?
Poole: Well, we certainly agree that the first computing device which will be used by many people around the world will be a phone. You see this happening in emerging segments all around the planet today. Mobile phones are really just taking off as the prices come down and the access is going up. We think that there are some interesting things to do to help make the mobile phone become a better device.
How close is that to being a product? You take the phone that people are already getting, hook it up to the TV they already have and you've got a computer. The phones that we use today in the U.S. certainly are capable of that from a technology perspective. How close is that?
Poole: Well, it's still got a ways to go. We've got it in development in China right now. We've got a manufacturing partner signed on with us, and our group in Beijing is working quite hard on it. It'll be in trials I think within a year and we'll see how people respond to it. It's a new concept in the sense of trying to bring together PC and phone technology in a lower-cost device. It's not something that you're going to see a businessperson in a developed market using while walking down the street. We're trying to really target the needs of a broader population and so we're very excited about the opportunity there, but time will tell.

Obviously, Microsoft is not the only company looking at how to get computing devices into the hands of more people across the globe. The project that's gotten the most attention is the One Laptop Per Child project. What do you make of a program the group is launching in which people in the U.S. can buy one of the laptops for their own use, and then a second computer would go overseas?
Poole: It's an interesting way to get people involved in this challenge that we all see, which is how do you effectively apply technology to education. I'll be very interested to see how it comes out as well.

How important is it that that first device people use be running a Microsoft operating system versus Linux or another operating system?
Poole: Interestingly enough, we don't see that as much of a battle. The battle is around nonconsumption or around buying a new two-wheeled motor vehicle as opposed to buying a PC for the home...Clearly, we have an interest in having our software used and we think that the value that we offer is very deeply desired--particularly as people get into more of the business world...But our primary goal is around just getting technology to be adopted.

With a little bit of care, you can maximize the battery life

2007-08-25T02:32:00.000-07:00

Your New Notebook

Be sure to fully charge your portable when you plug it in for the first time, and then run Software Update to ensure you have the latest software. Apple periodically releases updates that may improve battery performance.

Standard Maintenance

For proper maintenance of a lithium-based laptop battery, it’s important to keep the electrons in it moving occasionally. Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time. An ideal use would be a commuter who uses her MacBook Pro on the train, then plugs it in at the office to charge. This keeps the battery juices flowing. If on the other hand, you use a desktop computer at work, and save a notebook for infrequent travel, Apple recommends charging and discharging its battery at least once per month. Need a reminder? Add an event to your desktop’s iCal.

Long Term Storage

If you don’t plan on using your notebook for more than six months, Apple recommends that you remove and store the notebook battery with a 50% charge. If you store a battery when it’s fully discharged, it could fall into a deep discharge state, which renders it incapable of holding any charge. Conversely, if you store it fully charged for an extended period of time, the battery may experience some loss of battery capacity, meaning it will have a shorter life. Be sure to store the ejected battery at the proper temperature. (See “Notebook Temperate Zone.”)

Optimal Setting

You can choose to use your Apple notebook in a way that maximizes its battery life.
Energy: The Energy Saver control panel offers several settings that determine power levels for your PowerBook. Your portable knows when it’s plugged in, and runs accordingly. When on battery power, it will dim the screen and use other components sparingly. If you change this setting to maximize performance, your battery will drain more quickly.
Brightness: Dim the screen to the lowest comfortable level to achieve maximum laptop battery life. For instance, when watching a DVD on an airplane, you may not need full brightness if all the lights are off.
AirPort Wireless: AirPort consumes power, even if you are not using its features to connect to a network. You can turn it off in its control panel to save power.
Bluetooth Wireless: Likewise, you can turn off Bluetooth to maximize your battery life, as it also consumes power when not in use.
Applications and peripherals: Disconnect peripherals and quit applications not in use. Eject CDs and DVDs if not currently accessing them.

IBM 73P4485 72W Slim AC/DC Combo Adapter

2007-06-17T02:28:00.000-07:00

IBM 73P4485 72W Slim AC/DC Combo Adapter

This is a Brand New IBM/Lenovo Boxed Original Product
Lighten your load when you travel with our new thinner 72W AC/DC Combo Adapter. Get more access to power for your ThinkPad notebook with this AC/DC adapter. Enjoy the convenience of having one power adapter for the office, home or travel. Maintain your power while traveling in your car, or on the plane (where supported) with the DC connector so your system keeps working as long as you do. And, when you arrive, plug into the AC wall outlet at your destination.

Features and Benefits:
• New slim design is 40 percent thinner than our previous model to take up less room when you travel
• AC/DC power means one adapter for office or travel
• 72W output to work with most ThinkPad systems
This option is not compatible with G and Z Series ThinkPad

IBM 73P4485 72W Slim AC/DC Combo Adapter

Yahoo buys RightMedia

2007-05-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

As answer to Googles assumption of Doubleclick strengthens now also on-line portal Yahoo in things marketing technology.

On-line portal Yahoo took over the indicator market place RightMedia. So far the enterprise held already 20 per cent of the portions. The “New York Time” numbers the purchase sum on 680 million dollar. With the Deal Yahoo wants to offer competitor Google slogan, to which recently Doubleclick for 3.1 billion dollar in cash bought.

RightMedia operates the indicator market place RMX Direct. Publisher and indicator customers know there indicator places according to an auction principle en and ersteigern. Doubleclick had recently announced to want to develop a similar system.

MySpace increases internationality

2007-05-03T07:57:00.000-07:00

On-line contact stock exchange aims with a new Spanish test version at potenzielle new user in Latin America off.

On-line contact stock exchange MySpace expands its offer internationally. The “Financial Time Germany” reports. A recently started test version in Spanish language is to address those approximately 150 million Internet user in Latin America. In Brazil MySpace wants besides a local version of the Website to start, said Peter Levinsohn, Chef of the digital business with the MySpace nut/mother news corporation, the FTD. Also in China MySpace started recently a test version, which is operated under license by a Chinese enterprise.

Universal goods baskets for Shopping market places are considered as future of the E-Commerce

2007-05-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

Shop.com had itself patented its solution now.

The E-Commerce-market place Shop.com had itself patented its goods basket solution OneCart. The technology makes it for the customers possible to buy with different dealers with a only one virtual Warenkorb. In this way consumers must complete only once the order process, all the same like many dealers them products orders.

Universal goods baskets for on-line market places apply with many Branchenenxperten as future of the E-Commerce. Also large portals already recognized that: Yahoo and Amazon have themselves already portions of the so far still privately led enterprise secured.

eBay customer connection wants to strengthen

2007-05-03T07:53:00.000-07:00

On-line auction house wants to worry about its best customers strengthened and to double the expenditures for customer connection in the next years.

Small gifts receive the friendship: In the future eBay Top customers can count and - Powerseller on still more gratitude on the part of on-line auction house. “eBay in the next years more than” eBay Marketingchef Harald Eisenächer opposite the technical periodical OnetoOne and quit special effort around Top customers by particularly aufwändige Mailings or Vorabinfos over new features will double, said its expenditures for the customer connection. A service Hotline particularly for the best customers was already furnished. Also the salesmen are to profit to Eisenächer according to of the action: Power Seller are recompenced in the future with smaller gifts instead of with a Einheitsmail.

A half million mobi Domains counted

2007-05-03T07:51:00.001-07:00

Years after their introduction the Internet address for mobile telephones its 500.000ste Domain books one and a half.

On-line contents for user of mobile terminals grow: In October 2006 the Domain Provider introduced dotMobi an Internet address, which was particularly for the announcement by contents aligned on mobile telephones - now the consortium announces the registration of the 500.000sten.mobi Domain. Travel offerers took up the Domain for mobile telephones as first, meanwhile also many enterprises from the ranges messages and maintenance mobile content provided and with the special address provided. To date the.mobi Domains is common in 104 countries.

Bertelsmann markets Google Earth competitor

2007-04-29T00:17:00.000-07:00

“3D globe” is to become the European answer to Googles geo's application and leave to the user more liberties.

Attack on Google Earth: On behalf of Bertelsmann the software producer bit management developed a European alternative to the prominent geo application. “3D globe” is according to data of Bertelsmann comparable map material to supply with like Google Earth and the user additionally to more liberty with the organization of the operator surface leave. So data bases and search functions can integrate user and be able pictures, clay/tone, video and other information to a region to be indicated. “3D globe” should be able to be used also in the Internet and with a One Click start to serve be particularly simple.

With the introduction on the market of the software Bertelsmann starts also the marketing; Customers for combinations are to be lured with lower prices than with Google Earth.

Google negotiates with DirecTV

2007-04-17T04:13:00.000-07:00

The Suchmaschinen Primus Google is to negotiate with DirecTV about the marketing of advertising places, means current rumors. Meanwhile competitor Yahoo already locked his negotiations with Viacom.

After its marketing co-operation with the satellite network operator Dish expands Google its television commitment: How in the Web log „venture Beat is to be read “, the Suchmaschinenprimus negotiates at present also with DirecTV, the largest satellite network operator of the USA. The discussions could drag on however longer than with Dish, since DirectTV must regulate its owner conditions at present, after Corp end past yearly announced news to want to sell its portions at Liberty. With Google and DirecTV employer speaker refused any statement.

Meanwhile Yahoo with the television station Viacom came into the business. The Internet portal, which in February in the USA its Internet Werbebuchungstool Panama launchte, markets immediately search word announcements on 33 web pages of the transmitter, among them MTV.com and VH1.com.

IBM wants to create 3-D-Internet-Standard

2007-04-17T04:11:00.000-07:00

After lab of parts of its developer code for the 3D-Welt Second Life put lime trees openly, the technology company IBM works on a general standard for virtual worlds.

In co-operation with the 3D-Welt “Second Life” wants to make the technology company IBM virtual worlds the mass medium. So that this succeeds, the reverse-feed industry needs in the opinion of IBM however a success model similarly the computer language HTML used at present in the Internet. “Virtual worlds do not have a chance to become a mass medium if there are, said no open standards” Herbert Kircher, development boss of IBM Germany, opposite the “Financial Time Germany”. The vision of the future of IBM is it that Web users surfen instead of linear in the Internet to, virtually business entered can, in order to buy books, refrigerators or entertainment electronics there.

2,5 million.eu Domains

2007-04-17T04:10:00.001-07:00

The.eu Domain is European-wide the third-most popular Domain, says the European commission.

Enterprises and private users let one year after the introduction register more than 2.5 million addresses with.eu ending. That communicated the European Union commission. Under the European land identifications are only the.de Domain (10.8 million registrations) and the.uk Domain. At the point stands further the ending .com particularly used in the USA, which counts nearly 65 million Internet addresses.

Apple is to introduce Abodienst

2007-04-17T04:08:00.000-07:00

If it goes to the will of the disk labels, then is soon conclusion with the 99-Cent-Offerten of the Apple Musikstores Itunes.

Large disk labels such as Sony BMG or universal the Music Goup pressurize the computer company Apple to introduce for its on-line music net curtain Itunes a Abodienst. How the “Financial Time Germany” reports, those of Studios make its demand the component of up-to-date lining up negotiations the prolongations of a contract. A goal of the Plattenbosse is it to set in motion by a Abomodel the conversion and increase their income security.

Still however the music companies stand according to “FTD” in a bad negotiating position, since Itunes control three quarters of the entire on-line music market. Experts assume the disk labels lock only contracts with short running times. “You look for desperately for a iPod killer, thereby it Steve job not obligated are”, quote the trade journal a representative of the music industry.

Paypal competitor Gbuy comes to Great Britain

2007-04-17T04:07:00.000-07:00

Although Google did not create it in the USA to push with its payment solution Gbuy competitor Paypal from the throne to now the international Rollout follows.

After the introduction on the market of Gbuy in the USA the search machine operator Google wants to introduce its payment solution also into Great Britain. Whether and when the service in remaining Europe is gelauncht, over it the enterprise is silent itself however at present still out.

Gbuy competitor Paypal might see it left, after Google did not succeed also in the USA to weaken the Ebay daughter lastingly. Since Paypal is up-to-date still the more powerful service, also the Kampfpreise of Gbuy might change in it for nothing there: Until dealer can offer free of charge end to 2007 the currency.

Jubii starts in Germany

2007-04-17T04:05:00.000-07:00

Today the communication platform Jubii goes to six weeks after the start in the USA to the start also into Europe.

In the USA it already gives several thousand Jubii users, says the boss to the new Lycos daughter. From today on the new Internet platform is to inspire also user in Europe. The platform is to offer communication from a hand: E-Mail, Internet Telefonie and the exchange of photos, files and videos are to be able to complete user completely over the portal.

Gradually all Lycos services with exception of the search machine at Jubii are to be transferred. First Jubii goes into Germany to the start, other European countries is to follow.

Microsoft makes Adobes Flashplayer competition

2007-04-17T04:03:00.000-07:00

With the “Silverlight” - Player wants to create Microsoft a new Plugin for video content.

Under the name “Silverlight Player” wants to bring the software company Microsoft an alternative to Adobes Flashplayer on the market. As the “Financial Time Germany” reports, the new Plugin is to be able to be loaded within 15 seconds on the computer. According to information of the sheet Microsoft wants to boom-end the fight for market shares in the market for video content non as for example in case of the Internet Browsers Explorer - across the dominance of Windows to lead. Instead developers are to be convinced by Web videos and other contents to set on the new technology.

With the propietären solution Microsoft wants to probably offer to Google Paroli. Its video portal YouTube avails itself the Flashtechnologie, in order to represent and play video contents.

Recruit in “Office on-line ones”

2007-04-17T04:01:00.000-07:00

The software giant Microsoft markets immediately in Germany advertising surfaces in “Office on-line one”.

On-line Microsoft digitally immediately its on-line offer “Office on-line one” markets Advertising Solutions in Germany. According to own statements the service under www.office.microsoft.com counts monthly more than 1.2 million German Unique user on. Target group are main Businesses Professionals, Entscheider, IT-specialists or developers, which look there for information, assistance, product Downloads, on-line training courses as well as document collecting mains for the different Office programs.

Recruit-rubbing have the possibility of switching advertising formats such as Sykscraper (160x600 pixel) and content Ads (300x250 pixel) on the sides from Office on-line one. Per Website maximally an advertising surface is platziert, thus can an accordingly prominent placement be ensured.

Yahoo cooperates with Autoscout24

2007-04-17T03:59:00.000-07:00

On-line automarket makes immediately parts available of its Fahrzeugbestands for Yahoo car.

The offer at using vehicles with YahooAutos gets reinforcement: On-line automarket Autoscout24 puts immediately parts of its Fahrzeugbestands to the Yahoo service at the disposal. Co-operation is Yahoo car more content and the dealers, who offer more range on Autoscout24 provide. Autoscout24 co-operates already in similar way among other things with the portals ADAC.de or N24.de.

Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 is finally available

2007-04-03T01:07:00.001-07:00

The new thunder bird floats over us, but it did not land eternally. Who managt its enamels gladly over Mozilla, which can test or install the new version.
Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 FINALis flown…
Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 is available now finally Germany far! Day-long waiting has now an end, which were gaps, which were supplied, not insignificant largely… therefore please IMMEDIATELY update!
The version can be installed over the update function. Also the versions for various national languages, under it naturally German, are already available on a few servers. Starting from Windows 98 this E-Mail-Client is applicable. A directory as Sidebar module is available.
A spell verification in real time is integrated, likewise a Phishing filter, the RSS reader and the Spam protection.
One can work on also several enamels parallel (TAB function).

Password Safe - passwords reliably keep

2007-04-03T01:06:00.003-07:00

This free Tool does not permit it to keep all passwords surely around these no more to forget.
Passwords including user names simply into a data base copy and these with only one password secure!
All entrance data for Internet, programs etc. reliably keep and against foreign access protect.
Recommendation: On the non removable disk within a safe range store or on a USB stick!
The Tool is Freeware, on German adjustable and runs starting from Win98 (not under Vista).
Size: 966 KB

Hamachi - Instant of measuringclose and private P2P exchange stock exchange - new version

2007-04-03T01:06:00.001-07:00

Instant of measuringclose and private P2P exchange stock exchangeUpdate of 30.03.2007 on version 1.0.2.0
Hamachi is free, an VPN application and a new kind of Instant of measuringclose. It unites the maintenance with friends, in addition, data exchange, like one it from the large ones of the industry knows itself (eMule, KaZaAa etc.). Hamachi stands simply expressed for LAN over Internet.
Even with soft and hardware Firewall (rout) the exchange of data with other computers is problem-free possible.
Naturally one must become thereby no Filesharer, one can. Likewise one can operate Desktop Remoting or lead evenly simply a nice maintenance with friends. Furthermore the Multigaming is feasible, speaks the friend A loads the Game and the others, means Hamachi linked friends, plays a round also.
Data exchange is coded and is considered as safe! Details to the topic and the Download give it directly with Hamachi.
With the first start of the program one receives a personal identification this can one now to its friends convey and it can loose-goes…
The whole is not based on the mass file sharing! Nobody, which you add not expressly, can access your computer. Hamachi is thus meant for friends and acquaintance, who would like to exchange aimed data, pictures and hopefully legal music or films!

SPAMfighter 5.2.2 - Free anti-Spam filter for Outlook, servers and Outlook Express

2007-04-03T01:04:00.002-07:00

NEW VERSION OF 31.03.2007

Free anti Spam filter for Outlook/Outlook express and serverSPAMfighter be Europe lead manufacturer of software. World-wide SPAMfighter protects hundredthousands computers and server private and business users against Spammails.
SPAMfighter is a free, German-language Spam filter for Outlook and Outlook Express, which remove Spam automatically and effectively.
Who installs SPAMfighter, comes immediately into the benefit of a “clean” E-Mail account. Detailed Spammails is shifted into a separate file, which one can see and empty at any time. Exeptionally if a Spammail should arrive by the filter, then one clicks these particularly to and of your classification then 1.144.903 has other users from 207 countries world-wide now these SPAMMAIL also directly in the SPAM FILE!!!
SPAMfighter is complete in German, to install and still more simply use simply.
Does one receive unwanted enamels, which are not Spam? The senders or their Domains with few Klicks closes! In the statistics one can check at each time,
from many Spammails SPAMfighter one already spared.
SPAMfighter gives it in two different versions:
SPAMfighter pro This version tests one after the Download one month long free of charge. After the test phase one decides whether one would like to buy SPAMfighter pro for 25 € per year - or the free SPAMfighter standard re-uses (no renewed Download or new installation necessarily).
SPAMfighter pro may be used in enterprises and organizations and has some additional functions, which are described here.
SPAMfighter standard Free of charge for private users and schools. SPAMfighter standard indicates a small slogan in your E-Mail program and adds a signature (“my Mails is protected by SPAMfighter…”) to dispatched enamels. The language filter from SPAMfighter pro is missing, some other functions is only reduced available. If one liked to upgraden on SPAMfighter pro, one clicks here. The newest version from SPAMfighter is: Version 5.2.3 - Version history here Publication date 31.03.2007 File size 842 KB (packed, otherwise 10.9 MT)
Languages German, English, Spanish, French, Russian, Greek, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish System requirements: Operating system Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, 98 or ME and VISTA! E-Mail program Outlook 2000, 2002 (XP), 2003 or Outlook Express 5,0 and newer versions RAM at least 64 MT available non removable disk place 11 MT

Mild judgement for Guantanamo prisoner

2007-04-03T01:04:00.001-07:00

The first military procedure against a Guantanamo prisoner is in the case of the Australian David Hicks, after obviously painful five years internment, pleases. It is mild and reads: Nine months detention.
The Australian of minister of foreign affairs Alexander Downer is that the 31-Jährige may serve its punishment in its homeland, that is sure like Christmas and Easter on one day.
A Verkürzung however does not give it definitely, because that would undermine the existing agreements over prisoner exchange. According to data of the USA Hicks is presumably transferred within two months into its homeland Australia.
The question of all questions is for me now: There one arrests five years long in the worst Knast, which one can introduce oneself, accuses it the terrorism and gives to him then nine months remaining sentence on the way. Did the man “employ” anything at all?
Terrorism stands generally for death penalty or for lebenslägnlicher detention, but 5 years U-detention and 9 months addition smells rather after judicial error, whereby the word law is not compatible with Guantanamo… at least not the word alone. With the word “even” before it already rather…
Over David Hicks I cannot form judgement, there the one-way Bereichterstattung so far too wischi waschi was… I look forward nevertheless to its distribution, perhaps already experience we times the truth…

Bets that…? The Scientology sect controversy

2007-04-03T01:00:00.000-07:00

The smoldering controversy over the planned appearance of the Saturday Night of Fever man John Travolta in “bets that…?” this evening, entertainer sees Thomas Gottschalk rather left.
John Travolta is evenly an international Top star, said Gottschalk. The membership of the actor at Scientology sect would not be for it a reason to unload the 53-Jährigen again. But exactly that wanted the Prime Minister of Baden-Wuerttemberg Günther Oettinger (CDU). Because it had certainly requested before the Second Channel of German Television politely and not to leave Travolta into the show. The transmission begins live from Freiburg on the heutgien Saturday evening (20,15 o'clock), is sent and ends as imemr too late… It was assured Mr. Oettinger that it concerns neither politics, still around an advertising appearance from Scientology sect. The management assured this at least.
The number of the trailers within the Federal Republic estimates the protection of the constitution, which supervises these “sparkling wines”, on approximately 6.000. The Scientology sect teachings lead according to data of the federal family Ministry pretty often to psychological and financial dependence.
Which Mr. Oettinger actually caused with his idea, is rather advertisement for the Scientology sect… To 16. March opened by the way a Scientology sect center in Freiburg… there has it the Pulp Fiction One not too far…
Schaun more mer times… I looks the transmission in any case not on…

Google enters into the television business

2007-04-03T00:48:00.000-07:00

Over AdSense Marketer are to be able to switch advertisement now also in the television.
After its entrance into the marketing of radio and print advertisement the Suchmaschinenprimus Google wants to seize in the future also in the TV-segment foot. Together with the satellite TV operator echo star put the enterprise on a first test project, as the system Adsense for the television, well-known from on-line advertisement, can be converted. With “TV Ads” are to tracken recruit-rubbing their campaign success on the television in real time and be able to optimize. In addition the spectator behavior over Settop boxes is anonymizated seized and evaluated.
Echo star radiates over its “DISH” - satellite network of 120 TV-transmitters at altogether 13.1 million spectator.

Opera 9,2 beta - new features

2007-04-02T02:31:00.000-07:00

The Norwegians gave a new dress to the Opera, give it the beta 2 immediately to the Dwnload! The Norwegian brings again once as the first an absolutely new feature, it comes from the Mobiltelefon Browser Opera mini and is called speed dial.
If one opens a new window as a user, then Opera indicates nine preview windows for similar web pages, which the user calls most frequently.
Smaller click on the preview opens then the side wished by you.
Please consider that it only one BETA is, the stable version is still the 9.1!
The Browser is to be had further free of charge and directly with the manufacturer.

Office 2008 - The beta phase begins

2007-04-02T02:29:00.000-07:00

In the next days Microsoft would like to ring in now the beta phase of the new Office package for the MAC. Details come out from my down standing message of 10.01.2007
Text of kaiserfive
Microsoft yesterday communicated that in the second yearly half 2007 the new version of the Office Suite for Apple computers will appear, i.e. Office 2008. So far there is 2004 for the Mac only Office. Available it is then for Macs with Intel or power PC processors. Office 2008The new Office for the Mac already in 2007
Office 2008 will then likewise support naturally the new XML file formats of Office 2007 for Windows.
In the new version the search is to be substantially facilitated just like the actual use of the features. Naturally it will give particularly on Mac cut innovations, among them to My Day (neee neee, not make my day…) The supplementary product line is in the style of the Outlook calendar and indicates evenly current calendar entries, tasks of etc. on the Desktop, which can be settled. For this however no starting of the Mail Proggis is necessary.
Microsoft Word gets the new Publishing layout, this facilitates the better visualization of the documents and improves the treatment of layouts.
In Excel new collecting mains are integrated, forms, calculations and CO, so that annoying entering of the formulas, which one anyway never knows, is void. Thus then also Excel makes finally fun!
Over Easter around will appear ersta the beta version for Office 2004, one can look at or test then new from the 2008er version within the old program. A Konvertierer thus actually appears, but ms says to it beta already…More with MacNews

MSI M670 Notebook of Norma for 777 euro

2007-04-02T02:28:00.000-07:00

Ergonomic keyboard - inclusive number block36 months free Pick UP & Return service
The Schleppi has the following characteristics: AMD Turion™ 64 X2 dual core mobile processor TL-50 with 1,60 GHz Crystal-clear Widescreen screen in the highly soluble 15.4 " - format Large 120-GB-Festplatte in SATA technology - place for up to 60.000 MP3 or digital photos Diagram with nVidia® GeForce® 6100 GO! Giant-large main memory 1024 MT GDR 2 Always in connection - Wireless LAN with 54 MBit/s Multi-format specialist with DVD double Layer, 8,5 GB - burners Express Card card location for UMTS map 4-in-1-KartenleserWindows® Vista™ Home basic German keyboard with nummerischem key block Left-ion-Akku 4400 mAh with 6 cells Firewire connection to the digital Camcorder (IEEE 1394) 3 x USB 2.0 loudspeaker integrated 2 Software PC Suite PE 2007 (Office, knowledge, diagram, Routing, security) Large Cyberlink package Mass: L/B/H approx. 36 x 26 x 4 cm, approx. 2.7 kg
The equipment is not settled in the top class, however it has a responding diagram a modern and high performance processor, and enough memory, in order to be able to work well thereby. The keyboard is outstanding!
It is not for the High end enterprise or the ultimative Gamer!

SmartFTP - new version of the Ftp Client

2007-04-02T02:27:00.000-07:00

SmartFTP is a narrow, free and multilingualer Ftp Client
New version: 2,5 Build 1005.8 Date: 31.03.2007 Size: 3 MTToday the version 2.5.1005.8 appeared, more text around the Tool approximately gives it here.
CHANGE log (1005 Stable) and Download (source of spare down load)
HP: Who would like to only upgraden the SmartFTP, only the new version must donwloaden. The Settings and the license key remains thereby! SmartFTP is Freeware for the Privatgebrauch and for education purposes!
SmartFTP is Vista-suitable!

“ACCESS programming” eBook free of charge with tecCHANNEL

2007-04-01T10:52:00.001-07:00

The Special measures 450 KB and is only this Sunday in the time of 00:00 clock to 23:59 clock on tecChannel.de on-line.
Contents: Comfortable selection of parameters in ACCESSTimestamp fields in ACCESS copyACCESS: Mass data for testing produceThe Special gives it only over the Downloadlink, directly on the tecCHANNEL homepage.
Note: The Special is only over the red bordered left (see text of tecCHANNEL) free of charge available. (Only here: Sunday Special downloaden) stand there…
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Free non removable disk 80 GB - 7,200 RPM, 2MB Cache

2007-04-01T10:51:00.000-07:00

First do I have to admit that 80 GB tear today nobody more from the stool, but as it is called so beautiful? A given Gaul, one looks not in the muzzle… evenly…
The plate is an external Western digital, has 80 gigabyte capacity, USB 2,0 HiSpeed connection and turns with 7.200 RPM quite quickly. The Cache is for an external plate very well, according to standard has one today rather 8 MT, provides for quicker data transfers.
The non removable disks are original-packed all and instead of 24 month warranty give it not even a guarantee. The plates are from an old stock and that are radically vacated, since the Prozedere stands for CO with eBay and in no relationship.
Who comes first, grinds as well known first.
Disadvantage: Postage must take over you, but 3.90 euro are bearable. And everyone can logical-proves only one non removable disk to order….my is already reserved… for the Notebook of the daughter.

Firefox extension: Search bar of Autosizer

2007-04-01T10:40:00.002-07:00

Short description:
Extends the search border automatically when typing, as soon as necessary, and it shrinks again, if it is empty.
This is above all useful, if the address and search border are next to each other. So both can be always as large as possible.
Can be specified the mindest and the maximum width as well as to be inserted something empty space within the border, in order to facilitate a clicking.
For Firefox 2,0 - 3.0a4

Firefox extension: Search bar of Autosizer

2007-04-01T10:40:00.001-07:00

Linux Kernel - new version

2007-04-01T10:39:00.001-07:00

The Linux Kernel is the heart of an Linux operating system and makes available the fundamental functions of the operating system. It regulates among other things the access to the hardware components, distributes the computing time of the processor on the processes and/or applications and makes available besides bases to network communication.
The linuxeigene Firewall IPTables protects thereby the computer against attacks, extremely flexibly configurable and in series on board!
There is further information to all innovations in the Linux Kernel as used in the Wiki of the KernelNewbies.
The Downloads of the newest in each case versions gets it among other things marvelously listed with computer cousin or directly here, with Kernel.org

Firefox extension

2007-04-01T10:38:00.001-07:00

New publication of 01.04.2007 on version 1.0
Short description:A polar bear face inserts into the navigation symbol border. Click on it, and one is in the BLOG of KNUT and can new pursue.For all Knut Knut and Firefox 1,5 - 2.0.0.

Fresh UI 7,80 - Optimierungstool - Freeware

2007-04-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

Fresh UI is a free Optimierungstool, that still at Windows 9x thinks and still hid options out kit tent even there.
ASK: Only with consideration at the system, original attitudes optimize always note, secure etc. for Registry, test then and change!
With this Tool various small attitudes for the current operating system can be made. Thus thereby Windows can be adorned, improved possibly in addition, and to somewhat more speed be persuaded. The program contains no Spy or Adware and is Freeware.
Fresh UI is A fresh solution for configuring and optimizing Windows. Loaded with hundreds OF useful hidden settings in Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95/Me, this software covers the customizing and optimizing techniques that you'll glad tons know, search as:Customizing Windows user interface (UI)Optimizing system settingsOptimizing hardware settingsCustomizing Windows application settingsControlling user environment with policies
Fresh UI is organized by section for easy navigation and completed with detail descriptions for easy reference.
Supported operating system:Windows 95, Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second edition, Windows ME, Windows NT 4,0, Windows 2000, Windows XP.

PayPal plans mobile payment solution

2007-03-31T01:30:00.000-07:00

Large portable radio companies do not only want to see finally a mobile payment solution carried out. Also the Ebay daughter PayPal works on it.
The Ebay daughter PayPal wants to bring a new Zahlungssystem for mobile devices on the market. As “Wall Street Journal” reports, the solution is to come in the course of this yearly on the market. Target group are consumers, that via mobile phone or Handheld in the Web want to surfen and buy on-line. Already in the past year the enterprise a service launchte, with which consumers can via SMS money transfer.

AOL expands in Europe

2007-03-31T01:27:00.000-07:00

The Internetdienstleister wants to open six further European markets beside the stages Germany, Great Britain, France and Austria already taped.
AOL wants to expand in Europe. That comes out from a report of the Frankfurt general newspaper. Apart from the existing commitment in Germany, Great Britain, France and Austria the Internetdienstleister wants to arise in the future in six further European markets. Instead of the Internet entrance business sold in the meantime AOL in the advertisement wants to become active, both on own and for stranger portals. For this purpose continue to consider the enterprise Zukäufe within the range of the advertising technology and Web 2,0, so the report.

Yahoo wants to facilitate mobiles Publishing

2007-03-31T01:26:00.000-07:00

With four new Tools for mobile Publisher on-line portal Yahoo wants to prove its supremacy in things mobile Internet use.
With the new service Suite Yahoo mobile Publisher services wants to facilitate on-line portal Website operators publishing mobile contents. The solution Suite covers the Yahoo mobile Ad network, the mobile content engine, the mobile Media directory and the mobile Site Submit.
The Yahoo mobile Ad network is to make it very simple for Website operators, to transfer each form of on-line advertisement from the Internet also to mobile contents and services too, for example graphic advertisement, Sponsored left, videos or in-Game-advertisement. The Yahoo mobile content engine makes it for Website operators possible to make their contents accessible for a broad circle of Yahoo mobile users. With the Yahoo Website operator receives mobile Media directory the possibility, digital media such as bell tones, plays, of making videos or other applications directly over Yahoo oneSearch callable. But they must deposit only one listing of their offers, which the user can call up then. And the Yahoo mobile Site Submit makes it for Website operators possible, information to its mobile offers, like descriptions or important tags to deposit.
The Yahoo mobile Publisher network starts in 19 countries, among them Argentina, Brazil, Germany, England, France, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, USA and Viet Nam.

50,000 dollar for Sex in Second Life

2007-03-31T01:25:00.001-07:00

Sex sells - also in virtual worlds. The sales of a virtual Sex enterprise in Second Life proves it.
Kevin Alderman, which entered as Avatar Stroker zigzag into Second Life with “Amsterdam” into the Sex Business, sold the enterprise now for 50,000 dollar. That announces the American magazine “information Week”. According to the report Stroker offered its enterprise first with Ebay for the sales. With the offer of an anonymous buyer to pay 50,000 dollar in cash the Deal ended. Stroker the Sex Business in Second Life has not at all abgeschworen. He announced to want to develop a still better and larger enterprise.

Myspace will arise

2007-03-31T01:23:00.002-07:00

To 30. March ends the beta phase of the Social Community platform.
The Social Networking Community Myspace starts to 30. March officially in Germany. Also the beta status is to be put then ad acta. The Germany start is accompanied in Berlin with a skirt concert of the group of Beatsteaks. Thus also the co-operation is to be promoted at the same time in the Myspace community.

However in Germany the service counted in past February 3.1 million visitor, world-wide is more than 100 million members registered.

Yahoo lets memory border for E-Mail p.o. boxes fall

2007-03-31T01:23:00.001-07:00

The p.o. boxes of Yahoo Mail users are to receive unlimited storage location in the next months.

The E-Mail service of Yahoo becomes ten years old and the celebration gives to that Internet portal its Mail users unlimited storage location for their p.o. boxes. To date Yahoo Mail user could fill a gigabyte with their Mails, this border are to now fall. The conversion of the p.o. boxes is to be gradually converted in the next months.

On-line converter

2007-03-30T06:56:00.000-07:00

Web page in a pdf convert, file as text or file spend.ico file in a png transform, HTML to PHP, Javascript or ASP convert, a RSS feed in a diagram convert or Greasemonkey Scripts in a Firefox Extension transform.Those are only some examples from the recommendable list with on-line Tools for converting data, files and code of Dr. Web.
http://www.drweb.de/

Elite Wikipedia

2007-03-30T06:53:00.000-07:00

With Citizendium a competition project went yesterday to Wikipedia into the Public beta. The new knowledge Wiki is to be sufficient for professional requirements and not fill therefore, contrary to the “model” Wikipedia, also from everyone:

"Who writes an article, must be at least 25-year old, have a university conclusion and sign the contribution with its full name. An advice of experts examines the contributions, evaluates it from scientific view and ensures for the fact that they cannot be ruined by Vandalen."

That is a praise-worth beginning, however probably to the fact will lead that current topics will probably create it only rarely within useful period into the reference book. The Citizendium created by the Wikipedia joint founder Larry Singer will however probably have itself to let measure (also) at such things.
So far Citizendium is only in English language available, is however, success to be presupposed, in further languages started.

Blogsticker: Sticker for the Blog

2007-03-30T06:52:00.001-07:00

With the Blogsticker available since scarcely four days can be indicated “Stickers” in the left upper corner of the Blogs. After the Claimen of a Blogs after Technorati manners and the installation of a piece of Javascript on the Blogsticker Sticker in the own Blog, configured, are indicated. Is available already over 100 motives in different categories, however I could find so far nothing, what I would also really merge. Besides the possibility for creating own Sticker is missing and makes the service thus only conditionally useful.
However the question about the usefulness of such a service arises anyway. If I want so a Sticker on my Blog, then I insert, without I must implement still stranger Javascript. But perhaps I do not have simply the Community thought behind it whole understood…

Renewed Trojan he alarm in the network of Skype

2007-03-30T06:48:00.000-07:00

After in February already the worm under the name Warezov and/or Stration numerous users of the VoIP software Skype infected this yearly, it makes the round now in a newer version again.

If the Trojaner eingenistet itself first times in the system, the damage routine tries to likewise infect all friends in the contact list. In addition a text message with a left is sent away, which one is to open and a file is to download.'

If one obeys these instructions, the Trojaner on the domestic computer installs itself and loads further small applications from the Internet down. With these the aggressor can take over control of the computer and send for example Spam messages away.

Meanwhile it should be possible all well-known anti-virus programs to recognize the parasit and strike alarm. Nevertheless one should always remember that one should not click ominöse on the left of in principle, before is really safe to 100 per cent that it concerns here no dangerous left.

Ebay and Mozilla cooperate

2007-03-30T06:46:00.001-07:00

Ebay everywhere - on-line auction house and Mozilla want to realize this goal together.
Users of the Internet Browsers Firefox in Germany, France and Great Britain are to be able themselves to inform in the near future always and everywhere by means of Firefox about its auctions, independently of it, also which Website them straight to be. An appropriate co-operation to new technologies and solutions now announced on-line auction house Ebay and the open SOURCE specialist Mozilla. Closer details over co-operation are in the second quarter 2007 admit to be given.

Expedia cooperates with on-line pharmacy

2007-03-30T06:44:00.000-07:00

User of the travel portal can immediately during the flight reservation equal travel pharmacy along-order.
The travel portal Expedia.de co-operates immediately with on-line pharmacy shop-apotheke.com. The offer of the medicine supplier is integrated thereby into the Expedia sides - user are to be able itself to their flight equal the suitable travel pharmacy to to it-order. Remote travelers can besides with shop-apotheke.com about the health risks of their tourist country inform.

A common index of the “Financial Time” and the British consulting firm Bowen Craggs evaluates the best enterprise Websites of the world

2007-03-30T06:39:00.000-07:00

The Siemens company has the best internal baptizing ride under the 60 world-wide largest companies. This shows the “FT/Bowen Craggs index” of the daily paper “Financial Time” brought again into being and the British consulting firm Bowen Craggs. A goal of the new Rankings is it to supply a yardstick with whose assistance it can be judged whether a Website is effectively as arranged as possible and which Internet appearances are better than others. Siemens stands out not against the mass, because the Website enormously largely and is very well structured, but because also to the small detail one paid attention, the testers praise. With the search for a product the user pushes on an extremely logical structure, likewise on the contact side or with the press releases.Also the Internet appearance of Shell ranks among the best. A keyword list also left to to most clicked topics of the last time convinced the testers. Beyond that captivate BP by particularly imaginative individual components, for example statistic data over the world-wide energy consumption or a Tool, with which customers can provide individual energy consumption diagrams.

160 GB Flash non removable disks announced

2007-03-29T11:48:00.000-07:00

Adtron, an enterprise from Texas announced now to bring still in this month Flash non removable disks on the market which have a capacity of up to 160 gigabyte.

So far Flash memory was available only with comparatively small capacities.
The largest advantage in Flash memory is in the fact that these are very unempflindlich in relation to impacts and exhibit very small access times. Windows Vista was optimized for this reason also on these storage media, in order to be able to unfold there full achievement.
The Flash non removable disks are 2.5 tariff largely and are available in the capacities 32, 96 and 160 gigabyte. To the Main board of the computer the storage media can be attached via IDE or SATA. The enterprise did not communicate concrete prices for the new storage media sometimes.

ICQ with integrated translator

2007-03-29T11:46:00.000-07:00

Das Messenger-Programm ICQ gehört mittlerweile zum Inventar eines jeden Internet-Nutzers. Mittlerweile ist man schon bei Version 5 angekommen und immer wieder kommen neue Funktionen und Möglichkeiten der Verständigung hinzu.

Now one is even already so far that one can translate oneself the entered message into most diverse languages. Actually a very practical and above all social function. Thus it leaves without problems also with the Frenchman chatten itself - even if it hapert with the own French something.

Without wanting to draw this really mad invention of ICQ in the ridiculous: Which was noticeable to me directly, the error was “as can one in 2 steps translate?”.
Often on-line translations are everything else as use suited. It remains hoping only that the actual translation works better, as the translation for the otherwise very descriptive ICQ window.

Breakdown reveals new Mac pro with eight CCU cores

2007-03-29T11:41:00.000-07:00

Fortunately are the world of full Pleiten, pitch and breakdowns. If this would different be, we would have experienced for example not prematurely from the new Apple Mac pro.

Had emerged the new Desktop computer, which according to standard with Intel a Xeon with four processor cores is delivered, in the British Apple on-line Shop. To all appearances it concerned here a breakdown, short time the offer of the new model again had later disappeared itself. This time interval was sufficient however the night-active Britisher to be able to discover that offer.

Wem der eine Prozessor (vier Kerne) nicht ausreicht, für den gibt es auch noch die Variante mit zwei Xeon-CPUs (satte acht Kerne!).
Wie letztendlich die neuen Mac Pro's aussehen werden, steht dennoch in den Sternen. Denkbar wäre zum Beispiel eine Änderung am Prozessor. Vielleicht greift man auf die kürzlich von Intel angekündigten, stromsparenden Xeon-Prozessoren zurück. Diese ziehen nicht mehr als 50 Watt Leistung, verfügen aber ebenfalls über vier CPU-Kerne.

Apple comes nich to the CeBIT 2007

2007-03-29T11:39:00.000-07:00

The technology company Apple will not come to the CeBIT to Hanover. “Apple issues not on the CeBIT 2007 and does not participate also to the Lifestyle@CeBIT-Sonderschau” said a Apple speaker of the German Press Agency.

Apple disclaimed besides that new Multimedia mobile phone the iPhone on the world largest computer fair CeBIT (15. to 21. March) to look one place. A firm speaker expressed itself to this fallacy as follows: “The iPhone will be available in Europe end of the yearly 2007”. Apple had issued 1999 last on the CeBIT. For years the California company on internal meetings or Apple trade fairs presents like the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco (the USA).
Whether this will do the “Apple Hype” an abort is questionable. Nevertheless for all Apple trailers an harsh setback, which wanted to admire the iPhone in March.

Google works on new translation software

2007-03-29T04:07:00.000-07:00

The Internet company Google wants to clearly improve the automatic translation of Web contents. In the future it should be world-wide possible users, with one clicks understandable translations between the most common languages to call up. The reported the US industry service “CNet” yesterday with reference to Franz Och, director/conductor of a project for automated translations with Google.
So far were based appropriate applications to Vokabellisten, which were linked with grammatical rules. Google sets with the development of new translators however on the statistic evaluation of languages. At the Internet company one supplies a software with numerous identical texts in different languages. The program is to provide independently statistic analyses. On their basis translations are then made.
The quality is not perfect, but clearly better than with the available routines. “Some people, which had to do our results from Arab already longer with machine translations and to English saw, were impressed”, like that Och.

The distributing house can make up for its conversions from the classical catalog dispatch with strong growth rates, rather mauen

2007-03-29T04:03:00.001-07:00

The group of petrol dispatch added with on-line trade strongly: 2,8 billion euro spent customers Hamburg distributing houses with the purchase in the Internet. Thus Otto is according to own data now before Amazon Germany of largest on-line dealers for private customers. The strong on-line performance covers weaknesses in the classical catalog trade. In the future the distributing house wants to remove the section E-Commerce further. There is to be the classical catalog in addition, further: “Often enough look the customers only into the catalog and go then only into Internet”, said petrol manager Hans Otto Schrader of the “world”.

YouTube: Google on payment of damages sues

2007-03-29T03:45:00.000-07:00

Before not yet all too long time there was violent annoyance in connection with Google's subsidiary YouTube and Viacom (see also: YouTube is to delete 100,000 videos), now seems the controversy again again to have been inflamed, this time however in form of a violent complaint.
The American medium company Viacom (among other things MTV) sues now Google before a district court in New York because of “solid copyright injuries”. With the damage suit it is to act around an amount of approximately a billion US Dollar.
Apart from the payment of damages Viacom wants to still reach to obtain an omission order for further offering of their video tie-clips. According to estimations on the part of Viacom 160,000 tie-clips are in the offer on YouTube, which were not released by Viacom.
Besides the complaint practices also criticism at YouTube's business model, which is based to use no preventive measures against copyright offences. According to Viacom now the court is to intervene, in order to prevent that the artists are continued to damage.