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Deferred-prosecution deal for college iPod scammer
A deferred-prosecution deal has been granted to a college student accused of devising what court observers called a creative but less-than-brilliant iPod scam.
HeraldSun.com – Jul 17, 2008 05:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: North Carolina: Raleigh-Durham
A deferred-prosecution deal has been granted to a college student accused of devising what court observers called a creative but less-than-brilliant iPod scam.
HeraldSun.com – Jul 17, 2008 05:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: North Carolina: Raleigh-Durham
Apple's new MobileMe has a clear mission in cloud computing
MobileMe is meant to keep the e-mail, calendars and address books on all of your computers - Macs, Windows PC's, iPhones and iPod Touches - synchronized in real time.
International Herald Tribune – Jul 17, 2008 03:22 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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MobileMe is meant to keep the e-mail, calendars and address books on all of your computers - Macs, Windows PC's, iPhones and iPod Touches - synchronized in real time.
International Herald Tribune – Jul 17, 2008 03:22 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Letters and blogs
Hands off my IP There is a double problem - massive oversupply of music to a saturated market, and the perception of the public that music doesn't have to be paid for (The right to peer inside your iPod, July 10). I split everything 50/50 with my record label, who invest time and effort into promoting my work - if they are screwed, so am I. The problem affects all media producers now - first it was music, then printed media started to lose circulation as online alternatives grew, and now television channels are struggling to adjust to a world where people expect free content on demand. It won't be long before people expect free films and games, too. Someone, somewhere will have to pay ... and it isn't going to be the freeloaders. Martin Wheeler, Berlin [I'm] rather suspicious of anything which is so wholeheartedly in favour of IP, without mentioning the need to balance between the rights of owners, competitors and users, though [I] suspect anything so detailed would be beyond the ambit of a general summit of world leaders. As for individuals being stopped at customs, this would be too costly and time consuming. ipkitten.blogspot.com The focus of the Guardian article is on music and video content. But the same can be applied to books. bookyards.blogspot.com Unless Congress manages to entirely reapeal the Fourth Amendment (that pesky thing protecting Americans from warrantless seach and seizure), this bill appears to be entirely unconstitutional. happilyoblivious.com/blog The solution: encryption, encryption, encryption! Encrypt everything no matter how trivial and leave dummy files all over your device to throw them off and take up as much resources as possible. shoutluton.blogspot.com Poor iPhone reception Thought you might be interested in the 700-plus people who ordered the iPhone from the Carphone Warehouse last Monday and took delivery Friday. As of Sunday we are still being told stories from them as to when the phone will start working. We now have a ETA of Wednesday for them to start working. So far we have not received any communication from anyone at CPW to inform us what has happened or apologies for the problem. Keith Clifforth, Newbury The whole O2 online shopping experience is fraught with problems. It seems clear that, five days before people actually pick up iPhones, O2 has not managed to prepare for the event, even knowing what usually happens when new Apple kit goes on sale. No wonder people think that the iPhone is marvellous - it must be, after receiving the O2 treatment, even if it isn't! Tony Crooks, Eastbourne Chemical brothers in arms When the US Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, it specifically identified incendiaries, herbicides and riot control agents as exceptions to the CWC (US military weapons research is raising a stink, July 10). That is to say, US forces can use riot control agents and not be in contempt of the CWC. blog.wired.com/defense This is what they are leaking to the public ... my curious side wonders what are they doing in weapons research that they are not leaking. warnewsupdates.blogspot.com Protecting your data Jack Schofield reminds us of his Second Law: "Data doesn't really exist unless you have at least two copies of it" (Eureka! I've discovered the Third Law of computing, July 10). Don't overlook Taylor's Rejoinder, which states that two copies of the same data are always slightly different. Andy Taylor, Austrian Philatelic Society · Read all this week's letters in full Write to: tech@guardian.co.ukRelated StoriesYouChoose: Technology videos we loveTechnophile: HP2133 Mini-NoteFree Our Data: Met keeps crime stats under lock and keyBT to spend £1.5bn installing fibre-optic cable to boost web speedsKeith Stuart, Gamesblog: iPhone joins mobile game revolution
The Guardian – Jul 16, 2008 11:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Hands off my IP There is a double problem - massive oversupply of music to a saturated market, and the perception of the public that music doesn't have to be paid for (The right to peer inside your iPod, July 10). I split everything 50/50 with my record label, who invest time and effort into promoting my work - if they are screwed, so am I. The problem affects all media producers now - first it was music, then printed media started to lose circulation as online alternatives grew, and now television channels are struggling to adjust to a world where people expect free content on demand. It won't be long before people expect free films and games, too. Someone, somewhere will have to pay ... and it isn't going to be the freeloaders. Martin Wheeler, Berlin [I'm] rather suspicious of anything which is so wholeheartedly in favour of IP, without mentioning the need to balance between the rights of owners, competitors and users, though [I] suspect anything so detailed would be beyond the ambit of a general summit of world leaders. As for individuals being stopped at customs, this would be too costly and time consuming. ipkitten.blogspot.com The focus of the Guardian article is on music and video content. But the same can be applied to books. bookyards.blogspot.com Unless Congress manages to entirely reapeal the Fourth Amendment (that pesky thing protecting Americans from warrantless seach and seizure), this bill appears to be entirely unconstitutional. happilyoblivious.com/blog The solution: encryption, encryption, encryption! Encrypt everything no matter how trivial and leave dummy files all over your device to throw them off and take up as much resources as possible. shoutluton.blogspot.com Poor iPhone reception Thought you might be interested in the 700-plus people who ordered the iPhone from the Carphone Warehouse last Monday and took delivery Friday. As of Sunday we are still being told stories from them as to when the phone will start working. We now have a ETA of Wednesday for them to start working. So far we have not received any communication from anyone at CPW to inform us what has happened or apologies for the problem. Keith Clifforth, Newbury The whole O2 online shopping experience is fraught with problems. It seems clear that, five days before people actually pick up iPhones, O2 has not managed to prepare for the event, even knowing what usually happens when new Apple kit goes on sale. No wonder people think that the iPhone is marvellous - it must be, after receiving the O2 treatment, even if it isn't! Tony Crooks, Eastbourne Chemical brothers in arms When the US Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, it specifically identified incendiaries, herbicides and riot control agents as exceptions to the CWC (US military weapons research is raising a stink, July 10). That is to say, US forces can use riot control agents and not be in contempt of the CWC. blog.wired.com/defense This is what they are leaking to the public ... my curious side wonders what are they doing in weapons research that they are not leaking. warnewsupdates.blogspot.com Protecting your data Jack Schofield reminds us of his Second Law: "Data doesn't really exist unless you have at least two copies of it" (Eureka! I've discovered the Third Law of computing, July 10). Don't overlook Taylor's Rejoinder, which states that two copies of the same data are always slightly different. Andy Taylor, Austrian Philatelic Society · Read all this week's letters in full Write to: tech@guardian.co.ukRelated StoriesYouChoose: Technology videos we loveTechnophile: HP2133 Mini-NoteFree Our Data: Met keeps crime stats under lock and keyBT to spend £1.5bn installing fibre-optic cable to boost web speedsKeith Stuart, Gamesblog: iPhone joins mobile game revolution
The Guardian – Jul 16, 2008 11:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Google and co want us to read all about it as digital books take offHis kingdom is an alehouse and his scepter a can, which is seldom out of his hand". Sounds like a familiar 21st century binge drinking problem. But it is actually from The Man in the Moone, taken from a unique copy printed in 1609 and preserved in the Bodleian library. I came across it serendipitously as I was looking through the books - now more than 1m - that Google has been quietly scanning as part of its ambition to create a digital archive of every book that has lived or died. Google's "reader" will point you to a publisher or to a library or somewhere local to get it. If it is out of copyright you could download it as a PDF or self-publish it through sites such as lulu.com. When it started, publishers were up in arms about Google's presumption that they could scan first and worry about copyright later. We don't hear many protests now, apart from in the US. This is because most publishers have signed up to a deal which enables anyone to read up to 20% of a book for nothing. Some publishers have found that the more they allow a reader to read, the more sales it generates. This is one of the reasons - along with the explosion of print-on-demand titles (another digital phenomenon) - that pushed book sales up 36% in 2007. They seem to be rising not in spite of but because of the digital revolution. Music industry take note. For a digitally enhanced holiday, Google Reader is one of dozens of bookish sites that could help. In preparation for a long drive in France, I downloaded Madame Bovary, read by Julie Christie, for £7.99 from silksoundbooks.com, a company that gives the actors who do the narrating a share of the profits. Whether this has anything to do with audible.co.uk - now owned by Amazon, which had a near monopoly of audio downloads - dropping its prices I don't know, but it now offers cheaper audiobooks including the Guardian's top 40 for £7.99 or less. Whether reading or listening you are spoilt for choice with sites such as ebooks.com, fictionwise.com, the wonderful gutenberg.org and pagebypagebooks.com (for free books), or banned books from Lysistrata onwards. Booksdownload.org claims to be the world's biggest peer-to-peer downloader starting at £1.99 a month. One of the more interesting sites, Lovereading.co.uk, with 150,000 claimed readers, has started Lovewriting.co.uk, a paid-for service offering independent authors a "one-stop shop" for readers to discover their books. Maybe the start of an iTunes market for books? If you want to read digital, what device should you use? I tried a new app to download a classic to an iPhone or iTouch for less than $5. When the buttons didn't respond I tried gutenberg.org instead and downloaded Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on to my iPod touch for nothing (but beware of network charges). The reading experience was surprising, but not in the same league as the new electronic readers that come closest to the pleasure of reading a real book. The only problem is that they are either too clunky (the iRex iLiad) or tied to walled gardens (Kindle with Amazon and the eBook with Sony). A Guardian colleague showed me a new Cybook Gen 3 by Book Keen bought from a US site for $350. It is so light (6.13oz) and thin it fitted into my inside pocket. It downloads free books from Gutenberg easily but doesn't have a Wi-Fi link like Kindle and iLiad. The drawback was a clunkiness and a flash of black appearing in the background as pages were turned. Only the reader can say whether ebooks pass Anthony Trollope's criterion: "Of all the needs a book has, the chief need is that it be readable." But more needs to be done to encourage more relaxed holidays. A survey for Credant Technologies found that 83% of workers will take their BlackBerrys or mobiles on holiday, with 65% confessing they would be in touch with the office. There is a lot to play for. vic.keegan@guardian.co.ukRelated StoriesLetters and blogsTechnophile: HP2133 Mini-NoteFree Our Data: Met keeps crime stats under lock and keyBT to spend £1.5bn installing fibre-optic cable to boost web speedsKeith Stuart, Gamesblog: iPhone joins mobile game revolution
The Guardian – Jul 16, 2008 11:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Technology
Read all about it: Digital books take offHis kingdom is an alehouse and his scepter a can, which is seldom out of his hand". Sounds like a familiar 21st century binge drinking problem. But it is actually from The Man in the Moone, taken from a unique copy printed in 1609 and preserved in the Bodleian library. I came across it serendipitously as I was looking through the books - now more than 1m - that Google has been quietly scanning as part of its ambition to create a digital archive of every book that has lived or died. Google's "reader" will point you to a publisher or to a library or somewhere local to get it. If it is out of copyright you could download it as a PDF or self-publish it through sites such as lulu.com. When it started, publishers were up in arms about Google's presumption that they could scan first and worry about copyright later. We don't hear many protests now, apart from in the US. This is because most publishers have signed up to a deal which enables anyone to read up to 20% of a book for nothing. Some publishers have found that the more they allow a reader to read, the more sales it generates. This is one of the reasons - along with the explosion of print-on-demand titles (another digital phenomenon) - that pushed book sales up 36% in 2007. They seem to be rising not in spite of but because of the digital revolution. Music industry take note. For a digitally enhanced holiday, Google Reader is one of dozens of bookish sites that could help. In preparation for a long drive in France, I downloaded Madame Bovary, read by Julie Christie, for £7.99 from silksoundbooks.com, a company that gives the actors who do the narrating a share of the profits. Whether this has anything to do with audible.co.uk - now owned by Amazon, which had a near monopoly of audio downloads - dropping its prices I don't know, but it now offers cheaper audiobooks including the Guardian's top 40 for £7.99 or less. Whether reading or listening you are spoilt for choice with sites such as ebooks.com, fictionwise.com, the wonderful gutenberg.org and pagebypagebooks.com (for free books), or banned books from Lysistrata onwards. Booksdownload.org claims to be the world's biggest peer-to-peer downloader starting at £1.99 a month. One of the more interesting sites, Lovereading.co.uk, with 150,000 claimed readers, has started Lovewriting.co.uk, a paid-for service offering independent authors a "one-stop shop" for readers to discover their books. Maybe the start of an iTunes market for books? If you want to read digital, what device should you use? I tried a new app to download a classic to an iPhone or iTouch for less than $5. When the buttons didn't respond I tried gutenberg.org instead and downloaded Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on to my iPod touch for nothing (but beware of network charges). The reading experience was surprising, but not in the same league as the new electronic readers that come closest to the pleasure of reading a real book. The only problem is that they are either too clunky (the iRex iLiad) or tied to walled gardens (Kindle with Amazon and the eBook with Sony). A Guardian colleague showed me a new Cybook Gen 3 by Book Keen bought from a US site for $350. It is so light (6.13oz) and thin it fitted into my inside pocket. It downloads free books from Gutenberg easily but doesn't have a Wi-Fi link like Kindle and iLiad. The drawback was a clunkiness and a flash of black appearing in the background as pages were turned. Only the reader can say whether ebooks pass Anthony Trollope's criterion: "Of all the needs a book has, the chief need is that it be readable." But more needs to be done to encourage more relaxed holidays. A survey for Credant Technologies found that 83% of workers will take their BlackBerrys or mobiles on holiday, with 65% confessing they would be in touch with the office. There is a lot to play for. vic.keegan@guardian.co.ukRelated StoriesTechnophile: HP2133 Mini-NoteFree Our Data: Met keeps crime stats under lock and keyBT to spend £1.5bn installing fibre-optic cable to boost web speedsKeith Stuart, Gamesblog: iPhone joins mobile game revolutionMet keeps crime stats under lock and key
The Guardian – Jul 16, 2008 11:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Meridian man found guilty of attempted rape in iPod case
Police say man offered free I-Pod on Craigslist and was planning on sexually assaulting the woman who responded to the ad. An Ada County jury is deciding Stephen Newman's fate.
KBCI Channel 2 – Jul 16, 2008 9:52 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Idaho: Boise
Police say man offered free I-Pod on Craigslist and was planning on sexually assaulting the woman who responded to the ad. An Ada County jury is deciding Stephen Newman's fate.
KBCI Channel 2 – Jul 16, 2008 9:52 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Idaho: Boise
Trial of man accused of luring woman with iPod goes to jury
The trial of Stephen Newman, 32, of Boise, has gone to the jury. Newman is accused of trying to a lure a woman to a Boise park with a free iPod ad on Craigslist.
KTVB 7 – Jul 16, 2008 8:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Idaho: Boise
The trial of Stephen Newman, 32, of Boise, has gone to the jury. Newman is accused of trying to a lure a woman to a Boise park with a free iPod ad on Craigslist.
KTVB 7 – Jul 16, 2008 8:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Idaho: Boise
Two Steps Forward and One Big Step Backing up
Since the release of the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch last week, I've been busy filling my iPhone (and emptying my...
PC World – Jul 16, 2008 7:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Technology
Since the release of the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch last week, I've been busy filling my iPhone (and emptying my...
PC World – Jul 16, 2008 7:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Ada County jury finds man guilty of attempted rape after posting Craigslist ad offering free iPod
An Ada County jury deliberated for about three hours Wednesday afternoon before finding Stephen Newman guilty of attempted rape for posting a Craigslist ad for a free iPod and waiting in the Boise park where he said it would be last summer.
IdahoStatesman.com – Jul 16, 2008 6:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Idaho: Boise
An Ada County jury deliberated for about three hours Wednesday afternoon before finding Stephen Newman guilty of attempted rape for posting a Craigslist ad for a free iPod and waiting in the Boise park where he said it would be last summer.
IdahoStatesman.com – Jul 16, 2008 6:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Idaho: Boise
Samsung Unveils Four New Compact Cameras
Four point-and-shoot models from Samsung feature advanced abilities, such as high-definition output to HDTVs, HD video capture, and even music and video playback via the iPod.
PC Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 6:12 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Technology: Computer
Four point-and-shoot models from Samsung feature advanced abilities, such as high-definition output to HDTVs, HD video capture, and even music and video playback via the iPod.
PC Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 6:12 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Technology: Computer