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etc: A new alliance between Facebook and AOL will integrate Facebook Chat into AIM.
A new alliance between Facebook and AOL will integrate Facebook Chat into AIM. Read More: San Jose Mercury News
Continue reading »DOE grants $80 million to biofuel research
On Wednesday, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that $80 million of stimulus money will be invested in advanced biofuels and fueling infrastructure. The funds will be divided between a few different projects and consortia with the intent of developing a more sustainable transportation system. Of the $80 million, $44 million will go to the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts.
Continue reading »New wave of pirates has psoriasis, frat boy hair; no peglegs
According to a new report (PDF) from the Business Software Alliance, “roughly 41 percent of all software installed on personal computers is obtained illegally.” And, although the US government is reluctant to bring prosecutions against noncommercial P2P users or against downloaders, the Department of Justice is increasingly willing to prosecute criminal copyright infringement cases brought to its attention by groups like the BSA. But who are these criminal masterminds, exactly?
Continue reading »Report: 41 Percent of Personal Computing Software Is Pirated
The Business Software Alliance is taking the offensive, sending out millions of takedown notices the first six months of the year in a bid to combat piracy. Reason: if the BSA is to believed, about 41 percent of all software on personal computers is pirated – socking the industry with some $53 billion in losses. That’s the size of the proposed 2010 budget for the state of Illinois.
Continue reading »Business Software Alliance wants in on three-strikes action
The Business Software Alliance exists to fight software piracy, and the group has thrown its weight behind the “graduated response” method of dealing with online copyright infringement. But, in a sign that Big Content has heard the public’s complaints about lack of due process and disproportionate penalties , the BSA goes out of its way to talk up the need for an appeals process and judicial oversight before any Internet disconnections could occur. Graduated response deals with suspected copyright infringement on the Internet by involving ISPs, who implement a set of ever more restrictive sanctions on users accused of sharing movies, music, or software online.
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