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RealNetworks boss in sudden exit
Glaser steps down after 16 years Rob Glaser – founder of internet media outfit RealNetworks – has stepped down as chief executive of the company after sixteen years at the helm.…
Continue reading »RFID-Enabled Phones Could Let Credit Card Companies Track Users
An Ericsson executive says all new mobile phones sold in 2010 will include an RFID chip that will allow owners to open their car or house door with their phone. A handy feature, no doubt, for some people. But the executive says the chip might also be used by credit card companies to track the location of cardholders to cut down on fraud.
Continue reading »RIAA ISP copyright cops: epic fail
:- In January, “ We are not working with them on this,” said Verizon spokeswoman Ellen Yu in Wired . Comcast, “declined to comment, and referred inquiries to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association” whereupon, “The group’s vice president, Brian Dietz, said he could not confirm any deals …” The NCTA, “represents dozens of cable internet providers,” said the story. AT&T, “declined comment through a spokesman,” and Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Charter Communications, “did not return repeated phone calls for comment”.
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