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Times calls time on NewsNow links

Now now not so much, now Times Online has taken action to prevent headline aggregation site NewsNow from linking to its stories.…

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Friday, January 8th, 2010 Net News No Comments

France floats Google music-and-movie tax

Vive la différence France should tax Google and other online US giants to subsidize local music and movie industries, a report commissioned by the country's culture ministry has recommended.…

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Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Net News No Comments

Publishers Fear eBook Piracy, But Shouldn’t

The list of most pirated eBooks of 2009 is mostly filled with geek manuals, dating tips and self-help guides. At the end of the year, Dan Brown, Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer and J.K...

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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Net News No Comments

Kids surf sites with ‘explicit sex, violence’

p2pnet news view Alongside the ‘news’ that the Vevo movie thingy is actually an advertising machine comes another startling revelation: “Even a minimally savvy youngster can figure out how to access violent...

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Friday, December 11th, 2009 Net News No Comments

Court Rejects Request to Consolidate TJX Hacker Cases

A federal judge in Massachusetts has rejected a request from U.S. attorneys to consolidate a New Jersey case against Albert Gonzalez, who has admitted hacking more than 120 million credit card numbers from...

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Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Net News No Comments