Record $1.92M File Sharing Settlement Cut to $54K

From DailyTech: Back in October 2007 it was reported that Jammie Thomas, a Minnesota woman, was being sued by the RIAA for sharing 24 songs on Kazaa. Jammie was the first defendant not to settle out-of-court with the RIAA, making her case unique, and for the RIAA, particularly...

Mozilla takes on YouTube video choice

From CNET News.com: A disagreement between Google and Mozilla is making a once-obscure debate into a real issue for those who watch Web video or host it on their own sites.

Last week, Google's YouTube announced early support for HTML5 video, which can be built directly into Web...

AMD Releases Five New Processor Models

From DailyTech: Having lost the CPU performance race, AMD has been focusing on the low and mid-range PC market instead. Today the thorn in Intel's side is expanding its Phenom II and Athlon II lineup with some minor speed increases.

The new Athlon II X2, X3, X4 and Phenom II X2/X4...

Apple earnings expected to shine

From CNET News.com: Apple's earnings report--after market close Monday--is likely to be stellar, but the focus will quickly shift from what one analyst calls the "year of the Mac" to Wednesday's expected launch of a tablet.

Analysts expect Apple to report earnings of $2.07 a share...

Google's Chrome 4 brings extensions to Windows

From CNET News.com: Google has released its "stable" version of Chrome 4.0, an incarnation under development for months that brings extensions to customize Chrome features and a host of technologies for more powerful Web programming.

However, the new version is available only for...

IBM/Lotus unveils Vulcan strategy for social collaboration tools

From InfoWorld: IBM/Lotus is juicing its collaboration tools with a dose of analytics and cloud-based integration with the belief it can redefine the technology, meet the needs of a sophisticated new user generation, and put the screws to an expanding field of competitors.

Web 2.0...

Cisco Shifts Focus to China From Japan in Asia Reshuffle

From PC World: Cisco Systems on Monday announced details of a major revamp of its Asia operations that puts a new emphasis on China and drops Japan to second place.

The company plans to carve a new Greater China Theater, which includes China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, out of its Asia...

New Super Mario Bros Wii Tops 10 Million

From PC World: Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros Wii can claim 'fastest selling single game' with some 10 million units sold worldwide, according to Nikkei Net. The Japanese business portal claims sales of Nintendo's multiplayer-oriented platformer exceeded 10 million units in sales...

HP partners on music download service in Europe

From CNET News.com: Hewlett-Packard has partnered with Ominfone to distribute the U.K. music provider's MusicStation service on PCs sold in Europe, Ominfone announced Sunday.

The service, which boasts unlimited access to more than 6.5 million music tracks from the four major...

AOL: A new buy, a new hire, a CTO hunt

From CNET News.com: AOL announced Monday that it spent $36.5 million to acquire StudioNow, a start-up that builds technology for online video creation and distribution.

StudioNow be worked into Seed.com, the media clearinghouse that AOL launched late last year--around the same time...

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