The Vogue Australia covergirl who successfully sued Google to reveal the identity of a blogger who called her a "skank" has phoned and forgiven her online nemesis.
Source: The Age
Thursday, August 20, 2009
PayPal's recent fee hikes revealed
PayPal made some policy changes in June, but it's likely that you haven't heard much about them until very recently. That's because the company quietly slid in extra fees that will affect nearly all users but failed to be transparent about the changes. Now, the Internet is slowly discovering what happened, and no one is happy about it.
Source: Ars Technica
Source: Ars Technica
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Google working on response to Binghoo! threat
Recently announced that Microsoft's new Bing search engine will be powering Yahoo websites, that brings the balance to approx 30 / 70 of the search market (in the USA) with the majority to Google.
But we all know too well how quickly the landscape can change in the web world, Google has announced changes to its search algorithms. Most of the changes are under-the-bonnet and should bring better search experience to users.
You can experiment with the new Google search: www2.sandbox.google.com
Please comment your thoughts and ideas below.
But we all know too well how quickly the landscape can change in the web world, Google has announced changes to its search algorithms. Most of the changes are under-the-bonnet and should bring better search experience to users.
You can experiment with the new Google search: www2.sandbox.google.com
Please comment your thoughts and ideas below.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Chinese teenager beaten to death at internet addiction boot camp
A teenager was reportedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehabilitation camp in China where his parents had sent him to cure his internet addiction.
Deng Fei said he paid 7000 yuan ($A1190) to give his son a month's training at the Guangxi Qihuang Survival Training Camp to rid him of his addiction to the internet.
But instead, the boy's father alleges, that the boy was put in solitary confinement shortly after his arrival and then beaten to death by his trainers who scolded him for running too slowly.
"My son was very healthy and was not a criminal. He just had an internet addiction when I left him at the camp," Deng Fei told the paper. "We can't believe our only son was beaten to death."
China has the world's largest number of internet users with 338 million - more than the entire population of the United States.
More than 10 million of the country's 100 million teenage web surfers are internet addicts, the China Daily said, citing a survey by the China Youth internet Association last year.
There is controversy over the treatments for internet addiction and how it is diagnosed. The health ministry last month banned the use of electroshock therapy to treat internet addiction, the China Daily said.
Source: The Age
Deng Fei said he paid 7000 yuan ($A1190) to give his son a month's training at the Guangxi Qihuang Survival Training Camp to rid him of his addiction to the internet.
But instead, the boy's father alleges, that the boy was put in solitary confinement shortly after his arrival and then beaten to death by his trainers who scolded him for running too slowly.
"My son was very healthy and was not a criminal. He just had an internet addiction when I left him at the camp," Deng Fei told the paper. "We can't believe our only son was beaten to death."
China has the world's largest number of internet users with 338 million - more than the entire population of the United States.
More than 10 million of the country's 100 million teenage web surfers are internet addicts, the China Daily said, citing a survey by the China Youth internet Association last year.
There is controversy over the treatments for internet addiction and how it is diagnosed. The health ministry last month banned the use of electroshock therapy to treat internet addiction, the China Daily said.
Source: The Age
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Tenenbaum case: jury awards RIAA $675k (or $22k per song)
Boston student Joel Tenenbaum was found guilty of infringement for illegal file-sharing and was ordered to pay $22,500 per song for a total of $675K. Even the defense presented by Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson, who joined Tenenbaum’s legal team early in the case, wasn’t enough and the verdict came down from the jury after less than 3 hours’ deliberation.
"I'm disappointed, but not surprised, but I'm thankful that it wasn't much bigger, that it wasn't millions," Tenenbaum told Ars after the verdict was announced. We asked him if he regrets not settling earlier on in the process. "Ask me in a couple of months," Tenenbaum replied. He also told Ars that he doesn't have the ability to pay the judgment and said that he'd be filing for bankruptcy if the award stands.
Source: Ars Technica
"I'm disappointed, but not surprised, but I'm thankful that it wasn't much bigger, that it wasn't millions," Tenenbaum told Ars after the verdict was announced. We asked him if he regrets not settling earlier on in the process. "Ask me in a couple of months," Tenenbaum replied. He also told Ars that he doesn't have the ability to pay the judgment and said that he'd be filing for bankruptcy if the award stands.
Source: Ars Technica
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