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Google seeks inroads into Asian libraries
News It remains to be seen if the search giant can attract a partner in Asia, but at least one national library has expressed interest in its library program.
Tags: Search, Web services, Copyright
Video, VCD prices slashed to curb piracy in M'sia
News Eight major licensees of Hollywood movies in Malaysia have slashed video tape and video compact disc prices by more than 50 percent in their fight against piracy.
Did hackers expose N-Gage games?
News Mobile phone giant Nokia is investigating whether hackers managed to disable security that protects its N-Gage cell phone games.
Short Take: Napster buys Gigabeat for music-filtering technology
News Napster, the popular Internet music-swapping service, said it has purchased Gigabeat Inc. to help improve its software to filter out copyright-protected songs.
Hollywood's YouTube frustration grows
News Media executives thought YouTube would have copyright filtering technology months ago. They're still waiting, and increasingly peeved.
Judge: Napster filtering efforts "disgraceful"
News A federal judge levels sharp criticism at Napster's attempts to block trades of copyrighted works Tuesday, calling the company's existing filters "disgraceful."
Napster faces deadline today to block 135,000 songs
News Napster Inc faces a deadline today of 5 pm California time to block users from trading 135,000 songs on its online music service. Failure to comply may lead a federal judge to hold the startup in contempt, and to fines or a shutdown, lawyers said.
Napster visitors drop 7% after blocking songs
News Napster Inc, the free music-sharing Web site, had a 7 percent drop in visitors in March from the previous month, after the closely held company began blocking access to copyright-protected songs, a study found.
Video, VCD prices slashed to curb piracy
News The country's eight major licensees of Hollywood movies have slashed video tape and video compact disc prices by more than 50 percent in their fight against piracy.
Microsoft cracks down on source code traders
News Microsoft has sent several letters to people known to have posted Windows source code on the Internet, warning them to stop offering the files and erase any copies.
Tags: Microsoft Windows
New security proposed for do-it-all phones
News Trusted Computing Group is set to lay out new hardware-based security standard for mobile phones.
Tags: Business security, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Smart phones, Data security, PDA phones, Mobile commerce, Applications and tools
Security researchers and vendors to call a truce?
News news analysis Security researchers pull presentation on Web attack method to give Adobe time to develop a patch in the latest case of researchers voluntarily restraining on disclosing vulnerabilities. Is compromise the answer?
Tags: Security, Vulnerability, penetration testing, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, software, hacking, professor, researcher, Adobe Systems Inc., computer security
Europeans move closer to Internet copyright law
News An important committee within the European Commission (EC) has put finishing touches on landmark electronic copyright legislation, clearing the way for a full commission vote sometime next week, European Union officials confirmed on Monday.
U.S. trade rep skeptical about M'sian price controls
News A U.S. trade representative visiting Malaysia said the planned price controls on software and recordings would hurt consumers.
US to cybercriminals: You're going down
News US Attorney General John Ashcroft said federal officials would crack down on an increasing wave of cybercrime by beefing up 10 specialized units so they can better concentrate on catching hackers and pirates.
