Cost of texting abroad falls
A cap on the cost of sending a text message while abroad in the European Union comes into force for the first time.
Archive for June, 2009
Do URLs matter anymore?
With search boxes becoming increasingly the first place people go to find anything, does it really matter what your URL is?
Online Tool Will Track U.S. Tech Spending
The administration says the goal is to promote openness and efficiency regarding information technology.
Buyer of Pirate Bay, a File-Sharing Site, Plans to Go Legal
Global Gaming Factory X said that it had bought Pirate Bay for $7.8 million and that it would start a business model intended to compensate both content operators and copyright owners.
Music copyright lawsuit targets Microsoft, Yahoo, Real
According to a short-sighted lawsuit filed in a U.S. district court, Microsoft, Yahoo, and RealNetworks did not properly license more than 200 compositions that they offered through their streaming services. If the plaintiffs get what they’re asking for,
Japan Offers $1.7 Billion Bailout for Chip Maker
By propping up Elpida Memory, Japan hopes to salvage its only major maker of dynamic random access memory chips, considered vital to its electronics industry.
Bits: Joost Reinvents Itself – Again
Joost, a Hulu competitor, will get a new C.E.O. and turn itself into a white-label video platform for other media companies.
Postbox gets extensions
Considering that it’s based on Mozilla Thunderbird, it was a bit of a surprise that add-ons weren’t available for Postbox when it debuted. That’s now been remedied.