For those of you interested in the debate about copyright protection for music (digital rights management, or DRM, as it’s called) here’s an interesting article from the industry point of view — and a lively discussion on the lively Slashdot forum (some contributions are more, er, erudite than others). Something I think hasn’t been … Read more
It never rains but it pours for Apple. Its stuff seems to be selling well, but it still seems to run into trouble. Britain’s TV standards authority the Independent Television Commission has banned an ad for the the PowerMac G5 which claims it was “the world’s fastest, most powerful personal computer”. Viewers (well, eight of … Read more
It’s not clear whether this is another salvo in the Spam War, but if it is, it’s a novel one. A major anti-spam website, SpamCop, was taken off air — by the registrar, SlashDot reports. Could it be a move by a spammer frustrated by the efforts of SpamCop to eat into their little game?
Trustic, an anti-spam blocker which used recommendations from its users to identify and block spammers, has bitten the dust after about six months of live use. Its website rather poignantly declares: “We remain confident that the problem of spam is a solvable problem. Thank you for your help with this great experiment.” Trustic, which … Read more