Word: downloaders
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...posed by removable data storage devices, from iPods and memory sticks to digital cameras and PDAs. Things could get worse still, with Motorola's iTunes-friendly cell phone expected to launch this week. Hooked up to company machines, the devices can introduce viruses, or, more likely, be used to download confidential files. Armed with a 20-GB iPod, a disgruntled employee - or even an outgoing staff member keen to retain contacts - could nab an entire client database, according to computer-security firm Centennial Software. Late last year, one London recruitment agency worker poached the firm's client base with...
...leap to 52.8 million in 2008, and surge to 136 million by 2010 - probably a conservative estimate. And it's not just voice calls that are under threat. As phones morph into data and entertainment devices, wi-fi chips will also permit phone users to browse the Web and download music without coming near a mobile network. Nokia, for instance, is building wi-fi into its N91, a slick, music-playing phone capable of storing 3,000 songs, due by the end of the year. Wi-fi and other Net connections also threaten operators' profitable text-messaging business, because users...
...Napster name, and Fanning is no longer affiliated with it.) The June Supreme Court decision holding companies liable for illegal file sharing by their users suddenly gave the recording industry more negotiating leverage with illegal file-sharing services. And with more listeners eager to find legal ways to download music, Snocap offers a viable alternative...
...center of the technology-driven environment its audience inhabits. TurboNick, launched several weeks ago on a broadband video platform on Nick.com lets kids watch full-length episodes of their favorite Nick shows online, sometimes even before they air on cable. Through a deal with Verizon Wireless, Nick loyalists can download three-minute videos of Blue's Clues or other shows on their mom or dad's cell phones. Even the family car is now a Nick zone: in a partnership with General Motors, episodes of Nick's series are programmed into GM Chevy Uplander SUVs equipped with specially designed portable...
...comparing product prices on your cell phone. Google Print: Google has scanned thousands of books?with more to come?whose text you can now search. You can't read the whole volume, but you can see a digital image of the relevant pages. Google Video: Windows users who download Google's video player can see free clips of news, entertainment and more. Though the service is still in its infancy, it's useful for watching tidbits of TV shows you missed...