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...everything from PDAs to the ticket kiosks at the movie theater. Why not one for the camera? The key is screen size: the N1's roomy 3-in. LCD makes touching, even without a stylus, easy. The interface is well designed. While shooting, you can control flash, shooting mode, file size and more with a tap, and then enter a menu for more options. Immediately after powering it up and shooting a few pictures, I found myself tapping this way and that, like I was the author of the user's manual or something. I was able to jump right...
...cease-and-desist letter from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) which threatened immediate litigation unless MetaMachine blocked the sharing of copyrighted content on its networks. Since a June 27, 2005 Supreme Court ruling against Grokster gave record labels and movie studios the green light to sue file-sharing services, the RIAA has been busy with a letter writing campaign to shut down these services. Though file-sharing services are only guilty of a crime if they encourage illegal downloading (and Yagan steadfastly holds that eDonkey did not), these services lack the resources to fight the RIAA in court...
...instance are playing the ‘good guys’) refuses to license their FairPlay technology so that others can use it.Apple isn’t alone in pushing closed standards—Microsoft is, for example, guilty as well, with their “.doc” file format. But such standards, while for obvious reasons appealing to big corporations, are anti-competitive, and they certainly hurt consumers looking for variety. If Apple doesn’t have a deal with the right record label to sell you the song you want, or if you?...
...Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed 757 new copyright infringement lawsuits, including three against Harvard users, as part of its anti-music-piracy efforts, the organization announced late last month. Defendants in the new round of litigation include 64 users of university networks including the three from Harvard, RIAA spokesperson Jenni R. Engebretsen said. The lawsuits accuse all of the university-network defendants of using i2hub—a software program that allows users to upload and download files over the intercollegiate network Internet2—to illegally share copyrighted music. “These lawsuits are part...
...Inhuman Intervention Your report about China's use of forced abortions and sterilizations as part of its one-child policy [Sept. 19] painted a horrific picture. Congratulations to brave legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who, despite being blind and living under the threat of personal danger, has worked unselfishly to file a class action against officials to protect women and children. His dedication is something that anyone can respect and strive to emulate. Carol E. St. Amand Ludlow, Massachusetts...