As the saga between Megaupload and the United States government continues, lawsuits are destined to come down strong from creators and copyright holders associated with the filesharing sites found distribution selection. The amount of cash that the group ValCom, Inc. is seeking is just part of the massive half-billion in copyright losses and $175 million in proceeds total the U.S. government has already calculated. ValCom's $42 million in suspected criminal proceeds have been seized in Megaupload.com and related entities raids thus far.
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Megaupload Copyright suits begin with ValCom for $42m
Borders customer data transfers to Barnes & Noble, privacy concerns arise
If you were sad that Borders closed this July, and with it all of the data on which books you purchased when, you may be in luck, because Barnes & Noble owns that data now. During the bankruptcy court which saw the sales of Borders assets across the board, personal data (preferences in reading material, DVDs, music, etc) of some 45 million Borders customers included, Barnes & Noble saw the opportunity and grabbed for it, and just this last week, that court approved such a sale. What does that mean, exactly? Will they now know everything about my LIFE? Not exactly.
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Monsoon offers TV Anywhere placeshifting to OEMs
We have talked about the consumer product that Monsoon offers in the past. The line of Vulkano placeshifting and streaming video gear is large and has some decent offerings. The last Vulkano product we talked about was the Blast early this year. Monsoon has announced that it will be offering the software behind its placeshifting technology to OEMs.
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Acer debuts new Aspire Ethos 5951 G and 8951G notebooks
Acer has announced a pair of new notebook computers for the Ethos line. The new machines are the Aspire Ethos 8951G and the Aspire Ethos 5951G. Both of the new notebooks are aimed at home entertainment and multimedia use. Both of the machines have a cool detachable track pad that will work as a multimedia control. The Ethos 5951G is a 15.6-inch machine with a resolution of 1366 x 768 and it uses a frameless super slim design. Acer debuted other notebooks in the Ethos line previously.
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Zoom R24 multi-track is your sampler, recorder, drum machine & controller interface
Zoom has unveiled their latest digital multi-track recorder, the Zoom R24, which throws not only 24-track playback/8-track simultaneous recording into the mixture but sampler functionality, a USB audio interface for your laptop or desktop computer, a drum machine and a mixing desk. Capable of running for up to five hours on six AA batteries, complete with providing 48V/24V phantom power to up to six channels, media is stored on SD card (up to 32GB supported) and you can even daisy-chain two R24 units together for 16-track simultaneous recording.
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Hercules unveils new XPS 5.1 and XPS 2.0 multimedia speaker systems
Hercules has all sorts of products in its offerings from netbooks to accessories for the iPod and lots more. The company has now added new speakers to its mix for computers. The new speaker kits include the XPS 5.1 70 Slim and the XPS 2.0 35 USB.
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Seagate FreeAgent Go HDD gets Paramount movie pre-load
We can't say we've ever felt the pressing need to save time and download energy by buying our external storage and digital movies at the same time, but Seagate's latest FreeAgent Go offers just that simplicity. The 500GB USB 2.0 portable hard-drive comes preloaded with twenty different feature-films, although you don't actually get them included in the purchase price; instead, Seagate - and Paramount Pictures, who they've partnered with for this - allow you to pick which titles to unlock, charging you between $9.99 and $14.99 for each one.
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The Daily Slash: April 1st 2010
It's the first of the month, and here we are, at the end of the day, bringing you another Daily Slash. Tonight's pretty big, but we'll make sure that you don't miss a thing. First, we've got a helmet that just might save your life. Near the middle of our late night story, we've got two tales from the automobile industry: one hits a milestone, and another offers up a pretty nice gift package. Finally, two iPad stories that will make you look twice at the tablet from Apple.
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MIT Media Lab Complex set to open glass doors
The widely-renowned Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has unveiled its new home, a $90 million six-story, 163,000 square foot glass building designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki. The Media Lab will continue to be devoted to research projects at the convergence of technology, multimedia, and design.
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Ruper Murdoch confirms WSJ arriving on iPad
Rupert Murdoch has officially confirmed for once and all that the Wall Street Journal will be coming to the iPad, and that they’ve already been “allowed to work on one”, for the purpose of fine-tuning it before launch.
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TiVo Premiere & Premiere XL officially announced, with new Flash-based interface
TiVo has officially announced its Series4, the TiVo Premiere and Premiere XL, which sports an all-new sleeker hardware design, and, hear this, a completely revamped high-def interface based on the Flash platform. TiVo’s pitch? “This is a one-box solution to combine all your content; cable programming, movies, web videos, and music “.
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ASUS EeeMedia EM0501 HD-capable media center outed
The O!Play HD2 isn't the only media-centric device that ASUS have quietly snuck into their CeBIT 2010 line-up; there's another, somewhat more interesting set-top box on show too. The ASUS EeeMedia EM0501 is supposedly a "High Definition Media Center", based around an 800MHz Samsung S5PV210 ARM chipset with 512MB of RAM and a 2.5-inch HDD bay. It can hook up to your network for streaming content, and output 1080p Full HD.
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