DMCA version 2.0 released

File sharers in the US could face spend more time in gaol than people convicted for manslaughter if a proposed extension to the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act is adopted. DMCA 2.0 would set a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for 'non-commercial copyright infringement'. ...more

Minute MuVo2 player boasts massive 1.5GB storage

Barely the size of a matchbox and weighing far less than a bag of sugar, Creative's new MuVo2 has a veritable double garage of 1.5GB, or 25 hours' worth, of room in which to store your music. Built around a 1. ...more

Twelve more phishers caught in the Net

Twelve more arrests have followed investigations by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (HTCU) into the practice of 'Phishing', which involves duping online users to divulge bank account details (either by email or bogus websites). Last week, in the first of its kind, a lone UK man was arrested for phishing. This time, however, a more organised gang have been investigated, consisting of six men and six women from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and the Ukraine. ...more

Supreme Court and p2p: Apple to be the major beneficiary?

Apple could be the major beneficiary of yesterday's unexpected US Supreme Court ruling that peer-to-peer software makers can be held liable for illegal file sharing using their applications. With observers anticipating a spate of lawsuits against the like of Grokster and Kazaa, Apple's iTunes Music Store is ideally positioned to pick up customers no longer able to download music for free. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said that the ruling 'would likely lead to a pick-up in sales for legitimate online content providers' among whom Apple has more than 70 per cent market share. ...more

SCO fingered for GPL release of disputed technologies

SCO is making available key Linux files from its own servers under the GNU General Public License, it has been discovered. Yet in its court case against IBM it is contending these technologies have not been licensed outside of Unix and never for use in Linux. Readers of Groklaw identified a utilities file on SCO's ftp servers that include ELF (Executable and Linking Format) files essential to Linux. ...more