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Last news: March 17, 2008 16:20:00

Craigslist won an appeal at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a suit that charged the company with housing discrimination by allowing posters to submit ads for housing that were illegal under section 804(a) of the Fair Housing Act.... - [Read more]

For those follow such things, Steve Ballmers keynote speech at Microsofts Convergence Conference is online here. - [Read more]

It covers transport for songs between us and them (cue Pink Floyd). Macworld covers it. - [Read more]

Thats the conclusion of an IDC study sponsored by EMC. We hit about 281 billion Gigabytes in 2007. IDC thinks that only half of digital created content will be stored by 2011. I wonder if they are including the data... - [Read more]

Who is this Hepting fellow, who is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against AT&T for allegedly cooperating with the government illegally in domestic spying. Wired profiles the guy and has a short interview with him. Unlike the government, he... - [Read more]

The "Rate My..." trend in web sites can get to be a little ridiculous at times, what with sites such as Rate My Mullet, Rate My Fish Tank, and Rate My Kitten (no wait, kittens are cute). There are even... - [Read more]

The big YouTube announcement that everyone anticipated for today was not that Google finally figured out how to make money from the site, or that copyright holders stopped suing the site (not as if thats going to happen soon). Instead,... - [Read more]

Microsoft is appealing the class action certification in the Vista Capable lawsuit. The company is asking the judge to delay the suit until the 9th Circuit can decide whether class plaintiffs from around the country can sue under Washington State... - [Read more]

The European Union cleared the merger between Google and DoubleClick today without any particular conditions attached. The U.S Department of Justice cleared the deal some months ago. Now all that remains is for Google to take possession and integrate DoubleClick... - [Read more]

Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 is available here. It passes the Acid2 test. So far. And not to be left out, Firefox 4 beta 4 for Vista is also available, here. Is any of this destined to get market share... - [Read more]

EMI has struck a deal withe the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for reduced membership rates. The organization represents music labels on an international basis. Venture capitalists took over the label some time back and threatened to leave... - [Read more]

Online Satellite and Aerial Images: Issues and Analysis by BRIAN J. CRAIG University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 83, p. 547, 2007 Link to SSRN. Abstract: Online satellite and aerial imagery... - [Read more]

Theres an interesting story over at Ars Technica about the latest move from a file-sharing defendant that the RIAA is furiously fighting. The defendant in UMG v. Lindor has subpoenaed information about the software and techniques used by MediaSentry, the... - [Read more]

Vonage has settled AT&Ts patent claim to the tune of around $39 million. That means those annoying commercials will continue. The story is here. - [Read more]

OnStars analog service is going away in February, much to the dismay of about 1 million customers who rely on it. This is driven by an FCC decision allowing carriers to stop supporting analog cell networks as of February, 2008.... - [Read more]