Collaborate Disseminate
Following the shut down of KickassTorrents website — after its alleged owner was arrested, Hollywood studios are playing the game of rat and mouse with pirates to put an absolute end to KickassTorrents. An anonymous reader writes: One of the most popu… Continue reading Movie Studios ‘Take Down’ Popular KAT Mirror
From a Reuters report: The FBI is investigating a cyber attack against another U.S. Democratic Party group, which may be related to an earlier hack against the Democratic National Committee
, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The previ… Continue reading FBI Probes Hacking of Democratic Congressional Group
If any of you use mailing list archive Gmane, you would want to start looking at its alternative. Gmane developer Lars Ingebrigtsen announced Thursday that he is thinking about ending the decade-old email-to-news gateway. But first, for those unaware a… Continue reading The End of Gmane?
An anonymous reader writes: Google today announced the launch of new add-ons for the Android versions of Google Docs and Google Sheets. Those services have offered integrations with third-party tools on the web, and now a similar capability is coming t… Continue reading Google Launches Docs and Sheets Add-ons For Android
Microsoft is facing two more lawsuits over its Windows 10 upgrade tactics. The first lawsuit comes from U.S. District Court in Florida, where the company has been accused of violating “laws governing unsolicited electronic advertisements” The suit, PCW… Continue reading Microsoft Faces Two New Lawsuits Over Aggressive Windows 10 Upgrade Tactics
Jeanna Smialek, and Alex Webb, reporting for Bloomberg: Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz said U.S. tax law that allows Apple to hold a large amount of cash abroad is “obviously deficient” and called the company’s attribution of significant earnings to a… Continue reading Stiglitz Calls Apple’s Profit Reporting In Ireland ‘a Fraud’
Reader BobSwi writes: More changes in the Windows Anniversary update, due August 2nd, are being discovered. After yesterday’s news about Cortana not able to be turned off in the Windows Anniversary update, certain registry entries and group policies ha… Continue reading Microsoft To Disable Policies In Windows 10 Pro With Anniversary Update
Reader evelynlewis445 writes: Tumblr this week quietly announced plans to roll out a new advertising program across its site which will see it implementing ads across users’ blogs. The company did not provide specific details on how the program will op… Continue reading Tumblr To Introduce Ads Across All Blogs
Jon Brodkin, reporting for Ars Technica: AT&T overcharged two Florida school districts for phone service and should have to pay about $170,000 to the U.S. government to settle the allegations, the Federal Communications Commission said yesterday. A… Continue reading AT&T Violated Rule Requiring Low Prices For Schools, FCC Says
An anonymous reader writes: Online stock media library Getty Images is facing a $1 billion lawsuit from an American photographer for illegally selling copyright for thousands of photos. The Seattle-based company has been sued by documentary photographe… Continue reading Getty Sued For $1 Billion For Selling Publicly Donated Photos