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War on Piracy v2.0
0534 days
It seems the bigwigs at RIAA are ready to try out just about anything to stem the piracy biz. First they began by suing people who downloaded music. That meant suing just about every person on planet earth right?
They managed to sue 30,000 accused file sharers in the last five years. Clearly it wasn’t working, so the music industry said “hey wait a minute, since so many people are downloading, viewing and listening to copywrited content, why not try to squeeze some ads in there.” Accordingly, all such content on Myspace and YouTube wasn’t necessarily pulled down. Instead, the original owners could just choose to put ads on it.
Now in its latest installment against piracy, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has announced that it will work with internet service providers to sever abusers’ net connections. Just to clarify, abuser here means you. Yes, you with the 20 GB MP3 collection! Under the new plan, RIAA will send notices to ISPs that identify the IP addresses of suspected file sharers. ISPs will then send warnings to their customers and then cut them off if the users fail to curb their illegal downloads. Details are still being worked out, but most reports said downloaders might lose their net connection after the third notice. The termination could last anywhere from three months to a year.
Pimp Your Gadgets
1575 days
by webNivaran
in Business
You’ve bought yourself a shiny new mobile phone or you might have just assembled a new PC and we’re sure you are happy with it. But there is always a feeling deep down inside that something is missing, there is something that makes you feel that this new gadget or device is not completely yours. We believe you, this feeling is present in almost all of us – the need to personalize or customize everything we own. Be it a mobile phone, a computer or even something as small as a flash drive, we need it to be unique and different from the one owned by the average Joe. So what can you actually do to make your gadget more like you, well that’s what we’re here to tell you.
There are many things that you can customize, but what we’re focusing on here, is all about our gadgets and other technology products. Even so, the few of us who admit to geekdom, will not shy away from wearing that attitude on t-shirts, shoes, etc. so there’s a bit about that too along the way.
You must have heard of the show called ‘Pimp my Ride’, where all the bling is added to a person’s car, well we’re talking about pimping your gadgets, read on to find out more.
The easiest thing to do for small handheld devices is to attach accessories to them. These could vary from small key chains or lanyards that can be attached to mobile phones. If you notice, most pen drives now days come with a small attachment option, you could easily use this to attach a lanyard of your choice, which makes the device different from the others available and at the same time makes it easy for you to identify.
