“It’s one of my favorite subjects,” she said. “I make my living from my writing, and when people take it because they are ignorant of copyright laws–or think that because it’s on the Internet, it’s free–it makes me really mad. It’s stealing content, in my mind.”
VanFossen isn’t referring to the kind of [...]

“We matched them up and you voted. The results for the first round of the World’s Greatest Gadget Tournament are coming in and some of the results may shock you. Others probably won’t.

Right now the iPod is (surprise surprise) OWNING the iPhone by a 3 to 1 margin.
Another victory for portable music: The Sony Walkman [...]

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Notes from Cnet.com:
“An image of Katie Couric, originally released in May by CBS, was slimmed down for reuse. The left photo is the official first-pic-of-Katie released by CBS. (TVNewser posted it in May.) The doctored photo on the right appears in the September issue of Watch magazine, which is owned by CBS, according to [...]

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PhotographyBLOG informs us that:
“ScanCafé ProZone is a new photo scanning and restoration service aimed at pro photographers. Support for TIFF format, USB hard drive delivery, scanning resolution at 4000 dpi and personal account managers are offered. “We encourage photographers and hobbyists to test out ScanCafé and let us know what they think. If we aren’t [...]

“We realize this gorgeous Swiss Army knife, with a built-in USB flash drive, is probably causing you to become very excited and thus filling you with an almost uncontrollable urge to immediately add this item to your cart (and hey, we certainly won’t stop you). This is a geek’s dream gadget brought to life – [...]

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MonstersAndCritics Reports:
“Swiss computer and videogame peripheral manufacturer Logitech has this week whipped the covers off its new Cordless Desktop Wave combo pack and Wave Keyboard, which it hopes will deliver more comfort to users thanks to innovative and ergonomic height differential key design.
Described as a “groundbreaking keyboard design that is a significant evolution of the [...]