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Submission + - Allofmp3 Shutdown (torrentfreak.com)

Submitted by studguy1 on Monday July 02, 2007 @04:18PM

studguy1 writes: AllOfMp3, the popular online music store, has been shut down by the Russian government . Pressure from the United States, and a refusal to enter the World Trade Organisation (WTO) convinced the Kremlin to take the website down for good. Looks like a follow-up of the agreement Russian Govt. had signed back in 2006, now that Putin and Bush are buddies again.

Submission + - OpenDNS says Google-Dell browser tool is spyware

Submitted by

PetManimal

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @05:48PM

PetManimal writes: "David Ulevitch, the founder of OpenDNS, claims that Google and Dell have placed 'spyware' on Dell computers. Ulevitch made the claim based on his observation of the behavior of the Google Toolbar and homepage that comes preinstalled on IE in new Dell machines. He says that a browser redirector sends users who enter nonexistent URLs to a Dell-branded page loaded with Google ads. Another observer, Danny Sullivan, says that this is a different result than what happens on PCs without the redirector. However, the original article notes that Ulevitch has a vested interest in the results of mistyped URLs:

Ulevitch's complaint also stems from the fact that the error redirector breaks some of OpenDNS's functionality. If an OpenDNS user types "digg.xom" by mistake, their browser pulls up the correct "digg.com" instead. But the redirector breaks the free service's typo correction — as well as the browser shortcut feature it unveiled last month. "Google's application breaks just about every user-benefiting feature we provide with client software that no user ever asked for," Ulevitch said.
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Submission + - Apple sued - Macbook LCD not "millions" of

Submitted by

qu1j0t3

on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @09:41PM

qu1j0t3 writes: "Business 2.0 reports, "Two MacBook owners ... have filed a class action lawsuit ... charging the company with deceptive advertising, misrepresentation and unfair competition over the use of the phrase 'millions of colors' to describe the capability of the LCD displays in MacBook and MacBook Pro computers." (Engadget broke the story. I can't comment if these guys have a genuine complaint; I've no plans to upgrade my Powerbook G4.)"

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