Chloe Albanesius

A judge warns copyright owners must consider “fair use” before sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices. California Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled Aug. 21, that a California mother’s use of the Prince song “Let’s Go Crazy #1” in the 29-second YouTube video of her child dancing on the kitchen table was acceptable. Universal Music, […]

Facebook developers will be able to restrict access to their applications by age and location. Facebook launched new API methods and an FMBL tag as part of its “demographic restrictions” initiative. “We have seen an increasing number of complex cases where certain applications and certain content may be appropriate or available to specific audiences and […]

A Kansas-based broadband provider received a lashing from members of a House subcommittee for an opt-out data-gathering operation during NebuAd hearings. Rep. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, told the ISP, Embarq, he was “troubled by the company’s failure to directly inform their consumers of […]

Any Yahoo acquisition plans Microsoft might have entertained are now dead, said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO. A Yahoo merger would have helped Microsoft’s bid to overtake Google in search, Ballmer said, but with the $40 billion bill for Yahoo now off the books, Microsoft is moving on and looking to invest more in search, a […]

Google’s application to bid in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction has been accepted by the Federal Communications Commission, but rivals like AT&T and Verizon Wireless found themselves on the “incomplete” list and must re-submit their applications in the next several weeks, according to the agency. The FCC received 266 applications to participate in the […]

A routine update from Symantec Security Response wreaked havoc on a California company’s clientele this week when it inadvertently tagged a program produced by Solid Oak Software as a virus and cut off the Internet access of Solid Oak customers. Symantec on Monday released a virus definition update that incorrectly identified Solid Oak’s CyberSitter filtering […]

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative on Monday kicked off its short-term “give one, get one” project that will send one computer to the purchaser and a second to a child in a developing nation. The initiative started at 6 a.m. EST Monday and will last for 15 days. Those who donate $399 to […]