Part 2

Moneybookers Takes on Felix Leuschner to Drive Global Money Transfers

Anti-Piracy Group Hints at Disclosure “On Demand”

The chief executive of UK anti-piracy FAST says the chances of a completely voluntary agreement between rights holders and ISPs to tackle file-sharing is “unlikely”. John Lovelock, boss at the Federation Against Software Theft goes on to imply that what his outfit would really like is file-sharers' names and addresses on demand, with no need for a court order. This would be “gold plating” he said

The Pirate Bay Sees Traffic and Peers Surge

Only a few days before the largest BitTorrent tracker will celebrate its 5th anniversary, the Pirate Bay reached a new milestone. The site now tracks 25 million peers, which is more than the entire populations of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark combined.

Top 10 Most Pirated TV Shows on BitTorrent

TV shows are by far the most wanted files on BitTorrent, and according to some, it's becoming the modern day TiVo. But what are all those people downloading?

Anti-Piracy Lawyers Start Protecting Gay ‘Gestapo' Porn

After going after thousands accused of sharing video games in the UK, lawyers Davenport Lyons are now branching out into other areas. This week sees them start going after those it accuses of sharing the movie “Army Fuckers”, hardcore gay porn featuring ‘farm boys' and Gestapo officers. Accusing the wrong people this time could prove very costly indeed.

Leaked screenshots offer clues about Limewire's future

The folks over at iBored were able to get two interesting screen shots of Limewire's redesigned client.

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Chaque État américain et plusieurs pays sont encore pris avec le logiciel fantôme de Sony BMG

Selon une étude récemment publiée par le chercheur Dan Kaminsky, chaque État américain est encore pris avec plusieurs personnes qui n'ont pas désinstallé le logiciel fantôme (rootkit) qui s'installait sans l'avis du consommateur une fois qu'un CD de Sony BMG était entré dans le lecteur d'un ordinateur.

Dan Kaminsky, lors d'une conférence sur le piratage à Washington en début de semaine, a donné l'exemple de l'État de Floride où 12.588 réseaux informatiques ont, à cause du logiciel fantôme, tenté de communiquer secrètement avec la maison-mère. Selon le chercheur, ce nombre de réseaux informatiques n'est pas tout à fait le reflet du nombre d'ordinateurs contaminés qui serait plus élevé. Selon les statistiques,

la Californie et le Massachusetts seraient les deux autres États les plus touchés par le rootkit de Sony BMG.

Le logiciel de Sony BMG, appelé DRM, s'installe automatiquement sur l'ordinateur une fois que l'un des CD protégé est mis dans le lecteur. Le scandale découle du fait qu'en tentant de communiquer avec la maison-mère, le logiciel fantôme expose inutilement l'ordinateur au risque d'être infecté par plusieurs chevaux de Troie ou vers informatiques. Le logiciel tente de communiquer avec Sony à chaque fois que l'un des CD protégés est joué. C'est ainsi que Dan Kaminsky a pu colliger ses données.
Kaminsky ajoute que les statisques ne concernent pour le moment que les États-Unis, mais que d'autres pays comme le Canada ou les pays de l'Union européenne sont aussi en cause.

Sur ce lien, vous trouverez la liste des CD protégés de Sony BMG.

http://www.branchez-vous.com/actu/06-01/10-135102.html

DVD Jon part en guerre contre la protection des DVD haute définition

DVD Jon", célèbre pour avoir piraté les systèmes d'encodage des DVD qui délimitent en zones la possibilité de les regarder, s'attaquera prochainement aux nouveaux DVD haute définition en lançant un logiciel pour les pirater d'ici la fin de 2006 et de 2007, peut-on lire mercredi sur le site Web ExtremeTech.

Le Norvégien de 22 ans, de son vrai nom Jon Lech Johansen, a annoncé récemment sur un forum de discussion ses intentions pour percer ce nouveau système d'encodage des DVD appelé AACS. "AACS, comme l'ancien système CSS sera un succès [pour les fabricants de DVD]; pas pour contrer les pirates. Ce n'est pas son but. Vous comprendrez que le but est de contrôler le marché", estime le pirate sur son blogue So, sue me ("Alors, poursuivez-moi").

Johansen, qui vit maintenant aux États-Unis après des poursuites intentées contre lui dans sa Norvège natale, a lancé un site Web (http://deaacs.com/) pour que les internautes puissent suivre les développements de la création du logiciel qui permettrait de briser le système de zonage des DVD haute définition qui limitent les possibilités de regarder un DVD dans un autre pays que celui où il est acheté. "Je n'ai pas fait de site Web lorsque j'ai piraté le système CSS, je ne ferai pas la même erreur deux fois", ajoute le Norvégien sur son blogue.

http://www.branchez-vous.com/actu/06-01/10-135101.html

                                       Podcasting

Mass Media's Last Blast

A moment of silence, please, for the imminent death of the old Mainstream Mass Culture.

Born sometime between the invention of baseball and the 1904 World's Fair, it began experiencing violent headaches and seizures shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, then lapsed into a coma during the launch of MySpace.com.

There will be no survivors, except on select reruns of "Lost." In lieu of flowers, friends may send checks to the "Bring Back Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw Emergency Fund."

http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/2420

MP3 Will Shift Fitness Motivation and Coaching In 2006

PCs, DVDs, and CDs, the very same devices that have made us more and more sedentary, may help to get us more fit. MP3 technology can not only motivate you via inspirational music, but have a personal trainer in your ear.

In the past we were limited to a walkman with perhaps our favorite motivational CD as we jog. But today, there is not only a wide selection of music to download but also you can download training programs and in particular, personalized training programs. You can literally subscribe to an entire series on Pilates, yoga, strength training, running, or most any exercise protocol.

http://www.fitcommerce.com/Blueprint/Module/Desktop/Announcements/ViewAnnouncement.aspx?ItemID=948&mid=112&portalId=2&cid=112

Lights, camera, vlog

From the Internet counter-culture which spawned blogs and podcasts comes the newest thing in new media: vlogging.

In short video diaries and homemade reality shows, vloggers are using the power of cheap online technology to invite strangers into their lives.

Topics range from in-depth discussions on the meaning of the universe to crude and jerky snapshots of everyday life.

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=35836

Stanford, UC Berkeley begin podcasting experiment

Technology-savvy students at

Stanford

University and the

University of

California,

Berkeley can now download some recorded class lectures to their portable digital music players.

The schools are the latest to experiment with podcasting – a combination of Apple's digital iPod music player and broadcasting – in which professors record portions of their classes and make them available on the Internet.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20051219-0829-ca-universitypodcasts.html

                                                         Industry music

New Releases: Biggie Leads Last Gasp For 2005

You've probably noticed that it's cold outside, the leaves have fallen off the trees and the pages have vanished from your day calendar. That's because it's the end of the year, a time when the music industry goes from buzzing to sleeping for about a week to let critics douse their artists in accolades.  

http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2005/12/1903.cfm                               

                                                       P2P

Google Jabbers And Jingles

No, Jingle is not a Christmas promotion from Google, though it does involve a "gift" from Google.

Jingle is a newly published specification for doing voice over Jabber's XMPP protocol, which the Google Talk IM client uses. Google Talk's implementation of Jingle is now also available for download and third-party integration via the Google sponsored "Libjingle" project on SourceForge.

http://www.devxnews.com/article.php/3572006

The Engadget Interview: Rob Glaser, founder and CEO of RealNetworks

We sat down with RealNetworks founder and CEO Rob Glaser during our recent trip to

Seattle and chatted with him for an hour or so about the state of the digital music industry, Rhapsody's new web services, and his company's strategy going forward. Read on to find out why Rob thinks that the iPod's reign will soon be coming to an end, why he's not worried about Yahoo Music Unlimited, and how he wishes that the major labels would take a two-year break from DRM.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000203073080/

SurfControl Enterprise Threat Shield Named a 2005

CRN

Test

Center Product of the Year

SurfControl , a world leader in enterprise threat protection, today announced the company has been selected as a 2005 CRN Test Center Product of the Year Winner in the software security category by CMP Media's CRN, the newsweekly of vital information for business and technology integrators. SurfControl Enterprise Threat Shield enables resellers to help customers stop the introduction and execution of spyware and other unauthorized applications on corporate desktops.

http://www.techweb.com/showPressRelease.jhtml?articleID=X410124