Are smartphones making us dumb?
They may be called smartphones but the handsets could be damaging some students’ grades. In an experiment, pupils who were given a free iPhone …
Record industry faces liability over ‘infringement’ (2009)
Chet Baker was a leading jazz musician in the 1950s, playing trumpet and providing vocals. Baker died in 1988, yet he is about to …
France bans file-sharing site The Pirate Bay
France has become the latest country to block world’s number one file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay, in an effort to defend copyright-protected content. The …
Sony Pictures hacked, data held for ransom
Sony Pictures was hit by a hack that forced employees to shut down their computers Monday and stay off the film studio’s network, according …
YouTube unveils paid, ad-free music subscription service
YouTube has officially entered the music business upon announcement this week that the Google-owned video sharing site will soon launch a paid service that …
Thom Yorke releases new album via BitTorrent
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has released his latest solo album via BitTorrent in an attempt to bypass “the self-elected gatekeepers” of the music industry. The …
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