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Monty Python Puts All Its Content On YouTube To Increase Sales Of Scarce Goods
Date : 19 Nov 2008
TechdirtAs quite a few folks have sent in, it appears that the always funny team of folks who made up Monty Python actually seem to get th read more »
Australian ISP Agrees To Filter... Just To Show How Stupid It Is
Date : 19 Nov 2008 TechdirtAustralian politicians have been pushing to censor the internet for years, with its latest initiative being the most extreme and m read more »
Music Industry Squanders $69 Billion Worth Of Free Promotions In 2007
Date : 19 Nov 2008 TechdirtOver the years, we've seen so many bogus reports on the supposed "losses" to various industries due to unauthorized file sharing, read more »
Microsoft Realizes No One Wants To Pay Microsoft To Fix Its Own Security Flaws
Date : 19 Nov 2008 TechdirtBack in 2005, when Microsoft was first mulling the idea of offering security software, we noted that the company was between somet read more »
U.S. prices drop at record pace, China wary of unrest (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - China has told police to ensure social stability as its economy slows, U.S. inflation tumbled at a record pace and marke read more »
Lower Wall St. open seen on auto bailout woe (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks headed for a sharply lower open on Wednesday as diminishing prospects for a U.S. auto industry government rescue read more »
October consumer prices and home starts plummet (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Consumer prices dropped at the fastest rate on record in October and new home construction was at a record low, accordin read more »
Hulu 'To Catch YouTube' -- Great, But So What?
Date : 19 Nov 2008 TechdirtThe FT's got a story saying "YouTube is in danger of being upstaged commercially" by Hulu, the online video site owned NBC and New read more »
Toyota to cut output and Nissan downbeat (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Reeling from a relentless sales slide, Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Wednesday it would stop all of its North Ameri read more »
SolarWorld in shock Opel offer (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - German solar energy company SolarWorld said on Wednesday it was prepared to acquire cash-strapped carmaker Opel's plant read more »
BASF issues profit warning, cuts global output (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - BASF , the world's largest chemicals maker by revenue, cut its profit outlook for 2008 and announced cutbacks in product read more »
Japan banks, U.S. carmakers seek funds (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - China has told police to ensure stability as its economy slows, Japan's No.3 bank sought to beef up its depleted capital read more »
Woolworths plunges on news it may sell stores (AP)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Woolworths Group PLC's shares plunged 32 percent Wednesday after the company confirmed it is considering selling its retail b read more »
Judge Rejects Psystar's Antitrust Claims Against Apple
Date : 19 Nov 2008 TechdirtBack when Apple first sued Psystar, we were afraid that the smaller company wouldn't have much of a legal leg to stand on, even if read more »
Stock futures sink ahead of data; autos eyed (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stock futures pointed to a lower Wall Street open on Wednesday, signaling a reversal of Tuesday's gains. Dow Jones futur read more »
FTSE 100 dips 0.12% (AFP)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - The FTSE 100 index of leading shares eased 0.12 percent to 4,203.71 points when trading began on Wednesday. read more »
Toyota to cut output, Nissan downbeat (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Reeling from a relentless sales slide, Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Wednesday it would stop all of its North Ameri read more »
Asian stocks slip as auto crisis deepens (AFP)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - Asian stock markets stumbled Wednesday as fears grew for the future of the "Big Three" US carmakers -- a key pillar of the w read more »
$100 Laptop Still $400, But Now With More Advertising
Date : 19 Nov 2008 TechdirtNicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child initiative has received plenty of press over the years, though we've never quite fully read more »
Boeing to delay jet deliveries: report (Reuters)
Date : 19 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Plane maker Boeing Co is reworking its entire production schedule, adding up to 10 weeks to original delivery dates for read more »
Dear Recording Industry: Stop Whining, Start Making Money
Date : 18 Nov 2008 TechdirtIn the past we've linked to some of Ian Rogers great presentations at music industry conferences, and now he's done it again. At read more »
Shocking News: Communication Tools Don't Discriminate
Date : 18 Nov 2008 TechdirtIn response to an article about how "Web 2.0 gives new tools to hate groups" I was tempted to write an entire post, mimicking the read more »
U.S. auto execs plead for Congress to fund bailout (Reuters)
Date : 18 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. auto executives warned Congress on Tuesday that their industry was teetering on the brink of disaster as they plead read more »
No Surprise Here: PFF Blasts Jammie Thomas Judge For His Mistrial Call
Date : 18 Nov 2008 TechdirtWe've written plenty of times about the so-called "think tank" the Progress & Freedom Foundation. The group, which has calle read more »
Apple Adds HDCP To New Laptops; Piracy Continues, Legit Users Get Annoyed
Date : 18 Nov 2008 TechdirtIt appears that Apple has begun using HDCP copy protection technology on some content it sells through the iTunes Music Store, and read more »