YouTube Purges 30,000 Copyrighted Files (AP) TOKYO The popular video-sharing site YouTube deleted nearly 30,000 files after a Japanese entertainment group complained of copyright infringement. The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, found 29,549 video clips such as television shows, music videos and movies posted on YouTube's site without … [Read more...] about YouTube and Copyrights
That Damn Pot!
snicker.... Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of marijuana plants 10 feet tall. General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said Thursday that Taliban fighters were … [Read more...] about That Damn Pot!
Spongebob and David Bowie
This is so cool. And one of the reasons I watch cartoons. It's amazing the stars who do cartoons. David Bowie thrilled to work with SpongeBob NEW YORK (AP) -- Daddy's little girl turned [tag]David Bowie[/tag] from a [tag]rock star[/tag] into the voice of a [tag]cartoon[/tag]. Bowie will be a guest on [tag]Nickelodeon[/tag]'s "[tag]SpongeBob SquarePants[/tag]," playing … [Read more...] about Spongebob and David Bowie
Freezing Alaskans – Heating Oil
Shivering Alaskans to Hugo Chavez: Keep your oil ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- In Alaska's [tag]native villages[/tag], the punishing winter cold is already penetrating the walls of the lightly insulated plywood homes, many of the villagers are desperately poor, and heating-oil prices are among the highest in the nation.And yet a few of the small communities want to refuse free … [Read more...] about Freezing Alaskans – Heating Oil
Software Pirates
Microsoft warns software pirates NEW YORK (Reuters) -- [tag]Microsoft[/tag] Corp's upcoming Windows [tag]Vista[/tag] [tag]computer[/tag] [tag]operating system[/tag] will include technology that is designed to prevent pirated copies from fully functioning, the [tag]software[/tag] giant said. Reduced functionality is already a part of the [tag]Windows XP[/tag] activation … [Read more...] about Software Pirates