The idea is that because the U.S. Post Office offers to forward physical mail, and because FCC rules require telephone service providers to offer number portability, the same principle should be extended to e-mail accounts.

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It’s reasonably clear that the RIAA chose to head to trial with a case it knew it would win. Let’s look at each element of the plaintiff’s case against Jammie Thomas so we can piece together what made this one so ideal for the RIAA.

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Rumors about a Google phone have been flying for months. And since they started around the time that Apple was releasing its game-changing iPhone, it should come as no surprise that we all started to get the idea that Google might get into the hardware game and release a gPhone handset featuring Google software.

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Jammie Thomas has decided to appeal last week’s verdict that she willfully infringed on the recording industry’s copyrights. Her appeal is expected to focus on the question of whether making a file available for download on a P2P network is “distribution” as defined by the Copyright Act.

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R&D Magazine has sponsored the “Oscars of Inventions” for 45 years. These research and design awards are coveted by government as well as private industry inventors. The 100 winners selected by R&D Magazine for 2007 are stunning innovations – resourceful, effective, inspiring.

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Really, it was just a matter of time until bad taste prevailed. Goldstriker International is now offering Apple’s iPhone dipped in 24 carat gold for your (even more) conspicuous consumption.

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“The essential point is that Google
’s strategy is to lead the creation of an open-source competitor to Windows Mobile,” said one industry executive. “They will put it in the open-source world and take the economics out of the Windows Mobile business.”

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Slasdhot turns 10 this month. The influential “news for nerds” site famous for swamping unsuspecting websites with boatloads of traffic turns 10 in October, and parties are popping up all around the country. Without the influence of Slashdot there would be no Digg. Let’s pay respects.

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Key facts from the article: Orkut is 1/4 the size of MySpace (Comscore shows a much closer race), but they
’ve recently taken the lead in the Asia/Pacific region. Orkut is also very strong in Latin America, with double the traffic of MySpace and Facebook combined.

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excerpt: Here are some of the most easy to use and useful open source mac tools and gears round the block. See everything from messenger, email clients, writing , listening to music, browsing or even running windows Software on am mac if you like. Take a peek it’s worth your while if your a mac user and don’t want to pay outrageous amounts for pro

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