Kotaku is a popular gaming blog that is part of the same network as Gizmodo and Lifehacker, and today they have been on a rollercoaster ride with Sony. Seeing that they are so popular there is no doubt that Sony would want to be on their good side to help promote future product releases, but Kotaku did something that Sony wasn’t too fond of.

It

Wired News recently did an experiment with Digg to prove a point, and it’s drawing quite a bit of attention. Annalee Newitz of Wired News set up a pointless blog filled with pictures of crowds of people. She says the intent was to be as random and boring as possible with no originality and no analysis. After the blog was all set, she submitted it to Digg.

From there, she

We haven’t really heard much about the Zune since it launched, other than an update here and there. The last we heard was when it became Vista Compatible back in December. The latest news is that Update 1.3 will be available soon.

According to Zune Insider, around March 20th, or mid-march, Zune Firmware update 1.3 will be available with a few new changes. The changes they list include:

• We’re
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The RIAA is back at it again! And this time, instead of going after younger kids and teens, they’re going after college students. They are taking a different route with the college students by trying to persuade them to settle the disputes out of court which means less hassle for the RIAA but more money.

400 letters went out to students from 13 Universities.  The universities are to let the students know that they will be

For the last 5–hours (maybe more) my Gmail account has been inaccessible, and it is times like these that makes me worry that I could have just lost all of my emails. Sure, I have seen Gmail outages before, but when they are as extensive as this one it really makes me question the stability.

If I try and login to my account it just sits on the

Just yesterday, Google gave some insight as to how many clicks are fraudulent within their AdWords/AdSense program, but they also explained their system for detecting click fraud. It’s one of those things that they have to deal with proactively because it happens each day. 

They take proactive steps with a three level system to ensure that advertisers are getting what they paid for. Their first step is real-time filtering which

We’ve mentioned Windows Genuine Advantage over and over now. The original debut was back in 2005 and has caused quite the stir since with lawsuits, and general complaints, with some even labeling it as spyware. WGA was designed to check a computer to ensure that it is running a valid genuine version of Windows. Since it was released, there have been several modifications to the process.  The most recent update will let some users off the hook (for