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Amazon wipes customer’s Kindle and deletes account with no explanation | Money | guardian.co.uk
via guardian.co.uk “According to Amazon’s Kindle Store terms of use, “Kindle content is licensed, not sold”. Should you attempt to break the DRM security block or transfer your purchase to another device, Amazon may legally “revoke your access to …
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Daily Dot | YouTubers ask: Why did Google kill Curse Network?
via dailydot.com “???Curse Network emerges as a promising alternative to Machinima. Then Google invests $30MM in Machinima. Curse shut down by Google. ???#justsayin???,??? George Strompolos, a former Google employee, tweeted on May 29. Google shut down th…
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YouTube Networks: An Inside Look At Their Unsavory Business Practices
via readwriteweb.com “One of the best-known examples of unsavory YouTube network business practices brought to the Fine Brothers’ attention concerned the ???perpetuity clauses??? in contracts teen YouTubers signed without realizing that ???perpetuity??? m…
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Hacked terminals capable of causing pacemaker deaths – Hackers – SC Magazine Australia – Secure Business Intelligence
???The worst case scenario that I can think of, which is 100 percent possible with these devices, would be to load a compromised firmware update onto a programmer and ??? the compromised programmer would then infect the next pacemaker or ICD and then …
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Will there be an Amazon of Europe? ??? Cloud Computing News
via gigaom.com “First, Amazon was an Internet-only company that was able to exploit its scale in a one market (e-commerce) to another (public cloud infrastructure). Second, the US has a large developer and early adopter market that flocked to Amaz…
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Why Facebook’s Argument Against Privacy For Minors Is Doomed
The Federal Trade Commission wants to protect the privacy of minors, but Facebook objects on First Amendment grounds. Here’s why the social network’s argument is weak, self-serving, and bound to fail. Known as the Children’s Online Privacy Protect…