Shocker: Ars, Hollywood agree on need for ACTA openness

MPAA head Dan Glickman sent a letter yesterday to both Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk in which he called for a serious US push to pass the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That’s certainly expected—ACTA contains a host of goodies for Hollywood and the recording industry—but what came as a surprise was Glickman’s irritation at various ACTA “protests” which create “apprehension over the Agreement’s substance.”

He’s referring to online outlets that have hoisted the anti-ACTA flag over the last year, accusing the treaty of being a pretext for ramming “three strikes” laws through without Congressional oversight or empowering Customs agents to check the contents of your iPod. Bas

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MICROSOFT OFFERS FREE 3D GAMES FOR ZUNE HD


The Zune HD is a portable media player from Microsoft. It was released on September 15, 2009. The device is available in 16GB and 32GB capacities.

The Zune HD has a touchscreen interface for navigation. The machine is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra processor. The optional HDMI Zune dock feature allows content to be transferred on to a high definition television. Otherwise, you can watch videos on the player’s OLED display.

The device offers excellent battery life. Audio quality is good, so it its ability to handle HD video. On the flip side, the screen is small. I Read more…

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AT&T Sues Verizon, Quoted Saying: “Well, Here’s A Lawsuit For That!”

Between the Droid Does ads and the “There’s a map for that” ads, Verizon has been attacking AT&T and their smartphone dominance pretty hard lately. It seems AT&T has a little something to say about the latter advertisement, and is suing Verizon over misrepresentation. Be warned – this fight could get snippy.

AT&T’s argument is very simple. They claim that the above map is misleading, suggesting that if you are outside of the “blue” area that you can’t get phone service at all, which is false, since AT&T’s standard old 2G (and awkward intermediate 2.5G) network covers just about the entire US. Read more…

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Equalizer Music Hat – this one is for the winter


Here comes another Equalizer Music hat, but this time it’s meant for winter, to keep your head warm. This equalizer hat has blue luminescent displays in either side, which light up to the beat of your music.

You just need to plug in your MP3 or music player with a headphone jack, to show off your music fever on your cold head.

Buy online, Iwoot, $30

 
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Plastic Logic hopes there is a Que for e-books

Plastic Logic has given a name–but not a launch date–for its forthcoming e-reader.

The e-book reader, which can display electronic books as well as PDFs, PowerPoint, and other business documents, will be dubbed the Que, the company is announcing this week. Plastic Logic said it will show off the Que at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, at which time it will announce pricing, availability, and other details.

Plastic Logic plans to show off the Que at CES in January, at which time it will announce pricing, availability, and other details.

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The product was originally slated for launch this year, but the company said in March that it would not arrive until early next year.

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