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Entertainment

Pete Townshend: iTunes Is A Bloodthirsty "Digital Vampire"

The music industry has been good to Pete Townshend. The Who honcho is an extremely rich guy. But for young, nascent acts? He thinks the biz is a hostile place, thanks mainly to iTunes, which “bleeds” their work dry.

March 4, 2011
Geek Out

Freed Spam King Sentenced To An Email Hell Worse Than Prison

Fathers, lock up your daughters. Sysadmins, tighten your email filters. The societal menace dubbed the “Spam King” is back on the streets. A freed man, responsible for 10 trillion unwanted messages during his reign of terror. Has he reformed? Hard to say.

September 3, 2010
Science

Stephen Hawking: "Big Bangs Happen"

Hawking’s covered the end of the world, now he’s examining the beginning—writing “It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going”. The Big Bang was a certainty. [Reuters]

September 2, 2010
Entertainment

Now Sony Is A Train Driver

At Sony’s IFA press conference, their CEO Sir Howard Stringer talked up Sony’s 3D might. Expect to see Sony: Train Driver Simulator! on the PS3 shortly. [TechRadar]

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