Home

Data

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against AOL Over Release of Search Queries

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 25, 2006 - 1:32am.
Dulles, Va. - Three individuals have sued AOL, saying the company violated their privacy by posting their search queries online. The lawsuit is the first class action filed in federal court as a result of AOL's July 31 public release of queries made by hundreds of thousands of AOL members without their permission. The law firm of Berman DeValerio filed the class action on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
tags: Internet | Law | Lawsuits | Tech | AOL | Security | Search | Portals | Privacy | Data |

PassAlong Adds Gracenote Song Data to Mobile Music Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2006 - 12:16pm.
Franklin, Tenn. - PassAlong Networks, a provider of a digital music download services, said on Thursday that it has added Gracenote's song identification technology to its PassAlong Mobile service for wireless, mobile and home connected media devices. The PassAlong Mobile service allows consumers to download tracks from mobile entertainment stores, and also share music recommendations between wireless devices.
tags: Mobile | Mobile Music | Music | PassAlong | Gracenote | Data |

Judge Rules Against MLB, Says Fantasy Sports Data is Public Domain

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 10, 2006 - 1:25pm.
St. Louis - A federal judge has ruled against the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM), saying that baseball statistics are in the public domain and may be freely used by providers of fantasy sports games.
tags: Sports | Internet | Law | Lawsuits | Fantasy Sports | MLB.com | MLB | Stats | Data | Public Domain | MLBAM |

Sirius Satellite Radio Plans to Add Data, Video Services

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 13, 2005 - 9:51am.
New York -- Sirius Satellite Radio announced on Monday that it has implemented technology to increase its network capacity by 25%, which will allow it to expand its subscription radio programming service to include data and video services. New York-based Sirius said future radios will be equipped with the new "hierarchical modulation" technology so they can receive the new data and video services, expected to launch in the second half of 2006. Sirius rival XM Satellite Radio already offers some data services to its four million subscribers, such as one that provides local traffic information.
tags: Satellite Radio | Sirius | Data | Video Services |

Nielsen to Provide Data on P2P File-Sharing Traffic

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2003 - 7:42am.
New York -- Ratings firm Nielsen announced on Thursday that it will begin offering statistical data of music files traded among peer-to-peer networks for its music industry clients. The company licensed New York-based Uncommon Media's WebSpins data, which has provided P2P music file-sharing and real-time downloading tracking and analysis since 2001.
tags: P2P | Nielsen | Traffic | File-Sharing | Data |