Day archives: March 15th, 2005

FTC Says Anti-Spyware Vendor Shut Down

From Yahoo! News: “A software vendor that tried to drum up sales by offering to clean up nonexistent computer ‘spyware’ has been temporarily shut down, U.S. regulators said on Friday. The makers of Spyware Assassin tried to scare consumers into buying software through pop-up ads and e-mail that warned their computers had been infected with …

How the iPod Ran Circles Around the Walkman

From NYT: “At first glance, digital music is the field in which Sony’s considerable assets seem best suited, with a little rearrangement, for a comeback. On one side, Sony has 50 years of experience in producing portable music players, beginning with transistor radios in the 1950’s and extended by its Walkman franchise that has sold …