A 30 years old women from Minnesota are liable for sharing copyrighted music online.Jammie Thomas are liable and jurors ordered her to pay record companies $220,000 — or $9,250 for each of 24 songs for which the companies sought damages. They could have awarded damages as low as $750 per song. six recording company accused Thomas for downloading illegaly and offer the songs through a Kazaa file sharing accounts. Thomas had denied wrong doing and during the trial testified that she didn’t have a Kazaa account.
but thomas gives conflicting dates for the replacement of her computer hard drive, Richard Gabriel attorney of Six Companies told that Thomas done that to cover her tracks.
Now that label companies win the trial how can jammie pay that $220k?
Is this another issue or controversy for the philippines after the desparate housewives? on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart in one of the segment titled “Is America Ready for a woman president?” you will see a cut out picture of former president Cory Aquino with a word “slut” and three hearts which means “Corazon Aquino faced down dictators…”you will heard it were correspondent Samantha Bee delivers the line. the video is very funny except when they showed cut out pictures of four Female leaders. okay for example if we try to do this video depicting American leaders and put bad words to it what would they feel? maybe we will suffer and receive a bad impact to them. using this kind of spoofs in America is fine with them but what about us, we know that Filipina women are conservatives and this kind of joke is a big insult not only for Pres. Cory but for all the filipina women and we know that many will react in this. but i think the issue here is about ” Respect” Gabriela secretary general Emi de Jesus said (I think any woman who would be called in that way would not dismiss it as a simple affront but a violation, a big dishonor to her humanity)”.
The Christie’s Auction House in London is going up to sale the $18 Million Faberge Egg next month. the pink and gold enamel egg was design with highest standard for the Russians imperial family, It has been in the Rothschild family since 1902, when it was given as gift to Germaine Halphen when she got engaged to Beatrice’s younger brother Baron Edouard de Rothschild.. the egg contains a diamond set cockerel and pop outs every hour and flap it’s wings nods head and open up it’s beak. this Faberge egg is known around the world as one of the most impressive and exclusive art work ever made.
Anthony Philips, Christie’s international director of silver and Russian works of art said that “The discovery of this masterpiece is the most exciting of my 40-year career,”. and they expected that many private collectors and institutions will be interested in this remarkable object.
The Philippine goverment is to seek for an apologized for the Producer of TV series “Desperate Housewives”, for there recent episode where actress Teri Hatcher who plays Susan Mayer asked whether the person attending to her during a medical consultation
THIS IS THE LINE THAT SAID BY TERI:
“can I check those diplomas because I want to make sure that they’re not from some med school in the Philippines.”
we know that many Filipino medical workers are in demand all over the world, and many Americans go to the Philippines to get medical services that they cannot afford in their own Country.
Microsoft Surface the new upcoming product of Microsoft developed as software and hardware combination technology that allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content by the use of natural motions, hand gestures, or physical objects. INITIALS COSTUMERS WILL BE HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, HOSPITALS.
wow this new generation product is very unbelievable! watch the demo below….
[History]
The technology behind Surface is called Multi-touch. It has at least a 25-year history, beginning in 1982, with pioneering work being done at the University of Toronto(multi-touch tablets) and Bell Labs(multi-touch screens). The product idea for Surface was initially conceptualized in 2001 by Steven Bathiche of Microsoft Hardware and Andy Wilson of Microsoft Research. In October 2001, a virtual team was formed with Bathiche and Wilson as key members, to bring the idea to the next stage of development.
In 2003, the team presented the idea to the Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, in a group review. Later, the virtual team was expanded and a prototype nicknamed T1 was produced within a month. The prototype was based on an IKEA table with a hole cut in the top and a sheet of architect vellum used as a diffuser. The team also developed some applications, including pinball, a photo browser and a video puzzle. Over the next year, Microsoft built more than 85 early prototypes for Surface. The final hardware design was completed in 2005.
Overview
Surface is essentially a Windows Vista PC tucked inside a black table base, topped with a 30-inch touchscreen in a clear acrylic frame. Five cameras that can sense nearby objects are mounted beneath the screen. Users can interact with the machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects such as paintbrushes across the screen, or by setting real-world items tagged with special barcode labels on top of it.
Surface has been optimized to respond to 52 touches at a time. During a demonstration with a reporter, Mark Bolger, the Surface Computing group’s marketing director, “dipped” his finger in an on-screen paint palette, then dragged it across the screen to draw a smiley face. Then he used all 10 fingers at once to give the face a full head of hair.
In addition to recognizing finger movements, Microsoft Surface can also identify physical objects. Microsoft says that when a diner sets down a wine glass, for example, the table can automatically offer additional wine choices tailored to the dinner being eaten.
Prices will reportedly be $5,000 to $10,000 per unit. However Microsoft said it expects prices to drop enough to make consumer versions feasible in 3 to 5 years.
The machines, which Microsoft debuted May 30, 2007 at a technology conference in Carlsbad, California, are set to arrive in November in T-Mobile USA stores and properties owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.
There’s another good news from our pinoy abroad (OFW) working abroad is very difficult especially when you’re alone and your family is far away from you, now you can forget about that and you can enjoy now by download local events, news, Filipino films in digital content with this WEB TV broadcasting.
neTVision will launch web TV broadcast to deliver digital content online targeting Filipino overseas. and they can subscribe to the web through a pay per view credit card accounts. the prices ranges to $2 up to $ 14.
Aside from the local movies, Sarmiento said the group has partnered with local television channels in the country like RPN9, ABC5, MTV Philippines, Solar TV, nTV channels and Living Asia for live streaming.
Britney Spears lost Custody of two sons due to non – compliance. and after her failure to get a California driving licence by the judge’s deadline was also a factor in the court’s decision to grant sole custody to her ex-husband K- Fed for an indefinite period. Spears’ former bodyguard accused the pop star of having “issues of nudity and drug use” since she returned from rehab, and reports of a planned “hit” on Federline emerged.
Britney Spears Gimme More MTV Video Music Awards 2007
Former President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada was judged Guilty for Plunder charges. Republic Act 7080 imposes a penalty of “reclusion perpetua” for the crime of plunder, meaning imprisonment ranging from 20 years and one day to 40 years, “with civil interdiction of marital authority and of disposal of property, and perpetual absolute disqualification from public office or profession.”
his Son Jinggoy Estrada and Atty. Serapio was Acquitted on plunder charges, as a result the cash bond were order cancelled. sandiganbayan allowed the former president to stay in his rest house in tanay rizal until the further notice.
The sandiganbayan also said the forfeiture of the P542.701 million worth of bank accounts including the interest and income earned,the P200-million deposited under the account of erap Muslim youth foundation, P189 million worth of Jose Velarde accounts and also the boracay mansion in Quezon city.
The perjury charges for Pres. Estrada, was found not guilty.
WASHINGTON – Minutes after he was arrested for lewd conduct, Sen. Larry Craig denied soliciting an undercover officer for sex in a men’s bathroom and pleaded, “I’m not gay. I don’t do these kinds of things.” Craig, R-Idaho, denied that he had used foot and hand gestures to signal interest in a sexual encounter, according to a taped interview released Thursday by the Minneapolis Airport Police. The officer, Sgt. Dave Karsnia, accused the three-term senator of lying and grew exasperated with his denials. Craig later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct, which he now calls a mistake. full story
Associated Press writers Scott Sonner in Reno, Nev., Joshua Freed in Minneapolis, Todd Dvorak in Idaho and Liz Sidoti in Washington contributed to this report.
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