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British Recording Industry Taking on Google, Apple Addresses New Privacy Concerns

by Warren Riddle on June 22, 2010 at 11:36 AM

BPI takes on google

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • The Recording Industry Association of America recently triumphed over filesharers in a momentous Limewire copyright suit, and now the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) apparently hopes to achieve its own victory over Google. The BPI has issued a cease and desist letter to the search engine in hopes that Google will remove links to illegal downloads from both its results and predictive text window. For a full list of infringing sites and specific tracks (and for a glimpse into the laughable musical tastes of the Brits), Chilling Effects has the official order. [From: Tech Radar]
  • Apple updated its mobile privacy policy Monday to inform owners that -- for location-based apps and services -- Apple and its partners "may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device." To ease concerns over the whole "real-time" tracking thing, Steve Jobs reiterated the company's "old fashioned" policy of protecting personal information. In order to ensure that an owner wants to share data, Jobs asserted that Apple will "Ask them. Ask them every time." [From: CNET]
  • Earlier this month at E3, Microsoft revealed a few details concerning the Xbox 360's motion control Kinect system, although the company did not address the cost. Apparently preferring its online shop to its PR department, the Kinect sensor bar is now appearing, with a price, in the Microsoft Store. The $149.99 price tag doesn't particularly surprise, though, since Gamestop already nailed it. [From: Engadget]
  • In a daring, June 15th daytime heist in New York City, a thief reportedly walked up to a UPS truck parked near the Broadway Apple Store, snagged a box containing five iPads, and then hurriedly disappeared down the streets of Manhattan. A markedly similar caper, again involving a UPS truck at the same store, went down just two days later. [From: West Side Spirit, via: Gawker]
  • A staggering 600,000 eager consumers placed pre-orders for the iPhone 4, but some may have been disgruntled by overloaded servers and order confusion. Apple should alleviate some frustration, though, as some of those customers will receive their gadget a day early on June 23rd. [From: 9 to 5 Mac]

Tags: apple, applestore, bpi, crime, e3, google, ipad, iphone4, kinect, limewire, microsoft kinect, MicrosoftKinect, morningxtra, music, privacy, riaa, top, UPS, Xbox-360

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