In a significant step toward offering public library patrons DRM-free downloadable music, Library Ideas LLC, a new company that has previously hooked up libraries with Redbox video dispensers, has joined with Sony Music Entertainment to launch the Freegal Music Service, offering public library subscribers access to hundreds of thousands of songs in Sony’s catalog. Sony [...]

The five user number comes from the number of users you would need to detect approximately 85% of the problems in an interface, given that the probability a user would encounter a problem is about 31%. Most people either leave off the last part or are not sure what it means.  This does not apply [...]

Speaking at a keynote at SXSWi 2010 Twitter CEO Evan Williams explained how the new “highly anticipated” app platform would integrate Twitter into websites, so you could follow and tweet without having to go to Twitter itself. You will also be able to use Twitter to sign into the site… Twitter promises that @anywhere will [...]

The rise in popularity of ebooks has started a debate on how they should be priced versus the print editions. I’ve been interested hearing the viewpoints from the authors themselves (see the article below). But publishers also say consumers exaggerate the savings and have developed unrealistic expectations about how low the prices of e-books can [...]

This document collects reported cases where the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA have been invoked not against pirates, but against consumers, scientists, and legitimate competitors. It will be updated from time to time as additional cases come to light. Previous versions remain available. via Unintended Consequences: Twelve Years under the DMCA | Electronic Frontier Foundation.

via The Brads – a comic about web design » The Brads – Why DRM Doesn’t Work. Why file-sharing is still so popular.