NEW YORK (Reuters) - A false Internet report that Apple Inc’s Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack briefly slammed his company’s stock on Friday and raised fresh questions about the delicate relationship between traditional and new media.

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So much for Amazon’s attempts to quell Kindle 2 rumors, eh? Talk of a replacement (or a pair of replacements) for Amazon’s popular — but very oddly-styled — e-reader has been in the mix seemingly since the first model started shipping, and Boy Genius Report has scored shots of something that certainly looks [...]

One interesting tidbit to come out of the MPAA and RealNetworks suing each other over Real’s DVD backup software: the lawyers for the MPAA who presided over the press conference announcing the lawsuit asked the press not to identify them. This is bizarre. What sort of spokesperson won’t allow themselves to be identified? [...]

Sockatume writes “The Florida Supreme Court has approved Judge Dava Tunis’ recommendations for the permanent disbarment of John B. “Jack” Thompson, with no leave to reapply and ,675.35 in disciplinary costs. The ruling is a step up from the enhanced disbarment that had been suggested by the prosecution, which would have forbidden him from reapplying [...]

The RIAA’s only court victory in its years-long legal battle against individuals who engage in unauthorized file sharing has been declared a mistrial, and the 2,000 fine against Jammie Thomas has been thrown out. Jammie Thomas may now face a new trial, but this time, the jury will be instructed that the record labels [...]

This computer uses 100% passive cooling (read: no fans or liquid chilling systems). So how is that possible? Well just look at the thing. It’s like one big freakin’ heat sink. We don’t have much information on the design, but from what we can tell, copper tubing helps dissipate the heat from hot spots like [...]

MP3Tunes announced on Thursday that the Recording Industry Association of Americaís copyright infringement lawsuit against its CEO, Michael Robertson, was dismissed by New York District Judge William H. Pauley III. The lawsuit against MP3Tunes will proceed as planned, however. The lawsuit, headed up by EMI Music and 14 other music RIAA-supporting labels alleges that MP3Tunes [...]

The EFF has a long and comprehensive look into the RIAA’s five year (and running) legal campaign against file sharing. It’s a great overview that not only brings you up to speed if you haven’t been following the whole thing, but also puts the entire campaign in perspective. The summary? Almost every [...]

We’ve long known that the boundary between US law enforcement and the enforcement wings of certain lobbyist organizations like the RIAA is way too blurry, but TorrentFreak is raising some important questions about why the police will call in RIAA investigators on certain cases, such as one where a speeding stop in Illinois resulted in [...]