June 3, 2005

Apple offers $50 credit for iPod batteries BusinessWeek - Customers whose older iPods had poor battery life will get $50 coupons and extended service warranties under a tentative settlement in a class-action lawsuit. Lawyers representing consumers in the case said Thursday that the settlement with Apple Computer Inc. could affect as many as 2 million people nationwide who bought versions of the digital music player through May 2004. That is $50 redeemable toward the purchase of any Apple products or services except iTunes downloads or iTunes gift certificates. Settlement terms: http://www.appleipodsettlement.com/ 7:05:17 AM

Porn Sites to Gain a Top-Level Domain PC Magazine -  It's official—the Web soon will have its own red-light district. This week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers approved a plan that will allow pornographic Web sites to use URLs that end with ".xxx." 7:02:37 AM