James Murdoch: illegal downloading no different from stealing a handbag Guardian
James Murdoch today called on governments to get tough on illegal downloading, which he said was no different from “going into a store and stealing Pringles or a handbag”. Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation’s European and Asian operations, was joined in calling for tougher piracy measures at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit today by other media executives including Ari Emanuel, co-chief executive of William Morris Endeavor, the biggest Hollywood talent agency. But Murdoch, who stressed that future growth would come from original content production, took the toughest line on piracy. “We need enforcement mechanisms and we need governments to play ball?… There is no difference with going into a store and stealing Pringles or a handbag and taking this stuff.”

Groups says tracks must be sold as part of album package MSNBC
In a victory for the concept album, Britain’s High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band’s original records. The prog-rock group sued the music label, saying its contract prohibited selling the tracks “unbundled” from their original album setting. Pink Floyd lawyer Robert Howe said the band was known for producing “seamless” pieces of music on albums like “Dark Side of the Moon,” “The Division Bell” and “The Wall,” and wanted to retain artistic control.

WhitePages.com halts ad networks over malware CNet News
WhitePages.com has stopped ad networks from delivering ads to its site after they were found to contain fake antivirus malware. “On Monday morning WhitePages received reports from users [about] malware in the form of a fake antivirus upsell program that we believe originated (against our terms) from a third-party advertising network serving ads on our website, in addition to other websites,” a WhitePages spokeswoman said in an e-mail late Tuesday. “We immediately suspended the networks in question at which time the reports from users subsided,” she wrote. “We are working diligently to prevent this from happening in the future.” A representative for the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works said on Tuesday that officials were looking at WhitePages.com and Drudge Report as possible sources of malware that had affected Senate computers the day before. Matt Drudge denied the accusation on his site and accused the committee of politicking. But several CNET readers reported that they too had been hit with the malware when they visited the Drudge Report Web site, a conservative news aggregator that sometimes authors stories too.

Apple Blocking iPhone Security Software Slashdot
Barence writes “Speaking exclusively to PC Pro, Eugene Kaspersky has claimed Apple has repeatedly refused to deliver the software development kit necessary to design security software for the phone. ‘We have been in contact for two years with Apple to develop our anti-theft software, [but] still we do not have permission,’ said Kaspersky. Although he admits the risk of viruses infecting the iPhone is ‘almost zero,’ he claims that securing the data on the handset is critical, especially as iPhones are increasingly being used for business purposes. ‘I don’t want to say Apple’s is the wrong way of behaving, or the right way,’ Kaspersky added. ‘It’s just a corporate culture — it wants to control everything.’”

Asia’s Largest Cloud Security Center Launched In China ChinaTechNews
Chinese anti-virus service provider Rising has announced the launch of its generically-named Cloud Security Center, which is reported to be the largest of its kind in Asia. With a total investment of CNY130 million, the center reportedly has more than 5000 enterprise level severs in various geographic locations in China which can provide security check services for up to one billion users and reduce the time for processing most of the virus files to one second. The center is said to be the first technical project initiated by Rising in 2010. Liu Gang, a chief scientist of Rising, told local media that with the improvement of its hardware and core structure, the center can reduce the time for automatically analyzing and processing most virus files to one second.

Tiger Woods Hires Ari Fleischer as PR Guru Hollywood Gossip
Tiger Woods has summoned Ari Fleischer, former adviser and White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush, to be his PR man as he plots his return to golf. According to the New York Post, Woods is planning to compete at the Arnold Palmer Invitational March 25 in Orlando, and Fleischer is on board with the planning. ‘They were in his living room this week going over strategy in two weeks,’ a source said, noting that ‘I would be shocked if he didn’t play the Arnold Palmer.’ Palmer himself reportedly has told confidants that Tiger Woods is definitely playing. Quietly, the people running the tournament are preparing for a media crush.

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