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Tech: NewsMonster is a Mozilla extension to avoid. Don’t even try installing it on Windows, as you’ll have to delete your C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox directory and reinstall. Really, NewsMonster is that bad. I’m still looking for a decent RSS reader. Right now I’m using FeedDemon.

Tech: Yahoo! News - Studios Cut to the Chase: “Hollywood sees Germany as a crucial battleground in its assault on piracy. Industry officials say the country is the Internet piracy capital of Western Europe. Although black-market street sales of pirated movies proliferate in Asia and Latin America, experts say, much of the problem in Germany involves widespread downloading and copying, with little social disapproval. Bootleg DVDs are openly traded in schoolyards and shown in country clubs, bus depots and even by teachers in classrooms. In addition to the home-grown piracy, movies smuggled in from Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic feed a busy network of German flea markets. ”