The word predator has a new meaning. Watch an octopus devouring a shark . This one's from google videos.

CVC has taken a majority stake in Formula 1. It bought part of Bernie Ecclestone's 25 percent holding and the 48 percent stake of Bayerische Landesbank. The question is who will CVC sell to when they want to cash out, because the very nature of F1 (small number of powerful teams on which viewership and hence revenues depend) makes it an unattractive company to be listed on the public markets.

Li Ka-shing who was also in talks to buy out the stake can be a possible suitor, or someone like Richard Branson's Virgin. Just speculating.

Red Herring reports that consumers in California have filed a class-action lawsuit against record company Sony BMG, charging their computers have been harmed by anti-piracy software on Sony BMG CDs. Get the story here

In the past few years, some of the most revolutionary software emerged not from Silicon Valley startups or high-powered universities, but from a humble online chat room - Chat Room that built the world

Mark Russinovich has discovered a bundle of info about the DRM that Sony installs on your PC with the new Van Zant CD. You can find the article here.

The nutshell is this: Sony releases the new Van Zant CD. On the computer, it only plays within its own executable, not via Windows Media Player or any other software. You are allowed to burn three copies of the CD, and then it's done with.Well, it appears that, to enforce this DRM, Sony are installing device drivers, DLLs and registry hacks, then running a Rootkit process to mask their installation. If you attempt to uninstall the playing software, the device drivers are left installed, and are left active. Trying to delete the drivers manually - providing you can even find them - can leave your PC crippled. The code is programmed so badly, you can be losing 1-2% of your CPU time even when the CD isn't in the drive, as the DRM software is searching your machine to check nothing is going on that it should know about.This technique of masking files and folders to prevent detection is commonly used by malware and spyware to prevent uninstallation. Only by using a RKT detector can you see the processes running and from there, it's an incredibly complicated process to break down the inbuilt protections in the software.

If you happen to take the 1:53 AM train from Grand Central (NYC) to Southeast (NY) on a friday or saturday night, chances are you could be treated to comical fights between drunk guys and gals returning from NYC. I have done the trip 6 times and have been a witness twice.

The girls in the group sing (yes sing) songs abt small size of the guys. The guys keep asking girls to suck their _____. Its one-all as yet and I have watched sprited performance by both groups

One has to be there to understand how funny drunk people can be.

There's a war brewing between bloggers and an Indian business school. This is an ad that the school took out to counter bloggers. I reckon this must be a first. Or does anyone know of any other school doing the same? Apparently the school has also sent "legal notices" to bloggers claiming sums as large as Rs. 1.75 bn ($45 mn) for tarnishing its reputation.