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Report: Facebook Eyes Digital Music Business

Source: PC Magazine
October 18, 2008

(Reuters) - Social networking site Facebook's founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg plans to enter the digital-music business in the wake of the launch of News Corp's MySpace Music last month, the New York Post said. Zuckerberg is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com about an outsourcing deal, the Post reported, citing sources familiar with the situation. Facebook executives have been busy meeting major record companies about the strategy, ...

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Why joetheplumber.com Loves 'Joe the Plumber'

Source: PC Magazine
October 17, 2008

The day after the third and final presidential debate, “Joe the Plumber" might be the most popular man in America. No, not Joe Wurzelbacher, the Toledo, Ohio-based man who reportedly complained to Sen. Barack Obama about his tax policies and who was name-checked in the debate more than 20 times. No, I mean Joe Francis, a plumber in Amarillo, Tex. who owns JoeThePlumber.com. Reportedly, Joe has been offered thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars to give up his Web ...

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Over Half of 2009's New Cars Will Connect to iPods

Source: PC Magazine
October 16, 2008

According to a recent iSuppli Corp study, more than half of all cars sold in the United States during 2009 will offer some type of iPod connectivity. In 2008, 39 percent of models already sport this feature, but that number is expected to jump to 58 percent next year, which will mark the first time that more than half of cars will have this capability. The jump in iPod-related options occurs as U.S. consumers increasingly demand improved connectivity between their ...

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FTC Busts Major Spam Operation

Source: PC Magazine
October 16, 2008

A U.S. district court this week ordered the owners of a major spam operation to shut down their operations immediately. Lance Atkinson, a New Zealand citizen living in Australia, and Jody Smith of Texas, are accused of false advertising and selling non-FDA approved medications. The duo operated the largest “spam gang" in the world, according to Spamhaus. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has received more than three million complaints related to their activities. The ruling, handed down in the United ...

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Liveblog: Apple Macbook Event 2008

Source: All About Jazz
October 14, 2008

Steve Jobs Unveils MacBook Pro

10:14am: We had a really significant breakthrough that culminated in the Macbook Air.You couldn't build a product as thin, light and strong as the Air with the old way. Rather than start with a thin piece of aluminum, and then add material, we started with thick piece of aluminum and then remove material.

That's how they do the Air's palmrest. (Showing the milling of the Air's top plate.) Constantly recycling the ...

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Youtube Adds CBS Shows, Including 'Star Trek'

Source: PC Magazine
October 14, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - YouTube, the largest video-sharing Website, has started to run full-length TV shows from CBS Corp's archive, in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing. The site, owned by Google Inc, said on Friday it was talking to other TV networks to sign similar deals to CBS. Many TV networks already run short clips on YouTube, which also offers millions of home videos uploaded by users. A mix of archive CBS shows, including ...

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The Dawn of Free Internet Access?

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2008

FCC plans to offer national free wireless Internet access got a boost on Friday when the Federal Communications Commission released a report stating that the plan would not interfere with service from other wireless carriers.

This would be lifeline broadband service . . . that would be designed for lower-income people who may not otherwise have access to the Internet. FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin

The FCC plans to auction off a chunk of airwaves to a carrier ...

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Apple to Unveil New MacBooks

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2008

Apple's New Notebooks: What We Should Expect Tomorrow sees the unveiling of Apples new notebooks. What can we expect? Mac Book under a grand, around $800.

The official invitation, sent out just last Thursday, doesnt offer much. We get the slogan, The spotlight turns to notebooks and a picture of a notebook, probably metal, partially illuminated by you guessed it a spotlight.

Reading the hieroglyphs of Apples promo material doesnt bring much. Could the spotlight reference have something ...

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