Google backs private Moon landing  —  Search giant Google is offering a $30m prize pot to private firms that land a robot rover on the Moon.  —  The competition to send a robot craft to the Moon is being run with the X-Prize Foundation.  —  To claim the cash, any craft reaching …

Source:   BBC
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Fair Use Economy Represents One-Sixth of U.S. GDP  —  WASHINGTON D.C. - Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the findings of an unprecedented economic study released today.

Source:   www.ccianet.org
Link:   http://www.ccianet.org/artmanager/publish/news/First…

Want to ‘converse’ with advertisers?  Me neither  —  reporter’s notebook SAN FRANCISCO—I admit it; I’m cynical when it comes to advertising and marketing.  I believe that the sole purpose of advertising is to convince me to part with my well-earned and limited supply of money and persuade …

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Elinor Mills
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Apple iPod touch  —  When the iPhone came out in June, many people (myself included) loved it, but wanted it without the phone—and that pesky two-year contract with AT&T Wireless.  I’m no luddite, but I don’t want my personal media player to ring in the middle of a song.

Source:   PC Magazine
Author:   Tim Gideon
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O2 finds Apple revenue-sharing to its taste  —  O2, the mobile phone company, laid the groundwork yesterday for an announcement of a tie-up with Apple to sell the US firm’s iPhone handset.  —  Peter Erskine, the O2 chief executive, defended Apple’s insistence that it receives a share of revenues from calls made on iPhones.

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Microsoft updates Windows without users’ consent  —  Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users’ knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates.  —  Many companies require testing of patches before they are widely installed, and businesses …

Source:   Windows Secrets Newsletter
Author:   Scott Dunn
Link:   http://windowssecrets.com/2007/09/13/01-Microsoft…

Apple calls on UK press as iPhone talk swirls  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is calling a London news conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to bring its iconic iPhone cell phones to Europe.

Source:   Reuters
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070913/bs_nm…

Mum is no longer the word  —  OK, folks, what does this cryptic invite mean?  Suggestions in the comments!  —  Just to quell any conspiracy theories, the blanked out text is just the RSVP email address and phone number; we thought it only polite to hide them.

Source:   MacFormat
Author:   Christopher Phin
Link:   http://www.macformat.co.uk/page/macformat?entry…

Eons Announces Big Layoffs as Company Refocuses on Social Networking: “It Was Kind of Like Survivor.”  —  Robert Buderi wrote:  —  It was a dramatic, sobering, but ultimately healthy and air-clearing scene on Monday when Eons founder Jeff Taylor called together his remaining staff and engaged …

Source:   Xconomy
Author:   Robert Buderi
Link:   http://www.xconomy.com/2007/09/12/eons-announces-big…

Court stays ban on handset imports  —  An appellate court has granted a stay on a U.S. trade agency ban on imports by third parties of some mobile phones using chips that are at the center of a patent dispute, Qualcomm said Wednesday.  —  The wireless chip supplier said the U.S. Court …

Source:   Reuters
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