Microsoft Denies Nigerian Linux Scam  —  Microsoft is a tremendous competitor in every market in the world.  And according to a letter written by Mandriva Linux CEO Francois Bancilhon, it’s so bent on winning that it undercut a deal between the Nigerian government and the Linux vendor.

Source:   internetnews.com
Author:   Sean Michael Kerner
Link:   http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php…

The Man Behind the Google Phone  —  A RETINAL scanner emitting a blue glow monitors the entrance to Andy Rubin’s home in the foothills overlooking Silicon Valley.  If the scanner recognizes you, the door unlocks automatically.  (The system makes it easier to deal with former girlfriends, Mr. Rubin likes to joke.

Source:   New York Times
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I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone  —  A RETINAL scanner emitting a blue glow monitors the entrance to Andy Rubin’s home in the foothills overlooking Silicon Valley.  If the scanner recognizes you, the door unlocks automatically.  (The system makes it easier to deal with former girlfriends, Mr. Rubin likes to joke.

Source:   New […]

Canadian Study: Piracy Boosts CD Sales  —  University of London researchers, Birgitte Andersen and Marion Frenz surveyed a large group of Canadians to find out what the effect of piracy is on music sales.  The results are surprising, at least, for the music industry.

Source:   TorrentFreak
Author:   Ernesto
Link:   http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-boosts-cd-sales-071103/

Google to unveil mobile platform; target: iPhone?  —  Negotiators continued to hammer our deals over the weekend  —  Google negotiators this weekend continue to hammer out agreements with wireless carriers, handset makers, software developers and hardware providers, as the company prepares …

Source:   Computerworld
Author:   Juan Carlos Perez
Link:   http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do…

Video Workload survey results  —  Posted by Andy survey, newspaper video, multimedia  —  So, the responses to my second little survey about video have slowed enough for me to put out some results.  —  I tried to expand on some of the areas from the first survey that had caused debate …

Source:   AndyDickinson.net
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The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study for Industry Canada  —  Description: Industry Canada undertook a music file sharing study during 2006-07 to measure the extent to which music downloads over peer-to-peer file sharing networks …

Source:   strategis.ic.gc.ca
Link:   http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ippd-dppi.nsf/en…

OpenSocial Hacked In Minutes  —  Mike has a story this morning about the first OpenSocial application h4ck3d in minutes. … Valleywag also has an interesting post about OpenSocial as a PR scam including, “OpenSocial should really be called OpenWidget. … And Marshall wonders if this will really be a huge disappointment.

Source:   CenterNetworks -
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Gov’t Commissioned Study Finds P2P Downloaders Buy More Music  —  A newly study commissioned by Industry Canada, which includes some of the most extensive surveying to date of the Canadian population on music purchasing habits, finds what many have long suspected (though CRIA has denied) …

Source:   Michael Geist Blog
Author:   Michael Geist
Link:   http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2347/125/

Best Buy Replaces Backordered $99 Toshiba HD-A2s with HD-A3s  —  Best Buy brings Christmas early to some customers  —  Best Buy often gets a reputation of not having the best customer service and looking down on “devil customers” who only come to Best Buy locations to score hot deals.

Source:   DailyTech
Author:   Brandon Hill
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