CEA’S TAKE ON CES GIZMODO PRANK: BANNED!  —  In reaction to “Gizmodogate,” the gadget blog’s prank of shutting down flat-screen displays on the show floor and during demos at CES (see Bloggers behaving badly), the conference’s organizer, the Consumer Electronics Association, sent me this statement:

Source:   Webware.com
Author:   Rafe Needleman
Link:   http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9849168-2.html

Controversial ‘iPod tax’ struck down on appeal  —  A proposed levy on digital music players that became known this summer as the “iPod tax” has been struck down after opponents argued it was unfair to Canadians.  —  The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that the Canadian Copyright Board …

Source:   Globe and Mail
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Can Apple save WiMax?  —  Our sources tell us that Apple may include WiMax, the high-speed, long-range wireless broadband technology, in an ultraportable 13″ notebook computer, and possibly across the entire MacBook Pro line.  Just part of the rumor mill flying in preparation …

Source:   Valleywag
Author:   Jordan Golson
Link:   http://valleywag.com/344015/can-apple-save-wimax

Warning on stealthy Windows virus  —  Security experts are warning about a stealthy Windows virus that steals login details for online bank accounts.  —  In the last month, the malicious program has racked up about 5,000 victims - most of whom are in Europe.

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7183008.stm

Tech Blogger Banned in Las Vegas  —  A blogger for Gizmodo, a part of Gawker Media, has been banned from the Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest annual event in the tech industry, after he walked around the floor of the show turning off flat-screen monitors with a remote device.

Source:   Portfolio.com: Daily Brief
Link:   http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2008…

On Gizmodo’s douchery and blogging  —  I didn’t want to weigh in on this because I know all the parties involved, I used to run Gizmodo, and I understand the impetus behind this prank.  This is a nasty hack performed by punchy, hungover kids that, as we see, got the CE world’s attention.

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Will someone please start a Facebook group to save Scrabulous?  —  I can’t tell if Hasbro (HAS), the maker of Scrabble, is the smartest company in the world or the dumbest.  Over 100 million sets of the game have been sold in 121 countries, in 29 different languages, according to everyone’s favorite source.

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Macworld.Ars: First banner up at Moscone Center  —  Appleologists, train your furrowed brows on the first banners up at Macworld 2008.  As the work crews set up this morning, Moscone South has the first hint of what is to come.  —  What could be in the air in 2008?  A MacBook Pro so light it […]

Macworld leads tech out of the desert  —  Apple has the third week of January all to itself this year, and although it probably won’t top last year’s Macworld, the company will likely make everyone forget about the Consumer Electronics Show.  —  Trade shows are a necessary evil in the tech industry.

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End Game  —  With CES over and the San Francisco Macworld Expo set to begin on Monday, we pundits are turning our attention to Apple, the big technology business success of not only 2007, but of the entire decade.  Steve Jobs has his Macworld keynote address coming and will no doubt deliver …

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