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Is file sharing really America’s problem?
Google Trends proves what we all have known for a long time – file sharing is not necessarily a problem localized to just the United States. In fact, in many instances, searches for file-sharing apps in other nations drastically outpace those in the U.S. For years the RIAA have attempted to reform American copyright laws…
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iTunes has Red Hot Chili Peppers fans red hot angry
RHCP fans are miffed at Apple iTunes for apparently not receiving codes that make them eligible for concert ticket pre-sales as promised: A large number of Apple Computer’s iTunes customers, who paid in advance for rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers’ new album “Stadium Arcadium” in order to receive a Ticketmaster code that would allow…
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Blogging Ruidoso
Ruidoso, N.M. is under a heavy fire advisory. Nearly every public area in Lincoln National Forest is closed for hiking and camping. Fishing has been restricted to the north side of the Grindstone Reservoir. My Flickr photoset of Ruidoso (click for slideshow): The forest floors we examined we covered in several inches of kindling. The…
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Apple threatens legal action against Web site that links to user manual
Something Awful has received a cease and desist order from Apple threatening legal action if a link from the site to the MacBook Pro’s user manual is not removed. Apparently, a SA user posted a link to the manual while attempting to help other users resolve the ongoing problem of MacBook Pro’s disassembly/heat problem: May…
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iPods help trapped miners pass the time
From The Australian: The two trapped Tasmanian miners have been given iPod music players to help them pass the time as workers wait to begin drilling their rescue tunnel. Brant Webb, 37, and Todd Russell, 34, are now into their eighth day trapped 925m underground in the Beaconsfield gold mine. Rescuers will begin using a…
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Cash’s final song set for July 4 release
Producer Rick Rubin has announced that Johnny Cash’s final songs will be released on “American V” July 4: “These songs are Johnny’s final statement,” Rubin says. “They are the truest reflection of the music that was central to his life at the time. This is the music that Johnny wanted us to hear.” A song…
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Daou on Colbert
Peter Daou has posted his take on Stephen Colbert’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner: The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was televised on C-Span Saturday evening. Featured entertainer Stephen Colbert delivered a biting rebuke of George W. Bush and the lily-livered press corps. He did it to Bush’s face, unflinching and unbowed…
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McDonald’s offers DVD’s to go
In what should prove to be an interesting marketing scheme, McDonald’s is dabbling in including DVD dispensing machines at some locations: McDonald’s is experimenting with a new venture — movie rentals. The DVD’s are dispensed from a big red vending machine about the size of a soda machine. The machines, run by McDonald’s subsidiary Redbox…
Michael Castellon 