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BBC NEWS | Business | Warner agrees to use MP3 format One by one they fall: Warner Music Group is making its music available for download from Amazon in MP3 format without copy protection. Sony BMG is now the only major recording group not signed up with Amazon. (tags: politics technology Media copyright riaa) Can…

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I cancelled my Sky subscription mid-year. I’ve not regretted it. It’s not an anti-Murdoch or other political political statement, or anything like that. Truth is, I barely watch TV nowadays and can survive very well on a combination of radio, podcasts, video-podcasts, bittorrent and free-to-air TV channels; the BBC, channel4 and so forth. Saving £30…

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The Spectrum Swindle – Mises Institute In terms of revenue generation, the FCC is second only perhaps to the IRS in extracting wealth from citizens and businesses. In addition to the various USF-related taxes, the FCC is required to collect regulatory fees each year. In 2006 it collected $2 (tags: broadband business politics government communications)…

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Operating systems for really, really old computers – Ubuntu Forums Distributions, distributions everywhere, nor any patch to fix… (tags: linux ubuntu) » Best picture quality with 6 megapixels! I’ll take this “under advisement” – they have a point, but this glibness of this advice is likely to be recycled as urban legend for years to…

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UK Plan for Creationist Theme Park Draws Fire — 12/20/2007 London (CNSNews.com) – A British charity has drawn national attention — and come under attack — over plans to build a theme park, including a television studio, to promote creationism. The AH Trust said in its annual report that it wants to build a $7-m…

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Courses – Open Yale Courses (tags: education courses yale free) Abandoned Sun Microsystems building photo-tour – Boing Boing Sigh – I used to work here on occasions… PAL01. (tags: sun sunmicrosystems abandoned) Buy n Large This has got to be the most advanced viral-marketing website I have ever seen, all in support / backplot for…

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This is ludicrous to anyone who knows a jot about computing: A website which facilitated the online exchange of films, music and TV programmes without permission has lost a US copyright case. TorrentSpy was taken to court by the Motion Picture Association of America. A judge made a default ruling in favour of the MPAA…

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Time Cube The primary purpose for Education is not Subject matter, but subservience to accept any crap taught without opposing thought, destroying opposite brain to be submissive android. You’re taught to be stupid. (tags: philosophy conspiracy funny science) NASA – killer death star roasting planets (tags: astronomy photography science) What I’ve Learned: Michael J. Fox…

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Sinfest – Surveillance Cameras “They spy on us because we are BEAUTIFUL!” (tags: sinfest comic Security) BBC NEWS | Politics | Probe into missing driver details A US information technology company is investigating how a hard drive from the Driving Standards Agency went missing in its premises. (tags: Security privacy) The Great Firewall: China’s Misguided…

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viewership stats for alecmuffett.blip.tv ; doing pretty good. 🙂 1055 views: IT Futurology (& the Terabyte iPod): What could happen to the web by 2012 ? 743 views: What’s It Like To Ride A Recumbent Trike 575 views: Muffett On Web2.0 Security 453 views: Hacking A Topbox 328 views: What’s It Like To Ride A…

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