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Mike / Techdirt:
SBC: We Own The Internet, So Google Should Pay Up  —  from the uh-oh.—trouble-coming.  dept.  —  It's become pretty clear that Kevin Martin's FCC has no problem considering "competition" in the broadband space to mean incumbent telcos vs. incumbent cable companies.
Business Week:
Rewired And Ready For Combat
Discussion: Daily Wireless and IP Democracy
Matt Biddulph / hackdiary:
The BBC's programme catalogue (on Rails)  —  Ever wondered what's in that archive?  Who looks after it?  It turns out there's a huge database that's been carefully tended by a gang of crack BBC librarians for decades.  Nearly a million programmes are catalogued, with descriptions …
Discussion: Riding Rails
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Ruby on Rails chases simplicity in programming  —  Can one man and a mantra of "radical simplicity" change the world of Web development?  —  David Heinemeier Hansson, a 26-year-old Copenhagen native, has built a "framework" to help Web developers be more productive and has released the package of tools through an open-source project.
Ben Hammersley:
Hot BBC Archive Action  —  Once in a while, I do a project whose long term implications make me want to cry.  This month's little extravaganza is just such a thing.  As Matt Biddulph explains here, I'm helping out with a special black-ops development project for the BBC.
Amy Gardner / apple.com:
iTunes Music Store Sells One Million Videos in Less Than 20 Days  —  CUPERTINO, California—October 31, 2005—Apple® today announced that iTunes® Music Store customers have purchased and downloaded more than one million videos since they debuted on October 12.
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www2.sprint.com:
Sprint Launches the First Instant, Over the Air Music Download Service in the U.S.  —  Sprint Music Store Fact Sheet  —  Sprint (NYSE: S) customers will be the first wireless customers in the U.S. to download full songs over-the-air.  Today Sprint announced the opening of the Sprint Music Store …
biz.yahoo.com:
Apple: ITunes Video Sales Top 1 Million
Discussion: TinyScreenfuls.com
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Google throws bodies at OpenOffice  —  Google plans to hire programmers to improve OpenOffice.org, a demonstration of its affinity for open source initiatives and one the company believes also shows sound practical sense.  —  OpenOffice has its roots in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice suite of programs.
Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
Google Print Debate on Farber's IP List  —  Over the past couple of days, there have been quite a few interesting postings about the Google Print controversy over on Dave Farber's IP List.  There's a lot of the usual back and forth, but a couple of postings that give some background on possible legal precedent.
Discussion: Boing Boing
Ken Yarmosh / TECHNOSIGHT:
AN OPEN LETTER TO TECHCRUNCH'S MICHAEL ARRINGTON  —  Michael-  —  I really appreciate what you've done for Web 2.0 and the larger tech community.  In many ways, you have given Web 2.0 a face it previously didn't have.  TechCrunch is one of my 'must read' blogs and I'm always excited …
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Staci / PaidContent.org:
Google Ad Plans Move Far Beyond The Computer : It's absolutely no secret that Google's ad plans aren't limited to the PC.  The company is already trying out the print waters in a smallish trial, ads are placed against book searching and chatter about TV has been getting louder.
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greg hughes:
WOW!!  I just played games on an XBOX 360  —  HO-LY CRR-AP!!  —  Okay, so... When Microsoft says the XBOX 360 is a whole new level of gaming machine, they're serious.  —  I just played a couple shooters on a XBOX 360 game console and that's it, I'm sold.  The graphics are GREAT.
Harry McCracken / PC World's Techlog:
Windows Vista: Death to Menus?  —  For three months now, I've been cheerfully doing something that virtually nobody, including Microsoft, thinks is a good idea: using beta versions of Windows Vista to do actual work on my primary office PC.  Which means that I've already logged hundreds of hours with the new OS.
rednova.com:
Managing Murphy's Law on Mars  —  A NASA report lays out the risks of exploring Mars and considers how to mitigate them.  —  NASA — This is it: the moment of truth.  —  The spacecraft door has just clanged shut behind you, locking you and your fellow astronauts into the small cabin …
garmin.com:
Pre-Loaded Maps in a Pocket PC  —  The iQue M4 is Garmin's first iQue to come pre-loaded with City Navigator North America NT covering the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.  There's no need for downloads from your PC.  —  The iQue M4 uses Garmin's familiar StreetPilot interface …
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