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USA Today:
Sony to pull controversial CDs, offer swap — LOS ANGELES — Sony BMG Music Entertainment said Monday it will pull some of its most popular CDs from stores in response to backlash over copy-protection software on the discs. (Related item: Firestorm rages over lockdown on digital music)
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Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
Sony's Web-Based Uninstaller Opens a Big Security Hole; Sony to Recall Discs — [This post was co-written by J. Alex Halderman and Ed Felten.] — Over the weekend a Finnish researcher named Muzzy noticed a potential vulnerability in the web-based uninstaller that Sony offers to users …
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Ben Charny / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft Offers Business-Class Desktop Search — Updated: The software giant kicks off a new version of Windows Desktop Search that searches for information on individual PCs, or among clusters of computers typically found in offices. — Microsoft Corp. announced a new version …
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microsoft.com:
Microsoft Delivers Free, Comprehensive Desktop Search Capabilities for Enterprise Customers — Corporate IT departments can now easily deploy, customize and manage Windows Desktop Search across entire PC networks to enable faster, more relevant information access with enhanced security.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Microsoft Enters the High-Performance Computing Fray — SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 - In January a group of Microsoft researchers set out to discover how much computing power they could buy for less than $4,000 at a standard online retailer. — They found the answer at NewEgg.com …
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Joseph Jaffe / Jaffe Juice:
Just your ordinary dinner at Mikes — My head's still spinning (and it's not because of the Stella) I just got back from the most awesome dinner with Robert Scoble, Buzz Bruggeman, Andy Ruff, Bill Daul and guest of honor, Doug Engelbart, inventor of Groupware....and the Mouse (not Mickey, but clickey)
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Hollywood Reporter:
Dialogue: Rupert Murdoch — Dialogue: Rupert Murdoch — With an enviable track record in newspapers, books, TV and film, the News Corp. chief pushes his chips toward his latest passion: the Internet. — The corridors of the Executive Building on the 20th Century Fox lot in West Los Angeles are long …
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Quinn Norton / Wired News:
Sony Numbers Add Up to Trouble — More than half a million networks, including military and government sites, were likely infected by copy restriction software distributed by Sony on a handful of its CDs, according to a statistical analysis of domain servers conducted by a well-respected security researcher …
Alastair Jamieson / Scotsman:
Sony accused of leading price-fix cartel to stop cheap deals on web — THE electrical giant Sony has been accused of price-fixing in an attempt to curb internet bargains and send online prices soaring, it emerged yesterday. — The firm is among up to five leading manufacturers …
Will Wade / Wired News:
Huge Solar Plants Bloom in Desert — The barren deserts of Southern California are known for relentless sunshine and miles of empty space — the perfect combination for the world's most ambitious solar-energy projects. — Two Southern California utility companies are planning to develop …
Yahoo! Search blog:
Social Commerce via the Shoposphere & Pick Lists — Today we released the Shoposphere and Pick Lists beta, plus enhancements to our core shopping search capabilities, which we hope you'll try out during your holiday gift-giving spree. — The Shoposphere and Pick Lists are examples of social commerce.
Emily Singer / techreview.com:
Game Away the Day — New research suggests that people who play video games to excess exhibit traits similar to those of drug users. — Show a smoker a lighter, and he or she will get the urge for a cigarette. The same physiological responses that trigger a smoker's craving may also be at work …
pandia.com:
Search Engine Insight: 10 Questions for Dan Thies — Welcome to the first installment in Pandia's new interview series. We will ask search engine experts on searching, marketing and other issues related to the search engine industry. — Our first interviewee is the well know search engine marketing expert Dan Thies.
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John G. Spooner / eWEEK.com:
Bridging the Vista Graphics Gap — Graphics performance, which has long been an afterthought for most corporate PCs and many consumers, will move to the forefront with the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft's next Windows operating system. — Vista, due late next year, will offer four different themes …
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