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John C. Dvorak / PC Magazine:
Will Apple Adopt Windows?  —  This would be the most phenomenal turnabout in the history of desktop computing.  There's just one fly in the ointment.  —  Total posts: 15  —  The idea that Apple would ditch its own OS for Microsoft Windows came to me from Yakov Epstein …
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Plans Music Service To Rival iPod  —  In recent years, Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has explained his company's deliberately paced approach to the digital-music business by saying he wants to avoid simply imitating the dominant player in the field, Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store.
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Henry Blodget / Internet Outsider:
Amazon Music Strategy a Wrong Turn  —  The WSJ reported Amazon's plans to offer an Amazon-branded iPod competitor and digital music download store.  I haven't done much work in this area yet, so please weigh in, but this strikes me as a startlingly bad move.
Discussion: David Card
Earthling / EarthLink blog:
Helio Detailfest 2006: MySpace Partnership and Two New Phones  —  I've been begging Helio since I first got their number in November to give me a hint about which phones and services they'd be supporting.  Today, they are announcing some of what will be available when they launch their service later this Spring.
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Matthew Maier / CNN:
MySpace unwired  —  News Corp.'s youth-oriented Web portal extends its influence into the wireless world.  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0) - MySpace.com, the website that has become a nationwide craze, is headed to a mobile phone near you.  —  If you aren't familiar with MySpace …
Discussion: B2Day and Om Malik on Broadband
Arn / Mac Rumors:
The First Mac OS X Virus?  (A New OS X Trojan)  —  On the evening of the 13th, an unknown user posted an external link to a file on MacRumors Forums claiming to be the latest Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 screenshots.  The file was named "latestpics.tgz"  —  The resultant file decompresses …
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John Leyden / The Register:
'First' Mac OS X Trojan sighted
John Borland / CNET News.com:
New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion  —  When the first high-definition DVDs finally hit shelves this spring, a mad scramble may ensue—not for the discs themselves, but to figure out what computers and devices are actually able to play them in their full glory.
Discussion: Fast Company Now and Techdirt
variety.com:
A pause in the action  —  Studios cut PSP titles  —  Sony's PlayStation Portable isn't turning out to be the hot new movie platform many in the biz had hoped.  —  With sales falling below expectations, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video are cutting back on movie releases for the PSP.
Marc Orchant / Office Evolution:
Office Live: bring out the trolls  —  There's nothing like a big announcement from Microsoft to start what my friend Ed Bott charitably calls "OS food fights".  Yesterday's soft launch of Office Live is a classic example of how good ideas can go right off the rails when marketing messes around …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Microsoft driver flaw saps battery strength  —  Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a flaw in its USB 2.0 drivers for Windows XP Service Pack 2 that can cause a notebook to consume power at a faster-than-expected rate when using a peripheral device.  —  The issue, first uncovered …
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Wanted: Critical Windows Flaw ... Reward: $10,000  —  iDefense, the Reston, Va.-based vulnerability research company recently bought up by Verisign Inc., is offering $10,000 to any hackers who can find a previously unknown security hole in Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Jessica Holzer / Forbes:
Chinese Delicacy  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yahoo!, Microsoft, Google and Cisco: conduits of free speech or accomplices to torture and oppression?  Some folks on Capitol Hill would have you believe the latter.  —  On Wednesday in a charged hearing before the House subcommittee on human rights …
Discussion: InsideGoogle
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Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Harsh words for US tech firms from House at China 'net hearings
Jason / Signal vs. Noise:
LAUNCH: Campfire, easy group chat for business  —  Jason Feb 16  —  132 comments Latest by Security...  Today we officially announce the launch of Campfire, our simple real-time web-based group chat tool for business.  We've been using it internally for the last 45 days or so and it's become …
RawmeatCowboy / Go Nintendo:
Nintendo: Official Magazine (UK) scans!  —  MASSIVE thanks to Tallon for all the scans.  Very, VERY much appreciated.  —  Once again, many thanks to Tallon for this awesome work.  You really helped us out.
Discussion: Kotaku and Joystiq
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Joining the Edelman Me2 Revolution  —  Change is what life's all about.  Sometimes it's planned, other times it falls in your lap.  —  When I first began to dabble with blogs as a communications tool over two years ago I saw change, but I didn't know what it was.

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