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Jeremy Kirk / InfoWorld:
Copying HD DVD and Blu-ray discs may become legal — San Francisco (IDGNS) - Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they've purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM …
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Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
HD DVD, Blu-ray "Managed Copy" coming later this year — The managed copy spec that will allow users to make copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray movies is finally nearing completion. MPAA head honcho Dan Glickman recently said that the AACS support behind managed copy would be ready before the end of the year …
Edo / Pink Tentacle:
Flexible, full-color OLED — On May 24, Sony unveiled what it is calling the world's first flexible, full-color organic electroluminescent display (OLED) built on organic thin-film transistor (TFT) technology. OLEDs typically use a glass substrate, but Sony researchers developed new technology …
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Wal-Mart to Sell Dell Desktops in Stores this June — Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Dell, Inc. announce that the two companies will partner to sell Dell Computer desktops in Wal-Mart stores nationwide, beginning June 10, 2007. The agreement includes the launch to two Dell products offered …
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Steven Musil / CNET News.com:
Wal-Mart to begin selling Dell PCs — Dell plans to begin selling desktop PCs in Wal-Mart Stores in the next few weeks, the first move in a major departure from its decades-long sales strategy. — Wal-Mart plans to sell the Dimension E521 in more than 3,000 retail locations in the United States …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Closing the book on Apple's Mac mini — Even while at the top of its game, Apple Inc. can seemingly find faults with just about anything, including a bit of itself. The Mac maker is constantly evaluating the market segments in which it wishes to participate and those which it does not.
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Direct2Dell:
Dell Offers Three Consumer Systems With Ubuntu 7.04 — It's finally here. Later today, Dell will offer U.S customers three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. These systems will be available at www.dell.com/open by 4pm CST today.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Dell's Ubuntu Linux machines launching today — There's still no press release but those three Dell's running Ubuntu are just minutes away from donning their direct-sales wings according to Dell's official Direct2Dell site. Just like we heard, the three rigs available for the Linux pre-load include …
Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
Google patent app shows extensive Google plans for mobile search — A Google Patent application newly published on the United States Patent & Trademark Office website this morning appears to furnish extensive details on Google's plans for enhanced local searches via mobile devices.
Sarah McBride / Wall Street Journal:
Make-It-Yourself 'Star Wars' — Lucasfilm Will Post Clips — From Film Saga on the Web, — Inviting Fans to Edit at Will — George Lucas, creator of "Star Wars," has never hesitated to protect his intellectual property, which is why some call him "Lucas the Litigator."
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Sarbanes-Oxley Audit Rules To Ease; Bad For IT Spending; Good For Corporate Earnings — One of the under-appreciated drivers of IT spending in the last few years has been Sarbanes-Oxley. While there is much complaining in Corporate America about the costs of compliance …
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Kdawson / Slashdot:
Why Are CC Numbers Still So Easy To Find? — Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton gives the full-disclosure treatment to the widely known and surprisingly simple technique for finding treasure-troves of credit card numbers online. He points out how the credit-card companies …
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Gavin Clarke / The Register:
Microsoft too busy to name Linux patents — OSBC First you get everyone riled claiming open source and Linux infringe on your patents, then you won't detail those patents. Why? The paperwork. — Yes, Microsoft cited administrative overhead for not detailing the 235 Microsoft patents …
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Todd Bishop / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Microsoft eyeing empty Nintendo site — It's not the only one; open space is scarce — Microsoft Corp. is already synonymous with Redmond in some corners of the technology world, and now the company appears interested in occupying even more of its hometown.
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Nokia phones could be barred from US in Qualcomm patent squabble — Nokia has turned up the heat on its long-running patent dispute with Qualcomm, filing a countersuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The patents in question cover CDMA and GSM technologies used …
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Apple and music labels accused of shortchanging artists — A fresh class action lawsuit charges Apple's iTunes, major online music shops, and top record labels with performing an end-run around a musician's permission and his royalty payments. — Dawg Music, a relatively small label run …
Kate Kaye / ClickZ:
2006 Online Ad Spending Hits Nearly $17 Billion — Online ad revenues continue their upward surge, hitting $16.9 billion in 2006, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau's annual revenue report, released today. Search ads and dollars from consumer-aimed advertisers still dominate …
