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Leo Laporte wants Podcasts to be renamed to Netcasts
Sony issues global li-ion battery recall - Sony has finally bitten the bullet and issued a worldwide recall of all Sony-manufactured lithium-ion batteries used in notebook computers.

Lenovo & IBM issue battery recall
So does Toshiba
Laptop fire at LAX involving a IBM laptop

October 3rd Declared “Day Against DRM” Defeating [...]

 

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The generic Podcast - here how bad sony is and what apple is doing!

 

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Apple unviels 24″ iMac, all iMacs get Core2Duo processor upgrades - Mac Minis also get processor upgrade, faster chips, both models now Core Duo

iMac Core2Duo Benchmark comparison
Apple using upgradeable graphics card in 24″ iMac
Apple Announcement on Sept 12 - Its Showtime, and One More Thing
New Airport Express Video coming out on the 12th?

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Dell recalls 4 million laptop batteries

Apple Recalls 1.8 million batteries
Sony says they aren’t affected by battery recalls
This video shows otherwise

iTunes v6 FairPlay DRM Cracked - luaine writes with an Engadget article claiming the cracking of iTunes v6 FairPlay? DRM. From the article: “[A] new app called QTFairUse6? looks like it can now be used (with [...]

 

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Microsoft invites hackers to test Vista - After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world’s best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system.

Black Hat hackers hack Vista - Vista hacked quickly [...]

 

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Internet Tubes

Internet plumbing
plungers for email
use a roto rooter to untangle the internet tubes

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AMD could be buying ATI for $5.5B?? - ATI is battling with Nvidia Corp. to be the No. 2 maker of computer-graphics chips behind Intel Corp. Buying ATI may help Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro in its efforts to keep taking market share from [...]

 

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Pirate’s Bay shut down

MPAA announces victory after Pirate Bay takedown
Pirate Bay back online after only two days

Sony not concerned with PS3 market share

Sony thinks the PS3 can replace the computer
Playstation PR chief jumps ship

Apple releases fix for Adobe Creative Suite install and Acrobat crash problem
Free SkypeOut calls in the US and Canada

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PodioBooks - also [...]

 

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Creative sues Apple over iPod patent violations

Apple strikes back - Apple countersues Creative over 4 patents that Creative violated with their MP3 player

Symatnec sues Microsoft over Vista - Will Vista be delayed again as a result?
RIAA sues XM - Hmm, any idea on when there will be a week when they DON’T sue somebody?
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Petition: Stop the RIAA from suing thousands of fans! - EFF’s gotten 73,000 of the 100,000 signatures it’s seeking for a petition on the recording industry’s insane campaign of suing thousands of music fans. 27,000 more to go!
Dell charges $49 to remove their own spyware(MyWay)
Google sued as source of porn
MacBook on Tuesday?
Canadian artists against suing [...]

 

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George Bush has illegal music
Oragami stumps presters - Take note, do not try to be Steve Jobs
AMD does reverse hyperthreading - Take a dual core processor and make it a REALLY fast single processor
Core Duo rocks more the expected - Suprising speed tests comparing Intel and AMD’s highest end chips with the Intel Core Duo
Intel [...]

 

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