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DRM Strikes Back, First Digital Camera, Wikipedia vs. DOJ

DRM strikes again: MSN music buyers to lose their songs.

Microsoft considering hostile bid for Yahoo. Do something already!

Wikipedia blocks U.S. Department of Justice from editing.

I’m sure Tollie will cover this, but iTunes now has same day DVD releases available for download.

Is your keyboard four times more bacterially invaded than a toilet seat? Could be!

The world’s first digital camera was invented in 1975! It stored images on a digital cassette tape, and took 23 seconds to record each image. The image size? .01 megapixel, of course!

Microsoft has released Cofee - a thumb drive, super hacker toolkit, to law enforcement.

From Jarrod Patterson

Louie Giglio on Laminin.

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From Uncle Monster:

Sequel to Wargames… It’s not in theaters, it went straight to VHS err ……DVD. http://tinyurl.com/49c4sn

Researchers are studying a small group of people who can
remember what happened to them on every day of their lives.
Interestingly these folks are otherwise normal. http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/life/themorningread/article_2026952.php#

Boomerangs work in zero gravity. This is a demonstration on The
International Space Station by Japanese astronaut Takao Doi:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/library/video/sts123_boomerang.php

Volvo is working hard to produce an injury proof automobile by
the year 2020. It will involve a lot of electronics. http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/volvo-promises.html

Here’s a tip about Gmail from a great site with a lot of good stuff.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/1-awesome-gmail-tip-you-dont-know-about-seriously/

From Ken in Vestavia

How to install Vista in 2 minutes:

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From John S.

AllMyFaves.com - a site with icon links to tons of interesting sites. (Note: we haven’t visited all of the links that are linked off of that page - follow those links with care)

From Ubuntu John:

Ubuntu Newsletter #88

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