Archive for April 13th, 2007
In the wake of an industry-stirring deal with EMI to peddle songs without digital-rights management (DRM) on the iTunes Music Store, speculation is swirling about the possibility of Apple implementing a music-subscription model.This time, however, it’s not Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ idea. Industry insiders expect major record labels to ask Jobs to change its 99-cent-per-song strategy to a subscription-based service much like Yahoo Music or Rhapsody.
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April 13th, 2007
According to the Internet Storm Center, a hurricane-like virus is blowing through the PC world, with at least 20,000 infections on Thursday and thousands more expected. It’s a new variant of the notorious Storm worm that’s been plaguing I.T. administrators since last year’s widespread outbreak.
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April 13th, 2007
Facebook is getting a facelift, or at least a makeover. The popular social-networking site is aiming for a more user-friendly experience with a redesign that streamlines navigation and adds new messaging functionality.The second-largest social-networking hub also launched more than 47,000 network portal pages that aggregate information. The goal is to help its nearly 19 million active users in over 47,000 geographic, work-related, collegiate, and high school segments more effectively understand what’s going on around them. Facebook users can affiliate with one or more networks that connect them with people who are part of their real-world social networks.
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April 13th, 2007
Opera is making waves in the browser market this week. The software developer released a new version of its PC browser on Wednesday, followed by the full version of a browser for Nintendo’s Wii on Thursday.For starters, Opera is singing about version 9.2 and its “Speed Dial” functionality. Speed Dial lets users select their top nine sites and display them as visual favorites available in any new tab. The feature also lets users access the sites by typing the corresponding number — one through nine — in the address bar.
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April 13th, 2007
The abstract expressionist painter Robert Motherwell once said, “Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.” Those words convey the inspiration behind much of the work of Christopher Harty and Chris Botterill.
Harty and Botterill are principals of Christopherchris Architecture, a Melbourne-based firm that designed the Red Hill Residence for a young family relocating from a busy city to Australia’s peaceful Mornington Peninsula, in southern Victoria. The region is known for its lavish cliff-top mansions, lazy beachside vacationers, grand historic gardens, and lively local markets.
Indeed, the architects’ zeal for contemporary art, music, and technology contributed to an architectural design that amplifies these pleasures of life.
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April 13th, 2007
In the world of gaming, you win some and you lose some. Gamers are gaining a new Microsoft 
Xbox 360 model and losing a PlayStation 3 model.Sony is discontinuing North American sales of the 20-GB PlayStation 3, which retails for $500, in favor of the 60-GB version, which sells for $600. Sony executives are citing an overwhelming demand for the 60-GB model from both retailers and consumers as the reason for its decision.
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April 13th, 2007
