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17 Sep 2009 21:43

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Music, Tech: iTunes should pay for the sam …

  • … ple, too, the music industry says. It doesn’t matter if 30-second samples are promotional AND fair use. The music industry wants Apple to pay performance fees. They say they’re not trying to gouge, though. “People think we’re making a fortune off the Web, but it’s a tiny amount,” says Songwriters’ Guild of America president Rick Carnes. “We need multiple revenue streams or this isn’t going to work.” Critics say that Apple’s getting picked on by these groups, who they accuse of double-dipping. source
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17 Sep 2009 20:55

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Tech: It’s a “new known issue.” Well, that’s good to know. Thanks Twitter!

  • There is nothing our users can do to fix this issue at the moment. Don’t worry though! We have not lost any of your images. They will all come back soon.
  • A status message on Twitter’s help forum regarding the disappearance of background images and avatars • Which is essentially the equivalent of saying that they spilled beer on the server. But doesn’t Twitter use the cloud? We wonder what it’d be like to spill beer on a cloud. Would it just fall through? Would it freeze? Or would it create a frosty brew? The strange things we think of when we’re waiting for our #(^(!@& avatars to return to Twitter. • source
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17 Sep 2009 20:49

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Tech: Duh: Price Snow Leopard at $29, and people buy it in droves

  • $100 the decrease in price from Leopard (Mac OSX 10.5) to Snow Leopard (Mac OSX 10.6)
  • 2x as many people bought 10.6 than 10.5 at launch; the number is 4x more than 10.4, too source
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17 Sep 2009 20:41

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U.S., World: The U.S. isn’t being selfish with their swine flu vaccine supply

  • 10% of our vaccine supply goes to developing countries source
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17 Sep 2009 20:32

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Culture: Who’s better at Jeopardy, Wolf Blitzer or Andy Richter? (Andy, duh)

  • This says more about the state of journalism than anything else could. A comedian just beat the crap out of a guy who regularly tackles heady issues on CNN. Great. Way to make our profession look good, Wolf. And way to rock it, Andy.
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17 Sep 2009 20:22

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Biz, Tech: The Pre is all Palm has: Despite strong Pre sales, Palm is tanking

  • +134% increase in smartphone sales this quarter for Palm; which sounds pretty good, until you consider …
  • -80% decrease in overall sales – Palm now has eight straight losing quarters to its name; ouch source
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17 Sep 2009 20:15

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Tech: Fun fact: The tyrannosaurus rex used to be human-sized

So, does this mean that over time, humans will eventually grow up to be the size of houses? If so, that’d be awesome. source
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17 Sep 2009 11:15

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U.S.: Daily poll: Naming suspects’ names in high-profile cases

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17 Sep 2009 11:04

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U.S.: The Senate Dems’ biggest health-care challenge: Getting 60 votes

  • 59 Democrats (and one Republican) are needed to push it through source
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17 Sep 2009 10:58

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Biz, U.S.: The economy’s slowly improving on the housing, jobs fronts

  • 1.5% increase in new housing starts in August, the highest level in nine months
  • 12,000 fewer new filings for unemployment benefits last week; hopefully it keeps up source
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