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Writers’ Strike: Boon or Doom for Torrent Sites? - P2P Blog
TV execs aren’t the only ones feeling the effects of the writers’ strike. If repeats and reality programming end up ruling the airwaves in the coming months, a plethora of web sites devoted to hit shows like 24 or Lost could also be affected, notably torrent sites and other P2P communities that draw a sizable audience of TV show fans from all around the world looking for their latest fix. The question is: How will they be affected, exactly? For better, or for worse?
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Judge Affirms $30M Judgment Against EBay - Associated Press
A federal judge has approved a roughly $30 million judgment against eBay Inc. more than four years after a jury concluded the online auctioneer had infringed on the patent of a small Virginia company. U.S. District Court Judge Jerome Friedman’s certification, issued late Tuesday in Virginia, edges Great Falls, Va.-based MercExchange LLC a step closer to cashing in on its long-running battle against one of the Internet’s powerhouses.
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Bamboo PC is eco-friendly and looks nice too - Reuters
Back in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the Apple I, an early personal computer that consisted of a circuit board in a simple wooden box. Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and other computer makers went on to make advanced PCs in metal and plastic casings, but now Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc (2357.TW: Quote, Profile, Research) is finding potential beauty — and sales — in an eco-friendly notebook PC encased in another natural material: bamboo.
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Auction for ‘digital dividend’ - BBC
A multi-billion pound auction of airwaves for a new wave of digital services has been launched by Ofcom. More digital TV channels and ultra-fast wireless broadband could be rolled out over the next decade as radio spectrum is freed up by the digital switchover. The regulator has said that the market will decide how the spectrum is used with an open auction. The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV had pressed for ring-fenced space for high definition TV over Freeview.
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IBM donates a supercomputer to Africa - Heise Online
IBM wishes to spark scientific and socio-economic development in Africa with its donation to the Meraka Institute in Pretoria, South Africa of a Blue Gene/P worth $2 million. At 14 teraflops, the system will be the fastest on the continent, eclipsing even the cluster in Egypt - currently 151 in the top 500 - which was also supplied by IBM.
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Rare JK Rowling book fetches £2m - BBC
A handwritten copy of author JK Rowling’s new book, which will never be published, has sold for almost £2m. Rowling wrote and illustrated seven copies of the Tales of Beedle the Bard, but is offering only one for sale. The collection of fairy tales, which is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, had been expected to fetch up to £50,000 by Sotheby’s. All the proceeds of the auction in London are being donated to Rowling’s charity Children’s Voice.
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Dramatic Price Cuts for Blu-ray Players - IMDb
Retailers have reportedly been chopping the price of Samsung’s Blu-ray DVD player at record speed. The website High-Def Disc News noted that just days after several retailers cut the price of the player by $100 to $299, Costco dropped it still further to $279.99. Then on Tuesday, it said, Amazon cut it still further - to just $269.98. That puts the price within $70 of the lowest price being asked for Toshiba’s HD DVD players, which are now being offered by some retailers for $199.98.
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