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Submission + - Yahoo exec says "Screw DRM" (g4tv.com)

Submitted by bogess on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @07:06PM

bogess writes: Yahoo! Music General Manager Ian Rogers recently gave a speech to some music executives about the future of the internet music business and promised his company will not be involved in Digital Rights Management anymore.

Submission + - Darl: Rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated (computerworld.com)

Submitted by RPGonAS400 on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @06:58PM

RPGonAS400 writes: SCO's Darl McBride denies that the end of SCO is near.

In an exclusive interview with Computerworld on Friday, McBride said he's frustrated that the bankruptcy filing and Nasdaq delisting proceedings are making news at a time when his company has been working to reinvent itself with upcoming mobility products and services. He seems to pin his hopes on the tidbit that the judge has 2/3 of his summary judgement rulings overturned on appeal.

"[There's] the view out there that we're just dead and everybody's claiming victory over SCO," he said. "It's almost like the World Series is over and the only thing that hasn't happened is the victory parade."

Submission + - Hoax: Your Mountain Dew is Not a Glowstick (wired.com)

Submitted by

SoyChemist

on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @06:52PM

SoyChemist writes: "A new short film demonstrates what appears to be the coolest trick since making a geyser by dumping Mentos into diet coke, but it's fake. The video claims: Just add a bit of baking soda and several spoonfuls of hydrogen peroxide to some Mountain Dew and it will glow in the dark. Apparently, the prankster used some slight of hand to slip a bit of glow stick fluid into the soda bottle before adding the hydrogen peroxide to activate it. As soon as the video made its way to YouTube, people started posting comments that it's fake. If only it was this easy to spot and disprove bogus claims in peer-reviewed scientific literature. This is why publishers should be obligated to tie every research paper to a message board thread. Some of the open-access journals, like chemistry central, already do this."

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