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Submission + - Radiohead Blows Off ITunes, Sells Albums in MP3 (wired.com)

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muzzatait

on Monday September 17, 2007 @04:57PM

muzzatait writes: "There are currently only three Radiohead songs available on iTunes, all as part of soundtracks and compilations. But head over to 7digital, and you'll find all of Radiohead's albums plus some early singles, available in the 320 Kbps, DRM-free MP3 format."

Submission + - Human blood may contain a cure for AIDS

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Lisandro

on Friday April 20, 2007 @10:39AM

Lisandro writes: "German scientists at the University of Ulm have identified a natural ingredient of human blood that prevents the HIV-1 virus from from infecting immune cells and multiplying. The molecule, which they call virus-inhibitory peptide (VIRIP), promises new types of effective treatment for HIV in the future."

Submission + - MIT offers its IT/CS courses online for free

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JCOTTON

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @02:58PM

JCOTTON writes: "Do you think that you have what it takes to go to MIT? Why don't you take a look at the introductory course in CS? There is no charge for viewing the course. But naturally, there are no academic credits or instructor help available either. You are on your own. But if you are a High School senior thinking about MIT, here is your chance to see what it is like on one of the most advanced technical schools on the planet."

Submission + - MP3's Loss, Open Source's Gain

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nadamsieee

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @02:32PM

nadamsieee writes: "Eliot Van Buskirk has an interesting piece over at Wired about the fall-out from Microsoft's recent courtroom loss to Alcatel-Lucent over MP3 patents. From the article: "Alcatel-Lucent isn't the only winner in a federal jury's $1.52 billion patent infringement award against Microsoft this week. Other beneficiaries are the many rivals to the MP3 audio-compression format... Now, with a cloud over the de facto industry standard, companies that rely on MP3 may finally have sufficient motivation to move on. And that raises some tantalizing possibilities, including a real long shot: Open-source, royalty-free formats win.""

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