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Comment: Use? (Score 2, Informative) 466

by mattpm on Tuesday February 24 2009, @11:56AM (#26971259) Attached to: Which Distro For an Eee PC?

What exactly are you using your EeePC for? If you are simply using it for email and internet I don't see how XP can be so frustrating. I use XP on my 901 and it works like a charm for what is essentially surfing, msn (with miranda client of course) and taking lecture notes. I find the secret to increased usability and efficiency with XP on a small screen is to disable all desktop icons, move the taskbar to the top and keep your start menu organized.

Comment: But wait a second... (Score 0, Redundant) 231

by mattpm on Friday August 08 2008, @02:46PM (#24530729) Attached to: US Warns Olympic Visitors of Chinese Cyber-Spying

Is this the same US that wants to confiscate laptops at the border? Or at least, wants you to keep them in an easy-to-open zipper-less bag.

Publisher of Eminem songs files suit against Apple 0

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mattpm

on Wednesday August 01 2007, @10:20AM

mattpm writes "CBC reports that 'the publisher of rapper Eminem's music is suing computer giant Apple Inc. for selling downloads of the musician's songs without permission. While Apple has an agreement with Universal Music Group, the record company that owns the recordings, it doesn't have a deal with the publishers — Eight Mile Style — who own the rights to the scores and lyrics.' Which raises the question yet again: who actually owns the rights to published music and what slice of the profits are the artists actually getting from on-line sales(despite Eminem not exactly being a starving artist)?"