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Comment Re:No new subscribers (Score 1) 164

by jmscott42 on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @02:34PM (#29886915) Attached to: Google Voice Now Works WIth Existing Mobile Numbers

Do you know anyone with Google Voice? I noticed in the last day or so it suddenly said I had 3 invites..(!) Hadn't seen that mentioned anywhere, but have been (figuratively) under a rock the last few weeks.

Toshiba Making Funeral Plans for HD DVD 452

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 15, 2008 @02:14PM from the cue-taps dept.

Blue Light Special writes "With HD DVD on life support, Toshiba is reportedly preparing to bow to the inevitable and allow HD DVD to expire quietly. 'While denying that a decision on the fate of HD DVD has been made, a Toshiba marketing exec left the door wide open. "Given the market developments in the past month, Toshiba will continue to study the market impact and the value proposition for consumers, particularly in light of our recent price reductions on all HD DVD players," Jodi Sally, VP of marketing for Toshiba America Consumer Products, said.'" A few folks have also noted that Wal-mart is joining the Blu-ray train, further lowering the stock of HD DVD.

Lessig For Congress? 137

Posted by kdawson on Friday February 15, 2008 @11:24AM from the played-by-jimmy-stewart dept.

luge writes "With the unfortunate passing of Congressman Tom Lantos, parts of Silicon Valley and San Francisco will be holding a special election in June to send a replacement to Congress. Given the area, it would be great to have someone who is both tech- and policy-aware fill the seat — and it looks like that just might happen. Lawrence Lessig has apparently bought 'change-congress.com.' A 'Draft Lessig' group is forming on Facebook, featuring some of Lessig's old co-workers at Harvard and Jimmy Wales, among others. No word from Lessig himself yet, but he's been increasingly vocal about politics of late. If it happens, it would be a huge step forward for the representation of technology in Washington."

Submission + - Amazon DRM-Less Music Store goes Beta 2

Submitted by LowSNR on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @09:25AM

LowSNR writes: Amazon this morning moved their DRM-Free music store into open beta. According to the release, "Since all our digital music downloads are DRM-free, you can play them on anything that plays mp3s including PCs, Macs(TM), iPods(TM), Zunes(TM), Zens(TM), iPhones(TM), RAZRs(TM), and BlackBerrys. Plus, our Amazon MP3 Downloader application makes it easy to add your downloads to iTunes(TM) and Windows Media Player(TM), so you can sync up your devices or burn your music to CD hassle-free." Not to mention Linux.

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