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San Francisco (May 21, 2002)--Dolby Laboratories has passed a major milestone, having sold more than one billion licensed products containing its sound technologies. This unparalleled achievement validates the success of the company's licensing-focused business model for the consumer market and illustrates the continued vibrancy of the 37-year-old company, which recently expanded into yet another industry--in-car entertainment--with its Surround in Motion launch. [ProSound News] Is Dolby the Microsoft of the audio world? It's a question I've been asking for a while. .< 2:30:25 PM  >According to eWeek, Jim Allchin, a senior exec at Microsoft says that "sharing information with competitors could damage national security and even threaten the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. He later acknowledged that some Microsoft code was so flawed it could not be safely disclosed." Best thing to do is to shut them down now. It's a defense issue is it? Oh my god. What hubris. Corporate death penalty time.  [Scripting News]More proof - as though any were needed - that you should be suspicious of anything that comes out of the mouth of a Microsoft exec. How can these guys live with themselves? .< 2:28:38 PM >Bush 's new Cuba policy just like the old policy 
U.S. President George W. Bush marked Cuban Independence Day by releasing his new policy on the communist island, which is very similar to the old policy. [CBC News] Hoping to (a) sure up some votes in Florida and (b) create a distraction. .< 2:26:39 PM >This article by Ed Cone about blogging is worth pointing to a second time. An insightful review of the blogging experience by a professional reporter. [Scripting News].< 2:23:41 PM >Corrupt Audio Discs Stick in Mac's Craw (20-May-2002; 10.6K) [TidBITS] .< 2:23:06 PM >Apple Speed Bumps iBooks (20-May-2002; 1.1K) [TidBITS] .< 2:22:10 PM >Apple Computer Executives Register to Sell Shares. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.executives have filed with securities regulators to sell about $25 million in stock so far this month, including a filing on Monday by the company's chief financial officer to sell stock worth more than $6 million, documents showed. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology] |
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