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 Sunday, 20 November 2005
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Negroponte: Laptop for Every Kid
Wired magazine and MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte shows off the first working prototype of a hand-cranked laptop in Tunis, Tunisia. Wired News interview by Kevin Poulsen.
[Via Wired News]
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What's Online: The Rootkit of All Evil
Sony BMG can learn two lessons from its recent attempt to fend off piracy: One, bloggers will catch you. And two, it's not the screw-up, it's the cover-up.
[Via New York Times: Technology]
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Thousands of faulty CDs sold in Canada
About 120,000 recalled Sony BMG CDs that create security glitches were sold in Canada, the company said Friday.
The discs contain XCP software, which is used to stop music piracy. But it leaves behind spyware, making computers that play the disc susceptible to hackers and viruses.
The company has not said which performers’ albums are affected. However, it does say 37 titles are involved and a list will be posted on Sony BMG’s website at http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp on or before Monday.
More on cbc.ca
[Via /Nerd: Tod Maffin's CBC Radio Tech Column]
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Apple - Seminars Online - Capture, Create and Share Digital Media with QuickTime 7 Pro
Join Apple’s team of QuickTime experts in this free online seminar to learn how QuickTime 7 can take your digital media to the next level.
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Jamie Lendino/extremetech.com: How to Build an Intel Mac
How to Build an Intel Mac — Discuss this now (7 posts) … Building a Mac seems like a crazy enough idea. Throw in Intel hardware and the men in white suits should be rounding the corner. Yet the unfortunate leak of an early developer build let anyone do just that …
[Via tech.memeorandum]
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NPR Features Walter Murch
I have posted earlier on legendary editor Walter Murch whether it be his new work as an editor on "Jarhead" directed by Sam Mendes, or his role as an educator in a new book, "Art of Editing Film" by Michael Ondaatje. NPR has an excellent article on Murch with various scenes from his films and also has a nice snippet from the book. If you do not plan to buy the book, I suggest you read the article.
[Via DV Guru]
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