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[Day Permalink] Wednesday, June 22, 2005

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Berlusconi says he used "playboy skills" in contest with Finland over Food Authority: "Berlusconi said that he had to "play the role of a courtier" to the Finnish President at a time when Finland was also bidding for the institution. [...] Berlusconi also expressed the hope that European Commission President José Manuel Barroso might prefer prosciutto to Finnish smoked reindeer or fish."


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Dell interested in Mac OS X: "Michael Dell has gone on record as saying that his company would be "happy" to sell Mac OS X. Of course, Apple's stated disinterest in letting other companies sell OS X is another matter entirely." [Ars Technica]


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Sony to accidentally encourage P2P, iTMS use: "You'd think that after the fiascos with ATRAC, that Sony would've learned about DRM that just annoys users and ultimately doesn't work. Apparently not." [Ars Technica]