Wednesday, January 21, 2009

21-Jan-2009 PM clippings

Enjoy:

Dodgy stats from the music industry cast further doubt on the need for the Copyright Ammendment Act, Section 92A (Guilt by Accusation):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10552716 http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html?id=51

Canonical, creators of Ubuntu Linux, are close to making the US$30m per year they need to become self-financing:
http://ostatic.com/blog/canonical-and-microsoft-is-sustaining-a-business-better-than-turning-a-profit-right-now

O'Reilly Media lays off 14% of its workforce as the economic downturn bites in the US. They can keep GW Bush company...:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090115/business/901150213

Intel experiment with solar power for datacentres. So far they're only generating a small fraction of the electricty needed:
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/01/19/intel-testing-solar-power-for-data-centers/

And finally. For two-fingered typists who don't look at the screen, a little screen on the keyboard like Ye Olde Data Enterie Terminals:
http://www.gizmag.com/the-yu-type-salvation-for-two-fingered-typists/10794/

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