Monday, January 26, 2009

26-Jan-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Mony Python's DVD sales go ballistic after a huge Monty Python video archive is made available for free on YouTube:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/01/23/free-monty-python-videos-on-youtube-lead-to-23000-dvd-sale-increase/

NZ's Copyright Act could result in an entire council being cut off from the internet if a library patron is accused of infringement:
http://www.lianza.org.nz/news/newsroom/news1232571195.html

It appears that the APRA's stance on Section 92A may not represent the views of the membership:
http://www.lianza.org.nz/news/newsroom/news1232571195.html

The New Zealand Open Source Society weighs in with their press release on Section 92A. It's not exactly supportive:
http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2009/nzoss-press-release-s92a

Microsoft shuts down ACES Studios, the part of the company responsible for their Flight Simulator software:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2339520,00.asp

Not good news for the Zune either, with a 54% drop in sales:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/24/microsofts_zune_crashes_as_ipod_sales_grow.html

A look at the new features in OpenOffice 3.1, including anti-aliased drawings, grammar and proper paragraph outline styles:
http://www.oooninja.com/2009/01/openofficeorg-31-new-features.html

Linux.conf.au to come to New Zealand again for 2010, this time it is in the capital, Wellington:
http://www.penguinsvisiting.org.nz/

And finally. You are part of a community of one billion. Yes, the internet hit the mark with 41.3% users coming for from Asia-Pacifc:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10149534-93.html

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