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My Favorite
Buzzword:
Get ready for the
Wireless MAN, baby. Or short for
Wireless Metropolitan Area Network.
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All About The MAN
Spam Overload Dept:
According
to a recent survey, about 65 percent of Net users spend 10 minutes
or more a day dealing with spam. About 37 percent of respondents get
100 junk messages a day, and 63 percent get 50 or more.
Source:
Symantec and Insightexpress
Tech
Essentials:
Ben Sullivan's
Tech Blog
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Beta News
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Alice & Bill.com|
Everything
Burns |
CNET
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News.com
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NY Times
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SiliconValley
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Slashdot
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The Register
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Tom's Hardware
|Walt Mossberg
Business Magazines:
Business 2.0
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Business Week
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CFO
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Economist
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Fast Company
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Forbes
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Fortune
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Inc.
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Newsweek
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Red Herring
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Smart Money
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Time
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US News
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Wired
 Syndicate
my Site
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Alice Hill's Technology
Watch
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Apple-Beatles Music settlement Could Be Huge
 First came the Beatles and their Apple Corps. record label. Then came Apple Computers and a lot of legal fighting began over the name. The settlement in 1991 gave the usage of "Apple" to Apple Computer as long as it did not go into the music business.
Uh oh....
With the success of the iPod and the iTunes online music store, Apple Computer is in the music business in a big way. According to Arstechnica, "Word is circulating within the legal community that the proposed out-of-court settlement would be enormous: One lawyer told Daily Variety, 'People are expecting this to be the biggest settlement anywhere in legal history, outside of a class action suit. The numbers could be mind boggling.'" Stay tuned...
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