Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
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YouTube signs deal with EMI
Friday, June 1st, 2007
EMI finally signed a deal with YouTube, following in the footsteps of other major music distribution labels, which will allow YouTube users to legally play copyrighted music videos on the website. Currently YouTube has signed deals with the world’s four major music companies, saving the company a lot of legal worries and providing users with [...]
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Ubuntu Linux to power Dell PCs
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
I’ve spoken in favour of open source operating systems such as Linux before. And of course I have made it clear, Ubuntu is my Linux distribution of choice.
So imagine my excitement over news of Dell Computers planning to sell PCs with an option to have Ubuntu as their pre-loaded operating system. Go to ubuntu.com to [...] -
Buy two $100 laptops, get one!
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project featuring the Children’s Machine, $100 laptop has announced possibly making their product available to the public. The $100 laptop was announced in 2005 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. An initiative to build cheap yet fully functional laptop computers to be distributed to and used by [...]
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Apple reinvents the… wheel?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
I’ve seen the pictures, I’ve read the articles and the official website press release. I am still trying to figure out what all the fuss is about. Apple Computer is changing their name to simply “Apple, Inc.” and they are preparing to march into the mobile phone business with something called an “iPhone” which [...]
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ReviewMe: Write an honest review - get payed!
Saturday, November 11th, 2006
Sponsored Review
A lot of buzz has been created in the blogosphere since a new marketing service launched a couple of days ago. ReviewMe is a service for advertisers to purchase honest reviews on blogs for their service or product.
But why would advertisers want a review? Publicity is the main reason. The more blogs you have [...]
