c|net: Apple TV set to download YouTube

Thousands of hours of user-generated video madness will soon be available through Apple TV, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Wednesday. Read it now.


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c|net: Amazon to offer DRM-free music downloads

Amazon.com plans to launch a digital music store later this year, featuring music downloads without copyright restrictions. Read it now.

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eWeek: 10 Emerging Technologies that Flopped

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c|net: Is your car spying on you?

On April 12, 2007, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine was seriously injured in a crash on the Garden State Parkway. In the days following, witnesses, including a state patrol officer assigned to ride with the governor, gave varying accounts, most estimating the governor's SUV traveling at a speed of more than 70mph. Now it seems that the vehicle had been traveling at 91mph in the final seconds before the crash, and, moreover, the governor, seated in the front passenger seat, was not wearing his seatbelt. How do we know this? Because the Chevy Suburban used in his motorcade contained a black box. A lucky fluke? Turns out most domestic cars sold within the last few years all contain them as well. Who knew?

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PC Magazine: 10 Weirdest iPod Docks

With 100 million iPods sold, there's no shortage of (strange) iPod docks designed for your bed, dining room table, and more. Read it now.

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c|net Podcast: QuickTime flaw hits Mac, Windows

The security hole used to breach a MacBook in a hack-a-Mac competition last week lies in Apple's QuickTime media player, not the Safari Web browser. Moreover, the vulnerability can be exploited on Windows machines through Firefox and Internet Explorer, according to TippingPoint, which gave a $10,000 bounty for the flaw. Read it.

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c|net: Apple fans aren't into renting music, Jobs says

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs indicated on Wednesday he is unlikely to give in to calls from the music industry to add a subscription-based model to Apple's wildly popular iTunes online music store. Read it.

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eWeek: Are You the Sheryl Crow of IT?

This week, singer, environmentalist and former Lance Armstrong fiance Sheryl Crow stirred the pot, so to speak, by suggesting that we could all do our part to save the planet by using a single square of toilet paper each time we, well, you know. After much ridicule and lots of scatalogical humor, Crow came out and said she was just kidding to make a point. Jonathan Swift she's not. Read it.

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