Will Apple Be Sirius?
Is Apple interested in getting into the satellite radio business? Why not?Nobody's made money at it yet—that makes it a natural for Cupertino.
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Just Say No to UMG
Doug Morris and David Geffen think we portable digital device owners are thieves. <I>GigaOm</I> sez just say no to UMG.
We Know What You Are, We're Just Negotiating Price
The RIAA's Cary Sherman tells us we're all wet about fair use.
Get Up, Stand Up
Imagine that—Microsoft is touchy about negative reviews. The interesting thing is that it thinks it can prevent negative reviews by preventing the use of its logo.
I've Suspected This For Years
What? The writers who post blurbs on book covers haven't actually read the books? I'm shocked, shocked.
Years Ago in Germany
"In [Daniel Kehlmann's] first novel translated into English, the 31-year-old literary wunderkind's breezy, sometimes charming and ultimately inconsequential work follows the actual lives, careers and eventual intersection of two of Germany's brightest scientists: explorer, geographer and naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt and the astronomer and aptly crowned 'prince of mathematicians' Carl Friedrich Gauss."
Love to Hate You, Baby
Why we love to hate Paris Hilton—not that most of us would behave any differently had we been given the chance to grow up entitled and ignorant.
Reverse Dictionary
Ever been stuck for a word—say, you know exactly what it means, but you just can't remember <I>le mot juste</I>? A good reverse dictionary can help.
Symbolic Logic
Jeff Wong sends along a link to the Oxford University Press's "Ask the Experts" page. I like the "Jargon Buster" grammar feature, but this page on symbols is cool, too.