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Get rid of all of your cds, please
Almost everyone these days has itunes. Whether you have an ipod, iphone or just really like podcasts you have downloaded itunes at one point in time. At this point in this guide you should update it to the latest, it takes a while so a cup of coffee may be in order. If it's not up to date already you should consider yourself talken too. Always update your stuff, Number 2 tenant of computer ownership.
After that follow this video to rip all of those cds to mp3s. Then get rid of your old cds for your and my sanity. There is no reason to use cds, records are different story. There is no nolastic or audio phile reason for cds. You can pick up a used ipod shuffle for the price of a case of microbrew beer. Less then $40. It's pretty easy and once you do it once, put your piles of cds next to your computer and do 1 cd every time you sit down.
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You can now get served through Facebook
Facebook is now entering every facet of life. You can recieve update across a slew of your favorite websites. Alert your friends that you just ordered wings and a pizza from pizza hut. Now you may have a new message alerting you to your court summons next week.
Usually the courts are the last to use new technologies but Facebook may be a new way for lawyers to server you a court summons. In Australia a court allowed a mortgage lender to server legal documents through Facebook after a client defaulted on the loan. In 2006 a Connecticut court used Facebook as a viable means to locate the location of an individual. Also in 2006 meail was used in sending legal documents after having no other way to contact the indivdual.
Facebook hasn't been used yet but it very well could be. Also look for the IRS, and tax collection agencies to follow suit. So make sure you keep an I on your facebook profile, your next message may tell you your getting audited, or someone is sueing you.
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Source jump: Cnet Tech news
Sony's thoughts on the format war
Sony CEO Howard Stringer gives some interesting comments about the ongoing format wars between sony blue ray and toshiba created HD-DVD. It says that the wars are at a stalemat right now. This comment is interesting seeing how many company have jumped ship from blue ray to HD-DVD and we now see HD-DVD players on sale at walmart for less then $100. Stringer has the heavy job of repositioning Sony back to the top of the pack. He also tryes to downplay the format war commenting “We were trying to win on the merits, which we were doing for a while, until Paramount changed sides, It doesn't mean as much as all that.” This doesn't sound like a war that is at a stalemate it sounds like someone is loosing support. Stringer states that he wishes he could go back in time to unite the 2 formats before going to launch. Well here is to wishing, Toshiba when to the DVD consortium and got approved as the HD, DVD successor and Sony formed the blue-ray consortium. Sounds like it didn't have much support from the start.
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