The Daily Loper – September 5, 2007
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Sep 05, 2007
30% More Unpredictable Edition
Todays links of interest:
- FEC Won’t Regulate Political Blogging
Sort of surprising to see this issue come up again. The FEC reaffirms their previous ruling — political bloggers are exempt from campaign finance regulations. - Nuclear bombs mistakenly flown over US
Not to worry, the safeties were on. But they’ve fired everyone involved just in case. Although, we’re told there was never any risk of danger. But it will never happen again. Not that it would be a problem if it did. So just forget anything like this ever happened. - Newest spy gadget: social networking
A social network for spys?! Where do we sign up? - Media Guy’s Pop Pick: Microsoft’s ZunePhone
Go ahead, look. You know you want to. - Bloggers battered by viral storm
Or, Blogger battered by viral storm. - Can music big-timers fix sagging sales?
If this is the business plan, then the music industry truly is in a sad state of denial. - Cory Doctorow: DRM vendors are pushing the impossible
But, man, if you’re seeking a lucrative business niche… - NBC TV shows available for download on Amazon Unbox
Good news for those of us with TiVos and cable companies who are flaky — it’s nice to have an easy fallback. Unless, of course, the price point is that craptastic extortion .99 Universal wants us to pay. However, kudos to whomever thought it was a good idea to make their new shows available free of charge before they get lost in the glut of the Fall Season. But it’s still dumb-ass stupid that it has to be either Amazon OR iTunes. - Zune Insider : Price Drop
The 30GB Zune is now 9. If that doesn’t distract the masses from today’s iPod announcement, nothing will. - The new Roomba sucks. Really well
Is there anything sexier than a man and his Roomba. Short answer: no. Long answer: Hell, no. - NBC to sell new TV shows on Amazon Unbox
Oh yeah, that’ll teach Apple a lesson. I wonder if NBC realizes that Unbox isn’t iPod compatible? It’ll be interesting to see how much they charge per episode.
