The Daily Loper – September 20, 2007
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Sep 20, 2007
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Todays links of interest:
- ABC to Offer Programs on AOL Video
In case you missed the previous night’s episode of "Cavemen." - Orange to Sell Apple’s IPhone in France
Here’s an idea for Apple: announce all of your European iPhone deals at the same time instead of dribbling them out like this, and concentrate instead on getting Kirk activated faster!! - Bush Says Democrats Afraid of Left-Wing Groups Like MoveOn.org
Wow. That’s rich. Nearly as rich as the war that he lied us into has made his cronies at Halliburton. Amazing that a man who has spent his entire Presidency kowtowing to right-wing groups would make a statement like that. But typical. Also: the Senate doesn’t have anything better to do than condemn an ad? That most people didn’t see? - AMC wants more "Mad Men"
Which is good, because it’ll probably turn out to be the best show to debut on any network in 2007. - NBC to Offer Downloads of Its Shows
Ah, it becomes clear. When they said they wanted "flexible" pricing, what they really meant was "free". Surely they could have arranged for that particular low, low price with iTunes. - Glitch renders ‘virtual fence’ unusable
That new high-tech fence on the US-Mexico border? Turns out it needs a firmware upgrade. Hopefully it’s not running Windows Vista. - Gems from the archive of the New York Times
Kottke digs through the vast NYT archives and returns with reports of Custers last stand. - Zune 2 "source" leaks launch date and specs
Forget squirting, the new Zune will have a "squircle". Thank you Zune feature-naming team! Without you we’d have to make this stuff up.
