The Daily Loper – April 30, 2009

Nobody’s Fault But Swine Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• Microsoft and Verizon reportedly cooking up an iPhone competitor
  The long rumored Zune phone could soon be a reality.
• Poll: Swedish pro file-sharing party gains support
  No really, in Sweden there’s a political party with a pro file-sharing platform.
• Disney signs onto Hulu
  About time.
• Gavin Newsom Erases His Wife’s Threesome Movie
  We don’t really care one way or another, except that we know one of the people who co-wrote the movie, and he finds this all very amusing.
• Amazon starts charging by the megabyte for delivering personal documents to your Kindle – adds support for DOCX and RTF file formats
  Little known secret: cost of accessing Whispernet is not free; it’s built into the price you pay for your Kindle books. New fact: Amazon is increasing costs to upload your own docs to the Kindle via Whispernet. Email process remains free.
• Microsoft Says Vista Taught Valuable Lessons
  It certainly taught us a valuable lesson: stick with Macs.
• House passes credit card bill that helps consumers
  That’s a headline that you wouldn’t have seen a year ago.

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