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Columbia exec says music subscriptions, paid word-of-mouth is the future
Producer extraordinaire (and co-head of Columbia Records) Rick Rubin believes that the music industry's old way of doing business "is done." But is his vision of music subscriptions and paid buzz any better?Read More...

The Zen of digital audio players: a review of the Zen Stone Plus
What happens when you take a nice little music player and add a tiny OLED screen and a second gig of RAM? Good things.Read More...

Supercapacitor "battery" could lead to instant charging, long charge life
Capacitors have a number of advantages relative to standard chemical batteries, but have lost badly in a key measure: charge density. A small company in Texas has reportedly cleared this substantial hurdle.Read More...

DualCor sues Intel over Dual-Core branding
DualCor, a small hardware company based in California, isn't a big fan of Intel's dual-core branding. The company has sued the CPU maker for trademark infringement and wants Intel's product line scrubbed clean of the label.Read More...

After ditching Apple, NBC opts for flex pricing and more DRM with Amazon
Showing us that it's not all about Hulu, NBC inks a download deal with Amazon just days after the public spat between Apple and NBC. What's Unbox got that Apple doesn't? Flexible pricing and less "flexible" DRM. Read More...

Palm cancels development of the Foleo, now onto Foleo II
In a surprise move, Palm has decided against releasing the Foleo. The "smartphone companion" has been killed so that Palm can focus its efforts on a single platform.Read More...

Microsoft exec: Zune phone "not unreasonable"
Will they or won't they? A Microsoft executive says that the company may decide to build a Zune phone after all.Read More...

Days after closing music store, Sony eyes video downloads (again)
Just days after shutting the doors on Sony Connect, Sony has indicated that it's considering jumping into the video download businessone will operate with the PS3 and PSP. Read More...

California outlaws the forced subdermal RFID tagging of humans
The California legislature has just made sure that employers cannot require their employees to have subcutaneous RFID implements (and you thought your workplace was strict). Supracutaneous RFID trackers, though, are still fair game.Read More...

Report: iPhone outsold all smartphones in July
The iPhone got off to a strong start in July by outselling all smartphones in the US, according to market research firm iSuppli. The initial sales numbers are surely inflated due to the hyped-up launch, but iSuppli is confident that Apple will be able to maintain strong sales numbers.Read More...

ClearSpeed sets its sights on the final frontier
ClearSpeed has been plugging away at the terrestrial high-performance computing coprocessor market since their first prototype in 2003. But the company's next stop is space.Read More...

Virtual Iron goes 4.0
One of VMware's Intel-backed down-market competitors makes a move up-market with a new release.Read More...

ISO votes against fast tracking Microsoft's Office Open XML
Microsoft lost in its bid to have its Office Open XML file format put on the fast track to standardization by the ISO. Instead, Microsoft's proposal will be revised to account for technical comments received ahead of the next vote in February or March 2008.Read More...

A brief look at Intel's new Common Systems Interconnect (CSI)
Intel is still hurting in some server niches at the hands of AMD's HyperTransport + Opteron combo. Here's how Intel plans to strike back.Read More...