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Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:02:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I'm not an Apple-man, but this is a nice image nonetheless....

Student’s 'Wiki-Scanner' program sends PR chaos in Wiki-scandalBr

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:15:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Brilliant stuff! Worth checking out the full page to see what else has been 'covered up' !

Clip Source: www.maltastar.com

Student’s program sends PR chaos in Wiki-scandal

One American student sent major corporations, governments and even the Vatican on the defensive after coming up with Wikipedia Scanner, a software program that reveals who changed Wikipedia entries.

Wikipedia.com is an online encyclopedia edited by general users, who write articles on every imaginable subject. Since it is written by users, anyone can edit, delete and arrange the articles on Wikipedia.

What Virgil Griffith did was come up with a program that reveals who edits these articles, via a system where it scans the I.P address and cross-references it with the I.P. directory.

As soon as the software was launched on the internet, chaos erupted.

Among many revelations, Wikipedia Scanner reported that:

Microsoft tried to cover up the XBOX 360 failure rate

Apple edit Microsoft entries, adding more negative comments about its rival

Bill Gates revenge? Microsoft edits Apple entries, adding more negative comments about its rival

Tags: wikipedia, scandal, edit, entries, microsoft, apple, corporations

iPhone Rates - Comments

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:43:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What's interesting are some of the comments. Too many to clip, so you'll have to go to the site to see them all.

Clip Source: www.dailytech.com

Gadgets Apple Announces iPhone Rate Plans, iTunes Activation
Brandon Hill (Blog) - June 26, 2007 12:01 PM

Rate plans start at $59.99 plus a one time activation fee of $36

Comments

By SandmanWN on 6/26/2007 12:43:44 PM , Rating: 4

Sony needs to put a spy satellite in orbit and train it in on Apple HQ for the next few months. If Apple can sell a ~$700 cellphone better than Sony can sell ~$700 digital entertainment system/BR disk/gaming rig then Sony needs to hijack the Apple marketing group at gun point for about 6 months.

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Tags: iphone, iphone rates, apple

iTunes now 3rd largest music retailer in US

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:42:02 GMT

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Clip Source: www.ilounge.com

iTunes now 3rd largest music retailer in US

By Jeremy Horwitz

Editor-in-Chief, iLounge
Published: Friday, June 22, 2007
News Category: iTunes

According to a just-published NPD Group MusicWatch report for the first quarter of 2007, covering the sales of both physical and downloadable music, Apple’s iTunes has jumped in rank to become the third-largest retailer of music in the United States. iTunes now holds a 9.8% share of music purchases, ahead of fourth place Amazon.com at 6.7% and fifth place Target at 6.6%. Walmart remains the nation’s largest music retailer with a 15.8% share of the market, with Best Buy holding 13.8% for second place.

The MusicWatch findings are especially interesting in that 86.2% of the quarter’s music sales were in a physical (CD) format, versus a 13.8% share in downloadable format. Unlike Wal-Mart and Best Buy, iTunes gained share despite the fact that it only sells downloadable content. It leapfrogged CD-heavy competitor Amazon to gain fourth place in January.

Tags: itunes, music sales