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Amazon’s sales suggestion emails

by ben @ Saturday, December 8th, 2007. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under dot internet

Now, for those unfamiliar: I shop at Amazon, a lot. Most everything I buy online comes from Amazon, as they have great prices on books, CDs, and DVDs. I’m also on one or two of their mailing lists, so I can catch a good deal every now and again.
This leads to interesting, [...]

Amazon music store opens with DRM-free MP3s

by ben @ Tuesday, September 25th, 2007. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under dot drm, dot entertainment, dot internet, dot tech

Now this IS nice news.
Why is it better than iTunes, so far?

It’s DRM-free. iTunes only offers EMI music as DRM-free.
It’s MP3s. Meaning they can go in your choice of device, be it iPod, non-iPod player, cell phone. iTunes music must be played in an iPod, unless you burn them to an audio [...]

Multi-link for 8/31

by ben @ Friday, August 31st, 2007. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under dot drm, dot entertainment, dot internet

Spamhaus, arguably the most famouse spam-trackers on the planet, were sued by a spammer in the US.  As spamhaus failed to bother to show (as they’re British), the spammer won a default judgement of 11.7 million.  They’re FINALLY off the hook for that.  American justice is weird like that.
P1-Army Podcast.  These guys are one of [...]

Amazon announces long-rumored DRM-free music store

by ben @ Wednesday, May 16th, 2007. Tags: , , , ,
Filed under dot drm

Link and run: Amazon announces long-rumored DRM-free music store
Quick comment: YES!!

Don’t know much about…

by ben @ Sunday, April 29th, 2007. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under dot stuff

History.
Revolutionary America, to be precise… 3 textbooks for the 16-week class.
From left to right:
Miracle at Philadelphia. New at bookstore: $18.95 shipped, Used at bookstore: $14.95 shipped, used at Amazon.com Marketplace: $4.38 shipped.
MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. New at bookstore: $59.30. Used at bookstore: [...]

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