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  1. Re:great e-book vendor on Digital Books Start A New Chapter · · Score: 1

    Didn't know this. You mean the publisher of the magazines stopped doing electronic versions?

  2. Re:They just might take off on Digital Books Start A New Chapter · · Score: 1

    That looks really cool. I have always looked those SF magazines, but as per anything else printed here, barring newspapers, always very expensive, for what you get. Looks like a great idea.

  3. Re:Any other vendors besides Sony? on Digital Books Start A New Chapter · · Score: 1

    Branded? Interesting. If newspapers did this, that might be one reason to actually subscribe to one.

  4. Re:other advances on Digital Books Start A New Chapter · · Score: 1

    pbooks? Sounds a bit old fashioned, do people still do that?

  5. Re:But wait! on Amazon Plans Music Service To Rival iPod · · Score: 1

    Does Wallyworld sell on the internet outside the USA?

  6. Re:Cringely's on crack today. on Cringely on Blockbuster-iPod Video Distro Plan · · Score: 1

    Yeah, or here where 256k and a 500MB download limit per month is broadband. Not going to get many DVDs that way.

  7. Re:Sydney Morning Herald on Australians to Increases Surveillance Powers? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but Fairfax got rid of a whole bunch of writers, etc., recently. So, unfortunately they will be getting worse, too.

  8. Party Shuffle/Smart playlists on Songbird Flies Today · · Score: 1

    Does songbird do this, or are they planning on doing it?

    Never used iTunes except for finding the odd podcast, but those are nifty features, rather than having to make a manual playlist with multiple track copies to weight it how you want, a Party Shuffle non iTunes player would be handy.

  9. Re:I digs the paypal on PayPal vs Google(Buy) · · Score: 1

    Ok, seeing I have never heard of this happening, must be that US banks have worse/more lax security or checks then.

    Speaking of cheques though, they used to be really common for paying for things, and no-one worried about this issue there, at all, so sounds rather paranoid?

  10. Re:I digs the paypal on PayPal vs Google(Buy) · · Score: 1

    For local ebay purchases, almost everyone uses bank accounts here, what is so scary about doing it in the USA? Ebay is not set up the same there?

  11. Re:Who are "Shaw" and "Rogers"? on BitTorrent and End to End Encryption · · Score: 1

    That is for sure, if there are no mentions of download quotas anywhere.

  12. Hey Cisco on Cisco Eyeing Tivo/Nintendo for Buyout? · · Score: 1

    Where's Mario? :)

  13. Re:A new search engine is in order on Google's Cache Ruled Fair Use · · Score: 1

    Australia, too. Bizarre. Going to end up being tied in knots with 49 countries blocking every second page.

  14. Re:Congrats! on BitTorrent Clients Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Downloaded plucker the other day, when the straight download wasn't working.

  15. Re:Boycott, anyone? on Sony Reader Taking Hold? · · Score: 1

    Or, hopefully, Sony makes a half-arsed product, someone else learns from their mistakes, makes a better product at a cheaper price and Sony loses heaps (again).

    Everybody happy. :)

  16. Re:Have you actually looked at video.google.com ye on A Look at Google DRM · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I can't buy MacGyver in my country it says. A tragedy. Must be people making millions showing MacGyver in prime time here, I suppose.

  17. Re:PDA for reading e-books on Sony Reader Taking Hold? · · Score: 1

    Palm M500 works for me - it was a suggestion by another Slashdot user, actually. Likely to be very cheap on ebay (and probably even more so in the USA) - it is where I got mine. $A100 let alone US, could be 50 bucks there perhaps? Greyscale, so battery can last for weeks without a charge. Will take 64MB cards, good for dozens of books - if you are looking for something to carry around hundreds thousands of books, you would want something else though.

  18. Re:Non-sony Alternative on Sony Reader Taking Hold? · · Score: 1

    This one they have on their site is about $300, so more than that, you would assume, perhaps?

    http://www.jinke.com.cn/compagesql/English/embedpr o/prodetail.asp?id=6

  19. Re:Non-sony Alternative on Sony Reader Taking Hold? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, be nice to know. If they can actually get them made, 10% cheaper than Sony sounds like a good starting point.

  20. Re:Non-sony Alternative on Sony Reader Taking Hold? · · Score: 1

    Selling an ebook reader that won't take a text file would seem to = really dumb, wouldn't it, Sony?

    These Jinke guys have something interesting looking here though, if it is the same thing but much more useful!

  21. Re:Plugging the star of the day on After Brief Respite Music Industry Slump Deepens · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that album is a prime example of one decent song and plenty of filler.

  22. Re:Dear Music Industry on After Brief Respite Music Industry Slump Deepens · · Score: 1

    Aliens abducted that lot, but hated it so much they paid the Groom Lake guys a fortune to take them back.

  23. Re:Coming Soon: on Google Launches Google Music · · Score: 1

    as long as the RIAA evil necromancers don't resurrect Bruce Lee to fight Chuck that is!

  24. Re:How to get around "Don't be evil" ? on Google To Purchase Stake In AOL For $1 Billion · · Score: 1

    Next week, Google announces new board members, Lex Luthor and Victor Von Doom?

  25. Re:Who got the first exposure? on Profitmon Catches The Dollars · · Score: 1

    Both Kimba and Gigantor were on tv in Australia in the 70s.