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An announcement made this week by Apple’s CEO that it plans to sell full length downloadable movies online is soon or later bound to spark controversy. Apple has until now been selling mp3 music though its popular site itunes and boasts of over 40% control of all mp3 players through its now famous ipod. But this week’s revelation is bound to spark a controversy between Apple and retailer chain stores like Walmart which normally sell DVDs. Walmart, the largest supermarket chain store, accounts for 40% of all the $40bn DVDs to be sold this year. As the rumour mongering goes on that itunes will make online movie downloads legal, the Hollywood has remained silent neither without an official comment nor position.

However, the question of pricing is bound to make neither Apple nor Walmart a winner, according to analysts who say that both will offer nearly the same prices. Apple will sell a single flick for $15 and $11 for old movies. While Walmart currently charges $17 for each DVD, there seems to be no clear cut price difference separating the two.

Apple is recalling at least 1.8m batteries after incessant overheating complaints. The laptop computers mostly affected are Powerbook G4 and Ibook G4. Apple’s decision comes barely one week after Dell announced a massive recall program of 4m batteries last week. Like Dell laptop computer announcement, Apple has recalled batteries for laptops sold between 2003 and 2006.

Important to note though is that the latest recall by Apple does not affect its new line of Powerpc and powerpro notebooks.

A statement posted on Apple’s official website read, “we discovered that some sony batteries in previous models do not meet Apples’s standards for safety and performance.”

The latest recall of batteries by the PC giants can been attributed to US safety officials who have explicitly stated that the faulty batteries were supplied by Sony.

As owner of a Dell Latitude D600 notebook, I have already noted signs of overheating signs. With one of the largest battery recalls underway, it is important for other PC giants to note vital lessons from what has happened to their two competitors and take adequate measures to prevent the same.

There is certainly a degree of image dent involved here for the two PC Companies. The Consumer Product Protection Commision (US) has come true on its promise to make public any PC customer complaints like in the latest case in which 9 people sustained minor burns from laptop battery explosions.

Oh, no! This has happened as I was just about to make a historical switch from being a PC to being a Mac user-cum-owner. I beg for a rest now.

Microsoft has obtained court orders to sue what it termed as typo and cybersquatters who are heavily infringing on its Trademark. In what is perhaps a new twist in the domain industry, MS through a court order has dispatched subpoenas to 3 people who it accused of have allegedly registering hundreds of typos infringing on the trademark “Microsoft “.
My topics for today include:
-Microsoft sues cybersquatters
-Mamboserver templates

Microsoft sues cybersquatters
The domain industry was left in uncertainty today, especially for small players, when Microsoft announced that it had obtained a court order to presecute at least three domainers who has registered hundreds of domains infringing on its trademark. In what appears to be a twist in the industry, if found guilty, the accused will have to pay $100k per domain in terms of compensation for damages. There might be a wake up call for other companies to follow in the shoes of Microsoft. Through speculation, it is possible that many domainers parking domains infringing on the MS trademark will take them offline or sell them off at law ball prices to avoid possible charges. Among the illegitimate websites that have been pinpointed by MS include www.rebatesmicrosoft.com and msnfinance.com plus others. In an official statement posted on its website today, MS claims that the fresh charges against fraudsters have been precipitated by the high number of domains and websites being setup daily infringing on its name. Read the statement here. There are at least 2000 domains registered daily by domainers and parked for third parties paying through PPC (pay per click) model for their ads to appear on them. The PPC business model is legitimate. The credit, for Microsoft’s success in unravelling the massive infringements on its trademark name goes, to the invention of the MSR Strider URL tool. This tool creates typos and patrols the net to identify their exact IP address location. For a preview download it here.

Mamboserver templates
Last but not least, today I discovered very nice mambo templates. For example ddclean olive, planetfall. You may download all these at www.dezinedepot.com.