In a deal to
be announced Tuesday, the record company will
tap RioPort to encode and help distribute the
record company’s catalog. From ZDNET.

Wired.com reports: MP3.com argues that the $118 million judgment in favor of Universal Music Group should be reversed over interpretation of copyright issues. The fallout could help musicians.

Go to bootcamp, get a free laptop. Sounds like a deal. Read more at LinuxPR.com.

From BSDToday.com: “When you install FreeBSD you can enable the Linux compat right away. However if you already have a running system then
you can either choose the port (build from source) or the package (already built).”

AustralianIT.com reports that the meeting – following the organisation’s annual general meeting in Los Angeles in
November – is one of three the grouping has held in the Asia-Pacific region.

“The complete commercialization and censorship of the Internet is inevitable. While powerful encryption can delay this, the bulk of net content is commercial, and the physical infrastructure is entirely commercially controlled. The corporate and general public interests in the Internet are too high to be put off now; and anybody knows that wherever the general public goes, conservatism follows, and when there’s conservatism, there will eventually be censorship.” –Kelly McNeill

This report at CNN.com says that the government claims the filter ‘accidentally’ screens out innocent pages, too.

The need for training IT professionals on the Linux operating system is increasing, according to a new report released by the IDC. From IDG.net.

AustralianIT.com reports that Microsoft’s .NET internet strategy is not clearly defined, and it seems to be
driven largely by fear of rivals’ similar strategies, according to Forrester
Research analyst Carl Howe.

The software giant is using a variant of its well-known FUD (fear, uncertainty and
doubt) tactics to avoid being “Netscaped”, Forrester’s e-business infrastructure
research director said.

“Okay, so we’re all getting rightfully angry that the tyranny of the majority is taking our favorite platform, the Macintosh, out of schools. We’re angry that our children may not get to use Macs in school or that they might get the impression, through their school, that Macs aren’t used “in the real world.” –Kelly McNeill