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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Fri/nightly.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Fri/nightly.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40341ea --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Fri/nightly.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +The Nightly Build: + +* CrunchGear [reports][6] that not only is there a Zune phone in the works, but that it could well arrive on the market as early as May, a full month before the iPhone. + + +* Reuters [has a cool article][1] on the growth of the ancient game Go on the internet. For those that don't know, Go (that's the Japanese name) is somewhat like Othello, but infinitely more complex and interesting. And unlike Chess, no computer program has been developed to compete with experienced human Go players -- the infinite combinations and complexity have never been successfully modeled by programmers. + +[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2007-02-09T211235Z_01_SEO265080_RTRUKOC_0_US-COLUMN-PLUGGEDIN.xml&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage3 "Ancient Asian board game goes online" + +* [The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis][2] is a forthcoming article by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Stumpf of the [Journal of Political Economy][3]. Unlike RIAA sponsored studies, this one finds that file sharing has "an effect on sales that is statistically indistinguishable from zero." [via [Techdirt][2]] + + +[6]: http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/09/zne-phone-confirmed-launch-scenario-4g-wimax-action-rumors-off-the-wtf-o-meter/ "Zune Phone Confirmed! Launch Scenario! 4G WiMax Action! Rumors Off the WTF-o-Meter" + +[2]: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JPE/papers.html "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis" +[3]: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JPE/home.html "Journal of Political Economy" +[4]: http://techdirt.com/articles/20070209/082603.shtml "Latest Research Shows No Noticeable Impact On CD Sales From Downloads" + +* Mac rumor site ThinkSecret [claims][5] that the next version of OS X will arrive in late March. The dart I just through at the wall calendar argues for April 6th though so who knows? + +[5]: http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0702leopardilife.html "Mac OS X 10.5, iLife '07, iWork '07 as early as March" + +[photo credit][7] + +[7]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/re-ality/354739410/ "Flickr: Key unlocking on the Zunephone"
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