The Morning Reboot: * Walmart has [jumped in the digital movie download game][1] with a huge splash announcing that it will be offer downloads from all six major studios, something no one else has been able to do until now. Participating movie studios include 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lions Gate, MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros. The bad news: downloads will cost roughly the same as in-store DVD purchases, ranging from $13-$20 for new releases and $7.50 and up for older titles. The store will also include television shows. [1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-06T142601Z_01_WEN3625_RTRUKOC_0_US-WALMART-HP.xml&src=rss "Wal-Mart launches new movie, TV download service" * Leander Kahney, of Cult of Mac fame, points out something many people may not know, the recent settlement between the Beatles and Apple means that Apple [can now sell iPods pre-loaded with music][2], something they were previously unable to do according to an older agreement. [2]: http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72656-0.html?tw=rss.index "IPod Will Be the New CD" * Is Apple using its iPod muscle to slow adoption of Windows Vista? The official [Apple page on the subject says][3]: "iTunes 7.0.2 may work with Windows Vista on many typical PCs. Apple recommends, however, that customers wait to upgrade Windows until after the next release of iTunes which will be available in the next few weeks." If you feel like installing Vista now Apple has [released the iTunes Repair Tool for Vista 1.0][4], which may help with some, but not all, iTunes-Vista issues. [3]: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305042 "iTunes and Windows Vista" [4]: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/itunesrepairtoolforvista10.html "iTunes Repair Tool for Vista 1.0" * Microsoft is warning of a new zero day flaw in Microsoft Excel that could allow remote code execution. The warning affects Excel in Microsoft Office 2000, Office 2003 and Office XP, as well as in Office 2004 for Mac. Currently there is no patch available. [5]: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/932553.mspx "Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution" * Princeton Library is the latest university library to [join Google's ambitious Google Book Search project][6] which aims to scan the world's libraries and make them searchable over the Web. As with the other 11 participants Princeton, will be offer only public domain books (roughly 1 million). [6]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-02-06T012745Z_01_N05495149_RTRUKOC_0_US-GOOGLE-LIBRARIES.xml&src=rss "Princeton libraries join Google book-scan project"