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<img alt="Nightlybuild" title="Nightlybuild" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/nightlybuild.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Nightly Build:
* Wired's own Cult of Mac has great piece on the [litigation surrounding Apple's new iPhone][1] and some other company that also uses the name. Let's face it even if Cisco wins, iPhone will always be an Apple product in the public's mind.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/01/ask_an_attorney.html "Ask an Attorney: Apple and Cisco Will Share 'iPhone' "
* Torrentfreak has an article on the[ MPAA's fake torrent campaign][2]. "The MPAA and other anti-piracy watchdogs try to trap people into downloading fake torrents, so they can collect IP addresses, and send copyright infringement letters to ISPs. They hire a company to put up fake copies of popular movies, music albums, and TV series." According to Torrentfreak an admin at BTJunkie has figured out a way to find and block the fake torrents.
[2]: http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-caught-uploading-fake-torrents/ "MPAA Caught Uploading Fake Torrents"
* There were rumors earlier this week that OLPC would be selling their budget laptops to the general public with the provision that you buy two, one of which is yours and one of which is donated to someone in need. I for one thought that was a great idea, but [according to Ars Technica][3], the rumor is untrue. However apparently it is one of the options they're considering.
[3]: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070110-8593.html "OLPC: no consumer versions planned right now"
* And finally it doesn't have much to do with software or the web, but Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Illuminatus! epic and hacker of the mind, [passed away this morning][4]. Wilson may be gone, but we'll always have the fnords.
[4]: http://robertantonwilson.blogspot.com/index.html "Robert Anton Wilson Defies Medical Experts and leaves his body @4:50 AM on binary date 01/11"
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