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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:
* Harvard is [now offering][1] a select set of course content free to general public and available via the newly created [Harvard niche][2] at the iTunes Store.
[1]: http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070129005423&newsLang=en "Have You Ever Wanted to Take a Course at Harvard?"
[2]: http://itunes.extension.harvard.edu/ "iTunes Harvard Store"
* TorrentFreak [reports][3] that the Dutch are considering an internet tax as a way to compensate record companies for piracy. Hopefully the U.S. government won't do likewise since the history of government subsidies to prop up dying industries is not pretty.
[3]: http://torrentfreak.com/holland-considers-banning-drm-legalizing-filesharing/ "Holland Considers Banning DRM, Legalizing Filesharing"
* The W3C and OASIS have joined up to release a new [web standard for industrial graphics][4]. Industrial graphics refers to technical illustrations in electronic documents, specifically WebCGM, which is widely deployed in the defense, aviation, architecture, and transportation industries.
[4]: http://www.w3.org/2007/01/webcgm-pressrelease.html.en "W3C and OASIS Jointly Issue New Web Standard for Industrial Graphics"
* TSIA: [Robot parking garage to open in New York][5].
[5]: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2007-01-30-robotic-garage_x.htm "Robot parking garage to open in New York"
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