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The Nightly Build:

*	A torrent of MP3s from bands showcasing at next month's South By Southwest Music festival is now [available for your downloading pleasure][1]. The torrent has 739 MP3s and is roughly 3.1 gigabytes in size.

[1]: http://2007.sxsw.com/blogs/plat.php/2007/02/19/don_t_miss_the_sxsw_toolbox "SXSW 2007 Showcasing Band MP3s"

*	This morning it was AOL, this afternoon Digg, everybody loves OpenID. Today at the Future of Web Apps in London, Kevin Rose [announced that Digg plans to support OpenID][2].

[2]: http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/02/digg_will_suppo.html "Digg Will Support OpenID"

*	The U.K. has [rejected a call to ban DRM][3]. However the government did acknowledge that the technology could undermine consumer rights.

[3]: http://news.com.com/U.K.+government+rejects+calls+for+DRM+ban/2100-1028_3-6160760.html?tag=nefd.top "U.K. government rejects calls for DRM ban"

*	Seeming to contradict Ballmer's earlier comments, Bill Gates said earlier today that Microsoft's Windows [Vista has been well received][4]. "People who sell PCs have seen a very nice lift in their sales. People have come in and wanted to buy Vista." 

[4]: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTOR00156520070220 "Windows Vista well received: Gates"

[photo credit][5]

[5]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonnenbrand/396719685/ "Flickr: Waiting on the Hill"