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<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot:
* The video download service, Joost, is expected to [announce a licensing deal with Viacom][1]. Viacom, which has been in the news lately for going after YouTube with DMCA takedown notices, is expected to make hundreds of hours of programming from Viacom networks such as MTV, Comedy Central and Spike available to Joost users. In other Joost news, I received an email from the company over the weekend which announced the first Mac beta.
[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-20T112925Z_01_N20456807_RTRUKOC_0_US-VIACOM-JOOST.xml&src=rss "Viacom to license content to Joost"
* OpenID is being [embraced by AOL][2] which is offering the free identification scheme to 63 million new users. If OpenID weren't such a great idea I'd have to say it just jumped the shark.
[2]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6376029.stm "AOL supports open ID scheme"
* Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer claims that sales of Vista are not meeting projections [because of piracy][3] in Brazil, China and other nations. He says Microsoft will be using Windows Genuine Advantage to try and combat the problem. However, if Russia is any indicator increased pressure may drive many to switch to Linux rather than buy Vista.
[3]: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37721 "Ballmer blames pirates for poor Vista sales "
* The beleaguered social networking music site [Odeo][5] [is for sale][4]. The official blog post from Odeo owner Evan Williams reads: "To clarify, what we're talking about is selling odeo.com and studio.odeo.com, including all code, the domain, brand, database of three million MP3s, etc. Not a company, but a site and platform that could be ramped up to something much bigger."
[4]: http://blog.obvious.com/2007/02/looking-for-odeos-new-home.html "Looking for Odeo's new home"
[5]: http://odeo.com/ "Odeo.com"
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