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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;" />A bookstore employee said to me this morning, "no sir, we just provide the wifi, you have to provide the power." Does anyone have a really loud, smoky gasoline-powered generator I could borrow? Nevermind, here's your reboot:
* [An article on ZDNet][3] yesterday led some people to conclude that Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage would put the Office Suite in reduced functionality mode if the software couldn't be validated. Turns out [that isn't true][4].
* According to Yahoo News, the California Supreme Court ruled yesterday that web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties [cannot be sued for libel][2]. Should be a boon for flame wars everywhere.
* Nielsen Media Research started [gathering data on the audience for Apple's iPod][5]. It turns out that iPod users spend far more time listening to audio than they do watching TV or movies.
* And finally, TSIA: "[RIAA toilet paper][6]" [via [BoingBoing][1]]
[6]: http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?productID=285 "Wipe your ass with the RIAA"
[5]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061120/tc_zd/194424 "Ipod user habits"
[4]: http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/11/21/microsoft-confirms-no-kill-switch-in-office-2007/ "No kill Switch in Office 2207"
[3]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=111 "ZDNet get's it wrong"
[2]: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061121/ap_on_hi_te/internet_libel
[1]: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/11/20/riaa_toilet_paper.html "RIAA toilet paper"
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