• Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (AP)

  AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.

  
  
  

• Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing (AP)

  AP - The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.

  
  
  

• Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO (AP)

  AP - Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.

  
  
  

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  In-house SEO can be more cost efficient, but it can also be very costly because in-house SEO has many unique challenges. If you are planning to bring SEO in-house in the coming year, be smart. Most companies can’t actually be 100% in-house because ...

• SEO and PPC Cannibalization - ClickZ

  My column, " Organic Versus Paid Search ," sparked some debate. Some argued that you should never have to choose between these two activities -- that both should always be employed. Yet others sided with my view -- the most appropriate and cost ...

• Billions at stake as China issues 3G licences (AFP)

  AFP - China issued long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday, a move that will pour billions of dollars into new networks as consumers buy video- and Internet-enabled handsets.

  
  
  

“The selective disregard for international law by the United States in the context of the 'war on terror' has enormous influence over the rest of the world. When the US commits serious human rights violations it sends a signal to abusive governments that these practices are permissible. This is why Guantanamo Bay is so important: it tells other governments that they can commit human rights violations in the name of counter-terrorism too.” - Amnesty International: AMR 51/029/2006

“That's why we're now promoting nuclear energy. It makes sense for this country to use safe, clean nuclear power.” - George W. Bush