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Posted by Dr. Blip in Hot Topic at 13:46 | Tuesday, July 22. 2008

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Apple may be Eying Sub-$1000 Notebook Market
AppleInsider - Investment bank Piper Jaffray said Tuesday it believes Apple is readying new iPod and notebook products that will apply downward pressure to profit margins because they'll be priced more affordably, such as 13-inch MacBook that will fetch less than $1000.

GPU Powered Macs and iPhones
Mac Rumors - Architosh points us to a Guardian.co.uk article from last week which details the upcoming trend of using GPUs (graphics processors) for day to day computing.

Movie Industry Eyeing 3D Movies for the Home Theater
ars technica - There's currently no consistent standard governing 3-D display on the small screen, but the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) wants to change that.

Copyright Office May Have Just Added New Royalties For Webcasts
Techdirt - Well, this is just downright disturbing. Jon Healy has a quick summary of a totally unexpected and unnecessary proposed rulemaking from the Copyright Office that could add additional royalties that webcasters would need to pay (on top of the already onerous webcasting rates).

Call Someone – Without Having To Talk To Them
TSlashdot - "After a long beta period, Boston-based MobileSphere launched a 'straight-to-voicemail' service yesterday called Slydial. If you call 267-SLY-DIAL and listen to a short ad, you can then be connected to the voicemail inbox of any US mobile phone subscriber, without causing their phone to ring.

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