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An open source guide to a flat world

Thomas Friedman has a vision for the final edition of The World is Flat: anybody will be able to update it.

“It's been suggested to me that we actually turn the book into an open-source product. Just put it up on the web like Wikipedia [the collaborative online encyclopedia] and let people add to it,” says the New York Times columnist, who is working on the second edition of his bestseller on ­ globalisation.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3d00dd64-603a-11da-a3a6-0000779e2340.html

Briefly: Apple ships Aperture; Merlin special

In brief: Apple has began shipping Aperture, its post-production software tool designed for professional photographers, according to one reader who received shipment confirmation from Apple ahead of the expected

http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/11/28/apple.ships.aperture/

Gervais radio show to be podcast

Award winning comedian Ricky Gervais to present a series of weekly podcast shows that will be available for download over the internet.

The Office star will host a weekly independent talk show to be podcast by the Guardian Unlimited website.

"I want to do a radio show where I can say what I want, when I want and that's free for anybody who can be bothered to listen," said Gervais.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4479230.stm

Lawyer delay blamed for KaZaA deadline change

A music industry lawyer's failure to attend a meeting with Sharman Networks resulted in the extended deadline for the modification of Sharman's KaZaA p2p software, the judge in the case has revealed.

Earlier we reported that the deadline had been moved back from 5 December until February.

Justice Wilcox said Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) lawyer Michael Williams had 'shot himself in the foot' for not attending a conference with Sharman that he had ordered. The get-together was set to discuss the implementation of filters within the Kazaa application.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/80877/lawyer-delay-blamed-for-kazaa-deadline-change.html

FreePP Uses GIPS

SAN FRANCISCO -- Global IP Sound (GIPS), the leading provider of embedded voice-processing solutions for the Voice over IP (VoIP) market, today announced that its VoiceEngine Embedded technology is the cornerstone of the newly introduced FreePP VoIP service from Gemtek Technology, the world-leading provider of wireless broadband solutions.

GIPS VoiceEngine technology provides the voice quality underpinnings across multiple platforms for the FreePP service, which includes the newly launched FreePP Box telephone adaptor. FreePP offers global P2P (peer-to-peer) VoIP products and services over different systems and platforms.

 http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=84820&WT.svl=wire1_2

Israeli-US start-up Nareos launches legal P2P download service

Israeli start-up Nareos Inc., a digital content solutions provider, today announced distribution agreements with online indie music store CD Baby, e-label INgrooves, and digital music distributor Digital Rights Agency (DRA).

Nareos' PeerReach solution uses unique technology to promote legitimate content to the top of P2P file lists, charging $0.99 for extremely fast, high quality and virus-free downloads.

CD Baby, which represents over 100,000 artists, INgrooves, which represents over 350 music labels, and DRA, which represents 225 music labels, will be able to distribute their music content legally via global peer-to-peer file sharing networks. The digital libraries will be available for legal download on PeerReach over the next few weeks.

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000033888

European music fans love p2p

A research company suggests, "European consumers who download music from illegal file-sharing websites outnumber those using legal services," says the BBC.

"It says illegal networks are used three times as much as legal ones. It also warns that file-sharers, particularly young people, have little concept of music as a paid commodity."

http://p2pnet.net/story/7135

Italian Linux Day 2005: A smashing success

Linux and the Free Software movement are slowly but constantly getting closer to the general public in

Italy. More confirmation came last Thursday, when the home page of La Repubblica, one of the biggest national newspapers, displayed a smiling penguin linking to a full-blown article presenting the "Fifth Edition of the National Day of Linux and Free Software, celebrated with 97 events in 94 cities from Agrigento (Southern Sicily) to Aosta (in the Alps)."

http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/05/11/28/0850255.shtml?tid=152&tid=138

Nareos Launches P2P Legal Download Service PeerReach™

NewswireToday - (newswire) -

Beverly Hills, CA, 11/28/2005 - Nareos Inc. the pioneering digital content solutions provider, today announced distribution agreements with online music store CD Baby, eLabel INgrooves and international digital music distributor Digital Rights Agency.

The move marks the global launch of Nareos' PeerReach™ solution, which enables legal music downloads on P2P networks. These agreements increase Nareos' catalog to over 1 million tracks.

CD Baby, (representing over 100,000 artists), INgrooves (over 350 music labels) and DRA (225 music labels) will be able to distribute their music content legally via global peer-to-peer file sharing networks. Nareos' revolutionary PeerReach™ solution uses unique technology to promote legitimate content to the top of P2P file lists, charging $0.99 for extremely fast, high quality and virus-free downloads.

Due to a growing number of lawsuits there is increasing pressure for the legalization of music downloads on P2P networks. The digital libraries will be available for legal download on PeerReach™ over the next few weeks.

Nareos' CEO, Alexander Lazovsky, commented that “We are thrilled to be partnering with CD Baby, Ingrooves and DRA. This is testament to the potential of PeerReach to revolutionize how music labels view P2P networks as profitable music distribution channels. Our goal is to provide people with a convenient and secure way to evaluate and purchase music on P2P networks. We are proud to enable music fans to legally download music and to be promoting new and alternative artists along the way”.

http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/2356/