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Actors fight to keep a grip on clips; Studios are willing to pay but want a free hand in use of images. Los Angeles Times - May 15, 2008 Few things are more precious to actors than control over their images. A stark reminder of that came last week when the studios suspended contract talks with the Screen Actors Guild after three weeks of negotiations. A cause for the logjam: Actors balked at a studio proposal that would allow the studios to sell or license excerpts of TV shows and movies for use on the Internet, cellphones and othe...
Can the USB go from computer dork to Hollywood player? CNN.com - May 15, 2008 Foreseeing the future is a tricky business. Why, for instance, should Hollywood moguls have paid much attention when the USB standard emerged in the mid-90's? It simply made hooking computers to keyboards, printers and joysticks easier. Nothing could seem further from their glitzy world. How times change. Now USB ports are to be found in $300 portable video players and $3,000 50-inch plasma HDT...
Cellphones for a better world; WIRELESS The International Herald Tribune - May 15, 2008 Stories of cellphones' helping people in developing countries abound - some of them highlighted by the industry, in an effort to polish its image, and others by users themselves. There are the women in Bangladesh and other countries who invest in a phone and then rent it to fellow villagers, making money for themselves while providing a key service for others. There are the fishermen in India who ...
In Brief / TELECOM ; Verizon backs LiMo system Los Angeles Times - May 15, 2008 Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network....
Software piracy rate down but losses swell The Straits Times (Singapore) - May 15, 2008 THE fight against software piracy notched up a win last year - as the percentage of computers in Singapore running illegal software fell from 39 per cent to 37 per cent....

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