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This article was written on January 08, 2007 by CyberNet.

Microsoft is apparently making a Vista Ultimate Signature Edition available for the first 20,000 people looking to pick up a copy of the upgrade version on Amazon. They don’t actually say how many copies they do have on hand, but the image that they made available of the packaging shows that they print your “serial number” on the box, which is out of 20,000. Amazon might not be the exclusive seller of this packaging so the quantities might be truly limited.

So what’s so special about it? Do they engrave your name into the DVD or does the package play the Windows startup sound when you open the case? Nope…It just has Bill Gates’ signature wonderfully printed on the front. If you’re dying to get your hands on this case it will run you an extra $9 totaling $259 for the upgrade version (you must be the owner of Windows XP in order to upgrade). You can still buy the normal upgrade edition for $249.99 from Amazon but then you won’t be able to commemorate this milestone!

So now the real question arises…how long do you think it will be until someone gets their hands on every type of packaging and then tries to sell them on eBay? Not only that, but how much do you think some crazy person would pay just for the packaging (a.k.a. no Windows DVD included)? I think I am almost afraid to find out.

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Big Brother is watching you, and you’d better remember. Forget for just a moment and you could find yourself committing thoughtcrime doupleplusquick. Enter the £49.99 ($78) Blink Now. It’s ostensibly a device designed to save you from Computer Vision Syndrome, a modern affliction that causes headaches and blurry vision among those who spend a little too much time basking in the glow of a CRT or LCD. But, we’re thinking its purposes are rather more nefarious. It’s basically just a little LCD that you hang in your monitor and connect via USB. It presents an eye, always looking at you, lazily and nonchalantly blinking. In theory, if you see an eye blinking you’ll blink more often yourself and cut down on eye strain. In reality, the thinkpol is always watching and this is just another reminder.

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It may not exactly be one of the biggest “firsts” around, but Grace Digital Audio’s new GDI-IR2550p WiFi radio is apparently the first such radio to pack built-in Pandora controls on the radio itself — the company’s earlier Digital Allegro only had controls on the remote and accompanying iPhone app. Unfortunately, Grace has paired that somewhat unique feature with a radio that seems to have confused retro good looks with bland and dated — that same four-line LCD used on every other Grace radio doesn’t help things either. If that’s not your primary concern, however, you will get a decent range of features from the radio, including support for a slew of other internet content besides Pandora, streaming music from your Mac or PC, the aforementioned iPhone app, and all the usual alarm clock functionality you’d expect from a desktop radio. Look for this one to set you back $169.99.

Update: Looks like this is just Grace’s first of the sort — this here Livio device did the same thing last year. For shame. Thanks, Brandon!

Update 2: Livio CEO Jake Sigal has now weighed in on the matter on his blog. For its part, a rep for Grace Digital Audio tells us that while the Livio radio was indeed the first with thumbs up and thumbs down buttons for Pandora, the Grace radio is the first “that has thumbs up/down plus the play/pause function on the front panel, iPhone app, and remote control.”

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26,000 people can’t be wrong, right? That’s the current tally of Leaf pre-orders that Nissan has collected from US and Japanese drivers excited by its all-electric hatchback. Yesterday, the car that’s built to plug into the same wall outlet as your toaster held its official pan-European launch party — with the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, and Portugal getting the first deliveries in early 2011 — and we were on site to grab a few closeup pictures and some precious time in the driver’s seat. American drivers should look out for a new set of keys in their mailbox this December, so there’s probably no better time than now to give them a preview of what they’re getting themselves into. Jump past the break for more on the Nissan Leaf.

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This article was written on November 30, 2007 by CyberNet.

Some of you may not realize it, but record companies (like EMI, Warner, Sony BMG and Universal) pay rather large amounts of money each year to trade groups like the RIAA and the IFPI which funds their operations. In return, these groups support the artists and labels and spend some of their money to help stop piracy. We all know how the RIAA operates and how they’ve been spending big dollars fighting piracy, but the people are fighting back and they’re not coming away with a win every time. Without money from record labels, trade groups would not have the funds to sue.

The RIAA is in business because of the record labels that fund them, so what would happen if these labels started to back out? They may be having to figure this out it other labels follow in the footsteps of EMI. Recently, the British label announced that they were considering cutting the amount of money that they provide trade groups because they’re not too happy with what they’re getting in return for the amount that they pay. Considering the IFPI alone says they get about $132.1 million each year from the big four record labels, EMI’s decision could prove to put groups like the RIAA struggling to make ends meet.

As Pieter points out in the forum, “Is RIAA’s reign of terror finally coming to a halt? Probably not, but EMI is considering to slash funding for the RIAA.” If the RIAA doesn’t have all of the funding that they’re used to, they’re not going to have the money to pay for the lawyers and employees that make the cases against accused music pirates.  I wouldn’t say that they’ll just drop dread, but trade groups could be in for some rough times as record companies reevaluate their spending and find ways to to save money. If they don’t feel that trade companies are doing enough, they may do exactly what EMI is doing and cut back on the amount they give. Could this mean less people brought to court by the RIAA?

Thanks Pieter!

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