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This article was written on October 05, 2007 by CyberNet.

It was just a few days ago that Amazon launched their DRM-Free music store which left many wondering if iTunes will be able to remain the top digital music store for long.  Now rumor has it that Facebook is in the process of putting together their own iTunes competitor. AllFacebook – the unofficial Facebook Blog is the one to report the news and says that “an extremely reliable anonymous source” provided the information. According to their source, Facebook has been working on the project since March, and they’re currently searching for a CEO to lead the new music sector.

Think about it for a minute… a digital music store on Facebook – oh the possibilities that could come from this one! Whether or not it’s true, it sounds like a great idea to me.  I don’t have statistics, but I’d be willing to guess that the average age of Facebook users is probably around 18-25, the same crowd that is likely to own some type of portable music device, and the same crowd that’s likely to purchase music online. And because Facebook already has the social thing going on, they could incorporate a “socialness” to buying music like displaying something in the mini-feed when a user has purchased a song, or showing a list of songs that a user has bought on their profile and allow their friends to listen to a clip.

A digital music store could potentially provide Facebook with a good stream of revenue if they do it right and their millions of users decide to choose the Facebook store as their source of music.  They’re in need of a way to make revenue, and this could be it. While it all sounds positive, News.com points out that starting a music business is no easy task. It would be a “massive operation for a company that has heretofore been strictly a social-networking service– even one that’s as hot as Facebook is now.”

With Amazon already labeled as an iTunes competitor and possibly Facebook appearing into the scene as well, I imagine Steve Jobs will be getting a little uncomfortable should this prove to be true…

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Google Buzz settlement approved by FTC, yearly privacy audits incoming originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Professional photographers know the drill: every few years, Canon or Nikon announces a game-changing DSLR, often prompting top photogs to unload their complete kits and switch to another system in a never-ending attempt to shoot with the best. This time, Canon is first out of the gate, with its flagship EOS-1D X — the latest in a series that dates back to 2001 with the EOS-1D. As you’ve probably noticed, the company’s new top model looks virtually identical to its decade-old ancestor, but is otherwise a far cry from that four megapixel CCD sensor-sporting dinosaur. We’ve been anxiously awaiting an opportunity to check out Canon’s new $6,800 18.1 megapixel full-frame model since first getting word of the beastly camera last week, and just had a chance to go hands-on during the company’s Pro Solutions event in London. Jump past the break for our impressions and a video walkthrough.

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Chalk one up for the chatterboxes. In a study spanning 18 years and more than 350,000 test subjects, researchers in Denmark have found no connection between cellphone usage and brain cancer. The landmark project, carried out by Denmark’s Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, was published online last week in the British Medical Journal, and is just the latest in a series of similarly optimistic studies. Of the 358,403 cellphone owners examined, only 356 were found to have a brain tumor, while 856 were diagnosed with cancer of the central nervous system — percentages that are comparable to those seen among non-mobile users. Even among long-term cellphone owners (13 years or more), incidence rates were not significantly higher than those observed among the general population. Hazel Nunn, head of evidence and health information at Cancer Research UK, described the study as “the strongest evidence yet that using a mobile phone does not seem to increase the risk of cancers of the brain or central nervous system in adults.” The study’s authors, however, acknowledge some shortcomings in their work, including the exclusion of “corporate subscriptions” — people who use their mobile devices for work, and who probably use them more heavily than the average consumer. They also recognized the need for longer-term research and for more child-specific studies. You can check out the article in full, at the coverage link below.

Cellphones are dangerous / not dangerous: Danish study tilts toward the latter originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Who cares if you can’t tell the time? You’re going to look awesome

Remember this amazing Tron-inspired watch? Way back in October of last year it was nothing but a concept design with a litigation-avoiding name — 7R0N. Now it’s a real, buyable product, with an even less lawyer-baiting name: Kisai Seven.

Designed by Scott Galloway of Yorkshire, England, the Kisai Seven was last seen soliciting votes to be manufactured. Galloway’s design made it, and it now joins other beautiful-but-hard-to-read timepieces at Tokyo Flash.

The bioluminescent strips of the original are now LEDs. The inner and outer circles show hours and multiples of five minutes respectively, and the top and bottom strips count from one to four minutes. Thus, with a little puzzling (and the press of a button) you can tell the time.

The Kisai Seven is available now, for $140. If you grab it in the next couple of days, you’ll get it for $100.

Kisai Seven LED watch [Tokyo Flash. Thanks, Scott and Paul!]

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