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      Neuros OSD: a set-top box that treats you like an owner

      Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner

      The Neuros OSD isn't just a radically open set-top box -- it's also a radically empowering hunk of technology. Neuros gave me two of their open-source/free-software video recorders for my class to play with all semester. Each week, two of my students took these home and played with them. A few students complained about the clunky user-interface, but others had overwhelming nerdgasms at the power of the tiny, Linux-based box.

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      Giving It Away - Cory Doctorow Does

      Posted by Jeff from Forbes

      A tiny minority of downloaders treat the free e-book as a substitute for the printed book--those are the lost sales. But a much larger minority treat the e-book as an enticement to buy the printed book. They're gained sales. As long as gained sales outnumber lost sales, I'm ahead of the game.

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      Cory's fictional "Whuffie" is now running code

      Posted by Jeff from BoingBoing

      From Cory Doctorow's fictional novel: *****un.org is runs on open source code (still in alpha release), creating a marketplace for trading and rewarding favors for your friends and like-minded strangers. It's pretty amazing to have something I invented for a science fiction novel turned into running code!

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