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TV TODAY: Come back to Dillon High for great teachable moments (Detroit Free Press)
TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "Friday Night Lights," 9 p.m., WDIV-TV, Local 4, NBC. Last week brought incendiary moments that defined Dillon High's coach, Eric Taylor. He exploded at the Laribee High coach who manhandled a Dillon player, and he banished Tim Riggins because of a misunderstanding.

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Businesses, city ready for digital television (Plano Courier)
As the countdown to the end of analog television continues, one government agency makes it easier for consumers to switch to digital.

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Toledo Symphony soloists make beautiful music together (The Toledo Blade)
The Toledo Symphony fills the region with great music.

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Amazon to offer music from Sony BMG without copy curbs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday its digital music store will now offer songs by artists on the roster of Sony BMG Music Entertainment without copy-protection technology, known as digital rights management.

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Amazon to offer music from Sony BMG without copy curbs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday its digital music store will now offer songs by artists on the roster of Sony BMG Music Entertainment without copy-protection technology, known as digital rights management.

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Movie Trailers: The Final Cut (New York Times)
A movie director offers a behind-the-scenes account of the making of movie trailers.

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Capsule Movie Reviews (The Charlotte Observer)
Film capsules are written by Lawrence Toppman. If there's no star rating, he hasn't seen the movie. Grades: 4 stars = excellent, 3 stars = good, 2 stars = fair, 1 star = poor. new releases THE BUCKET LIST Elderly cancer patients tour the world, accomplishing things they've vowed to do before they die. Director Rob Reiner is just the guy who could have made this unbearably schmaltzy, but …

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Chamber officials are polling residents to gauge support for proposed movie studio project. (The Patriot Ledger)
PLYMOUTH – Chamber of Commerce officials are polling residents to gauge support for a proposed movie production studio project on town-owned land in South Plymouth.

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Tickets to Singapore Airshow now on sale (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : Tickets to the inaugural Singapore Airshow are now on sale. They are priced at S$20 for adults and S$8 for children. They can also call the Global Ticket Network at 6334-4222.

Singapore s first artificial rugby pitch opens at St Andrew s School (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SINGAPORE : Singapore s first artificial pitch for rugby officially opened at the St Andrew s School on Friday.

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Tickets to Singapore Airshow now on sale (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SINGAPORE : Tickets to the inaugural Singapore Airshow are now on sale.

China Eastern-Singapore Tie-Up Rejected (Washington Post)
HONG KONG — A bid by Singapore Airlines for a stake in China's third-largest carrier was rejected by shareholders Tuesday in a battle with a Chinese rival that highlights intense competition in a fast-growing aviation market.

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On Parenting: Genes Not Vaccines Linked to Autism (US News & World Report)
New studies reveal a genetic cause and find no connection to shots containing thimerosal.

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Author and parenting expert s advice on raising kids: Just say no (Winona Daily News)
Easy fixes and instant gratification. Today s children expect them, and parents too often give in, said David Walsh, a psychologist and expert on child development who will speak at 6:30 p.m., Monday at Winona Middle School auditorium.

Everymom Blog (Northwest Herald)
Jami Kunzer writes about parenting. Click here to read her blog.

Free Parenting Classes Come to Macon (13 WMAZ Macon)
It's no secret motherhood doesn't come with a manual. Rather, it's filled with challenges mothers and fathers must figure out on their own. A nationwide program called Triple P, or the Positive Parenting Program, recently kicked off the first program in Georgia. It's right here in Macon.

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Macworld faithful ready to see what Jobs has for'08
Silicon Valley – Whatever Apple decides to show off next week, it will be difficult for the company to outdo 2007, when it rolled out the iPhone, its latest Macintosh operating system, Leopard, and innovative iPod updates, Gartenberg said. But, the analyst quickly

DAILY DIGEST
San Francisco Gate – Amazon's digital music store sells songs only in the MP3 format, which can be burned onto CDs, copied to multiple PCs and played on any number of digital media players, including Apple Inc.'s iPod and Microsoft Corp.'s Zune. Associated Press U.S

DRM now dead, as Amazon snags Sony
The Register – Rhapsody's songs are tied to Windows DRM, while the only portable player that supports Apple's DRM-protected songs is Apple's own iPod. (Strictly speaking, there's a tedious workaround which allows you to burn the song to CD, then re-import it as an

Slim Apple laptop expected at Macworld
Reuters – Analysts expect a computer half as thick as Apple's current MacBook lineup, but using flash memory chips like those found in its iPod music players rather than a hard drive."The energy seems to be around a smaller-form-factor laptop computer,"said

CES: iSleep to iDream with iPod-ready bed
MacWorld UK – This bed – called the Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed – is packed with high-tech toys, including WiFi connectivity, a surround sound speaker system, an LCD projector, dual temperature controls and DVR capability. It also features a built-in iPod

High Five
Oregonian – 5."Reel Music"In its 25th incarnation, the Northwest Film Center's annual collection of films about music is like an iPod programmed with a little of everything: Bob Dylan and the Who, Pete Seeger and Anita O'Day, Brazilian and Moroccan pop and folk

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Next Inning Technology Publishes State of Tech Report, Updates
Forbes – PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), a subscription service focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has published its State of Tech Report updating outlooks for

UPDATE 1-Solarfun signs two new long-term contracts
Reuters – Solarfun said it reduced expectations of polysilcion supply from Jiangsu Zhongneng PV Technology Development Co Ltd to Solarfun's 52 percent subsidiary, Jiangsu Yangguang Solar Technology Co Ltd. Based on reduced delivery volume in 2007, it now

Researchers make nano-scale DNA research tool
Reuters – This technology would allow for much more refined analysis that could detect genetic changes from one cell to another, for instance. The work, led by Hao Yan of the institute's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, draws on a type of nanotechnology

SoftNet Technology Launches 2008 Market Strategy
MSN MoneyCentral – ISELIN, N.J., Jan. 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — SoftNet Technology Corp. (OTCBB:STTC) (German WKN:TG6) announced today its 2008"go to market"strategy. SoftNet has refined its technology practices and organized its market verticals for 2008 in order

UPDATE 1-Basis Tech says wins court ruling against Amazon
Reuters – NEW YORK, Jan 11 (Reuters) – An appeals court has sided with private software company Basis Technology in a dispute with online retailer Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) related to the Japanese Web site Amazon.co.jp, Basis said on

Company Profile for Revionics, Inc.
Forbes – Revionics is a leading provider of price, promotion and category optimization technology for Fast Moving Consumer Goods Retailers. The Revionics Advanced Pricing System (RAPS) generates increased sales and profits through sophisticated consumer

The Hard Case Against Intel
BusinessWeek – AMD captured market share from Intel in 2005 and 2006 by beating its larger competitor to a key breakthrough that affected chip speed, but Intel has since improved its technology and recovered share. Last year, AMD sold $4.1 billion worth of the x86

Current Technology Completes Binding Agreement for 51% Acquisition of
Forbes – VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — via COMTEX — The following was issued today by Robert Kramer, Chief Executive Officer, Current Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CRTCF): Current Technology (the"Company") has

Renesas Technology to Bolster Analog and Discrete Semiconductor
MSN MoneyCentral – Renesas Technology Corp. today announced plans to expand its back-end process plant in Malaysia to further strengthen the company's analog and discrete semiconductor business. In addition, Renesas has established a new analog and discrete

Wall Street falls amid credit worries
Miami Herald – Business Monday | National | International | Personal Finance | Technology | Small Business | Friday Business Report Food | Health | Home&Design | Stocks slid Friday amid renewed fears that financial companies will suffer larger-than-expected writedowns from credit

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Must have: Belkin TuneStudio
Daily Telegraph – This new deck has made quite a noise following its launch at CES this week. That's because it could prove the ideal, great value gadget for the novice podcaster or budding musician. With high-end music-mixing capabilities in a compact and attractive

Porn Stars Shine in Sin City
ABC News – Every year as the world's largest gadget show cools off, the exhibition hall merely feet away heats up with the combined power of porn purveyors, the starlets they feature and the lustful gazes of the fans that line up to see them at the Adult

Less wow, more instant gratification at CES
Reuters – Gadget makers are benefiting from a decade-old digital transition from older analog technologies. Once separate devices ranging from computers to phones to television and automobiles now increasingly connect to one another and share media. As an

Best Buy posts modest sales gain
CNN Money – Best Buy posts modest sales gain No. 1 seller of electronics reports a 1.5% rise in December sales at its stores open at least a year; consumers gadget sales fell 3.1% last month.

CES Dispatch–Archos Does iTV
BusinessWeek – Archos is tackling the home with a new gadget called Archos TV Plus. It s a piece of equipment that houses a hard drive and connects to the television to record shows and download movies, either directly or from a network connection to a home pc

Retail Ink: Gadget vest upgraded
San Jose Mercury News – A look at the many-pocketed, e-gear designed travel vest from SCOTTeVEST, being written about in Antonucci's 1/11 Retail Ink column E-tailer Scott Jordan made me the perfect geek-glorious vest. Well, not exactly. But close. And putting myself aside

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