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Shame On Nancy Pelosi: 5% Botox Tax Kind Of Sexist

Beauty Tip Today (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Gee, Senator Nancy Pelosi , we expected better from you. A 5% Botox tax ? Or as it's being called, 'The Bo-tax.' This is being included in the Senate Health Care bill ? Yeah, ha ha. LOL. Are you serious? Do you really think that Botox , liposuction , and other elective cosmetic procedures should be taxed? You call this health care reform ? Senate Democrats are proposing a 5% excise tax on elective...

HD DVD's Managed Copy was never necessarily free, was always Mandatory

Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Filed under: Blu-ray It isn't often that we specifically call out another site for writing things that are just not true, but this one we can't let go. In an article about Blu-ray's Managed Copy, Ars Technica's Nate Anderson posts that Blu-ray's Managed Copy is a "stinker" because you might have to pay to make a copy and claims that the HD DVD version was better because it was free. Other...

Managed copy finally here for Blu Ray

Club CDFreaks - Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Though it has been a long time coming, managed copies of Blu Ray movies are being implemented on Dec. 4th, and as part of the final AACS licensing agreement, all companies that continue to produce Blu Ray movies will be required to support it. No hardware exists today that can make use of it,...

Blu-ray 'Managed Copy' to start in December, lacking hardware support

AfterDawn.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Due to its byline stipulations, beginning in December all Blu-ray titles will come with the option to make one "managed copy" (a legal backup). However, for all current Blu-ray player owners as well as most near term future owners, your player will not have the capability to make the copies, making the feature useless. AACS-LA chairman Michael Ayers says the Managed Copy is mandatory given...

Managed Copy hits Blu-ray Discs December 4th, but you still can’t use it

Techno Portal (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

The egg had to come before the chicken right? Well either way, one of 'em came first and in the case of the latest Blu-ray feature, Managed Copy , the Blu-ray Discs will come before the hardware. Less than five months since AACS was finalized and the details of Managed Copy were revealed and so far we've only… Continue reading

Managed Copy hits Blu-ray Discs December 4th, but you still can’t use it

Laptop blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

The egg had to come before the chicken right? Well either way, one of 'em came first and in the case of the latest Blu-ray feature, Managed Copy enabled Blu-ray Discs will come before the hardware. Less than five months since AACS was finalized and the details of Managed Copy were revealed and so far we've only seen one demo and not a single product announcement. This doesn't surprise us, but AACS-LA...

• Managed Copy hits Blu-ray Discs December 4th, but you still can't use it - Engadget
• Managed Copy hits Blu-ray Discs December 4th, but you still can't use it - Engadget HD
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Roundup: AACS beats St. Tim's for IAAM C soccer title

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Stine's 2 goals lift Eagles; No. 7 Hereford cruises past Dulaney in football Megan Stine scored twice to power Annapolis Area Christian School girls soccer team past St. Timothy's, 3-1 in the IAAM C Conference championship on Saturday at Archbishop Spalding.

Fitch Upgrades $18.1MM American Academy Charter School, CO Charter School Revenue Bonds to 'A'

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has upgraded to 'A' from 'BBB+' its rating on approximately $18.1 million Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority (the authority) charter school revenue bonds, series 2008 (the bonds), issued on behalf of the American Academy Charter School (AACS). The series 2008 bonds are a general obligation of AACS. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The upgrade...

Carter-Ruck

Jane Is The One (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Yes I know this is wikipedia, but it was the best I could do on a busy morning. The Streisand effect is an Internet phenomenon where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be publicized widely and to a greater extent than would have occurred if no censorship had been attempted. Examples of such attempts include censoring a photograph, a number ,...

Blu-ray "Managed Copy" may be available by 2010

Super Tech News / Published News (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

Managed Copy, which has been talked about for well over two years as a Blu-ray feature designed to allow limited copying of high definition discs into other formats/devices, may finally get commercial airing next year. According to chairman of the AACS Licensing Authority, Michael Ayers, almost all discs released after Spring 2010 should allow one full-resolution copy to be made. Such a copy coul 13...

Price Drop: DJ VirtualDeck (music)

AppShopper.com: Price Changes (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009

DJ VirtualDeck 2.1.1 Category: Music Price: $7.99 -> $4.99 ( iTunes ) Description: ******* ONE DAY SALE, BE QUICK ********* Mimicking a turntable, VirtualDeck is designed as an aid for DJ s. It lets you fast-forward, fast-rewind, beat mix, scratch and tune an audio sample just as you would DJ on a real turntable. In some ways, it can do what no ordinary turntable can do, namely play digital samples....

And here I was, thinking that the Reps had completely sold out years ago..

Random Musings (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009

But it turns out that after selling off their souls to corporate interests, they plan to officially sell off the infrastructure of government too... From AZCentral.com - Call it a sign of desperate times: Legislators are considering selling the House and Senate buildings where they've conducted state business for more than 50 years. If successful, by this time next year we could have - The Arizona...

Top 10 Most Dugg Stories on Digg

WebPro News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009

I'm sure you've heard of Digg before, right? For the few of you that may have been in the dark for, oh I don't know, the last three plus years , let me explain the service. Digg is a place for people to discover, and share, various content types from anywhere on the web. Users, a.k.a. diggers, can choose to either " Digg " or " Bury " the submission, if the story garners enough...

Blu-ray Notes

datastream.irregulara (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009

Some recent Blu-ray tidbits: AACS (Blu-ray DRM scheme/consortium) has reduced it’s licensing fees, offering relief to potential producers of small-run/micro-indie titles. Per-disc licensing fees for small, first-time runs (1000-2000) are around $1/disc. Still kinda steep, but we’ll see if it helps. With replication running an additional $2-2.50 a disc, and the complexity/expense of authoring...

AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD 6.5.4.9

Hackers Hacking Downloads (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009

is a driver, which descrambles DVD-Movies automatically in the background. This DVD appears unprotected and region code free for all applications and the Windows operating system as well. With AnyDVD's help copy tools like CloneDVD, Pinnacle Instant Copy, InterVideo DVD-Copy, etc. are able to copy CSS protected Movies. You can remove the RPC region code, thereby making the movie region free and viewable...