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Car lots crammed with three model years

It long ago ceased to be news that the new-car industry is in disarray. It looks like overall car and truck sales will fall to levels not seen since the early 1990s, and manufacturers are offering all manner of incentives.

Three sequencing companies join 1000 Genomes Project

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Syrian Blogger Sentenced to Three Years in Jail

blind biker writes "The AP reports (via the Herald Tribune) of Tarek Bayassi, a 24-year old Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail for 'undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.' The original sentence was six years but it was commuted on appeal. Apparently, this isn't an isolated case in Syria."

EU Plans To Extend Copyright; Turns Copyright System Into Welfare For Musicians

Just as we feared, the EU has now approved copyright extension of performance royalties from 50 years to 95 years. This is basically an approval to steal from the public. The public made a deal with musicians 50 years ago: give us music, and we'll give you performance royalties for 50 years. The musicians accepted that, and it was a worthwhile deal for them. Yet, now, the government has decided to change the deal, remove that content from the public domain and give it to the musicians for another 45 years. This is, simply, bad policy. It encourages the exact wrong behavior: telling people that the public will pay them for work they did many many years ago over and over again. This doesn't encourage musicians to continue working and it doesn't encourage them to be fiscally responsible and save for retirement or anything.

Buyer waiting for car may cancel deal

I purchased a car on Friday. The dealer told me he didn't have the white car I wanted, but that he would take some money off a blue car he "thought was on the lot.'' He sent his salesman out to look for it and then said it must be on a truck that would be in at 12 that night. He gave me a car to drive until next day.

Local rental best for short-term car

We may be in need of a third car for several months because of our son's summer job and, possibly, school-year internship. We don't really want to lease a vehicle for three years but need the car for more than just a few days' rental.

carmax.com Debuts New Design, Expanded Functionality for Online Car Shoppers

RICHMOND -- CarMax, Inc. , the nation's largest retailer of used cars, announced today the latest evolution of online car shopping with a new, intuitively designed carmax.com. The customer-centric website reflects CarMax's commitment to help car shoppers find the perfect used car within a few simple clicks. The carmax.com relaunch is the latest in multiple enhancements and usability improvements based on what consumers said they wanted in an online car shopping experience.

carmax.com Debuts New Design, Expanded Functionality for Online Car Shoppers

PRNewswire/ -- CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX), the nation's largest retailer of used cars, announced today the latest evolution of online car shopping with a new, intuitively designed carmax.com. The customer-centric website reflects CarMax's commitment to help car shoppers find the perfect used car within a few simple clicks. The carmax.com relaunch is the latest in multiple enhancements and usability improvements based on what consumers said they wanted in an online car shopping experience.

carmax.com Debuts New Design, Expanded Functionality for Online Car Shoppers

RICHMOND, Va., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX), the nation's largest retailer of used cars, announced today the latest evolution of online car shopping with a new, intuitively designed carmax.com. The customer-centric website reflects CarMax's commitment to help car shoppers find the perfect used car within a few simple clicks. The carmax.com relaunch is the latest in multiple enhancements and usability improvements based on what consumers said they wanted in an online car shopping experience.

M-commerce still three to five years away

Mobile payments are still three to five years away from commercial deployment in Asia, because collaboration between business entities in the mobile payment ecosystem is still lacking, according to a Motorola executive.

Leg 2: The Vintage Air Tour Blog 1 - 2008 PPG / Street Rodder Road Tour

For the last three years the PPG/Street Rodder Road Tour Series has taken on a whole new meaning as we have invited our readers to join us on the road to events around America. For all three of these years, the largest Tour of the season has been the Vintage Air Tour. Vintage Air's owner Jack Chistenhall is a long time hot rodder and enjoys nothing more than jumping in one of his cars and setting out to attend a car show. His main man at Vintage Air, Rick Love has developed a knack for planning and organizing some great Tours and has a huge following of folks from the Lone Star State who will pack up their street rods and set out with Rick and Jack to wherever they decide might be a fun place to go. In 2006 and 2007 it was the LA Roadster's Father's Day Show that was the destination of the Vintage Air Tour.

Syrian Blogger Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale. In a statement, The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria condemned the verdict as "outrageous" and called for Tarek Bayassi's immediate release.

Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail

A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.

Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail

Damascus - A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.

Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail

DAMASCUS, Syria - A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.

Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail

DAMASCUS, Syria: A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.

Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail

DAMASCUS, Syria - A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.

Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail

DAMASCUS, Syria -- A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.

Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail

DAMASCUS, Syria-A human rights group says a 24-year-old Syrian blogger has been convicted and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.

Getting the "Free" Business Model Wrong Doesn't Mean the Model is Flawed

While "free" seems to be an increasingly popular business model there are quite a few people who seems to be completely bungling what to do with "free" and then complaining when it doesn't work. Techdirt takes a look at some of the arguments surrounding why free as a business model may or may not work and why many of these arguments, while prevalent, just don't hold water. "you give away the infinite goods, not the scarce goods. Your time is a scarce good. No one is saying that everything needs to be free -- they're saying that infinite goods will be free, because of it's very nature in economics. In fact, Poole's argument is particularly weak when it comes to programmers, because most programmers don't earn any kind of royalties for the software they write.

Zakaria: Goodbye Gas Pump? A Solar-Powered Auto

The electric car has been pronounced dead many times, but Elon Musk is out to resurrect it. The South African-born Musk left home at age 17 for North America and made a fortune when PayPal, a company he cofounded, was sold to eBay in 2002. One of his new companies—he's chairman of three start-ups—is Tesla Motors, a San Carlos, Calif.-based electric-car manufacturer. Its first model, the Tesla Roadster, is a sleek, high-end sports car with an eyepopping price tag. It'll start rolling onto streets this summer. NEWSWEEK's Fareed Zakaria spoke to Musk about the future of transportation in an oil-constrained world. Excerpts:

Goodbye gas pump? Elon Miusk's solar-powered auto

The electric car has been pronounced dead many times, but Elon Musk is out to resurrect it. The South African-born Musk left home at age 17 for North America and made a fortune when PayPal, a company he cofounded, was sold to eBay in 2002. One of his new companies—he's chairman of three start-ups—is Tesla Motors, a San Carlos, Calif.-based electric-car manufacturer. Its first model, the Tesla Roadster, is a sleek, high-end sports car with an eyepopping price tag. It'll start rolling onto streets this summer. NEWSWEEK's Fareed Zakaria spoke to Musk about the future of transportation in an oil-constrained world. Excerpts:

UK software piracy rate falls for first time in three years

UK software piracy rates have dropped for the first time in three years, reports the Business Software Alliance.

UK cuts software piracy for first time in three years

The UK's software piracy rate has fallen for the first time in three years but only by a single percentage point.

UK cuts software piracy for first time in three years

The UK's software piracy rate has fallen for the first time in three years – but only by a single percentage point. Unlicensed or illegally-obtained programs accounted for 26 per cent of national market in 2007. Software piracy cost the UK £925m last year, according to the Business Software Alliance. “It’s encouraging that we’re making progress in the battle against software piracy. However, there’s a huge amount yet to be done,” said Julie Strawson, chairwoman of the BSA UK Member Committee.

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