News Round-up

Crackberry-users beware, you may be switching to Treos soon. The Supreme Court preliminarily denied certiorari on the patent case involving RIM and holding company NTP. As such, RIM's stock sunk another 4 percent today. Let's hope, for everyone's sake, the Supremes come to their technological senses, or RIM just pays out a quick bil to settle things. Of course, the government's employees get to keep their 'Berrys no matter what happens.

NBC unveiled their new March lineup and also announced that two series will be ending at the end of this season - the West Wing and Will and Grace. Over the past few years I have watched the West Wing religiously back to the Rob Lowe days. Now that former Chief of Staff turned Dem. veep candidate portrayer, John Spencer, died an untimely death in December, the series has to make up its final 10 or so episodes without a major player. Should be interesting.


iTunes usage grew an astounding 241% in the last year, in the same vein, it has been found that 14% of "active" internet users use iTunes "regularly." Pretty amazing when you think that say up until 5 years ago, everyone and their mother was using Napster to illegally share music. I'd say Steve Jobs found a winner with iPod/iTunes.