Sony will also begin bundling DVDs and UMDs in packages at a relatively minimal price increase. The move is part Sony's larger vision of media management.

Finally, someone's figured out that its crazy to ask people to buy the same thing twice.

Sony Sets Blu-ray Pricing

We all know it often costs money to get your own money at an ATM machine; but now, you might have to pay up when you don’t get money. Let me introduce you to a fee you've probably never heard of -- the "ATM denial fee." Rejection, it turns out, can be costly.

Some banks are sneaky; their ability to slip itsy-bitsy fees onto your monthly statement proves their creativity knows no end. The death-by-a-thousand-cuts draining of our bank accounts happens relentlessly -- $3.00 check enclosure charge; $2 out-of-network withdrawal fee; $10 for dipping below a minimum $1,000 balance for an afternoon; $13 for new checks. One of those fancy free checking accounts can easily cost $50-$100 a year.

In denial: ATM fee for getting nothing

] NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators should
] consider whether radio and television services carried by
] cable and satellite must adhere to indecency standards,
] Federal Communications Commissioner Kevin Martin said on
] Wednesday.
]
] Pressure has been building in recent months to address
] the growing coarseness on television and radio, with some
] lawmakers and regulators pondering whether the limits on
] over-the-air broadcasts can be applied to cable and
] satellite services.

Reuters Summit-FCC's Martin ponders indecency on pay TV, radio

This is the week I said we'd roll our own DSL. On the surface it looks like a daunting task, but it is actually not that hard at all — if you can get past the many regulatory loopholes. But why would you even want to do such a thing? Well maybe DSL isn't available in your area. Maybe you want a significantly cheaper alternative to a T-1 line. Or just maybe you and the kid down the block want to play networked games at warp speed. Well here is how to do it.

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Ready for round 2? :)

Roll Your Own DSL

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]
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Oh this has got to be a joke right? How can you be sure that your child will be happy with what you stick on them for life?

RE: Baby Ink Tattoo

] SCO Group has upped the ante in an amendment to its
] suit against IBM, seeking more than $3 billion in
] damages for alleged copying of proprietary Unix
] intellectual property into Linux.

] SCO seeks at least $1 billion in damages from IBM's
] alleged breach of its contract with SCO; another $1
] billion for breach of the Unix contract signed by
] Sequent, which IBM acquired in 1999; and another $1
] billion for unfair competition. SCO also seeks more for
] misappropriation of trade secrets and punitive damages.

SCO suit now seeks $3 billion from IBM | CNET News.com

A little pricey but definitely unique

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] A "South Park" episode, of all things, has yielded some
] investing insight. Its underpants gnomes have built a
] business based on "Phase One: Collect underpants. Phase
] Three: Profit." Look around your portfolio and you might
] discover some similar firms missing that critical
] element: Phase Two.

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