links for 2006-11-29

Uninnovate.com » Chicago Sun-Times on Microsoft Zune: “It almost becomes important that you encourage people not to buy one”

“Even if the track is inherently free (like a podcast) the Zune wraps it in a DRM scheme that causes the track to self-destruct after three days or three plays, whichever comes first.” i hadn’t heard this – zero chance i’ll get one

(tags: Zune DRM Microsoft RIAA)
Nerd Vittles » Adding an iTunes Telephone Controller to Your Asterisk PBX

Asterisk can control iTunes? seriously?

(tags: Asterisk iTunes hacks ideas)
Joyeur: On Grids, the Ambitions of Amazon and Joyent

good piece on grids from one of the providers of the technology

(tags: amazon computing ec2 grid hosting isp joyent s3 Hoffman)