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11:45 AM ET, July 24, 2006

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High-tech cloning — Updated with comment from VeriChip spokesman: — With the debate over genetic cloning in full swing, hackers could not have cared less at a conference in New York City, where two presenters demonstrated the electronic equivalent of making a copy of an implanted RFID or radio frequency ID chip.

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Wolfgang Gruener / TG Daily:

AMD drops desktop processor prices by 47% — Sunnyvale (CA) - As expected, AMD rings in the next round of the processor price battle with Intel. In an effort to remain competitive, the company today slashed the prices of all desktop processors. In the strategically important field of socket AM2 CPUs …

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Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:

The Movie Business Challenge — This is an open challenge. You come up with a solution, you get a job. Seriously. — This is the problem that consumes me more than what Free Agent we are going to sign. How to get the NBA to get their act together. Which 7-11 Im going to run by to get a sandwich.

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Kotaku:

Xbox 360 Messenger Bag Makes You Look Puffy — My 360 doesn't get much. In fact, it doesn't get out at all. Like me, the console lives out its daily existence at home. Gear maker A.L.S. Industries has released a green ring 360 messenger bag for those that actually go out in the world and take their consoles with them.

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Darragh Johnson / Washington Post:

A Tough Call: Invisible Phone Or Invisible Friend — Crazy? — Or cellphone? — It's the latest sidewalk game in the urban canyon: — On K Street, a guy in a tie screams at the air: "Who do you think you are?" — In Dupont Circle, a woman downing dainty bites of a muffin ponders …

Discussion: Business Filter, textually.org, Cloudy Thinking and 21talks

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Amie Street: Awesome New Music Model — A lot has happened in the music space recently that suggests a steady progression towards the sale of DRM-free music by the big labels. In my opinion this progression/evolution is inevitable, and will be followed by a reduction in pricing towards zero …

Discussion: Business Filter

Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired News:

Microsoft IPod 'Killer' Is Doomed — Details are still light about Microsoft's "Zune" iPod killer but if the rumor mill is right, the device will have some or all of the following features: Wi-Fi connectivity, video playback, Xbox integration and some sort of community feature for letting music lovers interact with each other.

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