
Segment 1:
* Mac maker's shipments rose 16 percent in June following the introduction of more affordable MacBook Pros.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/20/apple_flirts_with_record_quarter_as_mac_sales_jump_16_in_june.html
Segment 2:
* Investor and board member Carl Icahn has spoken out in favor of a search and advertising deal with Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) that was reported last week to be nearing completion, Reuters reported.
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/07/20/yahoo-investor-icahn-backs-microsoft-search,-advertising-deal
* Mini-scandal broke last week when it was reported that Amazon deleted copies of certain novels from its e-reader, the Kindle, including George Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984, the dystopian tome where "Big Brother" controls information flow
http://business.theatlantic.com/2009/07/amazon_to_world_we_are_not_evil_totalitarians.php
* The French hacker who broke into Twitter's Google Apps and stole more than 300 private company documents has revealed in detail how he did it
http://maximumitblips.dailyradar.com/story/could_you_be_hacked_like_twitter/
Segment 3:
* European Union regulators want publishers and authors to weigh in on copyright issues with Google's book scanning and book search project, according to the Associated Press. European Commission officials will meet with copyright holders on September 7 to discuss the search giant's $125 million proposed settlement with U.S. publishers and authors granting Google the right to digitize and publish books that are out of print but still protected by copyright law
http://www.worldboxx.com/eu-seeks-opinions-on-google-books/
* The new head of the Federal Communications Commission wants affordable broadband access for all Americans, according to an article in Monday's Wall Street Journal
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10290634-94.html
Segment 4 :
* Kathleen Rogers interview
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