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Oct 03 2008 10:19am EDT

First Bytes: Apple Wins, Nokia, Xbox, Weird Al

--The Copyright Royalty Board ruled in favor of Apple in keeping royalties at 9 cents a song. But they did tack on a 24 cent royalty for ring tones.

[NYT]

--Nokia's C.E.O. says the U.S. surpasses Europe and takes the lead in mobile devices due to the improved integration of the Internet in handhelds.

[NYT]

--The merger of two online health sites threaten to take traffic and ad sales revenue away from WebMD.

[Yahoo]

--Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PlayStation 3 in Japan.

[Yahoo]

--Comedian Weird Al will sell his songs online as soon as he records each one. Will Radiohead follow?

[Slashdot]

--Andrea Chalupa


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