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The Linkdown for Wednesday, Nov. 24
The Linkdown is opening its mouth starting now. There better be turkey and stuffing airlifted into it within 24 hours.
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Important links you should know about:
- In case you missed it, iTunes added The Beatles to its lineup last week. But did you know they’ve already sold 2 million tracks and 450,000 albums worth of Beatles music?
- Three Black Friday electronics deals guides we like: Consumer Reports picks its 10 best electronics deals and Engadget lays out an extensive roundup. And Joystiq gives you the low-down on video game deals.
- Microsoft has introduced a new “Fix It Solution Center” for Windows, Office and other products.
- Nielsen says that nearly 1 in 3 kids wants an iPad. They must watch “Oprah.”
- Facebook backs off on blocking content associated with Austin’s Lamebook, which its suing and being sued by at the moment.
- Hacks/Hackers meet here at the Statesman on Dec. 8 for a meeting.
- Speaking of upcoming events, there’s Austin High Tech Happy Hour, Austin Winter BASHH and the Austin Bleet-Up, all next week.
- Netflix launches $7.99 streaming-only option, but bumps up the price on disc plans as well.
- ACK! “Portal 2” delayed again, to April 2011!
- Today, Amazon MP3 is giving you $3 to spend on music downloads. It has to be redeemed by Monday.
- That funky Dell Inspiron Duo hybrid netbook/tablet is on sale, ships Dec. 15.
- Speaking of Dell, they’ve finally updated the aging, sad Android software that was crippling their Streak mini-tablet to Android 2.2 (Froyo). Updated for unlocked Streaks, at least.
- IBM and Austin Technology Incubator have an internship program on offer.
- “Call of Duty: Black Ops” broke records, made a ton of money.
- Nintendo will start offering game demos on its Wiiware service (but not for all games).
Happy Thanksgiving! Watch for our stories about Warren Spector and “Disney Epic Mickey” in Sunday’s American-Statesman. We’ll be posting more about that here on Monday.
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