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In the news this week.
First of all don't forget Mother's Day this Sunday. Here is the link to that lobster co-op I found for some lobster for Mom.
http://lobsterco-op.com/

AOL to Offer Aol Instant Messenger Users Free Phone Numbers
AOL is set to offer its instant-messaging users a free phone number to use for incoming calls, and for a fee, the ability to call regular phones from the software.

Warner Bros. is going to distribute movies, TV shows via BitTorrent
The companies did not specify a date but said the service will be offered starting this summer.

Spammer gets nearly five years in prison
Jeanson James Ancheta, a  member of the "Botmaster Underground" who pleaded guilty in January to federal charges of conspiracy, fraud and damaging U.S. government computers, was given the longest sentence ever for spreading computer viruses and Spam

Plan for .xxx porn domain dropped
Internet regulators have rejected plans to create a domain for pornography websites ending with the .xxx suffix.
Advocates of the exclusive domain had argued that it would make it easier for web users to locate - or avoid - pornography online.

AOL is firing 1,300 of its US call center staff because, it said, customers are now better equipped to help themselves.
It is closing its Jacksonville, Florida centre and making further cuts in Ogden, Utah and Tucson, Arizona.

Rensselaer Polytechnic has signed a deal to build one of the top ten supercomputers in the world

Digital River was named as an award recipient for Germany's Top Customer-Oriented Service Provider 2006 at a ceremony held on May 4th in Dusseldorf. Digital River placed 14th in the overall ranking and first in the IT and Telecommunications category

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This weeks Interview
This is a continuation of our interview with Michael Lehman of Microsoft. Michael is Microsoft's representative in the ASP. A man of many talents, he is a musician, programmer and one of the first podcasters.

This interview was held in Brussels at ESWC.