It looks like Amazon.com has accidentally leaked their new video site onto the public internet by using an obscure URL that was found by Google.

I wonder if the Amazon video store will be able to compete with anything that Apple can offer over the iTunes video store.

There will be some heated competition in the legal digital movie download services coming soon. I have a feeling that youtube.com will release something similar someday soon.

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Of Course, all of this may be a complete farce though….

I am in the process of installing a massive new World of Warcraft patch, and decided to read the details of the patch. By now, you probably know that you can get by WoW’s previous cheater sniffer with the use of Sony’s Rootkit. Could this be Blizzard’s answer to Sony’s Rootkit? Here is the actual patch explanation:

New Blizzard Launcher

A new launch utility has been created to enhance your entry into World of Warcraft! The Blizzard Launcher will provide up-to-date news and important event- and support-related updates. In some regions, the Blizzard Launcher also scans for Trojan viruses and third-party cheat programs and notifies you if it has located any on your machine. In addition to providing you with the benefits of additional anti-virus protection, the scan that the launcher conducts represents another security measure to protect your World of Warcraft account information and gameplay experience. For further details, please go to http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww01907p1.

So, if you are one of the dirty ones who installed a cheat program, and used Sony’s Rootkit…consider this a heads up. Ahh, now I can enjoy WoW knowing the orc next to me isn’t cheating.

Google Mobile is one of the latest array of tools Google has offered for free. Google Mobile offers so much information, it is a wonder why more people don’t use it, or even know it exists. Here is a quick rundown of Google Mobile’s features, and how to use them.

There are many features of the Google Mobile set of tools, some require an install, others require the use of your mobile’s web browser. First off, lets take a look at Google Local, my personal favorite.

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Now you can join the ranks of the famous Star Wars Kid by creating your very own Light Saber effects. The Crimson FX program does one job, and does it well. The writer of the software will dish out the program and the source code right here, free of charge…what a nice guy. All he asks in return is, “If you do something cool with it, I’d love to see what you’ve created!“

Anyone else getting sick of hearing about Microsoft in the news? I am. Lets see here, what has Microsoft been up to this week?

• Announce Xbox 360 on MTV [washingtonpost]


• Microsoft releases test version of subscription based anti-virus protection [businessweek]


• Gates talks smack about iPod…again… [mobilepipleline]


• Microsoft and Toshiba team up [reuters]


• Microsoft and Philips team up [geek.com]


• Add a little Wi-Fi security to their SP2 update [forbes]

With so much on Bill’s plate this week he completely forgot to make sure everyone knew about Firefox’s security problems. Well, maybe he should have told IBM, because they have now switched over to Firefox on all of their 300,000 or so corporate PCs. The Montley Fool has the rest of the story for you here.