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Kevin Rose Eats Funny Red Pills Again, Predicts iPhone 3G

After being absolutely wrong wrong wrong (WRONG) about the first iPhone, Digg's Kevin Rose has now settled down for the obvious: he says that the 3G version of the JesusPhone will have a camera on the front for video-conferencing with other 3G iPhone and Macintosh iChat users. Most probably, he is right about this, but not about the rest of his predictions:

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Steve Jobs Still Giving Macworld 2008 Keynote, Water Still Wet, Poop Still Stinks In a move that surprises no one, Steve Jobs will still be giving the Macworld 2008 keynote. We'll be there so you don't have to. We hope he wears that. We will. [AppleInsider]

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OLPC Founder Realizes Verbal Agreements Are Not Equivalent to Money

If you were wondering why you've been asked to help pick up the tab with the OLPC project, its founder offers a lesson in international business:
"We are making the XO available to U.S. and Canadian consumers as a financing scheme for the developing world, to trigger global demand and government closure," Negroponte told LAPTOP Magazine. He added, "I have, to some degree, underestimated the difference between shaking the hand of a head of state and having a check written."
[Laptop Magazine]