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VNUNet reports that prices for the DDR2 memory chips commonly used in PCs with Intel CPUs will begin to rise significantly next month because demand is exceeding supply, according to sources in Taiwan’s semiconductor manufacturing industry. “While upwards pricing pressure already exists, monthly contracts are creating delays of at several weeks before price changes begin to reach consumers.” More.

Apple announces the sale of the 1 billionth song to be sold on the iTunes Music Store.

“I hope that every customer, artist and music company executive takes a moment today to reflect on what we’ve achieved together during the past three years. Over one billion songs have now been legally purchased and downloaded around the globe, representing a major force against music piracy and the future of music distribution as we move from CDs to the Internet.”

The billionth song, Speed of Sound was purchased by Alex Ostrovsky from West Bloomfield, Michigan. As the grand prize winner he will receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 5G generation iPods and a $10,000 gift card good for any item on the iTunes Music Store. In addition, Apple will establish a scholarship to the world-renowned Juilliard School of Music in his name to commemorate this milestone.

Paranoid Android v1.3 (requires 10.4 or later) is free from Unsanity and it fixes the automatic portion of the Safari (and Mail) vulnerability and the general issue with LaunchServices in Mac OS X 10.4.x “Tiger” of which the new vulnerability is a subset. Paranoid Android 1.3 also prevents the demo exploit by intercepting the command to open the Terminal.app, asking if you really expected and wanted that to happen–we clicked “Cancel.

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