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  As students in the U.S. head back to school, college freshman Dan
  Pourhadi takes on a challenge: with $2,000 to spend, what computer
  gear would he recommend a new student buy for college? In other
  news, Glenn Fleishman looks at Amazon.com's new EC2 on-demand
  computing service, Google CEO Eric Schmidt joins the Apple Board of
  Directors, and Jeff Carlson offers a free downloadable chapter from
  his latest book on iMovie HD 6 and iDVD 6.

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    Amazon.com Offers On-Demand Computing
    Mac to School 2006: The $2,000 Challenge
    Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/04-Sep-06


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