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Europe blackout: German E.On guilty

• “The trigger of the breakdown in supply was that we had to take a line out of operation and that the knock-on effect from that loss spread to other lines which later cut out.” Klaus-Dieter Maubach, E.ON board member - BBC

AOL plans acquisitions in Europe-paper

• “We’re actively searching for Internet firms. There are good opportunities here.” Jonathan Miller, AOL Europe CEO - FAZ

Sounds like a Cold War crisis at AllOfMP3.com

• “In six years of operation we have never been convicted by a Russian court or declared illegal. Under Russian law, we are 100 percent legal.” Vadim Mamotin, director general of AllOfMP3.com parent company, Mediaservices - NY Times

• “Under the copyright laws of virtually every country in the world, including Russia, it is illegal to distribute recordings without the permission of the rights owners.” The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry - NY Times

Wikipedia co-founder plans ‘expert’ spinoff

• “Wikipedia is amazing. It has grown in breadth and depth, and the articles are remarkably good given the system that is in place. I merely think that we can do better. There are a number of problems with the system that can be solved, and by solving those we can end up with an even better massive encyclopedia.” Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia and debuting Citizendium Wikipedia alternative - CNet

• “These so called constables will play a similar role to administrators in Wikipedia, but they will not be able to make decisions on how articles read. The editors will be responsible for making decisions about content but they will not be able to ban people.” Larry Sanger - CNet

Movie studios mistake the current TV trend, says George Lucas

• “We don’t want to make movies. We’re about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we’ve moved away from the feature film thing because it’s too expensive and it’s too risky. I think the secret to the future is quantity.” George Lucas, Starwars legendary movie director - Variety

Skype Founder: Kazaa, Napster Help Music

• “Kazaa came five years too early, but without that and Napster we would never have seen the transformation we’re seeing in the music industry. Record companies are seeing that the Internet is good for their business, and we made that possible.” Niklas Zennstrom, Kazaa, Skype and the Venice Project cofounder - AP

Scientists teleport two different objects

• “Teleportation between two single atoms had been done two years ago by two teams, but this was done at a distance of a fraction of a millimeter. Our method allows teleportation to be taken over longer distances because it involves light as the carrier of entanglement.” Eugene Polzik, professor at the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University in Denmark - CNN

At 73, Edmund Phelps grabs the Nobel Prize in Economics

• “It may amuse you to know that my wife and I don’t have a lot of hard assets. We don’t own a house and we don’t own a car. We have a few clothes here and there. But don’t misunderstand me — we don’t live a very austere life.” Edmund Phelps - Times Online

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