Briefly: MacNN review; France lobbying

In brief: MacNN has reviewed the FlexPed ($40, shown at right) and SiK imp ($27) from Thought Out and SiK.... Big Nerd Ranch Europe, an organization for cutting edge courses in programming and systems administration, has moved to Humboldtstrasse 34 97209 Veitshöchheim, Germany.... France has begun lobbying other European states to incorporate the same legislation that is currently pending French senate approval, which would force Apple to open iTunes up to its competitors.... Apple's senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive plans to speak at the Art Center Design Conference in Pasadena, California on March 25th from 5-7 p.m.... Microsoft may be planning to replace current Windows executive Jim Allchin with the head of Microsoft Office development, Steven Sinofsky.

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