To round out the day, here are a few news briefs.

From my contact at Mindtouch,

MindTouch is seeing adoption accelerating by 50% each month and trending upward. Since launching in July 2006, Deki Wiki has added four languages (German, French, Portuguese, and Russian), over 100 new features, and received numerous awards and recognitions from reviewers and adopters alike, including endorsements from both Microsoft and Novell.

I had a chance to look at their newest release and it is really a great alternative for anyone who is looking for a wiki that can also act as a platform for web services. Deki Wiki allows you to integrate everything from ThinkFree to Google Analytics data directly into your Wiki pages. Learn more about this product here.

The second brief comes from the folks at Digital Freedom. Digital Freedom is the blanket organization for many fair use advocacy groups including the EFF and Consumer Electronics Association. I talked to them a few months back, and they recently contacted me about a new release by Amazon.

Amazon has just put out a new DRM-Free music store and it looks as if the advocacy community appreciates their sentiment. Maura Corbett explains,

Amazon.com’s recognition that giving consumers what they want – digital music – the way they want it – without burdensome DRM (digital rights management) software – makes good business sense, is a tremendous step forward for artists, consumers, and the music industry itself.

Today’s announcement from the world’s leading Internet retailer is proof positive that combining digital music and digital freedom equals profitability. As more and more DRM-free music becomes available, consumers will increasingly demand the flexibility and freedom to legally purchase and play songs on the device they choose, and we hope more retailers like Amazon will be there to provide it

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