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Engadget: Look, last year’s Traktor Kontrol S4 was pretty damn awesome but, at $1,000 and about the size of your average Williamsburg DJ, it wasn’t exactly for everyone. That’s where the S2 comes in. Instead of four channels, it’s a “2+1″ setup that supplements the two standard audio ones with a dedicated sample channel. You still get the same high-resolution jog wheels and integrated 24bit / 96kHz sound card, but Native Instruments managed to shave a few inches, pounds and bucks off its predecessor. At $669 it’s much more affordable — still not exactly an impulse purchase, but within the range of most serious hobbyists.

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Wired: The final text of the UK government’s Digital Britain Report has been released. The report is, according to its authors, the government’s “strategic vision for ensuring that the UK is at the leading edge of the global digital economy.”

PaidContent has done a cracking summary of the 275 page report, highlighting three main issues:

1. There will be a new fund to pay for the development of high-speed broadband networks.
2. There are no plans to create a ‘Three-strikes and you’re out law’ to punish those downloaders who violate copyright law.
3. There no plans to make it easier for newspapers to consolidate by relaxing media ownership laws.

The Guardian also has exhaustive coverage of the detailed report, and leads with a piece by Charles Arthur highlighting the report’s idea that OFCOM should be given powers to ensure that internet service providers reduce illegal file-sharing on their networks by 70%.

Wired.co.uk’s media correspondent Peter Kirwan will cover the report in Wired’s media blog, The Great Transition, tommorow.

In the mean time you can read the full text of report at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s Web site here.

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