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New York Times:
Warner Bros. to Sell Movies and TV Shows on Internet — Warner Brothers plans to announce today that it will make hundreds of movies and television shows available for purchase over the Internet using BitTorrent software, which is widely used to download movies and other copyrighted material illegally.
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
BitTorrent inks studio distribution deal — BitTorrent, the creator of the file-sharing software that for some has become synonymous with piracy, has struck a landmark distribution deal with a Hollywood studio. — Warner Bros. Entertainment Group has agreed to use BitTorrent's peer …
Peter Bowes / BBC:
Warner to start movie downloads — Warner Brothers is to start selling film downloads via the internet using the same technology once blamed for helping people swap illegal copies. — The Hollywood studio has reached a deal with the web company Bit Torrent, which uses peer-to-peer technology …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
BitTorrent Snags Warner Brothers — BitTorrent continues its efforts to go legit. The company has just snagged a deal with Warner Brothers. The Hollywood giant, part of Time Warner (my employer) will use BitTorrent to distribute and sell Warner Brothers content online.
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Bob Tourtellotte / Reuters:
Warner Bros. to sell movies via BitTorrent — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Warner Bros.'s video unit on Tuesday unveiled plans to sell movies and television shows to BitTorrent Inc. for legal downloads from the Web site that was once blamed for aiding the swapping of illegally copied films and programs.
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John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley: On the plus side, you won't waste eight hours unwittingly downloading …
Tom Evslin / Fractals of Change:
Vonage IPO and SPIT — SPIT is Spam over IP Telephony. — Yesterday I got an email from Vonage offering me a piece of their IPO because I'm a long-term customer. I was fine with getting that mail although I don't intend to take advantage of the offer for reasons I've posted here.
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
How deep is the online-ad well? — The memory still makes some in the financial community cringe. — During the dot-com boom, more than a few Internet start-ups planned to support free Internet services—and theoretically turn a profit—by selling online advertisements. — Needless to say, for many it didn't work.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why Even Bells Need Net Neutrality — By Daniel Berninger Definition: Net Neutrality - Internet access without discrimination by use or user except as required for network management purposes. — The FCC's decision to relieve AT&T and Verizon of net neutrality requirements …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Previews Windows CE 6 Operating System — Latest embedded software represents 10 years of industry-leading innovations. — LAS VEGAS — May 8, 2006 — In a packed hall of developers and industry partners at Microsoft Corp.'s annual Mobile & Embedded DevCon …
Joanna Glasner / Wired News:
Usual Suspects Dominate Webbys — Webby Awards judges have spoken. In a list made public Tuesday, panelists overseeing the annual ceremony honoring outstanding websites named Google Earth, National Public Radio, BBC and more than 50 other sites as winners.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Engadget & Joystiq's live coverage of Nintendo's Wii E3 event — 12:15 am - We're all seated and situated. The theater is huge with three mezzanines and 3,400 seat capacity. — 12:17 am - We're sitting in the Kodak theater waiting for the press corps, VIPs, and assorted industry folk to file in, ever so slowly.
Hoyun / Popgadget:
Water bottle and solar lantern combo — This water bottle from Solight does double duty as a solar-powered lantern. The LED light charges up while you're hiking or fishing or whatever, then at night you can hang it on a tree or set it on a table or on the floor of your tent.
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Smaller cable firms take aim at Net neutrality fans — WASHINGTON—Young, wealthy Internet companies like Google shouldn't expect to get "special favors" from network operators that have sunk billions of dollars into fiber investments, the head of a smaller cable company said Monday.
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Adam Sherwin / Times of London:
Now a TV series only on your mobile — THE demise of traditional broadcasting will move a step closer when the man behind Big Brother introduces the first British interactive reality series made exclusively for mobile phones. — Get Close To . . . , which begins on Friday …
Staci / paidContent.org:
AOL Buddy List's Social Network Expands With AIM Pages, Phoneline [by Staci] — The way AOL execs pitch it, the AOL Connections strategy is all about giving users ways to communicate whether it's IM, file sharing, video or the upcoming launches of social networking service AIM Pages and free phone service Phoneline.
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Engadget & Joystiq's live coverage of Microsoft's Xbox 360 E3 event — 2:42 pm - Koolaid blood spills from corpses, buildings demolished, apocalypse. The Gears of War trailer is the very first thing shown, and the applause is decent, but not deafening. CliffyB onstage now, giving us a playable demo of Gears of War.
