Techmeme: 10 Reasons Why High Definition DVD Formats Have Already Failed (Clint DeBoer/audioholics.com)

12:55 PM ET, June 23, 2006

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10 Reasons Why High Definition DVD Formats Have Already Failed — I'm not typically a doom and gloom kind of guy - really, I'm rather optimistic. But this pending format release/war is simply the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a long time. The hype machine is entirely enthusiast-created …

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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:

Torrentspy names alleged MPAA hacker — A month after accusing the Motion Picture Association of America of conspiring to commit data theft, the operators of a file search engine presented more details regarding the alleged relationship between the MPAA and a man who admits hacking the small company's network.

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Paul Briggs / MobileWhack.com:

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Om Malik / GigaOM:

Big, Fat and Bulky: State of the IM Nation — This past week, while I was away in London, there was a frenzy of activity around the "instant messaging" client. Microsoft introduced its Microsoft Live Messenger Beta which is some rudimentary form cross talks with Yahoo Messenger.

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Reuters:

Boeing evaluating outlook for in-flight Internet — CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co. on Thursday said it is evaluating the prospects for Connexion, its in-flight Internet venture, but declined to comment on a press report that the company may sell or close the unit.

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Lee Hollaar / ipi.org:

A Bad Trade: Will Congress Unwittingly Repeal the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Violate Our Trade Treaties? — Synopsis — In his recent IPI Ideas paper "Will Congress Circumvent the DMCA?," Richard Epstein notes how the "other purposes" of Rep. Boucher's (D-VA) H.R. 1201 …

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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:

House panel OKs global rules for U.S. Net firms — update A congressional bill that would impose strict new obligations on American tech companies doing business with "Internet-restricting countries" like China cleared its first hurdle to becoming law on Thursday.

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ZDNet:

Novell ditches top execs … Jack Messman has been sacked as Novell chief executive, as the company looks to speed up its Linux strategy — The board of Novell has dismissed two top executives, including chief executive Jack Messman,as part of a management shake-up at the software and networking firm.

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Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:

Maxthon: China's hip browser — Web surfers in China frustrated by censorship in search engines are increasingly turning to a little-known Internet browser with a big following in the Middle Kingdom. — Maxthon, a browser made by a tiny Beijing company of the same name …

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