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Tim Wu / Slate:
Does YouTube Really Have Legal Problems? — HOW THE BELL LOBBY HELPED MIDWIFE YOUTUBE. — When Google bought YouTube, the conventional wisdom—expressed in op-eds, newspaper articles, and scary editorial cartoons—was that they'd also bought themselves a whole heap of copyright trouble.
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Trumba: Interconnnecting Online Events and Calendars — Last week I spoke to Jeremy Jaech, CEO and president of Trumba, whose team is building an innovative online event calendaring system aimed at enterprises. Jeremy Jaech was also the founder of both Visio and PageMaker …
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David Galbraith:
The Obvious Corp - Evan and Biz take back Odeo — The greening of The Valley, why sustainable companies matter. — Evan williams and Biz Stone have taken back Odeo from its backers to form part of a company focused on innovation through multiple products, rather than exit.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Reports First Quarter Earnings — Microsoft delivers double digit revenue growth — Segment Revenue/Operating Income(Loss) — Microsoft Corp. today announced first quarter revenue of $10.81 billion for the period ended September 30, 2006, an 11% increase over the same quarter of the prior year.
Vauhini Vara / Wall Street Journal:
MySpace, ByeSpace? — Some Users Renounce Social Sites as Too Big — Social-networking Web sites like MySpace.com and Facebook.com have helped link millions of friends. But now they have a new enemy: 20-year-old Jenny Thompson. — After Ms. Thompson created a MySpace page two years ago …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Jason Calacanis just announced something — I'm not going to break this news, cause the company I work for, PodTech, is involved. But, at about 9:58 a.m. Pacific Time Jason Calacanis, senior Vice President at AOL and founder of Weblogsinc.com, announced something pretty interesting …
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Duncan Graham-Rowe / NewScientistTech:
Surveillance system spots violent behaviour — Smart surveillance systems capable of automatically detecting violent crimes could soon be available. — A computer vision system developed in the University of Texas in Austin, US, can already tell the difference between friendly behaviour …
BBC:
'Tower of Babel' translator made — A "Tower of Babel" device that gives the illusion of being bilingual is being developed by US scientists. — Users simply have to silently mouth a word in their own language for it to be translated and read out in another.
Jeff Molander / thoughtshapers.com:
Leak: Google to Re-Org IBM Style — Three of my most credible resources, including DM News's Giselle Abramovich, are indicating plans for a significant re-organization at Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). Secondly, Google is positioning to move on the AdSense for Audio front—a move to monetize podcasts …
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Randfish / SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog:
Long List of Link Searches — This is competitive intelligence - the kind that SEO firms shouldn't be sharing because it reveals a considerable portion of the value they (we) provides to clients. Thus, it's the perfect topic for an SEOmoz post. — The best way to do this is by example.
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Simon Pope / Apple:
BMG Japan Catalog Now Available on the iTunes Store — Top J-Pop & International Artists Including Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Seamo, Sukima Switch & Suga Shikao Now on iTunes — BMG Japan and Apple® today announced the availability of top Japanese and international artists …
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Ray Ozzie's view of the Web Office — Prior to the Thirty Years of Public Key Cryptography event at the Computer History Museum, I caught up with Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie. Of course, I asked him what his thinking was on delivering a full-blown Web office suite to compete …
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Henry Jenkins / Confessions of an Aca/Fan:
Confronting the Challenges of a Participatory Culture (Part Five) — Today, I continue our serialization of the white paper written for the MacArthur Foundation. Today's excerpt outlines three more of the social skills and cultural competencies we think young people need to develop …
