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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Editor James O'Shea unveils Web initiative at Times — Los Angeles Times Editor James E. O'Shea unveiled a major initiative this morning designed to expand the audience and revenue generated by the newspaper's website, saying the newspaper is in "a fight to recoup threatened revenue that finances our news gathering."
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Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent:
LA Times Reorganizes As 24/7 Newsroom; Meshing Online and Print Operations Top Priority — Whoever winds up owning the LA Times once parent Tribune's fate is determined will have a very different newsroom based on plans announced today. Publisher David Hiller and Editor James O'Shea …
Forbes:
The Web Celeb 25 — THE FACE OF FAME IS CHANGING. The ranks of the world's celebrities used to be dominated by millionaire actors, athletes and musicians, but the Internet has leveled the playing field. A kid with a video camera has access to as large an audience as the biggest Hollywood star.
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John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley:
Like Richard Stallman never edits the Wikipedia entry on the GPL ... As Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales would likely tell you, it's not wise to go mucking about in your own Wikipedia entry or an entry with which you're closely associated (see "The following Wikipedia entry has been edited for the sake of egotistical accuracy").
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Thomas Mennecke / Slyck.com File-Sharing News …:
Interview with muslix64, Developer of BackupHDDVD — The next generation of optical disc technology holds the promise to change the way we interact with and store digital media. Perhaps the most exciting change is the arrival of High Definition (HD) video, with its glorious 1920x1080 pixel resolution.
BetaNews:
Free T-Mobile Hotspot for Vista Users — As part of its promotional efforts surrounding the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft said Wednesday that for 90 days after the debut of the next-generation operating system, customers would be able to use T-Mobile Hotspot Wi-Fi for free on laptops running Vista.
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
OEM pricing for Windows Vista comes into focus — When the retail pricing for Windows Vista was announced, the hardest of the hardcore knew that the real deal was in OEM pricing. Many PC vendors such as Newegg offer so-called "OEM bundles," which are heavily discounted versions of retail software …
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Carlo / Techdirt:
Court Reinforces, And Even Expands, Site Owners' Immunity For Other People's Content — from the no-libel-for-you dept — The Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996, was, like so many other government attempts to regulate technology, something of a mess.
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english.chosun.com:
Microsoft Vista to Cause Confusion for Korean Net Users — When Microsoft releases its next-generation Windows operating system in Korea next week, local Internet users will find that it doesn't work with many of their favorite Web sites. A Hangul version of the new OS, called Vista …
Oliver / MobileCrunch:
Sprint Launches MobileFaker by Moderati — Sprint has just launched a new service being introduced by ring tone giant Moderati. MobileFaker is designed to help you save face while allowing you to escape from social situations that you might otherwise be forced to endure or as they put it, make your mobile a social weapon.
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
The New Face of Amazon - Tags, Ajax, Plogs & Wikis — Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus — Lately Amazon has been introducing a raft of 'web 2.0' features to its e-commerce website. In this post we explore how Amazon has implemented tagging, Ajax, blogs and wikis …
Phil Wolff / Skype Journal:
Skype had a better Q4-2006 — Per the pre-conference call, Skype: — 164% YOY growth net revenues … 129% YOY growth registered users: More than 380 thousand new users every day in Q4. … Other highlights
Google Watch:
Fox's Piracy Czar Subpoenas YouTube over Pirated "24" and "Simpsons" Episodes — D'oh! Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed YouTube to reveal the identity of users who uploaded four episodes of the TV series "24" and twelve episodes of "The Simpsons," Google Watch has learned. — The subpoena reads, in part:
Brad / The BRAD BLOG:
DIEBOLD VOTING MACHINE KEY COPIED FROM PHOTO AT COMPANY'S OWN ONLINE STORE! — Ed Note: Several important updates now added to the end of the story... Good lord in heaven. How dumb are these guys at Diebold?! Can you believe the United States has actually entrusted them to build …
flickr.com:
Machine tags — straup says: — [Note : I work here and this message was also sent to the API mailing list] — We are rolling out a new feature called "machine tags" that allows users to be more precise in how they tag, and how they search, their photos.
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Windows Genuine Advantage falsely accuses millions — Windows Genuine Advantage is a controversy wrapped in an enigma buried inside a migraine headache. Or at least that's what it is for the millions of users who have been falsely identified as software pirates as a result of WGA's attempt to root out piracy.
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Matt Wilson / Solution Watch:
Bubbl.us: Simple Effective Idea Organization — Diagrams on paper are cool, but diagrams on the internet are cooler. This is where Bubbl.us comes into play. Bubbl.us is a mind-mapping product aimed towards literally anyone who needs help organizing their thoughts or any untidy information.
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Will 'unlocked' cell phones free consumers? — The major cell phone operators' hold on which devices U.S. consumers can use on their networks may be slipping as large manufacturers like Motorola and Nokia dabble in selling "unlocked" phones. — Up until recently, unlocked phones …
