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Muhammad Saleem / Pronet Advertising:
Latest Digg Payola Exposed! — Thanks to my friend and top Digg user #6 Karim Yergaliyev (supernova17), we bring to you the latest edition of 'Digg Payola Exposed!' — Note: I replaced the email addresses to reflect the Digg user names of the individuals that received the email.
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Kevin Rose / Digg the Blog:
A couple updates... Hey everyone - — It's been awhile since I've posted and I wanted to get the New Year underway by clearing up a couple of perceptions that have arisen around attempts to manipulate (game) the listing of home page stories on Digg. — Since the early days of the site …
Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
Digg Takes Away Power from Top Diggers — Kevin Rose has just announced that Digg is scrapping the Top Diggers list, believing the move will take away the perception that just a few hundred Diggers control the majority of the 5,000 submissions each day.
Paul F. Roberts / InfoWorld:
Vista hole opens door to 'shout hacking' — Security honeymoon ends with warning on speech recognition — The honeymoon ended early for Microsoft's Vista operating system, after word spread Wednesday about a flaw that could allow remote attackers to take advantage of the new operating system's speech recognition feature.
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the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog:
Issue regarding Windows Vista Speech Recognition — Hey everyone this is Adrian and I am writing to try and clear up some concerns regarding a recently reported vulnerability in the Speech Recognition feature of Windows Vista. An issue has been identified publicly where an attacker could use …
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M-Dollar, Good Morning Silicon Valley, PaulStamatiou.com, Security Fix, Paul Kedrosky's … and John Carroll
George Ou:Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw
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BetaNews, Engadget, Bink.nu, CyberNet Technology News, Neowin.net, JD on EP, I4U News, Google Blogoscoped, GottaBeMobile.com and Slashdot
Blake Robinson / CrunchGear:
Source: Microsoft Zune Phone In the Works — We've just received a sound tip that Microsoft is working on its very own phone to be branded under the Zune moniker. Our tipsters inform us that Microsoft execs are in meetings today hammering out details of the device and developing strategies and timescales for its release.
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Gizmodo, GigaOM, Reuters, Read/WriteWeb, Digital Media Wire, Ubergizmo, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Listening Post, Bink.nu, Paul Kedrosky's … and digg
Amazon.com:
Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales up 34%; Media Grows 25%; Electronics and Other General Merchandise Grows 55% — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006. — Operating cash flow was $702 million in 2006, compared with $733 million in 2005.
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Business 2.0 Beta, Paul Kedrosky's …, Between the Lines, Tech Beat, Blogging Stocks, Technology Evangelist and PaidContent
Brian / Copyblogger:
The 5 Immutable Laws of Persuasive Blogging — Blogging is a great way to grow a business, promote a cause, or spread new ideas, because when you take an educational approach to marketing, you gain the attention and trust of people who might otherwise simply ignore old-fashioned advertising.
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Disney sells 1.3m films on iTunes — Downloads of Walt Disney films on the iTunes platform have risen sharply to more than 1.3m after only three months on sale, putting pressure on other Hollywood studios to join Apple's digital service. — Disney began selling its new movies on iTunes in October.
Valleywag:
PAY PER POST — The ugly face of blog marketing — I had assumed that Pay Per Post, the blog marketing firm which pays its 'posties' to write nice things about corporate clients, would disappear before I was caught up in the general indignation. Wrong.
Shel / Global Neighbourhoods:
My DemoGod selections — Dinner starts in a few minutes and the Academy of Demo God selection, using their mysterious and occasionally controversial criteria will be announcing their selections for DEMO God. The following are my picks. They are based on hallway buzz, more than my personal picks.
Stace / Unwired View:
Replace the PC with your cellphone and Sony Ericsson Multimedia Cradle — Mobile phones are pretty small devices in their nature. And no matter how you try, it will never be as convenient to use as a normal PC or other full sized multimedia devices. The iPhone is the proof.
Jerry Brito / The Technology Liberation Front:
DRM on 9/11 Commission Report — This is nothing new, but it's something that grinds my gears to no end, and that's how the DMCA makes it illegal for me to use works that are completely in the public domain. Researching my previous post, I had occasion to download and read a PDF of the 9/11 Commission Report.
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Verizon:
Verizon Wireless Launches Faster New Wireless Broadband Network — Verizon Wireless Enhances Wireless Broadband Network with EV-DO Revision A Technology — Media Contact Info — BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless provider, today announced it is launching …
CNN:
Two plead not guilty to Boston hoax charges … CHARLESTOWN, Massachusetts (CNN) — Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they created panic by placing electronic light boards that caused a bomb scare Wednesday in Boston. — The boards depicted a cartoon character making an obscene gesture at passing motorists.
Lifehacker:
Screenshot Tour: How to crack a Windows password with Ophcrack Live CD — Extremely impressed at the ease and speed with which the Ophcrack Live CD cracked my Windows admin password when I tested it out [last] a few weeks ago, I thought it might be useful to throw together a quick guide detailing …
