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Michael Olivier / Yodel Anecdotal:
It takes two to Tango — When you find something broken on the Web, product folks at small web sites are usually easy to connect with. But visitors to sites with significant traffic usually have a tougher time lobbing input directly to site development teams about the good, the bad, and the screwed up.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Launches Digg-Like Suggestion Site — Yahoo is taking some criticism for launching a site that includes a Digg-like voting feature earlier today. The main criticism is coming from Digg users, who can sometimes stop fighting long enough to band together into a very angry mob.
Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:
Yahoo copies Digg, suffers the consequences — Speaking of Yahoo, the portal has launched suggestion boards that look... hmm... exactly like Digg. In fact, Yahoo explains on its own blog that the board has "Digg-like voting." Well, that didn't sit so well with the Digg kids …
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Music execs criticise DRM systems — Almost two-thirds of music industry executives think removing digital locks from downloadable music would make more people buy the tracks, finds a survey. — The Jupiter Research study looked at attitudes to Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems in Europe music firms.
Preston Gralla / Computerworld Blogs blogs:
U.S. senator: It's time to ban Wikipedia in schools, libraries — Here's the newest from Sen. Ted Stevens, the man who described the Internet as a series of tubes: It's time for the federal government to ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from schools and libraries.
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Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Somebody Think of The Children! Illinois Banning Social Networks? — In the past we've covered the Deleting Online Predators Act, its death, and its re-emergence as a bill from Senator Ted Stevens called the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act. Now a Senator in Illinois is also …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Text of Email to all Yahoos — This email was sent by Yahoo CFO Susan Decker to all Yahoo employees today at 9:01 AM PST and has the details of who's doing what in their new Advertiser & Publisher Group. Lots and lots of SVP and EVP promotions from the Yahoo ranks, and other peanut butter being spread around.
Scott Kirsner / New York Times:
All the World's a Stage (That Includes the Internet) — AT lunchtime, or when he is walking the halls of his workplace, Roy Raphaeli's colleagues often beseech him to do a magic trick. Usually, he obliges. "I take the opportunity to show people my new stuff and see how they react," …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
EFF takes Viacom to task over YouTube takedown — A watchdog group is encouraging those wrongly accused of posting pirated Viacom material on YouTube to stand up to the giant conglomerate—even if it means a court fight. — Two weeks ago, when Viacom demanded that YouTube remove 100,000 …
Ruby Huang / DigiTimes:
15.4-inch MacBooks to begin shipping in 2Q, say sources — Apple is planning to introduce 15.4-inch MacBooks in the second quarter of 2007, according to industry sources in Taiwan. The new model will fill the gap between the company's 13.3-inch MacBooks and the 15.4- and 17-inch MacBook Pros …
Patricia Hursh / ClickZ:
Yahoo Local Advertising Options, Post-Panama, Part 2 — › › › Local Search — Last time, I provided an overview of Yahoo's local search advertising options, post-Panama. I covered the long-awaited geotargeting option now available in Sponsored Search …
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David Kaplan / PaidContent:
Yahoo Defends Digital Ad Dollars At Its First Infront Presentation — As we reported last week, Yahoo hosted its first "Infront" before the upfront on Tuesday evening, during which the web portal sought to "educate" roughly 1,000 marketers and media buyers on the merits of shifting more ad dollars …
Fred Aun / ClickZ:
Omniture to Acquire Site-Side Behavioral Targeting Firm — In what it described as an effort to reduce "human interaction — a limiting factor" in online consumer interactions, Web analytics vendor Omniture yesterday said it is acquiring Touch Clarity, a site personalization firm, for more than $50 million.
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Senator wants to ban 'deceptive' video game ratings — update A U.S. Senate Republican with presidential ambitions has renewed his push to slap new regulations on the video and computer game industry, including a ban on "deceptive" labels by ratings outfits.
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Viruses promise heartbreak on Valentine's Day — update Beware of e-mails bearing Valentine's Day greetings, or you may get a digital heartache. — At least two romance-themed security threats are arriving in e-mail in-boxes on Wednesday, researchers have warned.
Kathy Sierra / Creating Passionate Users:
The real secret to a successful blog/book/business... For the last three years, Bert and I have tried to explain the "secret" to the success of the Head First books. We've tried to explain the "secret" to how a little non-news, non-scandal blog could land in the Technorati Top 100.
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HOW TO NAME YOUR COMPANY — Successful entrepreneur Michael McDerment advocates following a rigorous process for determining that all important company name. Here are his tips for making the right decision — When you start a company, eventually you are going to have to choose a company name.
