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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Taking the week off — I'm physically ill after reading what happened to Kathy Sierra. Maryam and several others here at PodTech asked me about it and are concerned since the same sites that are attacking Kathy also mentioned me and Maryam. Maryam is really freaked out about it. So am I.
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Frank Paynter / Listics:
Mere anarchy … MeanKids was purposeful anarchy. I thought the people at MeanKids would create art and criticism, pointed and insulting satire, but not foster a climate of fear. Misogynistic postings at MeanKids.org led me to try to moderate, but indeed the group there was of the …
BBC:
Blog death threats spark debate — Prominent blogger Kathy Sierra has called on the blogosphere to combat the culture of abuse online. — It follows a series of death threats which have forced her to cancel a public appearance and suspend her blog. — Ms Sierra described on her blog …
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Kat Herding / all noise all the time:
re Kathy Sierra's allegations — Well, the s**t has hit the fan this time to be sure. Those of you who plan to read what I've written here should first go read this post by Kathy Sierra. — As you can guess, I've been getting "interesting" email since that was published yesterday …
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Blogger cancels conference appearance after death threats — Kathy Sierra, a well-known blogger and author of books on Web design and programming, has abruptly canceled a speaking engagement after a rash of death threats began appearing on her blog as well as others.
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Mike / CrunchNotes:This Is Unacceptable — Blogging culture, which is often …
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Kathy Sierra / Creating Passionate Users:Death threats against bloggers are NOT "protected speech" …
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Yahoo to Offer a Network for Web Ads on Cellphones — Yahoo is moving to secure a position on the next Internet battleground: Web search and advertising on cellphones. — The company plans to announce on Tuesday that it is creating a mobile advertising network that will allow marketers …
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Steve Poland / TechCrunch:
Web Services Coming To Twitter — Earlier this year we talked about the usefulness of a simple command line to query multiple web services via a set syntax. Yubnub, one of the web services we discussed, does just that. Enter "Weather 90210″ into Yubnub and get the weather from Weather.com.
Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
Bertelsmann Reaches Deal With EMI Over Napster — Bertelsmann, the German media giant that provided financial backing to Napster when it was an unauthorized file-sharing service, has agreed to settle with the last of the major record companies that had sued it for copyright infringement.
Skrentablog:
How to beat Google, part 1 — Our entire industry is scared witless by Google's dominance in search and advertising. Microsoft and Yahoo have been unsuccessful at staunching the bleeding of their search market share. VCs parrot the Google PR FUD machine that you need giant datacenters next to hydroelectric dams to compete.
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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Spins Off ZenZui, Mobile Browsing Via Widgets — Microsoft-backed ZenZui launched this morning. It's a new mobile browser that aims to make surfing the web on your mobile device easier through widgets. The application that lets you surf over a 6×6 grid of website widgets by panning and zooming around the grid.
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Ars Technica:
Apple TV — System requirements: Television with component or HDMI support — At Macworld in January of this year, Apple formally announced the Apple TV (previously known as the "iTV"), an iTunes-compatible streaming media device meant to revolutionize the way we watch television.
Robert Young / NewTeeVee:
Did Murdoch just KO Google? — When one is asked about Google's incredible success to date, and what they did so right, the obvious answer will likely involve an explanation of the brilliant technologies that make up PageRank and Adwords. — But if one looks under the hood …
Speakeasy:
Best Buy Acquires Speakeasy — Addition of VoIP Communications Provider Gives Small Businesses — a Single Source for All of Their Technology Needs — Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) has agreed to acquire Speakeasy, Inc., one of the largest independent broadband voice, data and IT service providers in the United States.
Carol Wilson / TELEPHONY Magazine:
More VoIP patent suits likely — The season for suing over Internet telephony patents has probably just begun, according to patent attorneys. — In fact, a week after Verizon won a $58 million patent suit against Vonage, a smaller firm, Web Telephony, filed a patent lawsuit that names Verizon and Vonage …
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