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Kevin Rose / Digg the Blog:
Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5- 63-56-88-c0 — Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts... In building and shaping the site I've always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We've always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community.
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Digg Gives Into User Revolt; Are Those DMCA Takedown Notices Even Valid? — After a grassroots revolt by Digg users, Digg has decided to stop censoring posts about an HD-DVD decryption number used by the industry-backed Advanced Access Content System to protect HD-DVDs.
Gizmodo:
Geeks Will Not Be Silenced: Breaking: Digg Riot in Full Effect Over Pulled HD-DVD Key Story — The power of Web 2. is in full effect over at Digg, where users are revolting over Digg's decision to pull a story (that netted over 15,000 diggs) and reportedly boot a user for posting …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Digg Surrenders to Mob
Digg Surrenders to Mob
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Rudd-O.com:
Spread this number — 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0.
Spread this number — 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0.
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Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
Kevin Rose Hands Over Digg Control
Kevin Rose Hands Over Digg Control
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IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband
Steve Jobs / Apple:
A Greener Apple — Apple has been criticized by some environmental organizations for not being a leader in removing toxic chemicals from its new products, and for not aggressively or properly recycling its old products. … Cadmium — Hexavalent Chromium — Decabromodiphenyl Ether
Business Wire:
Time Warner Inc. Reports First Quarter 2007 Results — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX - News) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2007. — In making the announcement, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dick Parsons said: "Time Warner is off to a strong start this year.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
AOL's advertising alive and kicking — AOL transition from a subscription service to largely free broadband portal is being eased by a surge in advertising revenue. — Time Warner (TWX) reported its AOL unit performance in its first quarter earnings report. Here's the breakdown:
xkcd.com:
Online Communities (click for full version) — Comics I enjoy: — Dinosaur Comics, A Softer World, Perry Bible Fellowship, Copper, Questionable Content, Achewood, Wondermark, Indexed, — Buttercup Festival — Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language …
Dan Nystedt / InfoWorld:
First WiMax laptop card approved by FCC — San Francisco (IDGNS) - Regulators have approved the first WiMax wireless broadband laptop PC card to be offered by Clearwire, and it should be available to users later this year, the company said Tuesday. — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved …
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Bloomberg:
Dow Jones Holders Say Murdoch Bid May Trigger Auction (Update2) — Dow Jones & Co. shareholders say Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion takeover bid will spark an auction of the 125-year-old newspaper publisher. — ``We're in the first inning,'' said Lawrence J. Haverty Jr. …
Newlaunches.com:
Business 2.0-the Business magazine should practice what it preaches — You remember the time when mom used to tell not to talk on the phone while ironing clothes lest you make a mistake and burn yourself. And then one day she forgot to practice what she was preaching and...!
Fred / A VC:
The Mid Life Entrepreneur Crisis — I have two meetings this week with guys in their early to mid 40s that are two of the best entrepreneurs I've ever worked with. Both are asking me the same thing - "what should I do next?" — There are questions of motivations, work/life balance …
Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
Eisner's Prom Queen Seeing Success on Web — Less than halfway through its 80-day run, Prom Queen, the daily teen-aimed online soap opera launched by Michael Eisner's new production firm, is showing signs of becoming a modest hit, if short of an Internet sensation thus far.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Hey Microsoft, forget MIX, focus on Mobiles — It is hardly a surprise that the more en vogue and exotic MIX '07 is overshadowing a strategically more important event hosted by Microsoft - the 2007 Mobile and Embedded Devices Conference also being held in Las Vegas.
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
New Net radio fee collections delayed — The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board has pushed back the date on which a contentious fee hike for Internet radio broadcasters takes effect. — In a 32-page final rule (PDF) formally published Monday, the three-judge panel within the Library …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
Peter Gabriel Tries Ad-Supported Music Downloads; Launches We7 — Should have told you about this earlier ... musician Peter Gabriel has teamed with technology entrepreneur Steve Purdham and VC John Taysom to launch Oxford, UK -basedWe7, an ad-supported music download platform.
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