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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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Jay Adelson / Digg the Blog:
What's Happening with HD-DVD Stories? — I just wanted to explain what some of you have been noticing around some stories that have been submitted to Digg on the HD DVD encryption key being cracked. — This has all come up in the past 24 hours, mostly connected to the HD-DVD hack …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Digg Surrenders to Mob — To say what happened today on Digg was a "user revolt" is an understatement. The Digg team deleted a story that linked to the decryption key for HD DVDs after receiving a take down demand and all hell broke loose. More stories appeared and were deleted, and users posting the stories were suspended.
Rudd-O.com:
Spread this number — 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. Wanna know what's so important about it? … The movie industry is threatening Spooky Action at a Distance for publishing that number, specifically with copyright infringement. — I had no idea a number could be copyrighted.
Texyt:
Digg fights user revolt over HD-DVD ban - Digg founders took HD-DVD sponsorship. — The founders of Digg.com - which has been rocked by an unprecedented user revolt over the release of an HD-DVD decryption code - accepted sponsorship from the organization behind HD-DVD last year.
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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 …
Psychohistorian / Wired News:
C0 88 56 63 C5 56 41 D8 5B E3 74 9D 02 11 F9 09 — The key, in itself, is nothing. It barely even qualifies as an instruction for circumventing a technological protection measure, which is illegal under the DMCA. — The key was previously posted by Wired in this story: blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/02/the_ new_hddvdbl.html
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Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Fundraising for the Digg Lawsuit — Kevin Rose just posted on the Digg blog to say that they can no longer stem the tide - the community just can't survive if all the members are at odds with the site's staff: — But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you've made it clear.
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Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
NO MERCY - DIGG OUT OF CONTROL — Digg is imploding today. Literally. The site's million plus users have turned on Digg's management, covering the entire site with an HD-DVD encryption key that the moderators were fighting to remove. You can't even submit a story right now …
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Stuff to Think About:
How I got banned from Digg — It all started last night. I'm reading my RSS feeds and I come across an article on Digg. … Are you serious? That's awesome! Somebody found a key that allows Linux users watch HD-DVDs! Naturally, I wanted to find out more, so I clicked the link.
Muhammad Saleem / Pronet Advertising:Mob Takes Over at Digg, Widespread User Revolt
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Muhammad Saleem / Pronet Advertising:The Reason Why Digg Removed That Story
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Rachel Rosmarin / Forbes:
Barry Diller Goes Local — Barry Diller wants his employees is hit the streets. — Diller's employees at IAC/InterActiveCorp (nasdaq: IACI - news - people ), his confusingly named grab bag of Internet outfits, are making a concerted push into local markets using a variety of strategies.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Take Time To Understand Silverlight. It's Important — The announcements around Microsoft's new Silverlight platform yesterday were important to anyone who is thinking about where the web will evolve. For those of us watching the demos at the Mix conference the immediate importance of it was apparent …
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Teresa Fausti / clearwire.com:
FCC Approves First WIMAX-CLASS Laptop Card to be Offered by Clearwire — Approval Marks Major Milestone for Release of Product Later this Year that Facilitates Greater Portability and Mobility on Clearwire's U.S. Network — Helen.Chung@clearwire.com — Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ …
Jeff / Venture Chronicles:
Changing Course — Yesterday was my last official day at Teqlo, I am now 1) focusing on other interests, 2) spending time with family, and 3) devoting myself to clean technology. Well, #1 and 2 for sure... I am just throwing #3 in because it's so damn trendy.
Kip Kniskern / LiveSide:
Google Calendar catches MSN's - Or Where oh where is the Windows Live Calendar? — Another Hitwise graph showing more disappointment for MSN/Windows Live - this time for Calendar. Since its inception in April, Google Calendar has been steadily gaining market share, while both MSN and Yahoo have been losing theirs.
Charles Knight / Read/WriteWeb:
The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, April 2007 — This is the best list of Alternative Search Engines I have ever done. It has to be. With each monthly update, several things happen that serve to improve the list. One, I have spent a month - since the March update …
