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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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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.
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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 …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Digg Surrenders to Mob
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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 …
Yahoo! Search Blog:
Introducing Robots-Nocontent for Page Sections — We recently returned from our annual rendezvous at SES New York and, like always, learned a lot from our webmasters. The 'Robots.txt Summit' generated some healthy discussions and support for adding a tag to parts of a page that do not relate …
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 …
Nikhil Pahwa / contentSutra.com:
Social Networking Site Minglebox Receives $7 Million In Funding Fron Sequoia Capital — You're reading it here first: Indian social networking site Minglebox has received $7 million in funding from Sequoia Capital India. Minglebox was started by three IIT Delhi alumni - Kavita Iyer …
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.
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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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Valleywag:
The Chart: Reality check on online video — Reality check on online video — In an interview with Doubleclick's chief executive, in today's Wall Street Journal, there's some interesting data. David Rosenblatt, in the process of selling the online advertising broker to Google …
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