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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
45% of Europeans watch TV online — A new study from Motorola has found that an amazing 45% of Europeans now watch television online. — The survey covering the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain found that the French lead Europe in terms of online television consumption …
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BBC:
Online TV viewing 'on the rise' — Almost half of European broadband users are using their computers to watch television online, a survey claims. — The ability to "take control" of their viewing was the motivation for many users said Motorola, which interviewed 2,500 people including the UK.
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Internet radio royalty hike delayed; last chance to petition Congress — Internet radio will remain safe and sound, at least through July of this year, on account of a new decision by the US Copyright Royalty Board. Under the CRB's original ruling, Internet radio stations …
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Copyfight, Hear 2.0, Today @ PC World, the Wordpress of Lucas Gonze, TechSpot News, digg and Slashdot
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification — As part of the monthly security bulletin release cycle, Microsoft provides advance notification to our customers on the number of new security updates being released, the products affected, the aggregate maximum severity and information about detection tools relevant to the update.
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The Microsoft Security Response Center:
May 2007 Advance Notification — Hello everyone, this is Christopher Budd. — It's the Thursday before May 8, 2007, the date for the May 2007 monthly security bulletin release. As we do each month on this day, we've posted our Advance Notification. In it, we try to provide …
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
How Wi-Fi Can Extend T-Mobile's Range — Aims to Improve Reception, Savings — T-Mobile USA Inc., the fourth largest U.S. wireless operator, is planning a national launch this summer of cellphones that can roam on Wi-Fi hotspots in homes and coffee shops, carrying calls over the Web …
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GigaOM, Fractals of Change, Phone Scoop, broadbandreports.com, I4U News, textually.org and VoIP Watch
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
OLPC project clarifies: no plans for Windows support — Late last week the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project had a media event in Cambridge, and while I couldn't make the event, I did tape a video interview for the BBC on the project. During my preparation I kept coming across these claims …
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Engadget, Slashdot, Between the Lines, Good Morning Silicon Valley, TechSpot News, Neowin.net and Hardware 2.0
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Belgian Papers Back In Google; Begin Using Standards For Blocking — Belgian newspapers that sued Google to be removed from its index are now back in, having agreed to use the commonly-accepted blocking standards that they initially rejected as not being legal.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Acquires Mobile Advertising Pioneer ScreenTonic — ScreenTonic's mobile ad serving and management expertise increase advertiser opportunity across Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions. — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has agreed to acquire ScreenTonic SA …
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InfoWorld, Startup Meme, SearchViews, Microsoft News Tracker and Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Google Goes Wireless — A coalition led by the Web search giant is scoring early wins in a tussle over $10 billion in wireless airwaves — For a company that's had an office in Washington, D.C., for less than two years, Google is wielding a surprising amount of power in the nation's capital.
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Connecting the Dots, mocoNews.net, Search Engine Land, David Dalka and dailywireless.org
BBC:
Snowflakes promise faster chips — Chips could run faster and be more energy efficient thanks to a process from IBM that copies nature's creation of seashells and snowflakes. — The process, called airgap, enables trillions of microscopic vacuum holes to be placed between the copper wire in chips to act as an insulator.
Paul Kapustka / GigaOM:
FCC Chairman Martin to Telcos: No Blocking Iowa Calls — BREAKING: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Thursday that the commission told large telcos to stop blocking calls into numbers for the Iowa-based free calling operations, threatening punitive actions if the carriers didn't comply.
Richard Mitchell / Xbox 360 Fanboy:
Leaked Halo 3 video bonanza! — If Halo 3 were a boat, it would be nestled comfortably at the bottom of the sea right now. You see, we're talking about leaks. A YouTube user by the name of bipchizzle has posted several new videos of the Halo 3 beta. The quality isn't fantastic …
Helen A.S. Popkin / MSNBC:
Twitter Nation: Nobody cares what you're doing — Then again, if you don't get it, that must mean you're totally too old — Using Twitter, you can find out what your friends are doing right this minute. But seriously...do you care? — MSN Tech and Gadgets — Don't dial and drive
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Frank Watson / Search Engine Watch Blog:
iProspect Launches in Norway and Denmark — iProspect, the search marketing firm, added iProspect Norway and iProspect Denmark creating the largest search marketing network in Scandinavia. This follows their recent moves in Spain. — The press release said:
Susan Esparza / Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog:
SEO Contest: Help People, Get Training, Go to SMX — The first-ever Search Marketing Expo conference takes place early next month in Seattle and we're giving you a chance to be there. As we told you back in December, as a premiere sponsor we've been given five passes to the event …
