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Dylan Tweney / Epicenter:
PC World Brings Editor Back, Removes CEO — In a surprise reversal, IDG management removed Colin Crawford as PC World's CEO and reinstated Harry McCracken as Editor in Chief, after a dispute over a canceled Apple story led McCracken to quit. A memo just sent to PC World and Macworld staffers …
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PC World:
Editor in Chief Harry McCracken Returns to PC World — Had resigned in dispute with CEO Colin Crawford over editorial independence. Crawford to return to prior IDG post. — Ramon G. McLeod, Editor, PCWorld.com — In a surprise announcement, Robert Carrigan, president of IDG Communications …
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Spoon-Bending 'Paranormalist' Illegally Twists Copyright Law — Uri Geller Makes Bogus Copyright Claims to Silence YouTube Critic — San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit Tuesday against Uri Geller — the "paranormalist" famous for seemingly bending spoons with his mind …
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
EFF to psychic: There will be a DMCA abuse suit in the near future — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has begun fighting back this week against one DMCA takedown abuser. The organization has filed a lawsuit against "paranormalist" Uri Geller for sending a takedown notice to YouTube …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:"Psychic" Uri Geller sued after trying to remove critical YouTube clip
Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
Comcast CEO shows off super quick modem — LAS VEGAS - Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts dazzled a cable industry audience Tuesday, showing off for the first time in public new technology that enabled a data download speed of 150 megabits per second, or roughly 25 times faster than today's standard cable modems.
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Ars Technica, Engadget, PaulStamatiou.com, Macsimum News, CyberNet Technology News, Windows-Now.com, Gadget Lab and NCTA Insider
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Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Old media turns combative against new media — LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Leading media executives took a combative tone against Internet companies on Tuesday, suggesting that Big Media increasingly considers new content distributors like Google Inc. to be more foe than friend.
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rexblog.com, HipMojo.com, paradox1x, The Media Age, Life On the Wicked Stage, Lost Remote and Venture Chronicles
Microsoft:
Bill Gates: Microsoft Strategic Account Summit 2007 — Transcript of Remarks by Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation — Microsoft Strategic Account Summit 2007 — JOANNE BRADFORD [Corporate Vice President and Chief Media Officer, Microsoft Corporation]: Good morning, good morning.
Tom Sanders / vnunet:
Red Hat to build 'Global Desktop' — Low cost Linux bundle system to target emerging markets — UPDATE - Red Hat is preparing to release a new "Red Hat Global Desktop" that over time will grow into an online desktop that integrates online services into a client desktop platform.
Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune:
Microsoft buys stake in CareerBuilder job site — Microsoft Corp., has bought a minority equity stake in CareerBuilder.com, the online job site owned by Tribune Co., Gannett Co. and McClatchy Co., the companies announced today. — Microsoft is acquiring 4 percent of CareerBuilder, sources said.
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paidContent.org, Screenwerk, WebProNews, HipMojo.com, Mashable!, Microsoft News Tracker and Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
Rick Merritt / InformationWeek:
Call It The jPhone: Sun Shows Java Twist On Apple's iPhone — At the JavaOne conference, Sun Microsystems debuts software for a high-end cell phone that looks rather similar to the iPhone. — EE Times — SAN FRANCISCO — Call it the jPhone. At JavaOne Tuesday (May 8) …
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Disney: iTunes movie sales prove potency of format, pricing — Disney's quarterly earnings announcement and subsequent analyst call paint a picture of a company that's on top of its game when it comes to taking advantage of both the Internet and digital media.
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Introducing NewTeeVee Pier Screenings! — Online video is great, but it's such a solitary experience. This summer we're going to try a little experiment — getting us off our butts and around from behind our screens. Maybe even outdoors. — On a pier overlooking the San Francisco Bay …
Chris Pirillo:
How to Start Business — The Internet is a pretty amazing tool for business—so long as you know how to use it. It is essential to understand that the Internet doesn't work like more traditional forms of media. The Internet has changed the way that businesses and consumers interact.
Reuters:
Yahoo to shut down auction site — Internet media company says June 16 will be last day to bid or buy from the auction site. — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Yahoo has told users it will shut down its North American Web auction site, the second service the world's most visited Internet media company has set to retire in the past week.
BBC:
Second Life 'child abuse' claim — Second Life is being investigated by German police following allegations that some members are trading child abuse images in the online world. — The investigation follows a report by a German TV news programme which uncovered the trading group and members who pay for sex with virtual children.
