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Associated Press:
Military puts MySpace, other sites off limits … DENVER, Colorado (AP) — Soldiers serving overseas will lose some of their online links to friends and loved ones back home under a Department of Defense policy that a high-ranking Army official said would take effect Monday.
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Stars & Stripes:
DOD blocking YouTube, others — To save bandwidth, officials say several sites to be off-limits at work — Starting Monday, the Defense Department will block access to MySpace, YouTube and a host of other sites on official department computers worldwide, in an effort to boost its network efficiency.
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Business Wire:
Forrester: No Future For Paid Video Downloads — CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The paid video download market is a dead end, according to a new report by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). Forrester estimates that paid video downloads will peak in 2007, generating $279 million in revenue, up from $98 million last year.
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Kenneth Li / Reuters:
iTunes-like video services have no future: study — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online video sites that sell shows and movies such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes will likely peak this year as more programming is made available on free outlets supported by advertising, according to a study released on Monday.
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
The iPhone's on eBay already — Apple won't say exactly when the iPhone will arrive, and you won't find it in any of AT&T's wireless stores, but eBay sellers are taking orders. — Apple's 8GB iPhone is available from several eBay sellers who promise to ship the coveted phone within 30 days …
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Apple iPhones on eBay for $1,000 to $10,000 — A bidding war has broken out on eBay for Apple (AAPL) iPhones. — Prices for at least two of the $500-$600 devices have been driven past the $1,000 mark. One sale that closes today had 38 bids as of this morning. Last best offer: $1,025 plus $10 shipping.
The Boy Genius Report:
AT&T iPhone not to be pre-sold — If you have not been able to get your iPhone fix as of lately, this might help hold you over. According to an internal document from AT&T, the Apple iPhone has "advanced software 5 years ahead of any phone". But you already knew that.
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Digital Photography Review:
Amazon.com acquires dpreview.com — We're proud and excited to announce that Dpreview has been acquired by the worlds leading online retailer, Amazon.com. Started as hobby site in 1998, dpreview.com has grown to be the number one destination for anyone interested in digital cameras and digital photography.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Attention Wal-Mart customers, Skype now in aisle voice — Wal-Mart is going to start selling nine Skype-certified hardware devices (and by extension the Skype service) in 1800 (or roughly half) of its stores. The deal also includes Skype pre-paid cards. Wal-Mart is the first retailer …
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Smartest media quote of the year … Quincy Smith, president of CBS Interactive, said that in today's Wall Street Journal explaining CBS' smarter-than-most strategy for a distributed media economy. — This is the way all media executives should be thinking: Go to the people, don't make the people come to you.
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Brooks Barnes / Wall Street Journal:Can CBS Put the Net Into Network?
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Rupert Murdoch / Wall Street Journal:
Text of Murdoch Letter to Bancrofts — Below is the text of a letter sent by News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch to members of the Bancroft Family, concerning his $5 billion offer for Dow Jones & Co. — Ladies and Gentlemen: — Please allow me the opportunity with this letter to address …
Michael Totty / Wall Street Journal:
How to Be a Star in a YouTube World — What it takes to stand out when anyone can be an entertainer — There are millions of people trying to get noticed on the Web, with everything from blogs to podcasts to videos. So with the huge glut of material out there, how do amateurs get attention …
Los Angeles Times:
In consoles, the game isn't going Sony's way — Vaunted PlayStation 3 is crucial for the firm, but it faces an uphill climb. — Joel Downs is the type of video game buff that Sony Corp. expected to fall for the PlayStation 3. The 32-year-old Culver City entrepreneur is tech savvy …
Angus Kidman / ITWire:
Facing the full horror of Windows Vista — So far, Transit has been using Vista Business full-time for a fortnight. And so far, we've found nothing that works better than in Windows XP, dozens of things that are annoyingly different without being a functional improvement …
Eddie Hargreaves / The Apple Blog:
10 Biggest Apple Rumors (that never came true) — With Apple rumors getting spread further around than ever (and regular coverage from national news media), it's important to remember that many (most?) tend to be either completely untrue or so premature they never come true.
BBC:
Students create 'sensual' phones — Devices hailed as the next generation of mobile phones have been put on display at the University of Dundee. — Students from the College of Art, Science and Engineering's product design course have created six phones to support "intimacy and sensuality".
John Letzing / MarketWatch:
Microsoft delves further into manufacturing with Zune plant — Software giant hopes new factory, designs will help player compete with iPod … SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Microsoft Corp., a colossus built on software, is making a new push in hardware manufacturing by building a factory in China to produce its Zune media player.
