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Neil Patel / Pronet Advertising:
Digg is Censoring Content by Burying Stories Internally — We all know that the main reason why stories don't hit the Digg homepage is because they get buried. Some say the buries are caused by specific Digg users who have it out for us while others just blame it on the content saying it wasn't Digg worthy.
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Deep Jive Interests, 901am, parislemon, Threadwatch.org, Cameron Olthuis, rexduffdixon.com and Scobleizer
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Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
Censorship Issues Continue for Digg — It's been almost two weeks since the latest Digg fiacso. Quick review: stories with HD-DVD encryption codes being censored, Diggers strike back by creating, posting and digging new stories with the codes, Digg's Kevin Rose conceded.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Meebo Launches Meebo Rooms (oh, and Meebo now has ads) — Web based instant messaging provider Meebo will launch Meebo Rooms tonight. Like MeeboMe, which allows users to embed a widget on a website where visitors can chat with the publishers, this is a significant new product that will appeal to new set of users.
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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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nrf.com, BetaNews, Valleywag, NewTeeVee, paidContent.org, Podcasting News, MacUser, Paul Colligan's …, Playlist, Todd Watson, HipMojo.com and A View on View
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Kenneth Li / Reuters:iTunes-like video services have no future: study
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IP Democracy, broadstuff, Deep Jive Interests, Smalltalk Tidbits …, TechSpot News and Slashdot
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
HP'S HALO: NOW THIS IS TELEPRESENCE — Last week I got a chance to test drive HALO, Hewlett Packard's super high-end telepresence application. And all I can say is .... Oooooh, I want one. In fact, I want everyone to have one. — Of course, that's pretty impractical.
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Oliver Thylmann's Thoughts
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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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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.
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Dion Almaer / Google Code:
Introducing the Google Developer Podcast — A fair few Googlers enjoy creating podcasts, and a large number choose to participate in the medium as listeners. — I have really enjoyed creating Audible Ajax, as it gives me a way to get close to the community.
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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Associated Press:Military puts MySpace, other sites off limits
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Valleywag, Raph's Website, CNET News.com, a shel of my former self, paidContent.org, Computerworld Blogs blogs, splashcastmedia.com, the j. botter weblog, Neowin.net, rexduffdixon.com, Techdirt, CenterNetworks, UNEASYsilence, techPresident, broadbandreports.com and GigaLaw.com Daily News
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 …
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Ranchero Software:
NetNewsWire 3.0a8 Change Notes — This page lists the changes in NetNewsWire since 3.0d62. You can download the current shipping version via the NetNewsWire home page. You can download the current pre-release version here. — NetNewsWire 3.0a8 is not even a beta. It has bugs.
Adam Kalsey / Crying Out Loud:
Feed Crier climbs into bed with IMified — For the last couple of months, we've been talking to IMified, sharing war stories, and helping them out with some ideas on how best to manage the signed on bot portion of the service. The more we've talked, the more we've liked each other.
fortuitous:
Some Community Tips for 2007 — Seven tips on how to run a successful community. — Every year or so I write a long post or do a presentation at a conference on the subject of community. Each time I approach the subject, I take what I've already written and add to it with recent things I've learned …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Things Sure Are Quiet At MySpace News — When the largest site on the Internet announced their new MySpace News service, people expected it to get at least some traction, quickly. But a month later, as former TechCrunch writer Marshall Kirkpatrick noted in Twitter today, the site appears to be nothing more than a ghost town.
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franticindustries
Grant Gross / InfoWorld:
U.S. piracy crackdown nets 50th conviction — (InfoWorld) - A U.S. Department of Justice crackdown on online piracy has recorded its 50th felony conviction, the agency announced. — Christopher E. Eaves, 31, of Iowa Park, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement …
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Neowin.net
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.
Bruce Lowry / NOVELL: Worldwide:
Fortune Magazine article — There's an article out in Fortune Magazine talking about Microsoft, intellectual property and open source. Because of our interoperability agreement with Microsoft, which includes a patent element, Novell is featured in the story.
