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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Gonzales proposes new crime: "Attempted" copyright infringement — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing the U.S. Congress to enact a sweeping intellectual property bill that would increase criminal penalties for copyright infringement, including "attempts" to commit piracy.
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Intellectual Property Protection Act to make attemped infringement illegal — US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has proposed tightening the United States' intellectual property laws. Titled the "Intellectual Property Protection Act," the proposed legislation would for the first time, criminalizes attempted copyright infringement.
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Richard K / Silicon Valley Watcher: DHS' new job under copyright bill: monitor borders for concert bootlegs
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Truemors Launches — Truemors, Guy Kawasaki's new startup, opened to the public about an hour ago. — We covered them last week when we were able to get into the beta. Truemors is a rumor reporting site. Users text, email or call in a rumor and other users vote on it. Popular rumors make it to the home page.
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Stan Schroeder / franticindustries:Truemors - just like Reddit, only for rumors
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Motorola:
Motorola Introduces RAZR2 — The Next-Generation RAZR — Sleeker Outside, More Powerful Inside, the Next Iconic Device Delivers the Ultimate Mobile Experience — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today invited the world to experience the evolution of the RAZR brand as it unveiled RAZR2, the ultimate iconic feature phone.
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John Blau / InfoWorld:
Software piracy hits $40B worldwide, says study — (InfoWorld) - Efforts to curb software piracy in China are bearing fruit although the piracy rate remains high, costing vendors billions of dollars in lost revenue, according to a survey paid for by large vendors, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
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Business Wire:
MySpace Video to Launch Branded Channels — World's Leading Lifestyle Portal Inks Content Deals With National Geographic, The New York Times, Reuters, The Daily Reel, Expert Village, Flow, IGN Entertainment, Octane TV, Kush TV, LX.TV, Ripe TV, Studio411, VBS.tv, and Young Hollywood
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Charles Babcock / InformationWeek:
Linus Torvalds Responds To Microsoft Patent Claims — The holder of the Linux trademark suggests Microsoft should name the patents it alleges have been violated so the claims can be tested in court. — Linus Torvalds, lead developer of the Linux kernel, has a sharp retort …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Paul McCartney available on iTunes, Beatles next? — Maybe Steve's amazed at the way it took so long to get Paul McCartney online. — The Beatles legend has a new solo album coming out next month entitled "Memory Almost Full," and if you want a digital copy the only place you'll find …
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Derick Mains / Apple:iTunes Offers Exclusive Pre-Order of New Paul McCartney Album "Memory Almost Full"
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Kellie Marks / The Third Word:
AOL Acquires Third Screen Media — Leading Provider of Mobile Advertising Solutions Will Expand Advertising.com's Mobile Services for Advertisers and Publishers — DULLES, VA - May 15, 2007 - AOL announced today that it has acquired Third Screen Media, the leading mobile advertising network …
Derek Powazek:
The Real Story of JPG Magazine — If there's one thing I've learned about community-building, it's this: Do Not Lie. People are too smart and well-connected to believe a lie anymore. So, with that in mind, the story I'm about to tell is absolutely true as I experienced it. — How JPG Began
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Apple:
Apple Updates Popular MacBook — Faster Intel Core 2 Duo Processors, 1GB of Memory and Larger Hard Drives Across the Line — Apple® today updated its MacBook® consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model.
Jason / Rails Envy:
Hi, I'm Ruby on Rails... What do you get when you cross the Mac vs PC commercials and Rails Envy? Ruby on Rails ads to get everyone hyped for Railsconf, that's what! — Gregg Pollack and Jason Seifer from RailsEnvy present: — Ruby on Rails vs Java — ad #1 of 4 — Click here to view on YouTube
Peter Elstrom / Business Week:
Crackdown on Indian Outsourcing Firms — Two senators are probing how Indian outsourcing firms use U.S. work visas, with an eye on new restrictions — Concerns about foreign companies that benefit from a visa program designed to make the U.S. more competitive are taking center stage in Washington …
Robert Vamosi / CNET News.com:
New gang war raging on the Internet — It's like something out of the Sopranos. Antivirus researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs have identified criminal gangs engaged in a turf battle online. The primary groups are responsible for the Warezov and Zhelatin worms …
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Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:
TiVo Unveils Swivel Search — As part of the broadband strategy announced last last fall, TiVo has introduced unified search functionality. "Swivel Search" offers enhanced on-box querying, but also reaches beyond broadcast television and into TiVoCast and Amazon Unbox programming.
Tom Espiner / CNET News.com:
Google: 10 percent of sites are dangerous — Google is warning Web users of the increasing threat posed by malicious software that can be dropped onto a computer as a Web surfer visits a particular site. — The search giant carried out in-depth research on 4.5 million Web sites and found …
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
LOOK OUT Kevin Rose! 19 IM Startups You Need to Beat — The online chat and IM arena is heating up. Meebo just launched a fully fledged chat service with Meebo Rooms, several new startups, like Pibb, have sprouted out of nowhere, and Digg's Kevin Rose seems to be working on his version …
Claire Bates / Daily Mail:
Watch slide-shows on the umbrella which will stop you getting lost — Rainy days will never seem as dull again thanks to a new internet umbrella. — The high-tech brolly allows you to take pictures with a built-in camera. These can be uploaded to Flickr (a photo-sharing website) …
