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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
For Pornographers, Internet's Virtues Turn to Vices — The Internet was supposed to be a tremendous boon for the pornography industry, creating a global market of images and videos accessible from the privacy of a home computer. For a time it worked, with wider distribution and social acceptance driving a steady increase in sales.
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Kevin Rose: Digg Expanding to Images, Restaurant and Product Reviews — Update: Now with video! — On Friday, Kevin Rose spoke via video link at TheNextWeb conference in Amsterdam, outlining Digg's plans for expansion. The good news is that they plan to add images - one of the most demanded features.
David Lenehan / Read/WriteWeb:
The Next Web Conference happened today in Amsterdam. It was a one day event hosted by Scott Rafer of MyBlogLog fame and was a mix of presentations from startups and keynotes from various people in the industry. Marc Canter from Broadband Mechanics and Jeff Clavier a VC from the valley assumed the role of …
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Hasbro unveils Real Gear Transformers based on real life gadgets — Those of you not able to bust out your cardboard box Optimus Prime costume and make a scene at your local theaters next month when the new Transformers movie hits can at least comfort yourselves with the most amazing onslaught …
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Will Greenwald / CNET News.com:
More than meets the eye: New, gadgety Transformers — The Transformers are hitting the big screen this July 4, and that means a whole lot of merchandising going on. Among the hordes of Transformers toys are Hasbro's Real Gear Transformers, a series of toy electronics that turn into robots.
Associated Press:
The Google 'ick' factor … SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — Google Inc. bills the latest twist on its online maps as "Street View," but it looks a bit like "Candid Camera" as you cruise through the panorama of pictures that captured fleeting moments in neighborhoods scattered across the country.
SecurityFocus:
Zero-day sales not "fair" — to researchers — Two years ago, Charles Miller found a remotely exploitable flaw in a common component of the Linux operating system, and as many enterprising vulnerability researchers are doing today, he decided to sell the information.
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Hugo Chavez coming out with his own PC? — Hugo Chavez, the cartoonish, combative leader of Venezuela, wants to come out with his own PC that he will then distribute to citizens in the region, according to sources in the PC industry who have been contacted by Venezuelan officials.
Will Sturgeon / ZDNet:
F-Secure CEO: There's more malware than ever — Kimmo Alkio, CEO of F-Secure, recently rejoined the antivirus vendor from fellow Finnish company Nokia. silicon.com recently caught up with Alkio to discuss the security landscape, how governments should handle hackers, the need for a dot-bank domain name …
Valleywag:
Stats: Yahoo's disappearing management team — When we checked Yahoo's management page, we noticed yet another missing face: Lars Rabbe, the Sunnyvale internet company's chief information officer. Without much fanfare, he's moved over to Intuit, the financial software maker.
Metaversed:
Second Life Server Code to Stay Closed Longer — Many developers have been eagerly awaiting Linden Lab to make good on their stated intention to release the Second Life server code to the Open Source community for some time now. According to Ginsu Yoon, Linden Lab's VP business affairs however …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Polls Launches Tonight: Marketing Research Paradise — Facebook just launched a new product tonight called Facebook Polls - look for a link in the bottom navigation area next to "Advertising" on any Facebook page. — This is an advertising product that is designed to generate revenue.
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Elinor Mills / ZDNet:
Google buys RSS company FeedBurner — Google has acquired another medium for its advertising engine by purchasing FeedBurner, a company that distributes syndicated content for blogs and other media Web sites, the companies said Friday. — Terms of the deal were not disclosed …
Haochi / Googlified:
SketchUp Update Blog — SketchUp now has its own blog! The new blog is aimed to provide SketchUp users more up-to-date information than their traditional monthly email newsletter, SketchUpdate. It will include pictures, videos, and links to interesting models in the 3D Warehouse …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Apple criticized for embedding names, e-mails in songs — It used to be that music fans believed cryptic messages about Satan or the death of a band member were hidden within rock albums. — Nowadays, the secrets buried in digital music are way too easy to find, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
