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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
NBC Will Not Renew ITunes Contract — NBC Universal, unable to come to an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on iTunes. — The media conglomerate — which is the No. 1 supplier of digital video to Apple's online store …
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NBC to pull shows from iTunes — The No. 1 supplier of digital video to the online store, decides not to renew contract to sell downloads of its shows over pricing, piracy concerns, according to report — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — NBC Universal has decided not to renew its contract …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
NBC cancels iTunes contract — Ouch. Another in a long line of disagreements with Apple about the pricing of content on iTunes, another somewhat unexpected blow to the internet's largest digital media etailer. NBC Universal, iTunes's number one seller, apparently backed out of renewing …
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Don Reisinger / CNET News.com:
NBC says bye to iTunes, hello to piracy and lost revenue — In news that comes just weeks after iTunes' loss of Universal Music Group, NBC has officially canceled its contract with iTunes, citing the need for stricter piracy controls and higher pricing that Apple was unwilling to provide.
Harrison Hoffman / The Web Services Report:
Yahoo's new social job network: Kickstart — Yahoo is looking to change the game with their new social job network, Kickstart. They are currently conducting research surveys among college students to find out what they think of this new service. Yahoo asks this question to the participants …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
The 2008 iPhone display? Sharp's next gen multi-touch LCD revealed — Want to see the glass behind the iPhone's multi-touch panel? Well this ain't it, it's better. Sharp — one of Apple's iPhone panel providers — just unveiled their newest 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 pixel resolution multi-touch panel …
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Sharp Develops and Will Mass Produce New System LCD with Embedded Optical Sensors to Provide Input Capabilities Including Touch Screen and Scanner Functions — Enables New User Interfaces for Mobile Devices — Sharp Corporation has successfully developed a new System LCD equipped with touch screen and scanner functions.
David Willis / BBC:
'Flying saucer' nears US take-off — It has been called the vehicle of the future and the ultimate way to beat the rush hour commute. — It is the M 200G, otherwise known as a "flying saucer", which is being built by a company in Davis, California called Moller International.
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Easy Way to Find Recent Web Pages — Now that Google indexes pages extremely fast and saves the date of the first indexing, it would be nice to have more options for restricting search results to a date range. Google only provided three options in the advanced search …
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Security researcher stumbles across embassy e-mail log-ins — Security consultant Dan Egerstad has managed to snag usernames and passwords for over 100 e-mail accounts belonging to embassy employees around the world. According to Computer Sweden, which was able to check that some of the data was accurate …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
New Twitter Visualization Tools Coming: First Is Twitter Blocks — The Twitter team must have had a Red Bull machine installed at the offices, because suddenly they're launching new stuff left and right. — They recently added search and Gmail import features to the service.
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Thailand reopens YouTube access, but with limits — Thailand has lifted a ban on YouTube about five months after videos mocking King Bhumibol Adulyadej prompted the military-installed government to block domestic Web surfers' access to the site. — But there's a catch, of course.
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Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog:
Enhanced Tools and New Options — Write Ads Right(er) — Let's admit it: Writing has gotten a whole lot easier in the last couple of millennia or so. I mean, would you write at all if you had to scratch out marks on a clay tablet with a wooden stylus? Fill your quill with ink from an ink pot every two lines?
