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Internet users could be banned over illegal downloads — People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week. — Internet service providers (ISPs) will be legally required to take action against users …
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More music industry internet idiocy
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Recording Industry vs …
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T-Mobile promises 3G by summer; Android phone and Austrian iPhone by end of year — Almost every U.S. T-Mobile customer wants to know when the carrier will be activating its 3G network. After all, it is the only major carrier in the United States not to offer 3G.
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Best frenemies for life: Google and Nokia partner on mobile search application
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Reuters, The Boy Genius Report, Associated Press, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, CenterNetworks, Electronista, AppScout and Silicon Alley Insider
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YAHOO! HOO-HA — SHAREHOLDERS, BALLMER POUR ON THE PRESSURE — The Microsoft-Yahoo! takeover battle is about to get ugly - and how ugly will depend on whether the CEOs of both companies behave rationally or emotionally. — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer fired back at Yahoo! …
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PDA, Silicon Alley Insider, HipMojo.com, Yahoo! Finance, Creative Capital, Valleywag and Tech Trader Daily
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Google hijacking 404 error pages — This morning I installed the Google Toolbar beta version on one of my computers and my oh my - there is something that can have huge impact to many webmasters. Google grabs the 404 error code returned to the web browser in certain situations and instead …
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Search Engine Roundtable, Codswallop, WebProBlog, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Zoli's Blog
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New Google Toolbar Beta Hijacks 404 Pages? — According to reports at DigitalPoint forums, the latest beta release of Google Toolbar hijacks 404 pages as shown in the image above. — It's not clear from the reports as to whether this occurs only when no customized 404 page is available on a specific site, or with every 404 page.
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Flash on iPhone is just around the corner — We've been waiting for Flash support to hit the iPhone ever since...well...it launched. We've had to make do without Flash for almost eight months, and YouTube even had to convert a bunch of their catalog to H.264 in order for the service to be enjoyed on the iPhone.
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Yahoo! Acquires Maven Networks, Inc. — Will Expand Yahoo!'s Video Capabilities; Important Step in Enhancing Yahoo!'s Solutions for Publishers and Advertisers - Making Video Easier to Buy — SUNNYVALE, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News) …
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NewTeeVee, Insider Chatter, TechCrunch, Yodel Anecdotal, Tech Trader Daily, LucaFiligheddu.com, Mashable! and Silicon Alley Insider
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Bill Gates Quits Facebook — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has stopped using the Web site Facebook, the most damning indictment in a week full of bad press for social-networking technology. — Social-networking Web sites, which help people share and find information about one another …
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VoIP Blog, All Facebook, Zoli's Blog, A Media Circus, All News Feeds, Mac Beach, Redeye VC, The Constant Observer, Mark Evans, Techdirt and Computerworld
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Apple Releases Aperture 2 — Major Upgrade Features Improved Interface, Faster Browsing & Enhanced Image Processing — Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software with over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful.
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How Google Got Its Colorful Logo — In just a few short years, Google's logo has become as recognizable as Nike's swoosh and NBC's peacock. Ruth Kedar, the graphic designer who developed the now-famous logo, shows the iterations that led to the instantly recognizable primary colors and Catull typeface that define the Google brand.
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Yahoo! oneConnect To “Reinvent” Mobile Communications — Yahoo! is announcing the launch of “oneConnect” today at the Mobile World Congress 2008 conference. oneConnect is expected to become available in the award-winning Yahoo! Go 3.0 and Yahoo!'s new mobile home page in Q2 2008.
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EU conducts antitrust raid on Intel, retailers — The European Commission raided the Munich offices of Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, the Commission and the chipmaker said on Tuesday. — The Commission also raided retailers including Germany's Media Markt, a unit of trading company Metro, the company said.
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All-star LED team quietly working on Blu-ray successors — Blu-ray is finally getting some momentum in the market, and two secretive start-ups are already looking at ways to replace the standard, or at least retrofit it. — Kaai and Soraa are trying to develop lasers and LEDs that could …
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Why Your Blackberry Crashed — Did you miss your Blackberry yesterday? You weren't the only one and here's why and what you can do about it. — According to an article in the LA Times, yesterday's four-hour RIM outage blanketed the America, but didn't affect parts of Europe.
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HotOrNot Apparently Very Hot: Acquired For $20 Million — San Francisco based HotOrNot, founded by James Hong and Jim Young in October 2000, has been acquired, we've heard from multiple sources. — The buyers are investors connected with Avid Life Media, and paid somewhere around $20 million for the site.
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PDA, WebProNews, Portfolio.com, VentureBeat, Online Dating Insider, mathewingram.com/work, Shoemoney, GigaOM, Epicenter, paidContent.org, UberPulse and Valleywag
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UPDATE:Silicon Valley Recruiters Zero In On Yahoo Employees — SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Silicon Valley recruiters have quickly ramped up their efforts to lure software developers, project managers and key executives away from Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) in the wake of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) …