Top Items:
John P. Falcone / CNET News.com:
Look out, Apple TV: The $100 Netflix Player has arrived — The Netflix box is finally a reality. — The Netflix Player by Roku is the first product that allows subscribers to have movies and TV shows from the service's Instant Viewing feature (aka “Watch Now") to be streamed directly to their TV screen.
Discussion:
ParisLemon, Gizmodo, The Technology Chronicles, VentureBeat, Podcasting News, Gizmo Lovers Blog, I4U News and Gearlog
RELATED:
Danny Dumas / Gadget Lab:
Review: Roku Netflix Set Top Box is Just Shy of Totally Amazing — Netflix Player by Roku — Yeah, yeah, yeah, we've heard this all before, right? For years now, everyone from computer companies like Apple to OS companies like Microsoft to content providers like NBC have been trying …
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Netflix to Sell a Device for Instantly Watching Movies on TV Sets — Netflix, which pioneered the business of offering DVD movie rentals by mail, is now offering its 8.2 million subscribers an option to watch movies easily on their televisions without involving the post office.
Jasmine France / CNET News.com:
Now at Napster: 6 million DRM-free MP3s — Probably the biggest piece of digital music news to come out of CES 2008 was that Napster was planning to offer its complete catalog of more than 6 million tracks in the unprotected MP3 format. — On Tuesday, with the launch of version 4.5 …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, Bit Player, Podcasting News, Associated Press, Mashable!, AppScout and WinBeta
RELATED:
investor.napster.com:
Napster Launches World's Largest MP3 Store Featuring 6 Million Tracks — Songs Purchased at Napster Now Compatible With iPod and iPhone — Napster (Nasdaq:NAPS), the pioneer of digital music, today announced the launch of the world's largest and most comprehensive MP3 store at www.napster.com/store.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Google Health launches; Read the terms of service — Google Health has launched for the masses, but watch those terms of usage closely. — Google Health, which is expected to officially launch at a Google event today (see Google Webcast, Techmeme and Google Blogoscoped coverage), is now available to the average bear.
Discussion:
Google Earth Blog, Google Blogoscoped, Googling Google, bytes|genes, Search Engine Land, Epicenter, Forbes and GMSV
RELATED:
Marissa Mayer / Official Google Blog:
A peek into our search factory — Today we hosted an informal gathering — a factory tour of sorts — to offer a glimpse into what we think is most exciting about search, and where innovation is most likely to come from. We also gave an update on Google Health.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:Google Health: A Quick Hands-On Look
Discussion:
Google Operating System, Bloomberg, Gear Diary, Techlog, Search Engine Land, CenterNetworks and Digg
Anupreeta Das / Reuters:
Microsoft plan on Yahoo involves buying search: source — BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo Inc, a complex transaction that would include just buying Yahoo's search business, rather than a full-blown buyout, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
RELATED:
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Google execs stew over Microsoft response — Google's top brass are meeting Monday to figure out a response to how Microsoft's new overtures toward Yahoo affect Google's potential ad deal with Yahoo. — Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, speaking to reporters at a Google Zeitgeist event in the U.K. …
RELATED:
Matt Asay / CNET News.com:
Steve Ballmer egged at Hungarian University — Wow. It's tough to be CEO of a multi-billion dollar software company these days, what with it being so difficult to extend desktop monopoly to the web and getting egged during speeches.... Yes, egged. — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was egged …
Discussion:
Boing Boing, Switched, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, The Register, Bink.nu, Engadget, Tech Blog and RyanSpoon.com
RELATED:
hsgac.senate.gov:
LIEBERMAN CALLS ON GOOGLE TO TAKE DOWN TERRORIST CONTENT — YouTube Videos Are Produced by Al Qaeda and Other Terror Organizations; Videos Show Attacks on U.S. Soldiers, Civilians — WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn. …
Discussion:
CNET News.com, Podcasting News, NewTeeVee, Coop's Corner, Digital Daily, Life On the Wicked Stage and WebGuild
RELATED:
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Backers Back Aster Data Systems. It's All About The Clusters. — Clusters are the way to go. Google and Yahoo run their Websites on distributed databases spread across vast clusters of servers. Now Aster Data Systems, a startup that is coming out of stealth mode today …
Discussion:
ReadWriteWeb
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Yet Another Microsoft Memo. Satya Nadella, VP of Search Writes: — Well, like you I am finding that Microsoft memos are better at telling the story (or lack there off) than other people's voices. Today, we got our grubby paws on Microsoft VO of Search Satya Nadella's memo sent out to the troops.
Discussion:
paidContent.org
Simson Garfinkel / Technology Review:
Alarming Open-Source Security Holes — How a programming error introduced profound security vulnerabilities in millions of computer systems. — Back in May 2006, a few programmers working on an open-source security project made a whopper of a mistake. Last week, the full impact …
Discussion:
Schneier on Security
Mark Ward / BBC:
Business Barbarian — Technology Correspondent, BBC News website — The talking is over and the time has come for action. — After a long build up, including an eight-week delay to apply the final polish, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (AoC) has been launched.
Eric A. Taub / Bits:
And the Winner of the Game Console Wars Is.... According to Microsoft, the Xbox 360 just hit a major milestone: it has become the first of the new generation of video game consoles to sell more than 10 million units in the United States (It's up to 10.09 million, according to figures from NPD Group).
Discussion:
Technology Liberation Front
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Don't Look For BFFs When Pitching For VC Dollars — TheFunded started publishing a list of top rated venture capitalists today. The ratings are based on reviews (either anonymous or not) written by entrepreneurs who've pitched those VCs. — Should you pitch VCs that have higher ratings?
