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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Google and Creator of ‘Family Guy’ Strike a Deal — LOS ANGELES — Google is experimenting with a new method of distributing original material on the Web, and some Hollywood film financiers are betting millions that the company will succeed. — In September, Seth MacFarlane, creator of …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Marc Andreessen Joins Facebook's Board Of Directors — Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, Opsware and Ning and the former CTO of AOL, is adding a new notch in his belt: he has joined the board of directors of Facebook, two sources close to the company confirmed to us …
Donald Bell / CNET News.com:
Rhapsody's new MP3 store offers full song previews — Today, Real Networks has announced several improvements to their Rhapsody music service, including a new online music store and integration with Verizon's VCAST mobile phone music service. — Taking a cue from competitors such as Amazon and Napster …
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Peter Svensson / Associated Press:Verizon Wireless gets Rhapsody music subscriptions
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Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:Rhapsody Agrees DRM Is Dead; Launches MP3 Store
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Sergey Solyanik / 1-800-MAGIC:
Back to Microsoft — Last week I left Google to go back to Microsoft, where I started this Monday (and so not surprisingly, I was too busy to blog about it). — I think I am the first person in the Seattle/Kirkland area to do so, so this merits an explanation. Isn't Google an insanely cool place to work for?
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek to launch new Eee PCs with bigger keyboards — Asustek Computer is planning to launch new Eee PC models, the 904 and 905, which have an 8.9-inch panel but use a similar chassis and keyboard as the company's 10.2-inch models, according to sources at channel vendors.
Associated Press:
Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday — REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Tech Giants Join Together To Head Off Patent Suits — Several tech-industry heavyweights are banding together to defend themselves against patent-infringement lawsuits. Their plan: to buy up key intellectual property before it falls into the hands of parties that could use it against them, say people familiar with the matter.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
OpenTable seats 3M diners a month, releases mobile version — OpenTable, the San Francisco company that lets you make online reservations at any of 8,500 restaurants, said it it is seating three million diners a month, which means it's making some serious cash — in the multiple millions of dollars a month …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:Book Restaurant Reservations On The Go With OpenTable
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
A Movie on Your TV at Home, Before You Can Rent It — The very future of how we consume media rests on the movie star shoulders of Will Smith. That is Hollywood hyperbole — but it contains a speck of truth. — In an industry first, Sony Pictures' hoped-for blockbuster “Hancock,” …
Reuters:
Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly over gaming fears — Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly over gaming fears — THIMPU, Bhutan (Reuters) - The national assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into the house for fear they might spend their time playing computer games.
Charles Arthur / Guardian Unlimited:
No, Mr Kelly, I'm afraid the internet is not as clever as a single (human) brain — Kevin Kelly, one of the people behind Wired magazine, has come up with a stonking idea to follow up from Chris Anderson's (to be honest rather wonky) suggestion that “science is dead because search engines can do it for us” last week.
Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:
25 reasons users STOP using your product: An analysis of customer lifecycle — Churn from a customer lifecycle perspective — As much as I blog about viral marketing, it can't be avoided that having healthy product retention is an equally (and incredibly) important part about having a successful product.
