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5:40 PM ET, December 19, 2010

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Jasmin Melvin / Reuters:
Internet road rules near FCC vote  —  (Reuters) - A controversial proposal for Internet traffic rules that would allow providers to ration access to their networks is scheduled to come before communications regulators for a vote on Tuesday.  —  The rules would ban high-speed Internet providers …
Discussion: Multichannel News and DSLreports
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John Borthwick / TechCrunch:
Neutrality Or Bust  —  Access to fast, affordable and open broadband, for users and developers alike is, I believe, the single most important driver of innovation in our business.  The FCC will likely vote next week on a framework for net neutrality—we got aspects of this wrong ten years ago, we can't afford to be wrong again.
Discussion: New York Times
Sara Jerome / Hillicon Valley:   Democrats put heat on FCC commissioner on net neutrality vote
Kenneth Corbin / EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet:
GOP Opposition to FCC Net Neutrality Plan Mounts
Discussion: Hillicon Valley and Post Tech
Stephen Hood / unique hazards may exist:
We can save Delicious, but probably not in the way you think  —  I left Yahoo over two years ago, but prior to that I spent three years running product for Delicious.  Since then I've remained a loyal user and supporter.  To this day I keep in touch with former Delicious colleagues and consider many to be friends.
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Wolfgang Gruener / ConceivablyTech:
The Best HTML5 Game Yet: A Threat To Flash?  —  Casual gaming is a bastion for Adobe's Flash format, but we are told that it is just a matter of time until HTML5 will replace Flash as we know it today.  Grant Skinner has released the best casual HTML5 game we have seen to date and we wonder …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Former Yahoo Engineers Shed Light On Why Delicious And Other Acquisitions Failed  —  As we've written a number of times over the past few days, Yahoo appears to be in complete disarray.  Following layoffs at the company this week, a leaked memo revealed that Yahoo is “sunsetting” …
Paul Buchheit:
The Cloud OS  —  My recent remark about the future of ChromeOS generated a surprisingly passionate response.  Some said that my prediction was obvious and boring, but others disagreed, arguing instead that I am ugly and “don't get it”.  I won't disagree with either side …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
When OCR Goes Bad: Google's Ngram Viewer & The F-Word  —  Google launched its Google Books Ngram Viewer this week, a tool that lets you research how popular words and phrases have been over several centuries, based on their appearance in books.  But can you trust it?
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb and TeleRead
Glynnis MacNicol / SAI:
Joe Biden Compares Julian Assange To ‘High-Tech Terrorist,’ Says Justice Dept. Looking Into Charges  —  From Meet the Press this morning.  —  Vice President Joe Biden sounded quite grave on the subject of Julian Assange, whom he compared to “a high-tech terrorist”
Discussion: Guardian, USA Today, The Hill and Pulse2
Cade Metz / The Register:
Facebook: Why our ‘next-gen’ comms ditched MySQL  —  Cassandra founder plays Ace of HBase  —  About a year ago, when Facebook set out to build its email-meets-chat-meets-everything- else messaging system, the company knew its infrastructure couldn't run the thing.
Discussion: Pulse2
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Instagram Gains Suggested Users, 7 New Languages, And Yes, 2 New Filters  —  An update to Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app for the iPhone, has just hit the App Store.  And while the version numbering (1.0.6) may not make it seem like a big update, there are a few notable things about the latest version.
Discussion: Pulse2, Download Squad and The Next Web
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Notion Ink releases Adam demo video, attempts to explain itself (update: second vid)  —  As promised, Notion Ink has just released a video of the Adam tablet in action, complete with that snazzy new Eden UI — the first anyone's seen of the device since its first working prototype.
Steven Loeb / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
SNL: Julian Assange Hacks Into Mark Zuckerberg's ‘Person Of The Year’ Thank-You Message  —  Julian Assange has been maligned in the press, thrown in jail, had his name dragged through the mud, but now he has a real reason to be furious with the United States:  —  Time chose Mark Zuckerberg as ‘Person of the Year’ over him!
Discussion: Mediaite and Digital Journal
 
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Thanks In Part To Free Shipping Offers, Online Holiday Spending …
Discussion: VentureBeat and PR Newswire
Richard Gaywood / TUAW:
SmartPush iPhone app dead, reminds us apps are not forever
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
BitTorrent Domain Exodus Continues As Torrentz Dumps .COM
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Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
Mobile Carriers Dream of Charging per Page
Discussion: Engadget
Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Facebook:
Platforms, Privacy and Pandora's Box
Discussion: everythingiCafe, TiPb and Examiner, Thanks:eldon
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Tumblr Now Has More Money & More Pageviews Than WordPress (Including Sequoia Money)
Discussion: Pulse2, Techie Buzz and The Next Web
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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