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Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft Slashes Shared Source Licenses — Microsoft Corp. is slashing the number of licenses it will use for its Shared Source Initiative from now on, while at the same time radically shortening and simplifying the text of those licenses. — The move, which will be announced …
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Pat Schroeder / publishers.org:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Publishers Sue Google Over Plans To Digitize Books — Google Print Library Violates Publishers' and Authors' Rights — WASHINGTON D.C., October 19, 2005 -The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Google …
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Alorie Gilbert / CNET News.com:
Publishers sue Google over book search project — The Association of American Publishers has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the Internet company's plans to scan and digitally distribute the text of major library collections would violate copyright protections.
Rali / PaidContent.org:Google Opens 8 Book Search Sites in Europe [by rafat] …
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Macworld:
Apple updates PowerBooks, Power Macs, intros Aperture — This concludes MacCentral's live coverage of Apple's special event in New York City. Please visit our home page for more news. — Apple vice president of worldwide product market David Moody spoke to invited guests at a special press event on Wednesday in New York City.
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Jo Best / CNET News.com:
Google gives up on Gmail name in U.K. — Google stopped using the Gmail name in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, ending a trademark dispute for now. — The Gmail service there is now known as Googlemail. — A Google representative said that the search giant decided to change the suffix …
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Tim Weber / BBC:Google drops Gmail address in UK
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Ten RSS Hacks — Here, for no reason at all, are 10 RSS power user tips that you can use to enhance your life. Some of these you might already know, others you may not. — 1) Build Feeds for Your Favorite Writers — Wouldn't it be great to have a feed for your favorite columnist or journalist?
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Annalee Newitz / Wired News:
DVD Jon Lands Dream Job Stateside — SAN FRANCISCO — Jon Lech Johansen, the 21-year-old Norwegian media hacker nicknamed DVD Jon, is moving to San Diego to work for maverick tech entrepreneur Michael Robertson in what can only be described as the most portentous team-up since Butch met Sundance.
Michael Singer / CNET News.com:
Convertibles: The new laptop bling? — news analysis Hold on to your keyboard. Laptop computer screens that flip around to become convertible tablet PCs could be an increasingly common sight within the next three years. — With manufacturing prices dropping and Microsoft touting tablet PCs …
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
MSN ADCENTER GEARS UP — MSN's answer to Yahoo and Google's ad platform has been a long time coming, but they are finally gearing up here in the US (MSFT launched AdCenter in Singapore and France - an alpha of sorts - earlier in the year). Today marks AdCenter's pilot launch in the US …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Top Five Web 2.0 Venture Capitalists — Most venture capitalists don't understand tagging, blogs, rss, ajax, or the two way web. They scoff at social bookmarking sites and think podcasting is a fad (maybe it is). They desparately "want in" to this renaissance of the web …
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Lora / What Is New:
Tablet info round-up — Channel9 video: Meet the new Mobile PC Team (new Tablet PC features too!) — Robert Scoble has an informal conversation with Mobile Platforms Division teams about features in Windows Vista, upcoming reference applications for developers, and more.
Eric J. Sinrod / CNET News.com:
Will more courts frown on SMS ads? — SMS messaging has grown in popularity as a marketing tool, but a recent court ruling could mark the beginning of its end. — In the case of Joffe v. Acacia Mortgage, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled last month (view PDF) that cellular SMS …
Mark Pincus Blog:
If i were rupert murdoch...my roadmap... everyone should check out adam lashinsky's timely piece on rupert murdoch's new internet game - complete with strategy, players and even a newfound web platform called myspace. adam gets some great color around rupert's rapid transformation to internet guy which is impressive.
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Jon's Radio:
Attention economics — You'd think that Clive Thompson's article Meet the Life Hackers, in this week's New York Times Magazine, would have produced a storm of commentary. After all, it's a major mainstream outing of Linda Stone's evocative phrase "continuous partial attention," …
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