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Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
Grokster Downloading Service to Shut Down — WASHINGTON - Grokster Ltd., which lost a Supreme Court fight over file-sharing software used for stealing songs and movies online, agreed Monday to shut down and pay $50 million to settle piracy complaints by Hollywood and the music industry.
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riaa.com:
Music Industry Announces Grokster Settlement — WASHINGTON, DC - The owners and operators of the Grokster peer-to-peer (P2P) network - the lead and most well-known defendants in one of the Supreme Court's seminal decisions this year and the most profound case affecting copyright laws in two decades …
John Borland / CNET News.com:
Last waltz for Grokster — update File-swapping company Grokster has agreed to stop distributing its peer-to-peer software, following a $50 million legal settlement announced Monday with Hollywood studios and record labels. — Along with co-defendant StreamCast Networks …
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Reuters:
Yahoo, Google to launch new wireless services — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. are set to roll out new wireless services, taking advantage of advanced networks and cellphones to provide features similar to those available on computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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michael parekh on IT, Daily Wireless, Phone Scoop, Gizmodo, The Tao of Mac, The Pondering Primate and InsideGoogle
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Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Yahoo and Google Unwire — Christian Lindholm, the father of Lifeblog software and Navikey UI leaves Nokia . A few weeks later Lindholm joins Yahoo. A few months later WSJ publishes plans of Yahoo teaming up with SBC and Cingular of joining a co-branded phone made by Nokia.
Miss Rogue / HorsePigCow:
Miss Behavin' — Thanks Liz for your assessment of the Seattle Post's article. You have no idea what it means to me. — I swear, I felt sick when I read that article. All of the grand demos and in-depth conversations and contacts over the weekend were instantly twisted to "I'm a Bimbo" in that moment.
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The Social Software Weblog
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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:Liz notices a bit of sexism in reporting about Mind Camp
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Susan Mernit's Blog
Kasper Jade / appleinsider.com:
Over 1 million Windows to Mac converts so far in 2005? — The momentum generated by Apple's iPod digital music players and related products continues to translate into new Macintosh sales according to one Wall Street analyst who estimates that over one million Windows users have purchased a Mac in the first three quarters of 2005.
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Dave Winer / H Y P E R C A M P:
Camp as newsroom — I find the combination of blogging and news rooms very exciting. — The first time I experienced it was at a conference in Monterey in 2000. I was sitting in the conference computer room, a small hotel ballroom with about 100 workstations, updating my blog.
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Full Circle Online …
Michael Singer / CNET News.com:
Yahoo, TiVo to connect services — update In a move that further blurs the lines of television and the Internet, Yahoo and TiVo have partnered to schedule downloads to TiVo boxes from any Internet connection. — Starting Monday, consumers will be able to schedule recordings of TV shows …
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USA Today:
Google brings maps to phones — LOS ANGELES — Internet search giant Google introduces its first downloadable cellphone application on Monday, bringing its acclaimed map technology to phones. — With Google Local for mobile devices, users can get colorful, overhead views of a neighborhood …
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bastion.co.uk:
PHILIPS ANNOUNCES AMBX - A REVOLUTION IN AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE - TO THE GAMES INDUSTRY — Let There Be Light! — Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom - Philips today introduced amBX - a light year leap in ambient experience - to the world of computer gaming, spotlighting a technology …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Why they say spyware is good for you — Sony rightly came under fire last week from programmers and Internet users for injecting an undetectable copy-prevention utility into Microsoft Windows when certain CDs are inserted. — Now the lawyers are taking aim, too.
qualcomm.com:
QUALCOMM Files GSM Patent Infringement Suit Against Nokia — SAN DIEGO — November 07, 2005 — QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and its wholly owned subsidiary, SnapTrack, Inc., filed suit on November 4 against Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. in federal court in San Diego for infringement …
Tom Negrino / Backup Brain:
Audiophile Insanity — I don't consider myself to be an audiophile or a videophile. Now, Dori may look at the gear that I have in the living room and disagree, but that's just because she doesn't know how insane that world can get. I'm pretty aggressively mid-fi; I like stuff that is decent, but nowhere near excessive.
Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
U.S. newspaper circulation falls — NEW YORK — Average weekday circulation at U.S. newspapers fell 2.6 per cent during the six month-period ending in September in the latest sign of trouble in the newspaper business, an industry group reported Monday. — Sunday circulation also fell 3.1 per cent …
