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Reuters:
NBC, CBS to offer shows on demand for 99 cents — NBC and CBS unveiled separate plans on Monday to make some of their hottest prime-time shows available for viewers to watch at their leisure—without commercials—for 99 cents an episode, throwing open the door to "on-demand" television.
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Simson Garfinkel / Wired News:
History's Worst Software Bugs — Last month automaker Toyota announced a recall of 160,000 of its Prius hybrid vehicles following reports of vehicle warning lights illuminating for no reason, and cars' gasoline engines stalling unexpectedly. But unlike the large-scale auto recalls of years past …
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Ten Technorati Hacks — If there's any one site I use more than others (with the exception of Gmail), it's Technorati. This site is a fantastic window into the psyche of the more digitally inclined. Here, in another in my series of hack postings, are 10 ways I get more mileage from T'rati.
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
AMD surpasses Intel in U.S. retail stores — Advanced Micro Devices sold more chips than industry giant Intel in U.S. retail stores in October, according to a report released Tuesday by market researcher Current Analysis. — Desktop computers and notebooks with AMD chips accounted …
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David Richards / smarthouse.com.au:
Police Called In To Investigate Sony — A leading software company has accused Sony of spying on tens of thousands of people who buy Sony music CD's. — Computer Associates said that new anticopying software Sony is using to discourage pirating of its music also secretly collects information …
Reuters:
Microsoft Expects High Xbox 360 Sales — SEATTLE (Reuters)—Microsoft Corp. expects to sell as many as 3 million Xbox 360 consoles in the first three months after launching the newest version of its video game machine, the financial chief of the giant software company's Xbox business said on Tuesday.
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Nick / Rough Type:
Search is a commodity (again) — Until Google came along, internet search suffered from two big problems as a business. First, it was hard to make money off the end users (as a result, search engines had become commodity services sold to and rebranded by portals) and, second …
Diane Mermigas / Hollywood Reporter:
Content must catch up with new-media world — CHICAGO — It's all about content ... again. — Now that virtually all the powers-that-be in media, entertainment and telecommunications are fastening themselves to Internet-connected portable video devices and platforms to be part …
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gamasutra.com:
Sawyer Sues Atari Over Roller Coaster Tycoon Royalties — According to a report in the UK Times newspaper, Roller Coaster Tycoon creator and developer Chris Sawyer is in the processing of pursuing litigation against U.S. publisher Atari for around $4.8 million in royalties which Sawyer …
Michael Singer / CNET News.com:
Motorola Razr drums to iTunes beat — Motorola announced four upcoming Razr handsets on Tuesday, including one that comes preloaded with Apple's iTunes music software. — The Razr V3i is expected to hit shelves before the end of the year. It includes a 1.23-megapixel digital camera with 8x digital zoom …
Evangelinux / lxer.com:
A Year Without (MS) Windows: Completing the Conversion of a Windows User — Many people aspire to run a pure GNU/Linux environment, but often complain that some device or program is stopping them. LXer's Don Parris shares his transition from a pure Windows environment to a pure GNU/Linux environment …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
WiFi isn't short for "Wireless Fidelity" — Last week, I wrote in passing about how WiFi doesn't "stand for" wireless fidelity. It's a pun on "Hi-Fi" and "wireless fidelity" doesn't mean anything. Innumerable correspondants wrote in to say that the Wi-Fi Alliance said different.
Catherine Seda / Search Engine Watch:
Using Search for Public Relations & Reputation Management — Search marketing should go beyond traditional search engine optimization and paid links by bolstering a firm's reputation and customer image, according to a panel of experts. — A special report from the Search Engine Strategies conference, August 8-11, 2005, San Jose, CA.
Alan Lewis:
RSS in eBay Stores, Baby — Hola, blogosphere. I know its been a while since I last rapped at ya. I have a bunch of stuff to post this week — first off is the coolest new thing on the eBay platform: RSS Feeds. With eBay Stores that enable RSS, you can now subscribe to a feed of the newest items listed in that store.
Business Week:
Web Sm@rt — How savvy entrepreneurs are using technology to increase sales — The hype may be long over, but for many entrepreneurs, excitement about the Internet — and the possibilities it holds for their businesses — is just beginning. — Some 58% of companies with fewer …
