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Quinn Norton / Wired News:
Sony Numbers Add Up to Trouble — More than half a million networks, including military and government sites, were likely infected by copy-restriction software distributed by Sony on a handful of its CDs, according to a statistical analysis of domain servers conducted by a well-respected security researcher …
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Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
Sony's Web-Based Uninstaller Opens a Big Security Hole; Sony to Recall Discs — [This post was co-written by J. Alex Halderman and Ed Felten.] — Over the weekend a Finnish researcher named Muzzy noticed a potential vulnerability in the web-based uninstaller that Sony offers to users …
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USA Today:
Sony to pull controversial CDs, offer swap — LOS ANGELES — Sony BMG Music Entertainment said Monday it will pull some of its most popular CDs from stores in response to backlash over copy-protection software on the discs. (Related item: Firestorm rages over lockdown on digital music)
Bindu Reddy / Official Google Blog:
First Base — Today we're excited to announce Google Base, an extension of our existing content collection efforts like web crawl, Google Sitemaps, Google Print and Google Video. Google Base enables content owners to easily make their information searchable online.
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Google Blogoscoped:
Google Base To Go Live Tomorrow? (Rumor) — A source who wants to stay anonymous here is telling me Google Base (as previously reported) is scheduled to finally go live tomorrow. The address of the service - base.google.com - has already been around for a while.
John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley:
Hi, I'm Clippy, your supercomputing assistant; you look like you're trying to model complex atmospheric phenomena — Figuring it's got plain old computing down pat, Microsoft is trying its hand at supercomputing. Bill Gates himself is introducing a test version of a new product …
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Hollywood Reporter:
Dialogue: Rupert Murdoch — Dialogue: Rupert Murdoch — With an enviable track record in newspapers, books, TV and film, the News Corp. chief pushes his chips toward his latest passion: the Internet. — The corridors of the Executive Building on the 20th Century Fox lot in West Los Angeles are long …
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Delivers Free, Comprehensive Desktop Search Capabilities for Enterprise Customers — Corporate IT departments can now easily deploy, customize and manage Windows Desktop Search across entire PC networks to enable faster, more relevant information access with enhanced security.
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Google Aims for the Classified Ads Business — SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 - Google is poised to enter the highly competitive classified advertisement business, posing a threat to online and traditional businesses in that field. — On Tuesday evening, Google, the dominant Web search site …
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Roland Jones / MSNBC:
Is driving easier when Mr. T's riding shotgun? — To cash in on in-car GPS market, media firm to offer celebrity directions — Centuries ago, navigators looked to the stars to work out their location on Earth and plot their courses. Today, stars are again set to guide lost travelers …
Jamie Lendino / extremetech.com:
How to Build an Intel Mac — Discuss this now (7 posts) … Building a Mac seems like a crazy enough idea. Throw in Intel hardware and the men in white suits should be rounding the corner. Yet the unfortunate leak of an early developer build let anyone do just that …
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John G. Spooner / eWEEK.com:
Bridging the Vista Graphics Gap — Graphics performance, which has long been an afterthought for most corporate PCs and many consumers, will move to the forefront with the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft's next Windows operating system. — Vista, due late next year, will offer four different themes …
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Alastair Jamieson / Scotsman:
Sony accused of leading price-fix cartel to stop cheap deals on web — THE electrical giant Sony has been accused of price-fixing in an attempt to curb internet bargains and send online prices soaring, it emerged yesterday. — The firm is among up to five leading manufacturers …
Will Wade / Wired News:
Huge Solar Plants Bloom in Desert — The barren deserts of Southern California are known for relentless sunshine and miles of empty space — the perfect combination for the world's most ambitious solar-energy projects. — Two Southern California utility companies are planning to develop …
Pete Lerma / ClickZ:
Blog Advertising — › › › Agency Media Strategies — Sponsored by ValueClick Media/Fastclick — It's past time we online ad professionals used blogs to contribute to campaign efforts. — That point was driven home last week at ad:tech New York.
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