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Om Malik on Broadband:
Skype 2.0 eats its young — Another day, another beta. — Skype, a division of eBay launched Skype 2.0 beta for Windows. Just in time for some customers who got their passwords compromised. The elaborate press release and WSJ review while impressive don't help mask the fact that, Skype is short on new ground breaking ideas.
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USA Today:
AT&T backs a-la-carte cable — AT&T (T) is throwing its weight behind Uncle Sam's push to give consumers a choice of cable channels, telling the Federal Communications Commission that it wants to offer a la carte programming to its video customers. — "We support giving customers flexibility …
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Things That, Om Malik on Broadband, The Stalwart, Joseph Laszlo, PaidContent.org, Techdirt, IP Democracy, broadband and Tech.Life.Blogged
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Annalee Newitz / Wired News:
Don't Call It Spyware … Back in 2002, Gator was one of the most reviled companies on the Net. Maker of a free app called eWallet, the firm was under fire for distributing what critics called spyware, code that covertly monitors a user's Web-surfing habits and uploads the data to a remote server.
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
An Apology Letter From Ed Lopez, Owner of PriceRitePhoto — I received a call this morning from Ed Lopez, the owner of PriceRitePhoto. We spoke at length and he told me that the activity that has resulted from my post on my experience with his business has most certainly impacted his business.
Jenstar / JenSense:
Chitika publishers see drastically reduced earnings in audited reports — When publishers first joined Chitika's eMiniMalls and saw the fact that Chitika would be auditing revenue, many publishers were not alarmed. AdSense has this as well, and I only know of a handful of publishers …
makezine.com:
MAKE's Mostly Under $100 Gift Guide 2005! — MAKE proudly presents a gift guide for the holiday season with listings you certainly won't find anywhere else. We asked a few MAKE staffers and pals to send in their favorite maker-friendly gift ideas for mostly under $100 …
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Wall Street Journal:
AOL Loses Executive Who Led Instant-Message Unit's Revival — The 29-Year-Old Will Join — A Venture-Capital Firm — Seeking Out Young Talent — The America Online executive who led a turnaround at the online company's Instant Messenger division has quit a week after AOL introduced its latest version of the product.
Ryan Blitstein / sfweekly.com:
Craig$list.com — The much-loved Web site is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect coverage. And its founder's well-intentioned support of citizen journalism has a slim chance of fixing the problem. — Craig Newmark's stubby fingers tap …
Windows OneCare Team Blog:
Consumer Beta Goes Live! — Windows OneCare Live has been in what we call "managed beta" since this summer. That meant that it wasn't widely available — it was limited to a set of beta testers so that we could get their input and improve the service to release it more broadly. Well, we got LOTS of input!
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Gregg Keizer / InformationWeek:Microsoft late Tuesday opened its OneCare Live …
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Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft Touts Vista's Restart Manager Feature — Microsoft Corp. is working on a significant new feature for Windows Vista, known as Restart Manager, which is designed to update parts of the operating system or applications without having to reboot the entire machine.
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Nature:
Let data speak to data — Abstract — Web tools now allow data sharing and informal debate to take place alongside published papers. But to take full advantage, scientists must embrace a culture of sharing and rethink their vision of databases. — Upload and share your raw data …
Fred / A VC:
When Is A Market Really A Market? — We have heard that the "online advertising market" will be a $12.3bn business this year. — But is "online advertising" really a "market" in the truest sense of the word? — When I think of a market, I think of wall street and the trading of stocks and bonds.
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Peter Valdes-Dapena / CNN:
Turn left in 500 feet... fool! — Companies are offering some surprising voices for you car's navigation system. Make room for Mr. T. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Believe it or not, getting yelled at and berated by Mr. T actually becomes boring pretty quickly.
Tony Smith / The Register:
MP3.com founder opens net music archive, play service — MP3.com and Lindows/Linspire founder Michael Robertson has re-launched the service that got him into so much hot water with the music industry back in the late 1990s. — His new operation, MP3tunes.com, yesterday launched its Oboe service …
Jason / Random Tech:
Take a Screenshot of DVD Player in OS X — Ever since OS X came out, Apple made sure that it would not be possible to take a screenshot of a DVD. When DVD Player is open, you can't capture the screen with Grab. Command-Shift-3 and Command-Shift-4 both do not work when DVD Player is open.
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Microsoft says that only 3% of Xbox 360s are defective — Joystiq is reporting that despite the buzz surrounding defective Xbox 360s, Microsoft claims that only 3% of the units sold have been faulty, which is below the industry average. Assuming that Microsoft's numbers are accurate …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Official Google Talk Blog Launches & All-In-One Official Google Blog Posts Page — Yet another official blog from Google, this one for Google Talk. When we gained the Google Base blog, I wished for Google to give us an all-in-one feed. Philip over at Google Blogoscoped was feeling the same frustration …
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