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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Adam Curry gets podbusted — The true genesis of podcasting has always been disputed in one corner of the blogosphere or another. In general, though, the main names that get the lion's share of the credit are former MTV VJ Adam Curry and blogging pioneer Dave Winer.
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A Hundred Visions and Revisions of Podcasting — I don't want to get into an argument with Adam Curry, because he has better production values. It was a relief not to be criticized in stereo during his 40-minute mea culpa on Friday's podcast of Daily Source Code.
Andrew Murray-Watson / Telegraph:
Branson plots £4.5bn cable deal to create media giant — Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur, is set to transform the British TV and telecoms landscapes by merging Virgin Mobile with NTL, the cable company. The move will create an entertainment and communications giant worth £4.5bn …
Dan Mitchell / New York Times:
Eyeballs Are Back, or Maybe Not — THE blog pioneer Jason Calacanis, who sold his Weblogs Inc. to America Online in October, took exception this week to an article in Business 2.0 by Om Malik, a technology journalist and blogger. — The title of Mr. Malik's article, "The Return of Monetized Eyeballs …
Warner Crocker / Life On the Wicked Stage:
The 1st Annual Life On The Wicked Stage Ink Blot Awards — I created The Life On The Wicked Stage Ink Blot Awards as a celebration. Yes, it's a celebration of the 1 year anniversary of this blog. But it is more than that. It is a celebration of a community that I have come to know and admire.
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Rob Bushway
Robert L. Mitchell / Computerworld:
High-tech retailers, low-tech rebates — Tis the season to be Jolly - and to fill out rebates. Most consumers love the holiday sales on consumer electronics items. But the majority also hate mail-in rebates. — Rebates are clunky, bricks and mortar affairs that involve paper forms …
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Business Week:
The MySpace Generation — They live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing — The Toadies broke up. It was four years ago, when Amanda Adams was 16. She drove into Dallas from suburban Plano, Tex., on a school night to hear the final two-hour set …
Jack Kapica / Globe and Mail:
Cyberia: Jack Kapica — E-mail Jack Kapica Read Bio Latest Columns — Sounds like war to me: — The news that Skype has cut a deal with Logitech to add free video calling over its immensely popular VoIP application is sending shock waves through the industry.
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Bye Bye BlackBerry? — OTTAWA, Dec. 2 - What if your BlackBerry screen went dark? — To executives like Douglas M. Steenland of Northwest Airlines, the idea of doing business without a BlackBerry is about as appealing as reverting to rotary dial phones and Telex machines.
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Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Andy McCue / silicon.com:
2008 Olympics plans open source migration — But support costs could scupper the move... The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games could switch to a cost-saving open source technology platform under proposals to be considered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
John Borland / CNET News.com:
What creature will succeed the couch potato? — LOS ANGELES—On the day after Christmas, a long-standard survey of people's television watching habits will take a first step into the digital present—and future. — For decades, the Nielsen Media Research audience measurement service …
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JD on MX
Jan Libbenga / The Register:
Warez servers in Germany confiscated — German police have confiscated five warez servers with 6 terabytes of illegal copies of movies and games in the German town of Coburg on the fringes of northern Bavaria. The servers, with names as Temptation and Paradise Island …
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
For Sony, a Pain in the Image — The spyware debacle has sparked anger, distrust, and boycotts among consumers, but the financial impact on Sony BMG is likely to be limited — David Snider's dismay with Sony (SNE) has been a long time coming. It started when his Sony-branded CD/MP3 player broke …
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The Digital Music Weblog
Jonathan Krim / Washington Post:
Angry BellSouth Withdrew Donation, New Orleans Says — Hours after New Orleans officials announced Tuesday that they would deploy a city-owned, wireless Internet network in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, regional phone giant BellSouth Corp. withdrew an offer to donate one of its damaged buildings …
