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Paul Boutin / Engadget:
Live coverage of Google Keynote with Robin Williams  —  Robin Williams to Larry Page during Q&A: "Hit 'em again, Mensa-boy, it's your turn."  —  Theentire event is after the jump ...  Thehottest ticket in town.  —  3:54pm It's insane here at the Las Vegas Hilton.
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
THOUGHTS ON GOOGLE VIDEO STORE, AND GOOGLE PACK  —  As I posted earlier, I had the chance to talk with Marissa Mayer about Google Pack, and Jennifer Feiken, who runs Google Video.  I'd have posted earlier, but I was under embargo.  —  The news is out now, and the analysis begins (live coverage at Engadget here).
google.com:
NBA Introduces Current Season Games for the First-Time on the Web  —  Google Video Store To Show News and Historical Videos from ITN, Charlie Rose Interviews; New Titles Will Be Added Everyday  —  LAS VEGAS, NV - Jan. 6, 2006 - Live from the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Google Inc. …
Alfred Hermida / BBC:
Google opens online video store  —  Technology editor, BBC News website in Las Vegas  —  Google is to start selling video online, offering a way for people to search for and buy TV shows and more through its site.  —  The web giant's co-founder Larry Page announced the service at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google entering video-on-demand business  —  LAS VEGAS—Google announced a service Friday that will let people rent or buy downloadable videos online, including classic and contemporary CBS television shows and NBA basketball games.  —  With Google Video Store, which the company said will be …
Discussion: PaidContent.org, InsideGoogle and SFist
May Wong / Associated Press:
Google ups ante in online video gold rush  —  JAN. 6 7:01 P.M. ET Google Inc. is upping the ante in the online video gold rush, allowing content owners to set their own prices in a bid to create a more flexible alternative to Apple Computer Inc.'s pioneering iTunes store.
Discussion: Engadget
Mike / Techdirt:
Google's Copy Protection: Supplying The Tools For Others To Be Evil
Discussion: Download Squad and IP Democracy
BBC:
Motorola adds Google to mobiles
Discussion: textually.org
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Google Pack provisions for the masses
Discussion: Rough Type and Read/WriteWeb
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google Pack Offers 1-Stop Downloading Of Software
Jason McCabe Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Larry Page Keynote with Robin Williams
Discussion: ben barren
John Markoff / New York Times:
Coming Soon to TV Land: The Internet, Actually  —  LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 - What would a world with television coming through the Internet be like?  —  Instead of tuning into programs preset and determined by the broadcast network or cable or satellite TV provider, viewers would be able to search …
securityfocus.com:
Windows rootkits of 2005, part three  —  The third and final article in this series explores five different rootkit detection techniques used to discover Windows rootkit deployments.  Additionally, nine different tools designed for administrators are discussed.  —  1. Introduction
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Paperghost / Vitalsecurity.org:
IM Hackers distribute Rootkit and...Rootkit Revealer?!
Jason D. O'Grady / O'Grady's PowerPage:
Exclusive: Apple Plasma Displays to Rock MWSF  —  A funny thing happened when I walked into the convenience store this morning: as I was grabbing my usual breakfast sandwich (sausage, egg and cheese on a english muffin if you must know) from the warming rack at Wawa (a favorite shop for those in PA/NJ) …
Ylan Q. Mui / Washington Post:
Wal-Mart Blames Web Site Incident on Employee's Error  —  Human error caused four films about legendary African Americans to be linked to "Planet of the Apes" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" DVDs on Wal-Mart's retail Web site, the company said yesterday.
Discussion: TeleRead
piperjaffray.com:
Biography:  —  Safa Rashtchy is a managing director of Piper Jaffray and a senior research analyst focused on Internet media and marketing.  He joined Piper Jaffray as a research analyst in 1997 and has published several technical papers and presented at various industry conferences.
Computerworld:
CES: Lenovo says new ThinkPads go 11 hours on battery power  —  The T60 and X60 are based on Intel's Centrino Duo package  —  JANUARY 06, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Lenovo Group Ltd. yesterday announced two new ThinkPad laptop computer series, the T60 series and the X60 series …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Yahoo Go Puts Yahoo Services Into Cell Phones, TV & PCs  —  Yahoo has launched Yahoo Go (link via PaidContent), a suite of products designed to let people reach information whether they're on their PCs, phones or using TV.  The suite will be formally announced by Yahoo CEO Terry Semel at CES keynote today
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PR Newswire:
Big Fish Games Acquires French Casual Game Developer FunPause  —  FunPause's Top-Selling Games Added to Big Fish Games' Studios Industry-Leading Portfolio of Titles  —  SEATTLE, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Big Fish Games, Inc., (www.bigfishgames.com) a top 4 casual games destination website …
Discussion: PaidContent.org

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