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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 …
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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