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EFF: Breaking News:
Google Copies Your Hard Drive - Government Smiles in Anticipation  —  Consumers Should Not Use New Google Desktop  —  San Francisco - Google today announced a new "feature" of its Google Desktop software that greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy.
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Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle:
PRIVACY EXPERTS ADVICE AGAINST GOOGLE DESKTOP 3
Discussion: Between Lawyers and Squash
Better Living Through Software:
All Your Information Are Belong to Google
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Nicol to 'bring out the soul' of MSN  —  John Nicol was on sabbatical with his teenage daughter delivering computers to schools in Uganda last September when he got a phone call from a top honcho at MSN asking him to be general manager of Microsoft's portal.
Discussion: Traffick and LiveSide
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Elizabeth Montalbano / InfoWorld:
MSN won't rebrand itself
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
HBO wants its programming to be off-limits for DVRs  —  Although the courts shot down the FCC's attempt to enforce the broadcast flag, the networks are moving full steam ahead on getting the flag written into law one way or another.  So far, one bill has been introduced that would plug the so-called …
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Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny:   HBO Petitions FCC To Prevent DVR Recording
dreamandhustle.com:
Vent  —  The Real Reason why Tech Media Snub Fooky  —  I told you before how I felt Techcrunch was snubbing Fooky.com.  But Techcrunch is as insignificant as a small fry sitting at the bottom of the McDonald's bag in the big scheme of things.  Fooky.com was being snubbed by a lot of media outfits.
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Darin / Surfin' Safari:
Thank You from Apple!  —  Back in June 2005, we started the WebKit Open Source Project.  —  Since then, lots of people have gotten involved in the project.  Those of us at Apple are grateful for all the work they've done and how it will help us with future releases of Safari and WebKit.
Sarah Lacy / Business Week:
Oracle's Open-Source Shopping Spree  —  The database giant is in talks to purchase at least three software companies that would help it shift customers to a subscriber-based model  —  The open-source community may be in for a jolt.  Oracle (ORCL) is plotting what could be the biggest endorsement yet …
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Loyalty Programs for Search  —  A number of folks have commented on the survey that some Yahoo! Mail users received about search incentives.  I don't know a lot about it, but I'm a bit surprised by the reactions to this hardly new idea.  (A9 has had something similar for a while with Amazon.com)
David Intersimone / Sip from the Firehose:
Borland plans separate company for Delphi, JBuilder, C++Builder, InterBase, JDataStore and other developer products...  To our loyal developer community:  —  Today, Wednesday February 8, 2006 at 1am Pacific Time, Borland announced plans to seek a buyer for our IDE product lines that include Delphi …
WhoopJack / ipBS:
How to get your missed TV shows with Azureus and Bittorrent  —  I'll start by saying that I am a paying cable subscriber.  Often times there are multiple shows on at the same time that I would like to watch and I wanted a way to be able to watch those other shows.
Kim Tae-gyu / KoreaTimes:
Korea Develops Running Robot  —  South Korea has developed a robot that is capable of running.  The feat is the second in the world after Japan and was accomplished by a local venture start-up working on a small budget.  —  Robotis Thursday took the wraps off the network-based humanoid …
Discussion: Engadget and THE RAW FEED
David Walker / eHomeUpgrade:
Could the Playstation 3 Kill Sony?  —  As we quickly approach E3 in May, many people are eagerly anticipating more details on the Sony PS3.  Since Sony burst onto the gaming scene with the original Playstation, they have been the company to beat in the console wars.
Business Week:
Can Sony's Kutaragi Score Big?  —  Once pegged as CEO material, the outspoken exec was bounced back to the games unit.  Now his fortunes are tied to PlayStation 3  —  Things have been unusually quiet for Ken Kutaragi lately.  This time last year, the genius behind Sony's (SNE) …
Discussion: Kotaku and Gamerscore Blog
Dean Takahashi / A+E Interactive:
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Amie Paints Strategy For Developers At Dice Summit  —  Nintendo's top marketer, Reggie Fils-Amie, opened the Dice Summit in Las Vegas (ok, Henderson, Nevada), with a talk on Nintendo's approach to expanding the market for video games.  He noted that portables saved the holiday sales in 2005.
Discussion: Kotaku and Joystiq
Reuters:
EU Commission Denies Microsoft Deadline Extension  —  BRUSSELS— Microsoft lost a bid on Wednesday for a second delay in responding to charges it failed to comply with European antitrust remedies, moving it one step closer to a fine of up to 2 million euros ($2.4 million) daily.

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