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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
The flattening of the press world  —  A dirty little secret about PR: they give certain press "exclusives" to try to get the story out better.  This still goes on all the time.  Why does Walt Mossberg or Steven Levy write about something before everyone else does?
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Lockergnome / Chris Pirillo:
THE SCOOP NO LONGER EXISTS  —  The blogosphere used to be about twenty people.  You knew who was saying what, and when they were saying it.  Some of us have been around THAT long to remember what it was like before... today.  Over the past couple of days, I've heard more than one of my friends complain …
Discussion: the j. botter weblog
Ed Sim / BeyondVC:
Why we invested in Sipphone, developers of Gizmo Project  —  Dawntreader Ventures has just led a $6mm round of financing in Sipphone, its first outside round of capital.  We look forward to working with Michael Robertson and Jason Droege to fuel continued growth in the Sipphone …
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Om Malik / Om Malik on Broadband:
SIPphone Gets VC Cash
Discussion: VoIP Watch
Yuki Noguchi / Washington Post:
Internet Firms to Defend Policies  —  Yahoo Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will go on Capitol Hill today to defend corporate policies for dealing with China that they say balance business interests with human-rights concerns.  —  In testimony before the House subcommittee on Africa …
Discussion: RConversation and ResourceShelf
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Associated Press:
U.S. Moves to Fight Internet Censorship
Discussion: Boing Boing
Motley Fool:
Blockbuster Follows Netflix, Again  —  By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMFBreakerRick)  —  Earlier this week, I looked at the throttling going on at Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX).  Now that the popular DVD-by-mail company is handicapping hyperactive accounts with slower delivery times and poorer …
Discussion: Geek News Central …
Financial Times:
Bill Gates interview transcript  —  The FT's Richard Waters talks to Bill Gates at the RSA Security Conference 2006 in San Jose about Microsoft strategies on computer security, as well as the issue of censorship in China during the RSA Security Conference 2006 in San Jose.
Nik Cubrilovic:
Memetracking Attempts at Old Issues  —  I want to get straight to the point, personalized memetracking just doesn't work.  How do I know?  Because I attempted a solution to this a while ago with Pleech, an intelligent feed aggregator I have (had) been building for the past 2 years or more.
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microsoft.com:
Microsoft Launches Beta Program for Microsoft Office Live Services  —  Internet-based services include free Web site, domain name and e-mail accounts.  —  REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 15, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the beta availability of Microsoft® Office Live (http …
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Jenstar / JenSense:
ContentAds the name of MSN contextual ad program with a 2006 launch date  —  You may have noticed I will be speaking at Mix06 next month (I list upcoming conferences I am speaking at on the right side of my blog), and I was taking some time to check out the speakers of the other sessions …
Feld Thoughts:
Why Most VC's Don't Sign NDAs  —  The following question appeared in my inbox the other day. … For starters, I'll restate the assertion.  Most VC's don't sign non-disclosure agreements.  Guy Kawasaki had a good comment on it in his Venture Capitalist Wishlist post. … That basically says it all.
Discussion: ben barren
Colin Campbell / next-gen.biz:
Exclusive: PS3 HUB; September Launch  —  Next Generation can reveal that Sony is planning to launch an online games service, largely modelled on Xbox Live, currently called PlayStation HUB.  We also understand Sony is aiming for a September launch for PlayStation 3 in Japan and North America.
Ollie Stone-Lee / BBC:
UK holds Microsoft security talks  —  UK officials are talking to Microsoft over fears the new version of Windows could make it harder for police to read suspects' computer files.  —  Microsoft Vista is due to be rolled out later this year.  Cambridge academic Ross Anderson told MPs it would mean more computer files being encrypted.
Ars Technica:
HD DVD and Blu-ray delayed again, as AACS is pushed back  —  Remember all of the positioning about which next-generation optical format would hit the market first?  Forget about it.  It now appears that both formats will hit the market at the same time, because delays in the security specification …
Discussion: Gizmodo, eHomeUpgrade, Engadget and HD Beat
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
RIAA Says Ripping CDs to Your iPod is NOT Fair Use  —  It is no secret that the entertainment oligopolists are not happy about space-shifting and format-shifting.  But surely ripping your own CDs to your own iPod passes muster, right?  In fact, didn't they admit as much in front …
Discussion: Techdirt and Smalltalk Tidbits …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Why Publishing Should Send Fruit-Baskets to Google  —  Cory Doctorow: Google's new Book Search promises to save writers' and publishers' asses by putting their books into the index of works that are visible to searchers who get all their information from the Internet.
Mike / Techdirt:
The Internet May Be A Different World, But It Still Maps To Home  —  There's talk about how, when you're online, your physical location means very little.  However, the folks over at Topix.net are showing that where someone is sitting can still be quite useful.
Discussion: Somewhat Frank and All Points Blog
Lee Gomes / Wall Street Journal:
In Contest, Players Vie to Position A Site Atop a Google Search  —  Remember how your parents used to tell you that when you encounter people you don't like, you should just ignore them?  This story will help to show why that's true.  —  John Scott is a member of the occasionally shadowy fraternity of …

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