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Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Yahoo Says It Is Backing Away From TV-Style Web Shows — After proclaiming grand plans to bring elaborately produced sitcoms, talk shows and other television-style programs to the Internet, the head of Yahoo's Media Group said yesterday that he was sharply scaling back those efforts.
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
TiVo to Offer Tighter Rein on Children's Viewing — In a new twist on helping parents control what children watch on television, TiVo will announce today a service that lets its video recorders limit children to watching shows approved by one of two groups promoting family programming.
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Andru Edwards / gearlive.com:
TiVo's To Announce "KidZone" Parental Control Service — It seems people are wondering what is up with TiVo booking the Museum of Television and Radio for a big announcement tomorrow. Luckily, we have some peeps on the inside who have given us the good stuff.
The Doc Searls Weblog:
So I've been asked, since posting my unflattering take on the iPod Hi-Fi yesterday, what, if anything, I think it's good for. — The answer is two things. — First, as the Wall Street Journal pointed out yesterday (warning: that link may go behind a paywall), conventional component stereo listening is down:
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David Lawsky / Reuters:
Microsoft says better than Google soon — PARIS (Reuters) - Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) will introduce a search engine better than Google (Nasdaq:GOOG - news) in six months in the United States and Britain followed by Europe, its European president said on Wednesday.
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Conversion Rater, Digital Inspiration, Microsoft News Tracker and John Battelle's Searchblog
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple researching iTunes feature film movie service? — Exclusive: Apple Computer may be in the intermediate stages of developing an iTunes movie download service that would serve up full length feature films to iTunes customers with a broadband Internet connection, AppleInsider has learned.
Reuters:
Viacom to enter social networking market in '06 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - MTV owner Viacom Inc. plans to enter the business of connecting youth viewers on the Internet this year, a top Viacom executive said on Wednesday, amid threats of losing its cool cachet to News Corp.
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PaidContent.org
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Howard Parnell / Washington Post:
Downloading Empathy to Your iPod — Online Playlist Creators Search for Catharsis, Discover a Marketplace — Justine Saylors is an accidental DJ on a mission. — Six months ago, she was a grieving mom spending hour after hour on Apple's iTunes online music service, downloading songs to match her sorrow.
wikimediafoundation.org:
English Wikipedia Publishes Millionth Article — The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the creation of the 1,000,000th article in the English language edition of Wikipedia. The article is about the Jordanhill railway station in Scotland, and it was started by Wikipedia contributor Ewan Macdonald.
Asher Moses / ZDNet:
HP: Pen-based PDA market on death bed — The traditional pen-based PDA market will evaporate within the next four years without significant product innovation, according to Hewlett-Packard (HP). The company will therefore continue to focus the majority of its handheld efforts …
Brent / Frozen Vomit Sculpture:
Mac Mini inside a NES! — There have been many pc's placed inside Nintendo's but this is the first time I've seen a Mac Mini done. I can't take credit for this though, it was actualy a friend of mine who did it. Read on to see more photos and learn a little more about his project.
Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
Some Vonage users are frustrated about Comcast connection quality — Over the last couple of years, when I've wanted to take the temperature of the Vonage user community, I've often stopped at the Vonage Forum. This is a privately run enterprise, totally independent of Vonage.
David Shabelman / CNET News.com:
The driving force behind Yahoo Research — Q&A Prabhakar Raghavan is modest for a man changing the world. — As head of technology research at Yahoo, the 45-year-old is a key figure in leading the development of the Internet, arguably the most important technology of our time.
DMN Newswire:
TEN Technology Unveils naviPlay Bluetooth Stereo Headset — Plays Stereo Quality Music and Takes Calls — TEN Technology today announced its naviPlay(TM) Bluetooth(R) Stereo Headset, capable of streaming high-fidelity stereo music from Bluetooth stereo enabled MP3 players or mobile phones …
Pui-Wing Tam / Wall Street Journal:
Market Is Hot For High-Skilled In Silicon Valley — Five years after the dot-com bubble burst, job growth has returned to Silicon Valley. But it's a different kind of growth than in past recoveries, favoring higher-skilled workers. — Netflix Inc.'s hiring shifts are typical.
Discussion:
SiliconBeat
Paul McIntyre / Sydney Morning Herald:
Telstra to launch the BigBlog — TELSTRA is about to unveil its latest foray as a content developer with the launch next week of a public blogging initiative, Telstra BigBlog, which allows mobile phone users to update their blogs with text, movies and pictures from their mobile phones.
