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Sellers of Internet addresses surf for — and get — some big payoffs — SAN FRANCISCO — Internet domain names are red-hot again. — This year, 15 names used in Internet addresses have resold for at least six figures to companies and individuals hoping to tap into big audiences. On.com got $635,000.
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
ISP snooping gaining support — The explosive idea of forcing Internet providers to record their customers' online activities for future police access is gaining ground in state capitols and in Washington, D.C. — Top Bush administration officials have endorsed the concept …
BBC:
Natural light 'to reinvent bulbs' — A light source that could put the traditional light bulb in the shade has been invented by US scientists. — The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) emits a brilliant white light when attached to an electricity supply.
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Rogers Cadenhead / Wired News:
All Bets Are Off, Online Anyway — The United States is taking aim at internet casino ads as tensions build in a high-profile trade fight over the country's largely toothless online gambling ban. — Although many website operators insist internet gambling ads are legal …
siliconvalley.com:
Jury verdict is more good news for TiVo — MARSHALL, Texas (AP) - In a case cast as crucial to TiVo's survival, a federal jury decided that EchoStar Communication Corp. copied key technologies from the digital video recording pioneer and awarded nearly $74 million.
Peter Kirn / Create Digital Music:
Hackable, Playable LED/Pad Music Interface — The Monome is a new music interface with LED-backlit pads, a USB interface that transmits OSC and MIDI data to a computer, and — here's the unusual part — open source, hackable firmware and software interface.
Marc Canter / Marc's Voice:
Reading the tea leaves: where the money is and isn't - new business models emerge — As Dave Winer and I were discussing how to pull off the unplanned unconference opposite Kevin Werbach's Supernova - it was the collision of business models that most dominated my mindstate.
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Catchup Friday — Abrams to launch Socializr; Meetup, Zoom, Zixxo & more — Here are the latest Silicon Valley tidbits that fell between the cracks this week. Happy Easter weekend! — Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams to launch Socializr? Abrams, the early developer of the social networking concept …
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
How Sun's "open DRM" dooms them and all they touch — David Berlind has written about Sun's "Open DReaM" crippleware project, a DRM that pretends to be "open source" and an "open platform" in a cynical bid to curry favor with copyfighters and studios. The gimmick is that Sun's technology …
Sam / Signal vs. Noise:
Microsoft Origami: "Too revolutionary" — Price, Interface Dampen 'Origami' PC Debut — 'Origami' Stumps CEOs in Jobs-Style Presentation — Overpriced, underwhelming, cumbersome: pick three.
vnunet.com:
China outlaws Outlook — Unlicensed email servers illegal under new rule — China has introduced regulations that make it illegal to run an email server without a licence. The new rules, which came into force two weeks ago, mean that most companies running their own email servers in China are now breaking the law.
Jimmie Geddes / Gadgets on the Go:
Sprint Treo 700p mid May, first week of June latest — Ok, I just spoke to my contact again a few minutes ago. The Treo 700p is most likely end of May, latest first week of June. she said said it was originally supposed to be mid may, but they are finishing up testing it.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Lagging Ad Sales Contribute to Earnings Decline at Newspaper Chains — THE newspaper industry continues to flag financially, with three companies — The New York Times, Tribune and McClatchy — reporting sharply lower first-quarter earnings yesterday. — Executives of all of the newspaper companies …
Dhiramshah / New Launches:
Cell Phones to get Projectors soon — ILJIN Display Korea has announced that they successfully finished the development of an ultra small single LCD panel for digital projection. Unlike traditional projectors which have 3 LCD panels (Red, Green and Blue) this new single LCD panel can play …
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
AKISMET FOR MT: DEATH TO SPAM — If that headline means anything to you, then rejoice. It's long been known that Akismet, WordPress's remarkable anti-comment spam technology, was the best out there. Moveable Type users (like me) salivated at the thought of having Akismet-like functionality on our sites.
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Samsung Virtual Screen offers greater efficiency — Cellphones have always been notorious when it comes to text input. QWERTY keyboards, predictive text input, and on-screen character display has lightened the burden somewhat, but they are still ineffective solutions when it comes to efficient text input.
Peter Kafka / Forbes:
Sirius, EMI Agree On Player Deal — NEW YORK - — Sirius Satellite Radio has reached an agreement with music label EMI Music Group over a controversial portable radio player that doubles as an MP3 player. — The deal, which will allow Sirius to market its S50 device without fear …
Mark Ward / BBC:
Net clocks suffering data deluge — Technology Correspondent, BBC News website — Home network hardware supplier D-Link has been accused of harming the net's ability to tell the time accurately. — Detective work has found that many D-Link routers, switches and wireless access points …
Rafat / paidContent.org:
Fox's 6 Year Deal With Affiliates On New Media Rev Share; Numbers Revealed Updated below: Variety has the rev share numbers, below... And while the rest of us were sleeping, Fox has done a precedent-setting deal with its 187 affiliates on new media revenue share, reports BW.
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