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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo's Semel Says No Layoffs, Sort Of — Yahoo CEO Terry Semel blasts some of the rumors out there about Yahoo, including reports (by us) of layoffs, that he was leaving and that Dan Rosensweig and Susan Decker were taking a joint role to lead the company until a replacement was found.
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Amen, Terry! — So, I'm probably breaking a ton of rules by doing this. But, f@$k it! Here is the transcript, verbatim (I rewound the webcast several times just to get it right), of Terry's closing comments at today's re-org all-hands: — "At the next all-hands. Just as a reminder.
Reuters:
McCartney cries 'Help!' on song copyrights — Music copyrights in the UK last only 50 years, so early Beatles songs could be up for grabs by 2012. — LONDON (Reuters) — Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams joined thousands of other performers on Thursday in an appeal for an extension to British copyright on their recordings.
Mark Wallace / Wired News:
Firefly Reborn as Online Universe — Like Capt. Mal Reynolds stumbling in after a bar fight, the short-lived but much beloved sci-fi series Firefly will soon make an unexpected return, not as a TV show, but as a massively multiplayer online game. — Now that's shiny.
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification — As part of the monthly security bulletin release cycle, Microsoft provides advance notification to our customers on the number of new security updates being released, the products affected, the aggregate maximum severity and information about detection tools relevant to the update.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
HP settles with California in spy scandal — update The California Attorney General's Office said Thursday that Hewlett-Packard will pay $14.5 million to settle civil charges related to the company's now infamous spy scandal. — As part of the settlement, which was first reported …
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Eli Shimoni / Ynetnews:
Exclusive: Metacafe to be sold for USD 200 million — Owners of Metacafe, from Tel Aviv, in advanced stages of negotiations for selling company. Estimated price tag: USD 200 million. Company runs one of largest video-sharing sites on Web, directly competes with YouTube
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Business Wire:
BitTorrent Acquires uTorrent — SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—BitTorrent, Inc., home to the world's leading peer-assisted digital content delivery platform, today announced it has acquired uTorrent, a lightweight and efficient implementation of the BitTorrent protocol.
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BBC:
Concern over mobile music-sharing — Children are increasingly swapping music via mobile phones, often without realising they can be breaking the law. — A survey of almost 1,500 eight to 13-year-olds found almost a third shared music via their mobiles. — Children are using the built …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Washington uses new spyware law, gets $1 million settlement — The Washington State Attorney General's office has announced a $1 million settlement in the state's first anti-spyware case. Using a new spyware law, Attorney General Rob McKenna went after Secure Computer earlier this year …
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Tony / Deep Jive Interests:
Diggers Are Getting Paid — But Not By Kevin Rose — It seems like there is a long running meme in the blogosphere about gaming Digg, and it even made it as an article on CNet the other day (despite a few inaccuracies). Despite the controversy, there is one thing that Kevin Rose has always maintained …
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Rafat Ali / PaidContent:
Google Begins Limited Testing Of Radio Ads — Google has begun testing radio ads in the U.S. with a small group of its online keyword-search advertisers, following its acquisition earlier this year of dMarc Broadcasting. The ads can by played on "hundreds" of radio stations across the country, Google said.
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1200-year-old problem 'easy' — Schoolchildren in Caversham have become the first in the country to learn about a new number - 'nullity' - which solves maths problems neither Newton nor Pythagoras could conquer. — Dr James Anderson, from the University of Reading's computer science department …
Luca Filigheddu / Thoughts on VoIP, technology:
Enhanced SightSpeed 5.0 — As reported yesterday, SightSpeed is going to launch an upgrade of their 5.0 version. — Here's a summary of the changes available with Enhanced SightSpeed 5.0: /> — SightSpeed Pro plan subscribers (i.e., small-business and power users) …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Video Startup That May Never Launch — This is a rumor that just won't die: The major television networks are considering creating a new online video service joint venture to compete with YouTube. — We first heard about this when the Google-Youtube acquisition news broke, and wrote briefly about it here (see last paragraph).
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Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Schoolfizz Launches - Digg Meets Facebook — Columbus, Ohio-based Schoolfizz, which launched today, is easily summarized - it's Facebook plus Digg. Users create profile pages with a picture, and entering your school means that you can share stories with the whole world or just your fellow students.
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