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9:10 AM ET, December 22, 2006

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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Microsoft seeks patent covering Web feed readers  —  Microsoft has filed for two patents covering technology used to organize and read syndicated Web feeds, such as those delivered via the widely used Really Simple Syndication, or RSS, family of formats.  —  The pair of applications …
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Nick Bradbury:
Microsoft's "Content syndication platform" Patent  —  Dave Winer links to a US Patent Application filed by Microsoft in 2005 regarding the Windows RSS Platform.  Here's the abstract: … Wow.  I had no idea Microsoft invented all that - I could swear some other folks have implemented similar ideas!
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Judge: Can't link to Webcast if copyright owner objects  —  A federal judge in Texas has ruled that it is unlawful to provide a hyperlink to a Webcast if the copyright owner objects to it.  —  U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay in the northern district of Texas granted a preliminary injunction …
Discussion: PaidContent
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Mike / Techdirt:
Judge Says No Deep Linking To Videos  —  from the that's-a-problem dept  —  Deep linking is apparently an issue that just won't die.  You would think, by now, people would realize that if you put something on the web, people can link to it.  If you don't want them to link to it …
Gizmodo:
Venice Project Hands On: This Is Going To Kill YouTube  —  The guys who brought you KaZaA and Skype are at it again, and their upcoming Venice Project Peer to Peer streaming will show YouTube how video is really done.  Just like KaZaA was a disruptive force in music sharing …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Venice Project Details And Screen Shots  —  More information on TheVeniceProject from beta testers is starting to come in.  We've covered the rumors of the new online tv, or IPTV, project since the rumors surfaced in October.  —  Last week, CenterNetworks (great up and coming blog) …
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Flip.com Launches - But Only for Girls  —  Normally the beta testers of new social networks are tech pundits, journalists, bloggers and developers.  But that's not the case with Conde Nast's new social network Flip.com, which has invited 200,000 girls to participate in a beta launch this week.
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Bambi Francisco / MarketWatch:
Linkedin gets down to business
kottke.org:
Real men Wii standing up  —  Browsing the various Nintendo Wii forums around the web, I've noticed more and more people pratically bragging that they play the Wii sitting down, flicking their wrists instead of the beautiful and healthful full-body motion that nature intended.
Discussion: Joystiq, You NEWB and dailywireless.org
CPaladino / Gamerscore Blog:
Getting Gears of War Soon?  Newbies Listen Up!  —  If you are receiving Gears of War as a present this holiday season, the fact that other people have been playing online for a few months could be intimidating.  —  I wanted to give a few tips to the newbs/newbies/n00bs that I've picked up through my matches online.
Discussion: Kotaku and Clickable Culture
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
What's Ed Bott missing on his CES schedule?  —  Ed Bott is asking what he's missing on his CES schedule.  —  Oh, let's see.  —  How about an appearance on the ScobleShow?  I still have some slots left open.  By the way, we're gonna be doing the "Retrevo Gang" at 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. every day in the Seagate booth.
Discussion: PaidContent and Lost Remote
Tom Yager / InfoWorld:
Kill two Windows servers with one Xserve  —  At its core, Xserve is a two-socket Core microarchitecture Xeon (Woodcrest) rack server.  As I wrote in my review, in hardware design, Xserve lives up to market standards.  Some touches, like the SAS/SATA drive bays, a PCI-X slot for existing expansion cards …
Chris Winfield / 10e20:
And the List of Domains Ditched by Digg Keeps Growing  —  Yesterday, Lee Odden posted about his blog being banned from Digg.  A few of his stories were submitted and his domain was basically labeled as spam.  The result - a lifetime banning from Digg.  Don't pass Go, don't collect $200 - go straight to the Digg Jail.
Discussion: Deep Jive Interests
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AllPeers Adds Chat: Becomes Relevant Again  —  AllPeers, a Firefox P2P file sharing plugin, had incredible hype when it launched in August (the rumors had been around for nearly a year at that point).  People were calling it the "killer app" for Firefox, and the company is backed by early investors in Skype …
Discussion: Peer Pressure
Elizabeth Montalbano / InfoWorld:
Microsoft offers Vista free to CES exhibitors  —  Exhibitors may not want to use Vista, as the applications they are showing off in their booth may not be compatible with the new OS  —  Microsoft is apparently looking to get some free advertising for Windows Vista before the OS's official consumer release on Jan. 30.
Discussion: Digital Inspiration
Newsosaur / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
Online tops newspaper job-ad sales  —  Employers spent more money on Internet recruitment advertising than in newspapers in 2006, making this the first time any of the traditional newspaper categories has been surpassed by the digital media.  —  The aggregate $5.9 billion expected to be spent …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
The ultimate revenge?  Novell's Allison to join Google  —  The word is out: Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison has quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance, unveiled on November 1.  What isn't widely known, at least so far, is that Allison is joining Microsoft rival Google.
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David Flynn / APC:
Apple says no to Samsung's hybrid flash hard drives in new Macs  —  One year on from the introduction of Intel's made-for-mobile Core Duo 'Yonah' processor in its MacBook Pro line, Apple looks set to integrate another member of the Centrino technology family into its next-gen notebooks.
the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog:
New report of a Windows vulnerability  —  As usual the holiday season is a busy time for everyone including those of us here in the MSRC.  I hope that everyone has finished their holiday shopping so they can enjoy the long weekend.  This is Mike Reavey by the way in case anyone was wondering.
Discussion: M-Dollar
Brad Linder / PVR Wire:
More Vista remotes: now with SideShow  —  SideShow is one of the nifty new features in Vista Media Center.  It will let you control picture slideshows, widgets, and music playback on a secondary display without turning on your TV or monitor.  While that secondary display could be an LCD built …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget and eHomeUpgrade
ongoing:
JSON and XML  —  I hear people saying "JSON is great, XML is over", but I don't hear XML partisans saying anything bad about JSON.  There are two arguments that are over, though.  —  It seems to me that the great thing about JSON is that it exists for one purpose: to put structs on the wire.
 
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Michael Sciannamea / The Wireless Report:
The Big Easy goes wireless
Guardian:
The new 100 most useful sites  —  Two years ago most Britons …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
FCC kills build-out requirements for telecoms' video services (updated)
Discussion: dailywireless.org and Slashdot
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Trump the Chump  —  Every couple weeks I get emails …
Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
The Future of Telecommunications May Be 'Comminfotainment'
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Heavy.com raises yet another round
Discussion: PaidContent
Peter Morville / Robin Good's Latest News:
Interaction, Co-Creation, Tagging, User Participation: This Is …
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Case / Google Code:
Programs crashing? Airbag helps you practice "safe hex"
Kotaku:
HowTo: Custom Black 360 Controller
Discussion: Joystiq and digg
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Microsoft reiterates interest in Zune gaming
Discussion: Joystiq, Neowin.net and Kotaku
Scott Wasson / The Tech Report:
AMD's 65nm L2 cache looks to be slower
Discussion: TechSpot, Slashdot and digg
Merlin Mann / 43 Folders:
MacBreak: Minimize distractions on your Mac
Discussion: Lifehacker
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Blip.tv Hosting New Amanda Congdon Show
Discussion: Lost Remote and Reel Pop
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Clipboard Data Theft Optional In IE 7
Discussion: Slashdot
James Kendrick / InformationWeek:
How Microsoft Botched Marketing The Ultra-Mobile PC — And Why …
 

 
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