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1:20 PM ET, January 22, 2007

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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
In Raw World of Sex Movies, High Definition Could Be a View Too Real  —  The XXX industry has gotten too graphic, even for its own tastes.  —  Pornography has long helped drive the adoption of new technology, from the printing press to the videocassette.  Now pornographic movie studios …
Discussion: Reel Pop, Medialoper, CrunchGear and digg
Randfish / SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog:
Wikipedia Finally Makes the Right Decision  —  It may seem odd coming from someone who practices link building and whose clients require the service, but I'm gald to see that Wikipedia has shifted back to nofollow on all outbound links.  What surprises me is that a relatively small …
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Dan Warne / APC:
10 reasons you should get Vista  —  My colleague Ashton Mills published the top 10 reasons you shouldn't get Vista this morning.  —  I see his point on some fronts — admittedly, Microsoft's official publicity material hasn't done a great job of explaining the basic benefits of Vista.
Discussion: All about Microsoft
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Ashton Mills / APC:
10 reasons not to get Vista  —  It's all too easy to get caught up in the million dollar marketing engine as we approach the consumer release of Windows Vista, so lets not forget that it isn't the second coming, and by all counts is an upgrade you can do without.
Discussion: Channel 9
Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
I.B.M. to Introduce Workers' Networking Software  —  And you thought social networking was all about text-messaging among bored teenagers.  —  I.B.M. has another take on it.  Today the company plans to announce a set of social software tools that will bring the kind of blogging …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaign  —  Microsoft is expanding its fight against software piracy with a new educational effort that includes comics.  —  The online campaign, set to start on Monday, is meant to tell people the benefits of using properly licensed software.
Discussion: All about Microsoft and Slashdot
David Kirkpatrick / Fortune:
Windows on the Mac changes everything  —  The kind of software sold by the formidable Parallels is transforming computing and challenging Steve Jobs, says Fortune's David Kirkpatrick.  —  NEW YORK (Fortune) — The lines between the Mac OS and Windows are starting to blur.
Dominic Rushe / Times of London:
Google plots e-books coup  —  GOOGLE and some of the world's top publishers are working on plans that they hope could do for books what Apple's iPod has done for music.  —  The internet search giant is working on a system that would allow readers to download entire books to their computers …
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David Rothman / TeleRead:   Download best-sellers and other e-books from Google soon?  U.K. report tantalizes
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Next-gen MacBook Pro to shine brighter  —  A forthcoming update to Apple's MacBook Pro line will usher in a generation of more vibrant and uniformly-colored notebook displays thanks to some new underlying backlight technology, AppleInsider has learned.  —  Confirming an earlier …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
SmugMug: The (Anti) Web 2.0 Company  —  SmugMug CEO Dan MacAskill, who has said "maybe I just don't get this 'Web 2.0′ term" in the past, is proceeding to teach those of us who claim to know exactly what it means a thing or two.  The company launched a suite of stunning new features tonight.
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Work from bed with the Ergopod  —  The Ergopod 500 is a clever system for supporting a PC, mouse, keyboard and work-areas, intended for use by heavy computer users, particularly those with special physical needs.  One of its many adjustable modes is a "work supine" and "work in bed" …
Discussion: CrunchGear, Ubergizmo and Joystiq
Geraldine Fabrikant / New York Times:
Once Given Up for Dead, Comcast Defies Its Obits  —  THREE years ago, with the cable television industry in the doldrums, the Comcast Corporation's chairman, Brian L. Roberts, approached Mel Karmazin, then the president of Viacom, with a modest proposal: give Comcast the right to show programming …
Discussion: Mary's Blog
Ars Technica:
AmigaOS 4  —  An exercise in computing, not nostalgia  —  The Amiga computer has long been the subject of intense nostalgia in the hearts of anyone who owned one.  Released in 1985, only a year after the original Macintosh, the Amiga featured vivid color graphics, 4-channel stereo sampled sound …
Discussion: MacUser, JD on EP and digg
Darren / DarrenBarefoot.com:
My Project Du Jour: GetaFirstLife.com  —  Hey you, get a first life, eh?  —  First off, I am not a Second Life hater.  Let me say that again: I am not a Second Life hater.  I'm on record as saying that there's something important going on inside the game.
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New York Times:
Gambling Subpoenas on Wall St.  —  The Justice Department has issued subpoenas to at least four Wall Street investment banks as part of a widening investigation into the multibillion-dollar online gambling industry, according to people briefed on the investigation.
Discussion: Seeking Alpha
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
A new crop of kids: Generation We  —  When Amy Jo Kim's son Gabriel says he wants to "watch videos," she knows he doesn't mean DVDs or television.  He wants YouTube.  —  Gabriel, an intensely curious kid who's about to turn 8, has been fascinated by everything from skateboarding and basketball …
Discussion: Screenwerk and Lost Remote
Eric Ward / Search Engine Land:
Are You In The Circle Of Link Trust?  —  How do you define "link popularity?"  I talk daily with SEO/SEM firms, content creators, interactive agencies, marketing firms, ad agencies, PR firms, and with other consultants.  It's amazing how varied people's beliefs are with regards to link popularity …
Discussion: Ramblings About SEO
 
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay, mininova, and Torrentspy Enter the Alexa 200
Discussion: broadbandreports.com and digg
Maria Aspan / New York Times:
An Internet Video Partnership From 2 Lions of Old Media (Eisner and Jann Wenner)
Discussion: HipMojo.com and PaidContent
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Adds Sponsored Links To Your Search History
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
iCube's iRec for iPod
Discussion: PVR Wire and Apple Gazette
Google Blogoscoped:
Google and the Web Democracy
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
YAHOO IN THE CROSSHAIRS  —  Catching up on stuff I've missed …
Mike / Techdirt:
MPAA Finally Agrees To Make Small Changes To Movie Rating Systems
Discussion: KFMB-TV
Darren / Digital Camera Reviews, Ratings …:
Canon EOS 40D
Discussion: Engadget and CrunchGear
 Earlier Items: 
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Kiptronic Takes $4M for Ad Platform
Discussion: GigaOM and PaidContent
Aaron Brazell / Technosailor:
10 Things You should Know About WordPress 2.1
Alex Zaharov-Reutt / ITWire:
Nokia and Engin bring VoIP calls in Australia to Nokia's N80 Internet Edition mobile
Discussion: VoIP Blog and Ring Nokia
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Wize.com, the search engine that ranks products
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Big Labels Offer Free Music to College Students
Times of India:
Nimbus gets Rs 550-cr foreign feed
Discussion: GigaOM and VC Circle
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
The Big Picture  —  A review of Dreaming in Code, by Scott Rosenberg.
Discussion: Social Media and Pito's Blog
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
An Insurance Policy for Low Airfares
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Associated Press:
Large protests outside the annual WHCD event condemned both the Western news' media coverage of the war in Gaza and President Biden's handling of the conflict

 
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