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2:35 AM ET, February 25, 2007

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Brad Stone / New York Times:
Software Exploited by Pirates Goes to Work for Hollywood  —  Hollywood studios are going into business with one of their biggest tormentors: the peer-to-peer pioneer BitTorrent.  —  On Monday, the company, whose technology unleashed a wave of illegal file-sharing on the Internet …
Discussion: IP Democracy
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
BitTorrent.com Launches Video Store  —  BitTorrent will sell content from Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Lions Gate, Palm Pictures, and their latest partner MGM.  All videos will be high quality, and encoded with the best possible codecs according …
Discussion: digg
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft  —  VMware, a young Silicon Valley company, is the early leader in a fast-growing market for what is called virtual-machine software.  And that puts it on a collision course with Microsoft, the industry's Goliath.  —  A virtual machine essentially mimics …
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Hi-tech entrepreneurs mull build or sell  —  PALO ALTO, Calif. - As Facebook.com's mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg is sitting on a potential gold mine that could make him the next Silicon Valley whiz kid to strike it rich.  —  But the 22-year-old founder of the Internet's second largest social-networking site …
Darryl K. Taft / eWEEK.com:
Ubuntu Wants a Bigger Piece of Desktops, Servers  —  NEW YORK—The 2007 road map for the Ubuntu Linux operating system includes continuing its focus on the desktop, paying more attention to the server and garnering additional corporate support.  —  Speaking at Ubuntu user conference UbuCon …
Discussion: Channel 9
Nancy Gohring / InfoWorld:
Study: Consumers not willing to pay $500 for iPhone  —  San Francisco (IDGNS) - Consumers aren't willing to pay what Apple may ask for the iPhone, but if the price drops they'll switch their mobile service to AT&T in order to get it, according to results of a survey released Thursday.
Scott Knaster / Official Google Mac Blog:
A visit to Apple  —  When you start work at Google, you get to choose whether you want a Mac, Windows, or Linux computer.  For many new employees who have never used a Mac (or who haven't used one for a long time), this choice represents a chance to try living in Mac OS X. Google provides …
Discussion: digg
deal architect:
Holy Cow!  —  You may have seen a previous version about corporations from different countries and what they would do with 2 cows.  —  Here's a technology vendor twist.  —  ACCENTURE  —  You have 2 cows.  And thousands of calves.  And converted school buses to transport them.  —  APPLE
Jordan McCollum / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
Radio Ads Enhance Internet Ads  —  The Radio Ad Effectiveness Lab has released a study on the effectiveness of Internet ads.  "Are they confused?" you ask yourself.  No, no: it's the effectiveness of Internet and radio ads.  Specifically, it's how memorable these repeated ads are.
Discussion: WebMetricsGuru
Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher:
Silicon Valley has become Media Valley - look out New York City!  —  Silicon Valley is rapidly turning into Media Valley—and New York, NY should look out—the capital of the media world is shifting about 3,000 miles westwards.  —  Some of Silicon Valley's largest companies are media companies …
Grant Robertson / Download Squad:
Microsoft slapped with patent madness, what's next?  —  The news of Microsoft's techslap — handed down by a San Diego court to the tune of $1.5 Billion dollars in damages as penalty for Mp3 patent infringement — may have been greeted by cheering Microsoft bashers but, the size and scope …
Discussion: Guardian
Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Cleaning up the mess over at MyBlogLog  —  Much has been written about the "Shoemoney Affair," in which the blogger known as Shoemoney wrote about a MyBlogLog hack that allowed unscrupulous types to spoof their identities, and was subsequently banned from the service, despite the fact that …
Anil Dash:
The Essentials of Web 2.0 Your Event Doesn't Cover  —  Do you want to learn about the future of web applications?  If so, when choosing an event, you might want to make sure it's one that cares about including speakers based on merit, instead of based on arbitrary gender qualifications.
Discussion: A Whole Lotta Nothing and digg
Business Week:
Up Front  —  Talk Show  —  "We're not terribly optimistic." … Attack Of The Shareholders  —  Political change in Washington and the public debate on CEO pay are giving the shareholder rights movement a mighty tailwind—momentum that's being sensed in Europe, too.
Discussion: Between the Lines
 
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Rick Segal / The Post Money Value:
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Associated Press:
Zoeller Sues to Find Author of Web Post
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Microsoft faces Office Live lawsuit
Independent:
Consumers' revolt: Power to the people
Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent:
10K Watch: YHOO: $42 Million On Three Acquisitions In '06 …
Jim Dalrymple / Macworld:
Apple to advertise iPhone during Oscars
Discussion: MacUser and digg
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Six Apart spins like a Whirling Dervish
Associated Press:
Computing award goes to female for first time
Discussion: Download Squad
Tim Bajarin / PC Magazine:
Apple TV: Why It Matters
Discussion: Macsimum News and digg