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Francis Eliott / Times of London:
Internet users could be banned over illegal downloads — People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week. — Internet service providers (ISPs) will be legally required to take action against users …
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Drop that mouse and put your hands up! — According to The Times, a draft bill — known as a “green paper” — is being circulated in Britain recommending that Internet service providers become a kind of police force for copyrighted content, with anyone who shares such content illegally automatically subject …
Shane Richmond / Telegraph Blogs:More music industry internet idiocy
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:UK To Force ISPs To Kick Casual File Sharers Off The Internet
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New York Post:
YAHOO! HOO-HA — SHAREHOLDERS, BALLMER POUR ON THE PRESSURE — The Microsoft-Yahoo! takeover battle is about to get ugly - and how ugly will depend on whether the CEOs of both companies behave rationally or emotionally. — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer fired back at Yahoo! …
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David A. Utter / WebProNews:
First Lawsuit Filed In Microsoft-Yahoo Deal — After turning down a 62 percent premium for shareholders in the form of Microsoft's takeover bid, Yahoo opened itself to litigation from unhappy stakeholders. — Unhappiness manifested itself quickly as one group decided they would rather …
Andru Edwards / Gear Live:
Flash on iPhone is just around the corner — We've been waiting for Flash support to hit the iPhone ever since...well...it launched. We've had to make do without Flash for almost eight months, and YouTube even had to convert a bunch of their catalog to H.264 in order for the service to be enjoyed on the iPhone.
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Christine Wilhelmy / Apple:
Apple Releases Aperture 2 — Major Upgrade Features Improved Interface, Faster Browsing & Enhanced Image Processing — Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 2, the next major release of its groundbreaking photo editing and management software with over 100 new features that make it faster, easier to use and more powerful.
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Business Wire:
Yahoo! Acquires Maven Networks, Inc. — Will Expand Yahoo!'s Video Capabilities; Important Step in Enhancing Yahoo!'s Solutions for Publishers and Advertisers - Making Video Easier to Buy — SUNNYVALE, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News) …
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Yahoo Confirms Acquisition Of Video Platform Maven; Price Tag: $160 Million — Life goes on at Yahoo: the company has confirmed its previously rumored acquisition of online video platform Maven Networks, although the price tag of “approximately” $160 million is a bit higher than the previous $150 million estimate.
Seoker.com:
Google hijacking 404 error pages — This morning I installed the Google Toolbar beta version on one of my computers and my oh my - there is something that can have huge impact to many webmasters. Google grabs the 404 error code returned to the web browser in certain situations and instead …
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
New Google Toolbar Beta Hijacks 404 Pages? — According to reports at DigitalPoint forums, the latest beta release of Google Toolbar hijacks 404 pages as shown in the image above. — It's not clear from the reports as to whether this occurs only when no customized 404 page is available on a specific site, or with every 404 page.
Ben Worthen / Business Technology:
Bill Gates Quits Facebook — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has stopped using the Web site Facebook, the most damning indictment in a week full of bad press for social-networking technology. — Social-networking Web sites, which help people share and find information about one another …
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Best frenemies for life: Google and Nokia partner on mobile search application — Nokia and Google have just announced a partnership that will allow users of Nokia's handsets easy access to Google's search engine, through Nokia's pre-installed search application, called Nokia Search.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
All in the family: Dell acquires MessageOne; broadens SaaS reach — Dell said Tuesday that it has acquired email as a service provider MessageOne for $155 million in a move that broadens the company's software offerings. MessageOne was co-founded by Michael Dell's brother Adam.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
HotOrNot Apparently Very Hot: Acquired For $20 Million — San Francisco based HotOrNot, founded by James Hong and Jim Young in October 2000, has been acquired, we've heard from multiple sources. — The buyers are investors connected with Avid Life Media, and paid somewhere around $20 million for the site.
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Brian Steinberg / AdAge:
Nielsen to Track Online Video Use Through Its TV Panel — Goal to Eventually Measure All Video Consumption — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — With more consumers starting to consider the idea of watching TV programs and other video online, Nielsen said it would “introduce measurement of TV viewing …
Andrew Ramadge / NEWS.com.au:
Scientology ‘raids’ held in nearly 100 cities — Anonymous ... protestors outside the Church of Scientology building in the Sydney CBD / Benjamin Ruhe (www.ruhe.com.au) — THOUSANDS of internet users using the moniker “Anonymous” protested outside Church of Scientology buildings across …
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