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Financial Times:
Google plans pay-per-view films — Google's YouTube video site is in negotiations with Hollywood's leading movie studios to launch a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010, putting it head-to-head with Apple in the race to dominate the digital distribution of film and television content.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Full-On Assault On Cable Is Underway — Google, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon — when you hear these names, you usually think about how these tech giants all compete with one another. But what if they all teamed up for one cause? They'd be unstoppable, right? We're about to find out.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
CrunchPad Denial of Preliminary Injunction — Mike Arrington gets smacked around in the first round of his lawsuit over the JooJoo/CrunchPad. In short: TechCrunch didn't get much in writing regarding their “partnership” with Fusion Garage to develop the product, and, well, they should have.
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Engadget and Startups Down Under
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Hank Williams / Why does everything suck?:
Judge Says TechCrunch Case vs. JooJoo Tablet Likely Has Merit — I Just read on Daring Fireball that the judge has denied TechCrunch's claim for preliminary injunction against their former tablet partners and makers of JooJoo, Fusion Garage. — Gruber claims that “Mike Arrington gets smacked around …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Cisco May Be Making A Run For Skype — Cisco has made an offer to acquire Skype before they complete their IPO process, says one of our more reliable sources. We have not been able to confirm this rumor one way or another via other sources, which isn't surprising.
Steve Cheney / TechCrunch:
Behind The Bidding War: The Real Reasons Why HP And Dell are So Desperate For 3Par — As I was writing this, news of the HP / Dell bidding war for 3PAR broke on the front page of Yahoo. This made me laugh, as it typified just how crazy this story has become—few things outside of a bidding war …
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The Register and Associated Press
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Too Few Women In Tech? Stop Blaming The Men. — Success in Silicon Valley, most would agree, is more merit driven than almost any other place in the world. It doesn't matter how old you are, what sex you are, what politics you support or what color you are.
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Feld Thoughts, broadstuff, A VC, Venture Chronicles and CNET News
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Wall Street Journal:
Comcast Gets Static on Net TV — The Justice Department is focusing in on how Comcast Corp.'s bid to purchase control of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal television and movie unit could affect the emerging Internet video market, people familiar with the matter say.
Ali Partovi / TechCrunch:
Bubble Blinders: The Untold Story of the Search Business Model — Ali Partovi is an angel investor, startup advisor, and serial entrepreneur. He co-founded iLike, acquired by Myspace in 2009, and previously LinkExchange, acquired by Microsoft for $265mm in 1998.
Vivek Wadhwa / TechCrunch:
Silicon Valley's Dark Secret: It's All About Age — An interesting paradox in the technology world is that there is both a shortage and a surplus of engineers in the United States. Talk to those working at any Silicon Valley company, and they will tell you how hard it is to find qualified talent.
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Simply Ryan, Scripting News, w3matter.com and Regular Geek
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Foursquare Now 3 Million Strong — It appears that Foursquare hit the three million user mark sometime over the weekend. The location based social network has been adding users at impressive rates, and only hit 2 million users in early July. It took a year to reach one million …
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AdAge
Paul Joseph Watson / Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com:
Senate To Sneak Through Internet Kill Switch Bill — Legislation likely to be attached to Defense Authorization bill in bid to pass cybersecurity before midterms — The Senate is attempting to sneak through the infamous Internet kill switch cybersecurity bill by attaching it to another piece …
