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Om Malik / Om Malik on Broadband:
Net Neutrality Not An Optional Feature of Internet  —  The Senate Commerce Committee is currently holding hearings on Net Neutrality.  Webcast .  The Bells are not be directly represented, cable companies views will be shared by Kyle McSlarrow, NCTA President and CEO.
Discussion: Mark Evans, raving lunacy and Techdirt
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Without 'Net neutrality' will consumers pay twice?  —  The debate over whether broadband providers should be allowed to prioritize the traffic they carry and to charge companies to ship data via their networks is about to get its second airing in Washington.
Marco Iacoboni / edge.org:
The Story of an Instant-Science Experiment  —  Science has generally a very slow pace.  It typically takes months — if not years — to complete an experiment.  Today, at the UCLA Brain Mapping Center, my associates Jonas Kaplan, Eric Mooshagian, and Stephen Wilson performed under my supervision …
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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Can You TiVo to See Just the Ads?  —  SCIENTISTS work hard to determine the radioactive half-life of elements.  Now, Madison Avenue is busy figuring out the Web-active afterlife of the more than 50 commercials that appeared during Super Bowl XL on Sunday.  —  In the past, Super Bowl spots …
PR Newswire:
TiVo Super Bowl Data Shows Action on the Field Rivaled Interest in Commercials Between the Snaps for First Time in Years  —  Ameriquest Spots Land Top Two Slots on TiVo Top 10; Replay Activity Spikes Around Controversial Touchdown, 'Gadget Play'  —  ALVISO, Calif., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall …
Discussion: PVR Wire, Zatz Not Funny and Engadget
Official Google Blog:
Chat + Email = Crazy Delicious  —  When we launched Google Talk, some people told us what a great idea it'd be to add chat to Gmail.  True that.  So a couple of us Google Talk engineers approached the Gmail team.  They were excited about the idea, and we got to work immediately …
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Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
New Google Service to Blend the Gmail and Chat Features  —  SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6 — Google, the search-engine giant, is expected on Tuesday to disclose that it will join its instant-messaging service with its popular Gmail program, the latest indication that the company has set its sights on the broader communications industry.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google merges Gmail with chat
Erick Schonfeld / B2Day:
Slurping Up the Buzz at Demo  —  B2.0's Michael Copeland files the following report from Demo:  —  The bad skits, the technical flubs, the cool products and services, it's all here again at Demo 2006.  For those who aren't familiar with the twice a year conference, Demo is sort …
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
Microsoft Alums Create Flickr Competitor in the Photo Sharing Space  —  The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: Microsoft alums picture photo sharing made easy The Seattle Business Times is reporting that a group of former high-ranking Microsoft executives have emerged from retirement to build an online photo sharing site.
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Brier Dudley / Seattle Times:
Microsoft alums picture photo sharing made easy  —  A group of former high-ranking Microsoft executives has emerged from retirement to start an ambitious company that aims to simplify the sharing of digital photos and other media over the Internet.  —  Vizrea, their Seattle-based startup …
Discussion: Michael Gartenberg and I4U News
Tuan Nguyen / dailytech.com:
PayPal Turns On Red Alert for Incoming Google's "GBuy" … Google's GBuy online payment system has its crosshairs directly on PayPal; eBay closely watches  —  Much like Microsoft and Windows, Google's platform is the Web.  Not that Google owns the Web, but it's presence cannot be denied nor defined.
AC/OS:
So, what if Oracle does buy JBoss?  —  I can comment on these rumors, because that's all they are to me: rumors.  I have no inside knowledge on this.  But there has been a growing cacophony of noise that JBoss is going to be acquired.  What started out as an HP rumor, turned into a Novell rumor …
Discussion: B2Day
Seth Godin / Seth's Blog:
Making your numbers  —  See the woman on your right?  She's cheating.  —  When you use a Stairmaster, you can score higher numbers by using your arms for support.  This technique allows you to work out at a higher number.  —  Ridiculous.  —  Ridiculous because the number has nothing to do with her fitness.
Discussion: A VC and Geek News Central …
Chris Anderson / The Long Tail:
DEATH OF THE BLOCKBUSTER, PART IV  —  [UPDATE: I've revised the bottom chart, where the scale went funky for some reason, and responded to all the comments with some additional data and clarification here.]  —  First, apologies for the absence.  For most of the past two weeks …
govexec.com:
Bush makes new push for Patent Office to keep fees  —  By Sarah Lai Stirland, National Journal's Technology Daily  —  The Patent and Trademark Office would receive $1.8 billion under the Bush administration's fiscal 2007 budget, an increase over the $1.7 billion that the administration requested and lawmakers approved in fiscal 2006.
Tony Smith / reghardware.co.uk:
Court hands Gizmondo Europe to liquidators  —  Gizmondo Europe has gone into liquidation after parent company Tiger Telematics' attempt to persuade the English High Court to put the subdsidiary into administration failed last week, Reg Hardware can reveal.  —  The court hearing took place on Thursday …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Techdirt and Engadget
Chris / LiveSide:
MSN becomes the MSN Media Network  —  Several sources have indicated to us that MSN plans to relaunch itself as the MSN Media Network, whilst at the same time expanding its range of interactive and content rich services.  As well as continuing to deliver content through MSN.com and MSN Music …

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