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Robert Levine / New York Times:
Microsoft Moves Into Video Download Fray — Owners of Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console will soon be able to watch science fiction epics as well as play them. — Microsoft said tonight that it would offer movies and episodes of television shows for download through its Xbox Live online service …
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Xbox 360 Teams With CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting, UFC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to Digitally Deliver TV Shows and Movies to Gamers — Xbox 360 will become first gaming console to offer downloads of over 1,000 hours of TV shows such as "CSI," …
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Xbox Live Video hands-on — We snagged a few shots of Microsoft's new Xbox Live Video HDTV and HD movie download platform tonight. There isn't a whole lot to say since there was essentially zero mystery excepting seeing the actual XBL interface in person, but you should still click …
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Adobe to donate script code to Mozilla — Adobe will donate software to run JavaScript programs in the Firefox Web browser, the largest code contribution yet to the open-source Mozilla Foundation. — On Tuesday, Adobe is expected to announce the donation in conjunction with the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco.
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Unifies Modern Scripting Across Firefox and Flash and Advances Innovation on the Web — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and the Mozilla Foundation, a public-benefit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the Internet, today announced that Adobe has contributed source code …
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USA Today:
Technology troubles set off tantrums, tears and tirades — SAN FRANCISCO — Jesse Berrett thought he was getting a bargain when he ordered high-speed Internet and phone service from his Internet service provider in September. — What he got instead was customer-support hell.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Text Link Ads Gets Bought by MediaWhiz — New Yorks' Media Whiz advertising firm has acquired Cincinati's Text Link Ads. The deal was announced this morning, but the financial details aren't being disclosed. — Text Link Ads typically sells small text ads for a fixed monthly rate, not pay per click.
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Reuters:
Verizon near content deal with YouTube: WSJ —Text+NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc., the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, is in advanced talks with YouTube Inc. to bring the Web site's videos to cellphones and television sets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
BBC:
Zune problems for MSN customers — People who have bought music from Microsoft's MSN Music store could face problems if they decide to buy the firm's new Zune portable player. — Microsoft has said it will stop selling music from MSN music from 14 November, when Zune goes on sale in the US.
Scott Gilbertson / Wired News:
Delete Your Bad Web Rep — The mistakes you make on the internet can live forever — unless you hire somebody to clean up after you. — A new startup, ReputationDefender, will act on your behalf by contacting data hosting services and requesting the removal of any materials that threaten your good social standing.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Samsung's SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs: Windows XP at 75 MPH — Ultra-portable XP devices have been getting a whole lot of interesting lately. Now Samsung just upped the ante with this — the SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs — at the Mobile WiMax Summit 2006 in South Korea.
Agence France Presse:
Google warns against changes to Australian copyright law — SYDNEY (AFP) - Internet search-engine giant Google has warned that proposed changes to Australia's copyright laws could drive the country back to "the pre-Internet era". — The warning came in a submission to Australia's senate …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Zvents Closes $7m Round for Events Search — Local events management and calendar vendor Zvents is announcing today the closure of a Series A funding round totaling $7 million. The round was led by VantagePoint Venture Partners and included Red Rock and NetService Ventures.
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Business Wire:
Dell Notebooks Deliver New Level of Value for Consumers, Small Businesses — Dell Adds Inspiron 1501, Latitude 131L to Its Award-Winning Line of Notebooks — ROUND ROCK, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Just in time for the holidays, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) today announced the Inspiron™ 1501 …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Jellyfish Smack: How Low Can You Watch Prices Fall? — Though I find it a little bit frightening and bizarre, I'm watching right now a new reverse auction at Jellyfish.com. The company's standard practice is that it returns part of its revenues from sales performed through CPA advertising on its site.
Simon Hayes / NEWS.com.au:
Piracy stats don't add up — PIRACY statistics are labelled "self-serving hyperbole" in a draft government report. — A confidential briefing for the Attorney-General's Department, prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology, lashes the music and software sectors.
