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John P. Falcone / CNET News.com:
Look out, Apple TV: The $100 Netflix Player has arrived — The Netflix box is finally a reality. — The Netflix Player by Roku is the first product that allows subscribers to have movies and TV shows from the service's Instant Viewing feature (aka “Watch Now") to be streamed directly to their TV screen.
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Danny Dumas / Gadget Lab:
Review: Roku Netflix Set Top Box is Just Shy of Totally Amazing — Netflix Player by Roku — Yeah, yeah, yeah, we've heard this all before, right? For years now, everyone from computer companies like Apple to OS companies like Microsoft to content providers like NBC have been trying …
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Netflix to Sell a Device for Instantly Watching Movies on TV Sets — Netflix, which pioneered the business of offering DVD movie rentals by mail, is now offering its 8.2 million subscribers an option to watch movies easily on their televisions without involving the post office.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Google Health launches; Read the terms of service — Google Health has launched for the masses, but watch those terms of usage closely. — Google Health, which is expected to officially launch at a Google event today (see Google Webcast, Techmeme and Google Blogoscoped coverage), is now available to the average bear.
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Marissa Mayer / Official Google Blog:
A peek into our search factory — Today we hosted an informal gathering — a factory tour of sorts — to offer a glimpse into what we think is most exciting about search, and where innovation is most likely to come from. We also gave an update on Google Health.
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:Google Factory Tour: Google Health Launched
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Anupreeta Das / Reuters:
Microsoft plan on Yahoo involves buying search: source — BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo Inc, a complex transaction that would include just buying Yahoo's search business, rather than a full-blown buyout, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
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Jasmine France / CNET News.com:
6 million DRM-free MP3s now at Napster — Probably the most exciting piece of digital music news to come out of CES 2008 was that Napster was planning on offering its complete catalog of more than 6 million tracks in the unprotected MP3 format. Today, with the launch of version 4.5 …
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Napster launches MP3 music store — Napster has launched the world's largest online music store without digital rights management (DRM). — More than six million tracks will be sold as MP3 files, from all of the major record labels and independents. — The songs will play on any MP3 player …
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LIEBERMAN CALLS ON GOOGLE TO TAKE DOWN TERRORIST CONTENT — YouTube Videos Are Produced by Al Qaeda and Other Terror Organizations; Videos Show Attacks on U.S. Soldiers, Civilians — WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn. …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Yet Another Microsoft Memo. Satya Nadella, VP of Search Writes: — Well, like you I am finding that Microsoft memos are better at telling the story (or lack there off) than other people's voices. Today, we got our grubby paws on Microsoft VO of Search Satya Nadella's memo sent out to the troops.
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Matt Asay / CNET News.com:
Steve Ballmer egged at Hungarian University — Wow. It's tough to be CEO of a multi-billion dollar software company these days, what with it being so difficult to extend desktop monopoly to the web and getting egged during speeches.... Yes, egged. — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was egged …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Backers Back Aster Data Systems. It's All About The Clusters. — Clusters are the way to go. Google and Yahoo run their Websites on distributed databases spread across vast clusters of servers. Now Aster Data Systems, a startup that is coming out of stealth mode today …
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Lilly Peel / Times of London:
The phone for six-year-olds — Mobile phones branded with the popular children's character Hello Kitty are due to hit the high street in July, prompting parental fears over the marketing of phones at the youngest in society. — Health fears persist about mobile phone use by children …
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Eric A. Taub / Bits:
And the Winner of the Game Console Wars Is.... According to Microsoft, the Xbox 360 just hit a major milestone: it has become the first of the new generation of video game consoles to sell more than 10 million units in the United States (It's up to 10.09 million, according to figures from NPD Group).
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