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8:25 PM ET, December 27, 2008

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Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
Twitter: We Need Search By Authority  —  There were more than 7000 tweets posted during the two days of LeWeb, no way anyone can read them quickly.  We need filtering and search by authority.  We're not equal on Twitter, as we're not equal on blogs and on the web.
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MG Siegler / ParisLemon:
Bitchmeme: On Twitter You Will Respect My Authori-tay  —  I'm so glad Bitchmeme is back, because it gives me the opportunity to weigh in on what is an awful idea: Authority search in Twitter.  —  Now let me be clear, the most basic form of the idea isn't an awful one …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:   Should Twitter Add Authority-based Search?
Timothy / Slashdot:
Fairpoint Pledges To Violate Net Neutrality  —  Fairpoint Communications, which has taken over Verizon's landline business in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, has announced that on February 6 'AOL, Yahoo! and MSN subscribers will continue to have access to content but will no longer be able …
Discussion: Rutland Herald
Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
Windows 7 Beta ISO leaked on torrent trackers  —  Apparently you won't even have to wait until January to get your hands on the Windows 7 Beta release as I mentioned in a previous post.  That's right, there's already been an ISO file leaked to several torrent trackers.
Discussion: GeekTonic, TechSpot and digg.com
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The “I'm Linux” Video Contest  —  If you've been alive and aware of mass media over the last twelve months, you've probably seen television commercials from Apple and Microsoft touting their operating system.  From Apple's ubiquitous “I'm a Mac” to Jerry Seinfeld to Microsoft's “I'm a PC” …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
F**ked Company/Adbrite Founder Philip Kaplan To Launch Kaplan Index  —  People are urging Philip Kaplan to restart his F**kedCompany site that gathered so much attention earlier this decade.  Clone sites are popping up to fill the void during this down market, and people sort of see the world …
Discussion: Gawker
Ted Dziuba / The Register:
Fast and ‘free’ beats steady and paid on MySQL  —  Sun-sized inertia  —  MySQL, the lovable little database engine that could - for reasonable values of could - is starting to feel the pain of being an open source project distributed by a large company.  —  With a slower release cycle …
Ray Beckerman / Recording Industry vs The People:
Defendant makes motion for proceedings to be televised over the internet in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum  —  In SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, the defendant has moved for all court proceedings to be televised over the internet through Courtroom View Network.  The motion argues:
Discussion: p2pnet and Slashdot
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Radar:
Google, WalMart, and MyBarackObama.com: The Power of the Real Time Enterprise  —  What do Google, WalMart, and MyBarackObama.com have in common, besides their extraordinary success?  They are organizations that are infused with IT in such a way that it leads to a qualitative change in their entire business.
Associated Press:
UK Minister: Internet age ratings may be needed  —  LONDON: An age-rating system for Internet Web sites may be needed to prevent children from being exposed to unacceptable images, Britain's culture secretary was quoted as saying Saturday.  —  Andy Burnham, the Culture, Media and Sports Secretary …
Discussion: p2pnet
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Robert Winnett / Telegraph:
Internet sites could be given ‘cinemastyle age ratings’ Culture Secretary says
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Cuil Fail: Traffic Nearly Hits Rock Bottom  —  Remember the ill-fated Google-killer Cuil?  Named ‘Cuill’ and very much in stealth mode for the first part of the year, they finally emerged end of July 2008 with a ‘massive’ search engine that would rival the most popular search engines …
Discussion: Communications …
Alana Semuels / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Lalawag hopes to get tongues wagging about L.A. technology  —  It might be the final sign that the L.A. tech scene is something to be reckoned with.  Months after Gawker Media laid off much of the staff of Silicon Valley news and gossip site Valleywag, an independent news and gossip site …
Discussion: Sean Percival's Blog
 
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
IT COULD GET CONDé NASTY  —  WEB, DOMINO, DETAILS …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Gawker
Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror:
My Software Is Being Pirated
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Party Gets Massive Support in Sweden
Discussion: digg.com
Adam Pash / Lifehacker:
Firefox and Chrome Run Gmail Twice as Fast as IE, Says Google
John Mahoney / Gizmodo:
The 10 Best Android Apps of 2008
Discussion: digg.com
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Lala may lead bid for Facebook music service, but questions loom
Discussion: TechCrunch
James Lewin / Podcasting News:
Podango Warns That The End Is Near
Discussion: Paul Colligan's … and Mashable!
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Google Now Features Blog Thumbnails
Emil Protalinski / One Microsoft Way:
Rumor: three options for upgrading from Vista to Windows 7
 

 
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Memo: ESPN's Jimmy Pitaro announces layoffs, mostly due to the NFL Network acquisition; sources: on-air personalities Karl Ravech and Ryan Clark are affected

Dan Shanoff / The Athletic:
Nielsen: the World Cup final drew 38.9M viewers on Fox, and 22M+ on Telemundo; taken together, the US audience size rivaled that of NFL playoff games

MJ Franklin / New York Times:
How publishers are cashing in on surging public interest in The Odyssey through splashy reissues; Circana BookScan says sales of The Odyssey rose by 76% YoY

 
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