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Macon Phillips / White House.gov Blog:
Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on SOPA and Online Piracy — The White House has responded to two petitions about legislative approaches to combat online piracy. In their response, Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget …
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Pirates! Rupert Murdoch Rails About Obama, Google, and Silicon Valley — On Friday, Rupert Murdoch and his top executives gathered for a day-long private confab in Las Vegas to think big thoughts about digital stuff. I'm guessing there wasn't a session entitled “How Great is Google?”.
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Tim O'Reilly / Google+:
I was pleased to see the measured tone of the White House response to the citizen petition about #SOPA and #PIPA — https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/ petitions#/! /response/combating-online-piracy- while-protecting-open-and-innovative- internet — and yet I found myself profoundly disturbed …
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PC World, Forbes, @gravitycollapse, @glynmoody, BuzzMachine, Daring Fireball, Threat Level, Gov 2.0 and Ars Technica
Hunter Walk / Elapsed Time:
Last saturday i woke up mad - a #BlackoutSOPA origin story
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CNET, hypebot and The Huffington Post
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
SOPA Delayed; Cantor Promises It Won't Be Brought To The Floor Until ‘Issues Are Addressed’
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The Digital Letter, GamePolitics blogs, Fast Company, WebProNews, VentureBeat, CNET, Ars Technica, CNET and GigaOM
Robert Scoble / Google+:
What +Hillel Fuld doesn't know about Windows Phone and its chances in the market — So Hillel laid out why I'm wrong, in the article on Business Insider linked to below, when it comes to Windows Phone's chances. — But, see, he's an observer and hasn't done the hard work.
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LiveSide.net, GottaBeMobile, PC Magazine, Sascha Pallenberg, @theromit and WMPoweruser
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Zappos Suffers Security Breach; Customer Emails And Passwords Affected — It appears that Zappos was the victim of a cyber attack today from a hacker who gained access to the company's internal network through the company's servers in Kentucky. While specifics of the attack were not revealed …
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Zappos Blog, CNET, Forbes, SecurityWeek, @zappos and Liquidmatrix Security Digest
Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:
Ringing Finally Ended, but There's No Button to Stop Shame — They were baying for blood in the usually polite precincts of Avery Fisher Hall. — The unmistakably jarring sound of an iPhone marimba ring interrupted the soft and spiritual final measures of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 at the New York Philharmonic on Tuesday night.
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GeekWire, iPhone Savior, Pulse2, @fredericl, PalmAddicts, PC Magazine, MacNN, msnbc.com, Mobiledia, thousandfold echo and The Verge
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Fred Wilson / A VC:
Scarcity Is A S**tty Business Model — The Gotham Gal has been under the weather this weekend. Last night we made soup for dinner and decided to sit on the couch and watch a movie and go to bed early. After dinner, we fired up Boxee and checked out Netflix. Nothing good there.
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Kim-Mai Cutler / Inside Mobile Apps:
Android Market is Probably Not Coming to China Anytime Soon — Contradicting a report in The Wall Street Journal, Android Market is probably not coming to China anytime soon, a source familiar with the matter said. — The Journal reported last week that a major goal for Google in China …
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PC Magazine and Electronista
Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:
Where were all the Google TVs at CES? — Just a week ago, the blogosphere was abuzz with the news that Google had officially locked down partners for a whole new generation of devices with its operating system for connected TVs. But if Google finally is gaining the trust and support …
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Digiday, parislemon, parislemon and ClickZ
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Why Facebook's Data Sharing Matters — Facebook has cut a deal with political website Politico that allows the independent site machine-access to Facebook users' messages, both public and private, when a Republican Presidential candidate is mentioned by name.
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@mathewi and The Not-So Private Parts, Thanks:the_spinmd
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft: Skype for Windows Phone is coming soon — Microsoft's Windows Phone Skype app appears to be nearing release. Skype's VP of products, Rick Osterloh, revealed that Microsoft is “working on a Windows Phone product that will be coming out soon,” during an interview at CES 2012.
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SuperSite for Windows, Robert Scoble, VentureBeat, eWeek, @scobleizer, WMPoweruser, Pulse2, PC Magazine, MobileSyrup.com, GottaBeMobile and Electronista
John Battelle / John Battelle's Search Blog:
Our Google+ Conundrum — I'm going to add another Saturday morning sketch to this site, and offer a caveat to you all: I've not bounced this idea off many folks, and the seed of it comes from a source who is unreservedly biased about all this. But I thought this worth airing out, so here you have it.
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Business Insider and VentureBeat, Thanks:steverubel
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
To Understand Google Favoritism, Think “If Google+ Were YouTube”
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VentureBeat, SocialTimes.com and Bloggers Blog
Shayndi Raice / Wall Street Journal:
Is Facebook Ready for the Big Time? — Facebook Inc. is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the biggest-ever initial public offerings for a Web company. But as the social network moves toward an IPO it must prove to investors that it is ready for the big time.
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Business Insider, GeekWire, Friending Facebook Blog and Seattle Times
