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Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
The Associated Press - While gathering evidence for a case involving online pornography, the US Justice Department subpoenaed Google and other search engines for lists of search… |
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Jim Reed / BBC:
Virgin defends file-sharing campaign — Virgin Media has told Newsbeat there is “absolutely no possibility” of taking legal action or banning internet users as part of a campaign against illegal file-sharing on its broadband network. — The firm has sent 800 letters to customers …
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Filed under: Home Entertainment
Roku’s Netflix Player got off to a hot start after launching just over a month ago, and apparently its creator has big plans for the plainly designed $99 box. According to a recent report over on Forbes, Tim Twerdahl, Roku’s vice president of consumer products, has affirmed that a routine software update would be hitting later this year to enable content to be fetched and streamed from other “big name” providers. Regrettably, the conversation ended there, so there’s absolutely no telling which “providers” he’s referring to. Still, we’re certainly intrigued by the idea of this thing becoming more versatile in the coming months, but wouldn’t the name have to be tweaked at the very least?
[Via Silicon Alley Insider]
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Google to close Denver office
Triangle Business Journal, NC - The search engine giant will keep open its offices in Thornton and Boulder. The office in suburban Denver, at 4600 S. Syracuse St., is slated to close. … |
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Filed under: Wireless, Networking
Linksys, er, sorry, that’s Linksys by Cisco, is announcing the WRT610N this morning, a new simultaneous dual-N band router that enables it to use 802.11n WiFi on both 5 and 2.4GHz at the same time. This means, of course, that your higher throughput, shorter-distance devices can get the highest-speed 802.11n access at the same time as the rest of your devices can get the usual, more compatible 2.4GHz access they look for. It’s on sale now for $200.
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MTS and MySpace Russia Announce Partnership
Biloxi Sun Herald, USA - "We are looking forward to introducing over 60 million customers of MTS in Russia, the largest subscriber base in the country, to the leading social network… |
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Heather Hopkins / Hitwise Intelligence:
Yahoo! Property Breakdown and Sum of the Parts — Rumors are circulating about another attempt by Microsoft to acquire part of Yahoo!. The latest rumors suggest that Microsoft will try to buy Yahoo! Search with a media company (i.e. Time Warner or News Corp) absorbing the rest of the business.
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The Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write.
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Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.The ruling comes as part of Google’s legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
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Search Engine Optimization Firm Develops New Methodology
PR Newswire (press release), NY - NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire/ — Everyone wants to create more web traffic, but finding a very progressive and forward thinking search engine optimization… |
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Can't get There from Here-Oil sick
Billerica Minuteman, MA - For every gallon your engine burns, only 1% of the energy stored in the fuel is used to transport you, the driver. The other 99% is lost to friction, heat, … |
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Over at arstechnica there is a glimpse at the new Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. A few screenshots show that Ubuntu is still going dark. The direction they are headed is not very clear.
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Google Talk comes to the iPhone. Death of the text message approaching? — Google has unveiled a web-based version of its Google Talk instant messaging client specifically built for the iPhone. Quite simply: It’s amazing — but it has limitations. — Just as with Google’s other apps built …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors cool — Updated: Nvidia said its fiscal second quarter revenue will fall well short of targets because of weak demand, pricing pressure from AMD’s ATI and a faulty graphics processors on older notebook systems.
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Google woos Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane
NEWS.com.au, Australia - By Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles July 03, 2008 12:14am Google spokesman Daniel Rubin announced this week the cartoons will be paired with Google's AdSense… |
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