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Hands-off with the Intel-Yahoo HDTV Widgets

Source: PC Magazine
August 23, 2008

On Wednesday, Intel and Yahoo announced a surprisingly broad plan to add widgets to HDTVs. When I say “surprisingly broad," it's because of all of the support the plan received: content providers (ABC, CBS), CE makers (Sony, Samsung, Toshiba), and Yahoo, of course. Just not Microsoft, which has acknowledged but not responded to my requests for comment on how this will impact its Media Center line. While I couldn't “drive," I had a chance to see someone else play around ...

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Google, Verizon Reportedly in Search Deal

Source: PC Magazine
August 23, 2008

(Reuters) - Mobile service provider Verizon Communications Inc. is nearing an agreement with Google Inc. on a wide-ranging partnership, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. The deal under discussion would make Google the default search provider on Verizon devices and give it a share of ad revenue, the paper said. The deal is not yet final and the two sides are still negotiating on key issues, such as Google's desire to save information from user ...

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Comcast Does About-Face: Declares Love for P2P

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2008

Comcast, perhaps the most aggressive opponent of file sharing after the RIAA, has seen the light. After testing P4P, an experimental file sharing architecture that reduces network costs and bandwidth usage, the company is closer to embracing file sharing on its own network. “We are active members of [the P4P working group,] and our engineers are actively collaborating and engaging with other engineers on it. We're absolutely engaged and part of it," says Comcast spokesman Charlie Douglas. P4P, a next ...

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Internet Users Fear iPod Tunes Blocked in China

Source: PC Magazine
August 22, 2008

BEIJING - The downloading of music for iPod players has hit a mysterious glitch in China, stumping scores of users and raising fears the government has blocked Apple's iTunes site over pro-Tibet lyrics, analysts said on Thursday. Since Monday, more than 60 people have posted messages in an Apple Inc discussion forum complaining that they could not download songs for use on Apple's iPods. Their complaints follow the release of The Art of Peace Foundation's new album “Songs for Tibet", ...

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Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider 'Fair Use'

Source: PC Magazine
August 22, 2008

A case involving the YouTube “dancing baby" video will continue after a California judge ruled that content owners must consider 'fair use' before sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices. “In order for a copyright owner to proceed under the DMCA with 'a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law,' the owner must evaluate whether the material makes fair use of ...

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Carol Mennie Website Launch!

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2008

Vocalist Carol Mennie is proud to announce that her new website, designed by Jack Frisch, is up and running. Please pay us a visit at carolmennie.com! About Carol Mennie Carol Mennie began singing in the First Methodist church choir when she was ten years old. By the time she was eleven years old she was a featured soloist. Her love of acting and singing lured her to New York City where she graduated from the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic ...

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American Airlines Kicks Off in-Flight Internet Service

Source: PC Magazine
August 21, 2008

CHICAGO - AMR Corp's American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights on Wednesday, making American the first U.S. airline to offer full in-flight broadband. The world's largest airline said its passengers on Boeing 767-200 aircraft can pay $12.95 for Internet access on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and New York and Miami. Airlines have been racing to get reliable Internet access on their flights in hopes of gaining a ...

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Google.org Invests $10m on Geothermal Energy

Source: PC Magazine
August 20, 2008

Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, recently donated $10.25 million in investments to fund a technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). As part of Google's Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative, the $10 million will be used to fund the research of a technology that could provide energy at a price cheaper than coal. EGS is an expanded geothermal system technology that does not rely on natural underground packets of hot water or steam, unlike its conventional counterparts. Instead, EGS mimics these ...

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