Is RSS killing My Yahoo?

January 28, 2006

There’s a bit of a meme lately on folks dropping My Yahoo! as home page – Paul Kedrosky has the links and is guilty as charged. I used to start there but dropped it not long after I realized I was going to the web only through my reader. Turns out I don’t need My […]

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U.S. Broadcast Flag and Audio Flag Legislation Derailed?

January 28, 2006

Cory and the EFF are suggesting that developments earlier this week at the Senate Commerce Committee Hearings may have finally injected some sense into their deliberations over broadcast flag and audio flag legislation. This is one to watch. Senator John Sununu’s comments on the broadcast flag in particular are heartening.

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Slingbox in the Dead Pool?

January 27, 2006

Techcrunch writes about a possible Microsoft threat to the Slingbox … a day or two before they announce another round (hmmm … the release has now been taken down). Via Rick Segal and alarm:clock.

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After Nettwerk

January 27, 2006

Michael updates his post on the Nettwerk opposition to an RIAA lawsuit with a discussion of what ought to come next: a public policy discussion of the music industry that goes beyond file-sharing.

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Non-profits and Blogs

January 27, 2006

Dennis Kennedy pops up yet again with novel and useful information – this time a podcasted interview about the use by non-profits of Web 2.0 technologies.

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The Democratization of PR

January 27, 2006

Richard Edelman, President and CEO of “the world’s largest independent public relations firm with 1,800 employees in 40 offices worldwide”, has written a post highlighting the growing role of the trusted voice – in the language of a survey, a “person like yourself or your peer” – in influencing opinion. Gist: The most profound finding […]

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NYT on VC Blogs

January 27, 2006

This will be the article heard ’round the world today: the NYT writes about VC blogs. Winner of the first- mentioned- in- a- times- article award: Bill Burnham. Gist: VC Blogs are positively Seinfeldian – they’re about everything, and nothing.

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“Litigation is not ‘artist development'”

January 27, 2006

Via Cory, the Canadian music label Nettwerk is backing the defendant in a file-sharing suit. Gist: ‘Litigation is not ‘artist development’”. From Michael: “Wow.” From Techdirt: “Yes, you read that right.” Best advertising since Google took on the Justice Department. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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The Democratization of Advertising

January 27, 2006

As the world’s media moves online, advertising has of course followed in its wake – it seems that every new day sees a fresh attempt to penetrate the consciousness of another online audience with one commercial message or another. I’m not complaining – advertising is an essential ingredient in the diet of many online business […]

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RIM-NTP Injunction Proceedings

January 26, 2006

Dennis Crouch, who constantly has useful information on the lawsuit, has more details on the injunction proceedings, including RIM’s principal arguments against an injunction.

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Reaching Those Wi-Fi Deadspots

January 26, 2006

The NYT reports on AuraGrid, a new system for extending your network by sending the signal through coaxial to transmitters in dead zones, and a cheap alternative to upgrading to MIMO.

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Blogging in Toronto

January 26, 2006

Mark has a note about a great meeting a few of us had last night to think about helping to develop the Web 2.0 / blogging community in Toronto. Stay tuned!

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