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Pandora wins round one, but for the rest of us, nothing changes

After an intense last minute lobbying effort led by Pandora, the bill…

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What the Apple TV needs

TUAW reports on a rumor that Apple has advised resellers to pull…

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Walmart Epic DRM Fail

Most people would agree that DRM crippled music is bad, and thankfully…

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Hot or Not Redesigns (Not So Hot)

Hot or Not , the website that draws the crowd to tell…

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Weblogs Inc veterans launch new blog network

Former Weblogs Inc staff, including co-founder Brian Alvey have launched a new…

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Entrecard on the market for nearly $1 million

Some what popular banner exchange site Entrecard is on the market. The…

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Livestation teams with Al Jazeera for unique Debate coverage

Live television streaming service Livestation has teamed with the some times controversial…

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Google comes out against Proposition 8

Google, well known for its fence sitting on most political issues, has…

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Australia’s biggest telco joins Twitter: Hi Telstra Bot

Australia’s biggest telecommunications firm Telstra (think AT&T, but more evil) has joined…

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Blackberry Storm: now this looks like an iPhone competitor

New shots of the Blackberry Storm have leaked online, showing in detail…

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Seesmic saves user from necking himself

Social video service Seesmic has intervened in a case where a user…

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Twitter enters the election coverage race with Twitter Election 2008

Twitter has launched a site dedicated to the 2008 US Presidential election,…

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Familybuilder sparks price war by cutting DNA tests to $59.95

Social genealogy service Familybuilder, the company we profiled in June as “…

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Disqus releases a full public API

Commenting 2.0 startup Disqus has launched a full public API for the…

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Why social browsing as a startup idea needs to die

Another day, another new social browsing service. Mashable reports on the launch…

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All that glitters isn’t Glam

First reported by Valleywag, female oriented advertising network Glam Media has laid…

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AOL launches new blogs. PS: I was wrong on Weblogs Inc

Back in July I wrote a post arguing that issues at Weblogs…

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Muxtape officially dead, sort of.

The much troubled music sharing service Muxtape is officially dead, at least…

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Google takes Yahoo deal critics head on with new website

Google has responded to a chorus of criticism over its Yahoo search…

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Google launches group question tool

Google has launched “Google Moderator,” a group question tool built on Google’s…

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Cool New Tools For YouTube

There are tons of great YouTube tools floating around the Net —…

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Copy-right: RIAA loses in court, Bush comes out against insane copyright law

Lots of good news on the copyright front this Thursday. The RIAA…

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Evri launches into open beta with new features

Seattle based semantic search company Evri launched into open beta today with…

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Digg funding raises questions

As we reported earlier, Digg has raised a Series C round of…

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Google training censorship police in India

Google is training police in India on how to find “objectionable” material…

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Digg Announces Major Expansion Plan

Digg is getting ready to more than double its size. The company…

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Google In Quotes and Our Million Dollar Idea

Google’s come up with a handy new tool to help you weigh…

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Deals: Voxant, Intense Debate change hands

Two interesting acquisitions related to blogging this week: licensed video provider Voxant…

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Skitch: Why it’s awesome & 18 great ways to use it

Contrary to some opinions, I rarely gush over startups or products on…

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Where the T-Mobile G1 Fails

And so it was, that on the 23rd day of September in…

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Android’s First Offering: The Full Scoop on G1

Google’s first foray into the mobile world is finally upon us. T-Mobile,…

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Watch the Android Announcement Live

We’ve heard months of buzz about the first Android phone — the…

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New Microsoft, new cloud friendly Windows. Courageous and likable

News was confirmed today that Microsoft will exclude a range of desktop…

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