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Google Walks Away From Digg Deal
techcrunch.com — The Google/Digg acquisition negotiations, which had passed the term sheet stage and were in final negotiations, are over, multiple sources close to both companies have confirmed. The deal appears to deadMore… (Tech Industry News)
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Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling
arstechnica.com — The Comcast P2P saga has come to its final chapter as a majority of FCC commissioners today voted to sanction the company. The FCC's Internet Policy Statement now sports some unexpectedly sharp teeth.More… (Tech Industry News)
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The Pirate Bay Promotes “The Dark Knight” Leak
torrentfreak.com — The Pirate Bay is messing with Hollywood again, as they’ve put up a new logo which links to pirated copies of the blockbuster movie “The Dark Knight”. Although Warner did all it can to protect the film from leaking, a Cam version leaked onto BitTorrent sites soon after it premiered.More… (Tech Industry News)
Senator fuses controversial IP bills into big, bad package
arstechnica.com — A bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) would increase penalties for counterfeiting, empower federal prosecutors to bring civil suits against copyright infringers, create a federal copyright czar to coordinate IP enforcement, and provide for the seizure of property used to violate copyrights and trademarks. More… (Tech Industry News)
Google Index Reaches 1 Trillion URLs
informationweek.com — Three years after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) declared that its index was three times larger than any other search engine and then declined to cite a specific number to support that claim, it was widely believed that Google had tired of index one-upmanship and that it would no longer be measuring its index. Well, Google has its yardstick in hand once...More… (Tech Industry News)
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UK “MP3 Police” Evidence Unchallenged, Not For Public
torrentfreak.com — This week, ISPs agreed to work with the BPI to reduce file-sharing in the UK. When someone gets ‘caught’ the ISPs will send out a warning, 100% based on music industry provided ‘evidence’. Not even the ISPs know if the claims of the BPI are true, so the evidence is totally unchallenged, a perfect position for the music industry.More… (Tech Industry News)
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EZTV Trials TV-Torrent Streaming
torrentfreak.com — The Swarmplayer EZTV is experimenting with uses slightly modified torrent files (.tstream), which make it possible to stream video files using the BitTorrent protocol. This new technology allows publishers to offer video steams without having to pay for expensive bandwidth. Theoretically, you can watch all torrent files with the playerMore… (Tech Industry News)
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Want a Custom Digg? Wait Half a Year.
mashable.com — Last night there was a Digg meet-up in Chicago, and the attending press was particularly interested in getting comment from Digg folk Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson regarding the intense rumors of a $200 million acquisition by Google. Of course, as per usual, they had no comment on the matter.More… (Tech Industry News)
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Why Won't Google Video Just Die?
blog.wired.com — No one disputes the fact that Google dominates the online video space. The company controls an estimated 34 percent of the market, according to comScore, and its closest competitor, Fox Interactive -- only has about a 6 percent share. The lion's share of Google's dominance, though, comes from its YouTube acquisition. In fact, there are millions...More… (Tech Industry News)
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