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Viacom sues Google (Mar 14 2007 04:59 GMT) - The big news in the tech blogosphere today is Viacom suing Google over YouTube. Obviously this is a negotiation, either that or Viacom is jumping off the bridge and hoping that the fall doesn't kill them. On 2/28/07 I observed that the entertainment industry is comfortable negotiating with the tech industry, but that's not the negotiation that matters -- they should negotiate with users, because ultimately that's how the matter of whether or not they have a future will be decided. "Might there not have been a way to make hay out of the lemonade?" Mike Arrington: |
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A Sensible Proposal for Iraq (Mar 14 2007 04:59 GMT) - The House leadership has been stretched and twisted and turned and played on the current House supplemental appropriation "compromise" for Iraq. The resulting bill, as BarbinMD describes, reflects that tortured process. The result, a bill that few can really be satisfied with, except maybe Bush. Among the dissatisfied are the Blue Dogs that Stoller identified who are opposing the bill because it sets a date for withdrawal (even though it doesn't have any real way of enforcing that date). But after forcing the Progressive Caucus to come to heel in appeasing the Blue Dogs, the leadership has decided to give them free rein. |
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The Justice Department E-mails on U.S. Attorney Firings (Mar 14 2007 04:55 GMT) - The Washington Post has put up the text (all in pdf) of the e-mails exchanges and memos written by Justice Department and White House staff regarding the effort to remove U.S. attorneys. The documents were obtained by The Washington Post and detail the political considerations and calculations made by key administration personnel: Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Other good reads: |
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PM Linkage: Stardust Reduced to Just Dust (Mar 14 2007 04:53 GMT) - Links:· Stardust Implosion (above, four minutes long and includes pre-implosion fireworks show) [YouTube]· Stardust Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas Is Demolished [NY Times]· Vegas Bids Farewell to the Stardust [NPR]· |
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San Francisco: Semi-Stream of Conciousness Hotel Review: Hotel Diva in SF (Mar 14 2007 04:53 GMT) - Hotel Diva, a memeber of the up and coming Personality Hotels Group, is a hotel we have been wanting to check into for some time. Last week Hotel Diva announced their "Britney Breakdown" packages, and while we passed on celebrating the pop princesses mental crisis, we did manage to spend a couple days as a guest at Hotel Diva late last week. MORE |
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Boston: A Boston Hotel's Hidden Irish Pub (Mar 14 2007 04:53 GMT) - If you're headed to Boston for this St. Patrick's Day weekend, you may want to stay overnight at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. But if you need to iChat with your friend in Dublin, just remember this place has wickedly slow WiFi. However, this is a place to stay if you want to get in the spirit of St. Patrick's Day--which is drink your face off, wear ridiculous green clothing, stuff your face, sing some songs and then pass out/urinate in public. |
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New York: Six Columbus is Worse Inside Than We Thought (Mar 14 2007 04:53 GMT) - We missed it last week but Curbed has this photographic proof of the shambles that the Six Columbus is currently in. We're guessing that's the lobby but who knows? Maybe it's a business center.Meanwhile, another tipster let us know this is the latest on the doomed Six Columbus Hotel:Inside sources at Thompson Hotels say they are shooting for an early June opening of Six Columbus. |
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BeyondUnreal Reviews: UCMP 4 (Mar 14 2007 04:53 GMT) - The release of a new Ultimate Community Map Pack is always greeted by thousands of downloads, and the recently released UCMP 4 is no exception. If you're one of the few that have yet to check it out, have a look at our review to see what's in store. If yo ... |
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Epiphany on Iraq: Netroots Starts To Get It (Mar 14 2007 04:53 GMT) - Chris and Matt begin to understand. I had to chuckle a bit at this one, though I totally agree, and did a week ago: [P]rogressives get whipped into voting for a compromise, and Blue Dogs get to "vote their conscience." Progressives are expected to compromise their beliefs, but then the leadership won't even stand up and fight for a compromise they wrangled out of the progressives. |
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Video Decoder Malfunctioning (Mar 14 2007 04:52 GMT) - "Skip51003" wrote in message news:88E37D09-4A3D-490D-8A07-5 com... >I have read the many posts that state the need for a decoder and I have >used > the tool and I have an approved decoder installed. I still have errors > that > periodically come up that the decoder has malfunctioned or needs to > restart. > The decoder is a Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder and compatible with both MP10 > and > MCE. |
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Today's Update (Mar 14 2007 04:48 GMT) - I downloaded today's updates, when I restarted, my computer hung on the Windows startup screen with the blue bars going across the screen. I have windows XP sp2. I restarted the computer in safe mode and uninstalled the windows updates, but I can't uninstall the update to Microsoft Outlook 2003. My system won't restart unless it is in safe mode and I don't know what to do now. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Viacom a Google: 1.5USD por visita a mis videos (Mar 14 2007 04:46 GMT) - Es lo que dan las cuentas de la nueva demanda que Google recibe por los videos alojados en YouTube; Viacom acaba de demandarlos por u$s1.000 millones diciendo que sus 160,000 videos alojados en YouTube fueron vistos 1.500 millones de veces. Ahora, más allá de las palabras que viacom utiliza en su demanda (de acá podes descargarla [... |
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Auto decline expired? (Mar 14 2007 04:45 GMT) - I often get messages that some updates were not approved or declined. These are almost always Windows Defender updates that have expried and are no longer available. Is it possible to make these types be automatically declined instead of making me do it manually each time? Thanks! |
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Learning to dive in Gili Trawangan Lombok (Mar 14 2007 04:45 GMT) - Gili Trawangan offers a white sand island, surrounded by turquiose water. There are no cars or motorbikes, no police, no nightclubs, but there are many restaurants, many showing evening movies and some having live music. Some of Bali’s most famous restaurants have branches there including Ryoshi and The Beach House. In all Gili Trawangan offers [... |
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Repairing Windows (Mar 14 2007 04:44 GMT) - I have Windows XP MCE Version 2005 with Update Rollup 2 installed on a Dell laptop, and problems have developed. I ran hardware diagnostics, and everything is in working order. I ran malware troubleshooting software and there were no problems. There are no viruses. So, I'm attempting to reinstall the operating system without wiping the disk clean. |
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Audio popping and static in Vista (Mar 14 2007 04:44 GMT) - Hello everyone, I've been trying to get ideas on the Dell forums about this issue, and figured I'd try here to see if this is an issue that reaches beyond Dell computers. I have a Dell Inspiron E1505, Vista Home Premium, Duo Core 2 2Ghz, 2GB Ram, 7200 RPM HD. Now, you would think that with all of this that playing a simple MP3 file would be a piece of cake, but alas it is not. Whenever I play MP3's, WMA's, MIDI files, or just about any audio file, I get random popping and clicking during the track. This ISN'T the "skipping at the last 20 seconds of the song" deal. |
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Ricci (Mar 14 2007 04:43 GMT) - Cristina Ricci en el Vogue italiano del pasado enero. Es que crecen a una velocidad.... |
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To haggle or not to haggle, that is a question (Mar 14 2007 04:38 GMT) - Hello, I have heard that some pokerrooms offer a special deals for rake back if you show them, that you are a key player. I think that is true of some BossMedia sites. Generally the top rakeback the whole network offers is 30%, but someone told me that it is possible to get more ( probably 35%) if you show them that the increase of your rakeback would be profitable for them as well. The ... |
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