Ars Technica:
Peer-to-peer filesharing applications have been wildly popular, especially among those interested in accessing pirated software, music, and media. But not everyone who operates a P2P client knows how to properly configure the software, and some clients may share entire director (Read More)
Submitted by Adamsherk
from Google Reader:
The role of social media in professional sports is getting a lot of attention these days, unfortunately mostly in the form of teams and leagues trying to clamp down on it or players making mistakes with it.Despite this, fans are passionately supporting and discussing their teams through a range of social media outlets, in p (Read More)
Submitted by Jungleg
from Google Reader:
I’m in wonderful New York City this week, getting ready to do a 15-minute keynote talk on Making Sense of Google Wave tomorrow, November 17th. It’ll be at 2:05pm Eastern time, and if you’re not at the conference, you can watch it live on the web, here. I’ve also started the first public Web 2.0 Expo wave; search for with:pu (Read More)
mediabistro.com: FishBowlNY:
As People magazine celebrates Johnny Depp as the "Sexiest Man Of The Year" (again), everything is not well in the state of People's publisher Time Inc. The company is still looking to trim $100 million from its budget through layoffs and buyouts, which could include up to 90 editorial positions at Fortune, Sports Illustrate (Read More)
Submitted by Adamsherk
from Google Reader:
Poor video. For a while, he was the hot boyfriend of the online world. His buddy, pre-roll advertising, was touted as the way to save the industry. Now, like a guy who dumped us, people are trashing-talking video content on news sites and telling all their girlfriends that video on the Web fails to perform.I think it's time (Read More)
The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Filed under: Gaming, Hardware, Rumors, Software, Odds and ends, iPhoneOnLive is a company that has been claiming to do the seemingly impossible -- they plan to set up a sort of "cloud gaming" console, where instead of hardware in individual houses (like we have now; you buy a console for your home), they'll have hardware ov (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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We’re excited to announce the availability of our latest case study: Using Engagement to Find Opinion Makers for The Atlantic 50. This case study describes how The Atlantic Media Company used PostRank Data Services to create the list of and rank the top 50 opinion makers in US politics.It’s great to work with such a well-k (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
This is how PGR: Ferrari Edition looks on my Zune HD. In fact, it looks a LOT better than that and the gameplay, once you get used to the sensitivity of the accelerometer, is excellent. If you have a Zune HD, it’s a free download from the apps tab within the desktop software. Now looking forward to the Twitter app.  (Read More)
Submitted by Ferringer
from Google Reader:
Lot of talk this morning about the New York Times profile of Bill Simmons in today's Business section. First of all, I love that it led with a nod to Bill's origins on AOL Digital Cities back in 1998, which is where I first read him.That was kind of the point: Bill had a non-traditional background, which he extended into a (Read More)
Ars Technica:
Late Friday night, Google filed a revised version of its book settlement with the New York court that is overseeing the case. The new version limits the settlement to works published in a handful of English-speaking countries, and contains significant concessions that appear to (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Two eBook companies are creating an alliance that will help democratize eBook publishing for authors and small independent presses around the world. Smashwords and Shortcovers are teaming up to distribute eBook content in international markets.Toronto, Canada-based Shortcovers, an eReading application owned by Indigo Books (Read More)
Mac Rumors:
Apple appears to be getting even more serious about gaming on the iPhone and iPod Touch. We've long known that Apple has been positioning the iPod Touch as a gaming device, and Steve Jobs even acknowledged to the New York Times the success of this i... (Read More)
Hacker News:
When Americans think of the Indian technology sector, they still perceive a nation of call center workers and low-level computer programmers administering databases and updating websites. But while the West was sleeping, Indian IT morphed into a giant R&D machine. Indian companies that started out doing call center and low- (Read More)
TechCrunch:
@alphacentauri wrote:Interessant: Murdoch is in staat om Google imperium een gevoelige klap te geven http://bit.ly/22WwT7I’ve mostly been a spectator in this wholeRupert Murdoch de-indexing hisnews sites content from Google circus. First because I didn’treally believe he even knew what he was talking about (or howmuch traf (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Background checks have been around for a long time now, but Crederity wants to bring an easier, web-oriented approach to verifying that someone is trustworthy. In addition to its business tools, the New York company is also rolling out a way for individuals to create a single verified identity across the web — a “seal of ap (Read More)