TPB files charges against media companies  —  Thanks to the email-leakage from MediaDefender-Defenders we now have proof of the things we’ve been suspecting for a long time; the big record and movie labels are paying professional hackers, saboteurs and ddosers to destroy our trackers.

Source:   The Pirate Bay - Blog
Author:   Bkp
Link:   http://thepiratebay.org/blog/86

Usability test: Does iPhone match the hype?  —  Users try out the iPhone, HTC Touch and the Nokia N95  —  We all know that in the technology world, the hype about new products often doesn’t match reality.  So it’s fair to ask: Is the iPhone as good as its hype?

Source:   Computerworld
Author:   David Haskin
Link: […]

Internet Celebrity Doesn’t Translate: Amanda Congdon Let Go By ABC  —  Amanda Congdon, best known as the original host of Rocketboom, has been let go by ABCNews.com.  —  ABCNews.com said in a statement: … During her time at ABCNews.com Congdon did a number of projects, including …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Duncan Riley
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/21/internet…

Google To “Out Open” Facebook On November 5  —  Yesterday a select group of fifteen or so industry luminaries attended a highly confidential meeting at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View to discuss the company’s upcoming plans to address the “Facebook issue.”

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/21/google-to-out…

GoogleNET Going Global  —  More than 15 months ago, Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt publicly admitted that he wanted to build an infrastructure for what would be a global $100 billion company.  Given that the search giant’s revenues are projected to reach just over $30 billion by the end of this decade …

Source:   GigaOM
Author: […]

The week that Big Software shattered  —  For the last decade or so, the world of enterprise software, which I’ll define as the programs that larger companies use to automate their basic processes, has been fairly monolithic and fairly predictable.  Companies installed complex ERP-style systems …

Source:   Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog
Author:   Nick
Link:   […]

Has Google Plans to Lay a Pacific Cable?  —  Google may be the ultimate do-it-yourself company.  From the start, Google’s sense of its own engineering superiority, combined with a tightwad sensibility, led it to build its own servers.  It writes is own operating systems.

Source:   Bits
Author:   Saul Hansell
Link:   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/google-plans…

Google plans new undersea “Unity” cable across Pacific  —  Google is planning a multi-terabit undersea communications cable across the Pacific Ocean for launch in 2009, Communications Day has learned.  —  The Unity cable has been under development for several months, with a group of carriers …

Source:   CommsDay - The Home of the CommsDay Family […]

Google plans move into UK mobile and broadband market  —  Google is considering a move into the UK wireless market after the regulator Ofcom yesterday proposed grabbing back more than a third of the mobile phone spectrum that Vodafone and O2 have been using for 22 years to auction it for new entrants.

Source:   Guardian
Author: […]

Sling Scores a Touchdown with NFL/DirectTV  —  Updated: Sling Media, the early leaders in place-shifting technology have scored a touchdown - they are working with DirecTV on a new offering called SuperCast.  —  As part of this deal, viewers can get online streams of NFL games every Sunday.

Source:   NewTeeVee
Author:   Om Malik
Link:   http://newteevee.com/2007/09/21/sling-directv-nfl…