Should Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail block Facebook?  —  Apparently Facebook will ban you (or at least Robert Scoble) if you attempt to extract your friend’s email addresses from the service.  —  Automated access is a difficult issue for any web service, so I won’t argue with their decision — it’s their service and they own […]

Updated: Intel pulls out of One Laptop Per Child group  —  Here’s another turn in a soap opera.  I’m sure that kids in developing countries are not going to benefit from this internecine squabble.  —  Intel has decided to pull out of the One Laptop Per Child nonprofit organization …

Source:   Tech Talk with Dean […]

Intel pulls out of One Laptop Per Child group  —  Here’s another turn in a soap opera.  I’m sure that kids in developing countries are not going to benefit from this internecine squabble.  —  Intel has decided to pull out of the One Laptop Per Child nonprofit organization after a dispute with its chairman, Nicholas […]

Antitrust Lawsuit Charges Apple With Monopolizing Online Music  —  The complaint takes issue with Apple’s refusal to support the Windows Media Audio format.  —  An antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple on Dec. 31 charges the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly on the digital music market.

Source:   InformationWeek
Author:   Thomas Claburn
Link:   http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml…

First Look: Microsoft Office for Mac 2008  —  Introduction  —  The subject of Microsoft Office for Mac has the potential to be a touchy one with Apple fans.  There is a contingent of Mac users for whom Microsoft is the enemy, and any alternative to their products is the right choice.

Source:   Ars Technica
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Facebook lets me back in…  I just received this email.  —  I answer Mike Arrington and several others in a video that now is up at http://www.mogulus.com/robertscoble.&nb sp; —  UPDATE: In the video I cover a whole bunch of topics and take questions from the live audience that was there when filmed.

Source:   Scobleizer — […]

LG Electronics and Netflix Announce Plan to Stream Movies From the Internet to the TV  —  Netflix Inc., the world’s largest online movie rental service, and LG Electronics, a global consumer electronics leader, today announced they are joining forces to develop a set-top box for consumers …

Source:   eHomeUpgrade
Link:   http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/4543…

Speak Up and Give Your Thumbs A REST: Ask.com Mobile Launches Speech-Activated Mobile Driving and Walking Directions  —  New Voice-Enabled ‘Click to Speak’ Directions is a Search Engine First  —  Ask.com today introduced free(1) voice-activated capabilities to its Ask.com Mobile Directions service …

Source:   irconnect.com
Link:   http://www.irconnect.com/ask/pages/news_releases.html…

LG Electronics and Netflix Announce Plan to Stream Movies From the Internet to the TV  —  LOS GATOS, Calif. and ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, and LG Electronics, a global consumer electronics leader …

Source:   netflix.mediaroom.com
Link:   http://netflix.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=258

A Heart-to-Heart with GigaOM Readers  —  Happy New Year.  As you may have noticed, my byline hasn’t been up on the site for a few days.  That’s because the holidays weren’t exactly my most jolly.  —  I had a heart attack on Dec. 28.  I was able to walk into the hospital for treatment …

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