Yahoo Releases Browser Based MP3 Player  —  This is clearly just a first step in whatever Yahoo’s grand plans are around the future of their music service, but today they released some code to embed a very simple Javascript based MP3 player on any website.  —  The player finds MP3s …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael […]

CBS Web guru Quincy Smith talks Digg partnership  —  When CBS Interactive announced on Tuesday that its CBSNews.com property had entered a content partnership with Digg, there wasn’t a whole lot of information released other than the fact that election-related headlines from Digg would appear …

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Caroline McCarthy
Link:   http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9845778-36.html

AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter  —  For the past fifteen years, Internet service providers have acted - to use an old cliche - as wide-open information super-highways, letting data flow uninterrupted and unimpeded between users and the Internet.  —  But ISPs may be about to embrace a new metaphor: traffic […]

FCC: We’ll investigate Comcast-BitTorrent flap  —  Federal regulators plan to investigate whether Comcast improperly interferes with BitTorrent and other file-sharing traffic on its network.  —  The announcement by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin arrived in a panel discussion …

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Anne Broache
Link:   http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9845889-7.html

Frontline ‘closed for business’  —  With its extensive connections, firm’s ultimate fate is unclear  —  The future of Frontline Wireless L.L.C., the Silicon Valley-backed and politically connected startup that spent months positioning itself to bid big in the upcoming 700 MHz auction, has suddenly become shrouded in mystery.

Source:   RCR Wireless News
Author:   Jeffrey Silva
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Paramount Denies Report It Will Drop Toshiba’s HD DVD  —  Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) — Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures denied a newspaper report that the studio is poised to follow Time Warner Inc. in abandoning Toshiba Corp.’s HD DVD technology.  —  “Paramount’s current plan is to continue …

Source:   Bloomberg
Link:   http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid…

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-001 - Critical  —  Vulnerabilities in Windows TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code Execution (941644)  —  Version: 1.0  —  General Information  —  Executive Summary  —  This critical security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities …

Source:   Microsoft
Link:   http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin…

CES: Comcast plans a big, fast future  —  Roberts gets a little assist from Ryan Seacrest in talking about Comcast’s new services  —  Comcast CEO Brian Roberts became the first cable head to keynote CES and he didn’t disappoint.  —  The leader of the world’s largest cable company …

Source:   The Technology Chronicles
Author:   Ryan […]

Rumour: Fox to include iTunes files with DVDs starting 15th Jan  —  We heard a while back that Apple and the movie studios were in negotiations over movie rentals, and there were mentions of iPod compatible movie files being shipped with DVDs.  Of course, to be able to legitimately import DVDs …

Source:   The Unofficial […]

Microsoft: No HD DVD Xbox  —  Microsoft has no plans to add HD DVD capabilities to its Xbox console, despite rumors to contrary.  —  Recommend this story?  —  Despite rumors to the contrary, Microsoft did not unveil an Xbox console with HD DVD capabilities built-in at CES …

Source:   PC World
Author:   Elizabeth Montalbano
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