Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
MySpace, MTV Networks team with Auditude to profit from online video  —  It just goes to show that you can teach old media new tricks.  —  Television networks and Hollywood studios used to try to prevent people from uploading copyrighted content on the Internet.  Now they are looking […]

MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Try Netflix Watch Instantly on your Mac right now  —  Netflix is in the process of beta testing its Watch Instantly feature for Mac computers, and now it’s opened up the test for all users who wish to opt-in.  Simply follow this link and you’ll be good to go: http://www.netflix.com/silverlightoptin .

Suzanne Tindal / CNET News:
Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent  —  The pre-beta version of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system released to developers at the Professional Developers Conference has already made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites, where thousands of enthusiasts around the world are currently downloading it.

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Is Revver On The Fritz?  —  We’ve been getting a lot of tips from people who have been having problems reaching the Revver website lately, getting videos uploaded or playing the ones already hosted on the platform.  We haven’t paid much attention to them so far, because every time we check […]

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Never underestimate Microsoft’s ability to turn a corner  —  This week Microsoft didn’t get much hype for its three major announcements.  Certainly it didn’t stay on top of TechMeme as long as, say, if Steve Jobs gets a sniffle.  But don’t miss what they did.

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Regarding Opera Mini and the App Store  —  I’ve done some digging on this “Opera Mini was rejected from the App Store” story, and the truth appears to be very different than what has been reported and assumed.  —  It all started with this paragraph from Saul Hansell on the […]