Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
AP eyes news aggregators; Risks exposing its lack of value add  —  So the Associated Press is mad and isn’t going to take it anymore.  It’s eyeing news aggregators who are stealing a few paragraphs and failing to link to it as an authoritative source.  —  Be careful what […]

Frank Rose / The Underwire:
Nine Inch Nails iPhone App Extends Reznor’s Innovative Run  —  LOS ANGELES — Trent Reznor was backstage one afternoon last summer, fooling around with his iPhone to stave off boredom before a show, when he realized that fans standing in line outside were broadcasting photos from the scene using their […]

Frank Rose / The Underwire:
Reznor’s Innovative Run Continues With Nine Inch Nails iPhone App  —  LOS ANGELES — Trent Reznor was backstage one afternoon last summer, fooling around with his iPhone to stave off boredom before a show, when he realized that fans standing in line outside were broadcasting photos from the scene using […]

Bloomberg:
IBM-Sun Talks Said to Break Down Over Millions in Payouts, Sale Conditions  —  International Business Machines Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc.’s merger talks collapsed after disputes over millions of dollars of payouts to Sun executives, in addition to the takeover price and conditions attached to the deal …

Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Twitter fail-whale snacks on user avatars  —  Twitter has been hiccuping all day, it seems.  Earlier, some users (myself included) noticed occurrences of the service’s notorious “fail whale”—the cartoon that pops up when Twitter’s servers are overloaded—and later, some members began to report …

Joe Leahy / Financial Times:
Google predicts Indian web use to soar  —  India - long considered a digital laggard for its low internet penetration - is set for explosive growth in web usage in the coming year, according to a senior Google executive in the country.  —  Vinay Goel, country head of products at […]

Jane Schulze / The Australian:
Google dubbed internet parasite by WSJ editor  —  Article from:  —  COMPANIES that aggregate mainstream media content without paying a fee are the “parasites or tech tapeworms in the intestines of the internet” and will soon be challenged, Robert Thomson, the Australian-born editor of The Wall Street Journal has warned.

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP  —  Microsoft and its PC partners are going to allow Windows 7 users to downgrade not just to Windows Vista, but also to Windows XP, Microsoft officials are confirming.  —  Some company watchers have been wondering about the […]

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Why baseball benched Microsoft Silverlight  —  The thwacking sounds of bats striking balls will once again fill stadiums, as Monday is opening day for Major League Baseball.  This year, Microsoft will watch from the sidelines.  —  MLB.com no longer uses Microsoft’s Silverlight to stream games to its 500,000 subscribers.

Steven Grady / SlashGear:
Blackberry Storm 2 due in September, has WiFi  —  According to a source very close to the issue, Verizon has given the go for RIM to release the BlackBerry Storm 2 in September of this year.  The followup to the groundbreaking Storm that was released last year as the first touchscreen […]