Rachel Shields / The Independent:
Illegal downloaders ‘spend the most on music’, says poll  —  Crackdown on music piracy could further harm ailing industry  —  ‘File sharers are the ones who are really interested in music’  —  Home > News > UK > Crime  —  People who illegally download music from the internet also spend […]

Jason Clarke / Download Squad:
NewsGator gives full control of FeedDemon back to developer  —  The story of how NewsGator attempted to corner the market on consumer RSS has taken another strange turn.  In an interview with Steven Hodson published on Hodson’s Shooting at Bubbles site, Bradbury admits that he is no longer employed … […]

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
uTorrent 2.0 To Elimininate The Need For ISP Throttling  —  ISPs have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for years already.  Although the true reasons for this are not always clear, some ISPs have argued that a high number of BitTorrent connections are slowing down other applications and traffic.

Om Malik / GigaOM:
Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works  —  The ongoing legal scuffle between Skype, a division of eBay, and its founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, may soon see a resolution, according to someone familiar with the situation.  The parties are in discussions to resolve the various issues.

Om Malik / GigaOM:
Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works?  —  The ongoing legal scuffle between Skype, a division of eBay, and its founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom may soon see a resolution, according to someone familiar with the situation.  The various parties are in discussions to resolve the various issues.

Jason Clarke / Download Squad:
FeedDemon no longer owned by NewsGator  —  The story of how NewsGator attempted to corner the market on consumer RSS has taken another strange turn.  In an interview with Steven Hodson published on Hodson’s Shooting at Bubbles site, Bradbury admits that he is no longer employed by NewsGator …

Bgurley / abovethecrowd.com:
Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model  —  I like to think of myself as an aficionado of business disruption.  After all, as a venture capitalist it is imperative to understand ways in which a smaller private company can gain the upper hand on a large incumbent.

epiZENter.net:
Creative’s next big thing is a Zii MediaBook  —  In what was thought to be just another Annual General Meeting, Creative surprised many by announcing its plan of entering the e-book market.  Displaying a working model of its first e-book reader - tentatively named the MediaBook (no …

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem Of Hell  —  Last weekend I wrote about how the big social gaming companies are making hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue on Facebook and MySpace through games like Farmville and Mobsters.  Major media can’t stop applauding the companies long enough …

Edo Segal / TechCrunch:
For The Future Of The Media Industry, Look In The App Store  —  The following guest post was written by Edo Segal (@edosegal).  —  Media scarcity is dead.  In the future my son will have a flash drive that he will pay $29 for that will have the capacity to hold […]