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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/reboot.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74004b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Amazon and TiVo [have announced a new video download service][1]. However, unlike competing offerings (such as Walmart's disastrous launch yesterday), the new partners will download movies and TV shows directly to customers' televisions via their TiVos. So far officials refused to give a target date for the service's launch. + +[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-07T053842Z_01_N06308517_RTRUKOC_0_US-TIVO-AMAZON-DOWNLOAD.xml&src=rss "Amazon, TiVo to test movie downloads direct to TVs" + +* The RIAA [received a huge setback][2] yesterday when a judge ordered the music lobby group must pay the attorney fees for a woman wrongfully accused of illegal downloading. The judge, echoing sentiments of just about everyone but the RIAA, called the suit "frivolous and unreasonable." Listening Post [has more details][3]. + +[2]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005114.php "Big Win for Innocent RIAA Defendant" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/02/scoop_label_mus.html "Label Must Pay P2P Defendant's Legal Fees" + +* Hackers [attacked][4] the DNS servers that form the backbone of the internet yesterday. Several key DNS servers saw a traffic spike yesterday morning experts say, which is usually a sure sign of an attack. The good news is the servers stood up to the attack. + +[4]: http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6156944.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "Internet backbone at center of suspected attack" + +* It appears one the home-planet's (Condé Nast) auxiliary tentacles (CondeNet) has [acquired][6] [flip.com][7], a social networking site for teen girls. + +[6]: http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20070206/AQTU04206022007-1.html "CondeNet Launches Flip, New Online Outlet for Teen Girls' Creativity" +[7]: http://www.flip.com/ "Flip.com" + + +* TSIA: [World's Oldest Paper Ditches Newsprint][5] + +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/furthermore/2007/02/worlds_oldest_p.html "World's Oldest Paper Ditches Newsprint"
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