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0	5 O’Clock Roundup: Google says it’s hiring, FTC pooh-poohs rumors of blogging fines Google execs say they’re hiring and spending — Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin and chief executive Eric Schmidt answered journalist’s questions in New... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 8, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Presentation startup SlideShare aims new products at businesses SlideShare, a startup for uploading and sharing presentations, unveiled a new section today called SlideShare Business. Co-founder and chief executive... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 6, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Canadian Gov't Issues Takedown To Newspaper For Posting Section Auditor General Report We've discussed in the past how silly it is for countries to have "crown copyright" (basically granting the government copyright over government... Source: techdirt.com Date: Nov 5, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	CIT’s Borrowers When CIT's potential bankruptcy was pushed into the spotlight earlier this year, we ran a list of 133 LBO-backed companies which CIT has lent to in... Source: pehub.com Date: Nov 2, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	US Department of Defense Embraces Open Source At the US Department of Defense, open source and proprietary software are now on equal footing. According to Defense Department guidance issued... Source: readwriteweb.com Date: Oct 28, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Top Sites for Free eBooks eBooks are becoming more and more popular these days and Crenk just wanted to let you know the best places on the web to find eBooks. eBook Search... Source: crenk.com Date: Oct 28, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	LawCrunch: Some (More) Ideas On Why Nokia Sued Apple Disclaimer: Jeremy Kessel has a J.D., but is still waiting for his (July 2009) California Bar Exam results. Thus, he is not (yet) a licensed attorney.... Source: crunchgear.com Date: Oct 25, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	DISMISSED: Facebook Wins Legal Victory Over Power.com The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Power.com lawsuit against Facebook has been dismissed by a US District Judge. If you haven’t been... Source: mashable.com Date: Oct 23, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	CrunchBoard Jobs: Yelp, Edelman, Scribd and More! If you’re on the hunt for a new job, check out our CrunchBoard. We’ve added nearly 50 new jobs from leading internet businesses in the last two... Source: techcrunch.com Date: Oct 23, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	peHUB First Read * Steve Rattner speaks (or, more specifically, writes) about his time as car czar. No mention of why he left, or when he'll enable Quadrangle Group to... Source: pehub.com Date: Oct 21, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Guy Uploads Book To Google, Selects Wrong Option... Sues Google For Infringement Eric Goldman alerts us to yet another lawsuit concerning Google's book scanning project -- even as it's deep in negotiations to come up with a new... Source: techdirt.com Date: Oct 13, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Scribd Brands Document Reader San Francisco-based document sharing site Scribd reported this week that it has launched a free, branded version of its document reader aimed at media... Source: silicontap.com Date: Oct 8, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Google Adds Quick View for PDFs to Search Results PDFs, the file format often used for “official” documents and typically opened with the frustratingly slow Adobe Reader, are starting to get much more... Source: mashable.com Date: Oct 7, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	FTC to Bloggers: Disclose Freebies or Face $11,000 Fine According to new guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), bloggers who fail to disclose that they have received freebies when they write... Source: readwriteweb.com Date: Oct 5, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Focusing In On The Value: Google Books Provides An Amazing Resource With all of the fighting over the Google Book settlement, it seems that an awful lot of people have lost sight of the key issue, which is that the... Source: techdirt.com Date: Oct 2, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Copyright Dispute Ensnares Scribd A debate is raging in Silicon Valley over whether copyright law protects companies who make filters that screen for -- of all things -- copyright... Source: barrons.com Date: Sep 30, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Even After Being Disbarred, Jack Thompson Can File Misguided Mistargeted Lawsuits Ah, Jack Thompson. The lawyer who made a name for himself years ago by trying to misdirect the blame for pretty much any violent action by any... Source: techdirt.com Date: Sep 30, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	STUDY: 80% of Twitter Users Are All About Me Rutgers University Professors Mor Naaman and Jeffrey Boase set out to analyze the content and characteristics of social media activity. They dubbed... Source: mashable.com Date: Sep 29, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	4 Teens Sued for Obscene Fake Facebook Profile Imagine this: four teenagers take to Facebook to create a fake profile that continually misrepresents your son as a gay racist. Then consider that... Source: mashable.com Date: Sep 25, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Scribd Lawsuit Even More Bizarre: It's The Filter That Infringes? We already wrote about the somewhat odd class action lawsuit against Scribd, but it turns out it's even more bizarre than we first thought. That's... Source: techdirt.com Date: Sep 22, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0