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The Full Valenti: Dodd Trades His Olive Branch to Tech for a Howitzer, After SOPA/PIPA Gets Delayed

Kara Swisher in Media on January 20 at 11:32 am PT

What would Jack do? (And would it work anymore?)

Antipiracy Bills Put on Hold in Congress

Peter Landers, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 20 at 9:11 am PT

Congressional backers of online antipiracy legislation called off their efforts Friday following a storm of opposition by Internet companies, effectively killing the bills in their current form.

Geek-tastic! Twitter Queen Kim Kardashian Reportedly to Wed at Eric Schmidt’s SoCal Estate (Or at Kleiner Partner’s Luxe Crib).

Kara Swisher in Media on August 17, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT

Here’s a delicious juxtaposition you don’t get often: Various reports indicate that reality show empress Kim Kardashian’s upcoming wedding to New Jersey Nets basketball player Kris Humphries will be held at either the Montecito estate of Google’s Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt or that of a VC legend.

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Viral Video: Inside Osama Bin Laden Compound

Kara Swisher in Media on May 2, 2011 at 7:07 am PT

There might have been tweets right from the Pakistani city of Abbottabad at the time of the attack, but this ABC News video from inside the house where the U.S. raid on al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden took place depicts it in ways 140 characters simply cannot.

Viral Video: Up, Up in L.A.

Kara Swisher in News on March 10, 2011 at 9:16 am PT

BoomTown is swanning around Los Angeles today, so it seemed apt to post this amazing video, in which one of its movies was made real in the skies. That would be Pixar’s animated gem “Up,” in which a house was carried away by balloons.

Google's Content Farming: Good for Consumers or Good for PR?

Kara Swisher in News on February 25, 2011 at 1:02 am PT

In another significant search announcement yesterday, Google said it was revising its algorithm to target makers of low-quality content. Perhaps I’m being cynical, but the noisy search algorithm changes, while welcome to those using Google, also have a pretty clear goal to burnish the Silicon Valley company’s image.

Night-Table Reading: The FCC's Net Neutrality Rules In Full

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 23, 2010 at 3:02 pm PT

It’s now been two days since the Federal Communications Commission voted to pass its controversial network neutrality rules, and the consensus is clear–no one is terribly happy. Now we have a full text of the actual rules–the 194-page document that lawyers, lawmakers and lobbyists will be combing through in the coming weeks and months.

The Beatles Aren't Yesterday, After All: Two Million Songs, 450,000 Albums in a Week

Peter Kafka in Media on November 23, 2010 at 11:53 am PT

Question every Internet wisenheimer had last week: “Doesn’t every Beatles fan already have every Beatles song?” Answer: Nope. Consumers had room for two million Fab Four songs, and another 450,000 albums in their digital catalogs.

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Election 2010: Facebook Fan Favorites Fare Well

Voices in News on November 3, 2010 at 10:12 am PT

Well, what do you know–in elections, the most popular candidate usually wins. True in the real world, and apparently true in the virtual world. Plumbing its community sentiment for political insights (as it did all Election Night on ABC), Facebook today noted that in 98 key U.S. House races, the candidate with the most Facebook fans won 74 percent of the time. In 34 Senate races, the figure was 82 percent. Lots more fun facts on the site.

ATD Adds Tricia Duryee (Who Will Add It All Up for Our Readers)

Kara Swisher in Commerce on October 25, 2010 at 5:42 am PT

And the hit reporters/bloggers keep on coming at All Things Digital. Today, we are honored to add Tricia Duryee to the staff of our site, where she will be covering commerce, online payments, gaming and more. In other words: She’ll show us the money. Or not, in some cases.

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