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McCartney & Guns N' Roses Launch New Albums on MySpace

Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace.

GE Using Blog to Communicate Directly to Investors

General Electric Co has quietly changed the way it communicates with Wall Street over the past month, using a company blog, GEReports.com, to share news with investors.

Sci-Fi Renews First Successful Internet to TV Show

A milestone was reached last week in the crossover from Internet to TV when Sci Fi Channel gave an early second-season pickup to "Sanctuary," making it the first TV show based on an online series to accomplish the feat.

Obama's Tech Policy Group Announced

The transition team for President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday announced which advisers will lead the team's efforts to develop technology policy for the Obama administration.

Netflix Explains The Video Encoding Process

We strive to deliver great encodes, and the encoding recipe evolves as we learn new tricks and engage new encoding technology. Since we have a variety of software and CE players in the field, we have to continue to support existing encodes for a transition period if new versions incompatible with existing players are added, until we can work with partners to upgrade firmware to support the new encodes.

Hulu's Holiday Widget

There's more on Hulu this holiday season: more movies, more comedies, more new site features. Each day brings a new addition -- but we're not revealing anything just yet.

Wordia.com: Redefine Words w/ Videos

Wordia.com offers everyone the chance to record and upload a video of themselves defining their chosen word in a complete democratization of the language that will have Samuel Johnson, the compiler of the first dictionary, turning in his grave.

Vyew: Web Conferencing Reaching New Levels

Vyew.com Screenshot

This week Vyew released version 3 of its browser-based collaboration tool.

Maghound Finally Launches; Netflix for Mags

Maghound.com

It's about time the magazine world jacked Netflix's business plan.

MyPunchBowl.com Raises $2 Million in Funding

MyPunchBowl.com

Contour Venture Partners is the lead investor in a new Series A round for Punchbowl Software, which makes event-planning and invitation start-up MyPunchbowl.

GiftGirl Helps Men Find Perfect Gifts

GiftGirl.com

One of my favorite sites, GiftGirl, on Monday night introduced some small but important updates that make it an even more useful tool for unimaginative boyfriends and husbands.

NY Times Cover Tributes.com; Obit Website

Tributes.com

Who has not, at some point, wondered if an acquaintance was dead or if enough good things had been said about a deceased loved one?

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