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FSC is on Facebook

Algorithms Are Terrific. But to Search Smarter, Find a Person. — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired Magazine

Big Media: Opiate of the Masses? — Loyd Case, ExtremeTech

iPhone price cut: Official response from Steve Jobs – Mac Forums

Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks
— John Tozzi, BusinessWeek

iTunes Store will sell ENTIRE EMI CATALOG DRM-free!!11!1ONE! — Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing

Getting Rich off Those Who Work for Free
Justin Fox, TIME

The Matchmaker: Log on, subscribe, meet, marry
Emily Parker, OpinionJournal

Christians Parking Illegally — La Shawn Barber’s Corner

Companies track gridlock via cell phones
Greg Bluestein, AP on Yahoo! News

Republicans Outnumber Democrats Online, According to Nielsen/NetRatings — MarketWire

YouTube sued over copyright infringement
Greg Sandoval, CNET News

YouTube has risen pretty far pretty fast, but this is not without its problems. Here’s more links: Is YouTube a flash in the pan? – Greg Sandoval, CNET News on MSN YouTube’s new policy says: we own your content – Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing More on YouTube’s controversial new terms and conditions – Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing

The un-Google – the Economist

(HT: Austin Bay)

Skype’s Hype – TMCnet

America Is Not Addicted To Oil – JP of Blog and Tan, BlogCritics.org

“…America is addicted to Real Estate…”

Married man is suing for date – Mary Anne Ostrom, Mercury News

Applause, Applause! – Chewymom

Chewymom cheers FOX’s decision to stop the use of a particular word in its programming.

‘Adapt to new technology or die,’ Murdoch tells newspapers – AFP

He said it, but who will listen?

New paint blocks out cell phone signals – UPI

Soon, theaters won’t have to ask for everyone to turn off their cell-phones.

What Does a Chinese Keyboard Look Like?
Daniel Engber, Slate.com

All of sudden, you’re wondering, aren’t you? Check it out.

Straight-to-DVD television.

I have thought for a couple of years now that the market for video programming will eventually become like the way the music industry was a couple of decades ago: “single” episodes would be distributed and broadcast over the air, and then the season “albums” would be distributed and sold in stores. So Glenn Reynolds got my attention today with his headline, “A DVD SECOND SEASON for Firefly?“…