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Comcast & Cox Slowing P2P Traffic All Day

A German computer research group reports that US broadband providers Comcast & Cox continue to slow P2P traffic — not just during peak hours — but all day long.

XP on the XO

The OLPC now comes in a new flavor: XP. But does that taste any good?

Deals and Dealmakers Driving Social Media Economics

Video: Boom or bust, social media is driving consolidation, investment and strategic priorities for media companies. How will current economic trends impact the deals that define the industry, who will have the money to spend, who is selling and who is buying?

Interview with Steve Wadsworth, Disney Internet Group

Disney CEO Bob Iger is on the record–multiple times–about the value of social media to the Walt Disney Company; Steve Wadsworth is charged with making it work. Steve talks about the future of Disney…and those Miley Cyrus photos.

Going Global with Pangea Day

StartUp.com and Control Room Director Jehane Noujaim had a wish: to hold a global film screening featuring the work of international filmmakers. On May 10 it will come to a screen near you.

Gimpy: A New Preview Release of the OS Image Software

For fans of open source image software, the GIMP 2.5 release is underway. Sure, it’s an unstable development release en route to GIMP 2.6, but it’s packed with all sorts of goodies.

Four-hundred Dollar Mac?

A $400 Mac? So says Psystar. The company’s created a “Hackintosh” dubbed OpenMac. It’s a PC configured to run Apple’s Leopard OS. Let’s see what Apple’s lawyers have to say about that.

Ding: Adobe’s Plans to Solve Video Workflow

Adobe announces they’re working on a new open video format called CinemaDNG in the hopes that it will improve compatibility between video files captured from cameras made by different video manufacturers.

Sunshine: Open Source Video Codecs

Sun Microsystems announces that it’s working on a royalty-free and open video codec and media system called the Open Media Stack.

3-G iPhone on the Horizon

CNET suggests that Walt Mossberg suggests that perhaps, possibly, and maybe, Apple’s going to release a 3-G phone in the next 60 days… Like, say, just in time for its June developer’s conference.