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Sony to launch online download service for TVs (AFP)

Sony Bravia televisions at the Consumer Electronics Trade Fair in Berlin. Sony is to launch a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive has said.(AFP/File/John Macdougall) AFP - Sony Corp. aims to launch next year a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive said Friday.

Livescribe SmartPen Gets its Own App Store (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - It's time for yet another application store, but this time it's not for a phone or an MP3 player. Instead, Livescribe is introducing a beta edition of its App Store for its Pulse SmartPen.

Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade (AFP)

The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.(AFP/File/Loic Venance) AFP - The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.

EMI music videos, concerts coming to Hulu.com (AFP)

AFP - EMI Music announced Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com, making it the first major label to strike a deal with the increasingly popular US-based online video site.

AP Sources: MySpace in talks to buy imeem (AP)

AP - Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

John Mayer makes sure music rises above tabloids (AP)

In this Nov. 14, 2009 photo, musician John Mayer is shown during a rehearsal in New York. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri) AP - If you're engrossed in the tabloid Internet-gossip that has come to define the celebrity world, then John Mayer's latest CD, "Battle Studies," could provide enough fodder to fill at least a dozen Perez Hilton blog posts or at least one story in Us Weekly.

IBM makes Big Blue cloud (AFP)

A sign marks the entrance to IBM Corporate Headquarters, in March 2009, in Armonk, New York. IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing AFP - IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs.

Clicker.com aims to become Internet video usher (AP) AP - Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet.

Review: `Pirate Radio' rolls when it should rock (AP)

In this film publicity image released by Focus Features, Tom Sturridge, background left, and Rhys Ifans are shown in a scene from 'Pirate Radio.' (AP Photo/Focus features, Alex Bailey) AP - No movie can be all bad when juiced up with a soundtrack of more than 50 classic rock tunes.

Watch concerts free online at BillboardLive.com (AP)

Alicia Keys poses backstage at the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison) AP - A new Web site allows music lovers to watch concerts for free online, choosing from five different camera angles as they watch.

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