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The folks behind the web show “Big Shot Live” have hit upon a formula that’s bringing them huge traffic. In fact, it’s worked so well that they’re now planning to spin off “Big Shot Live” as a separate company — and raise some $5 million to $10 million for it. NewTeeVee has the full [...]

Comcast said today it plans to create a “P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” in cooperation with P2P companies and other ISPs. The bill is supposed to be a catalog of best-practice recommendations for P2P companies and ISPs alike, but the announcement was more than vague about what those recommendations might look like. NewTeeVee [...]

Earth2Tech: Yes, the credit crunch is being felt in the world of cleantech. In fact, private equity investment during the first quarter slumped 64 percent drop from the first quarter of 2007, to just $878 million.
NewTeeVee: Nothing seems to be hurting YouTube — the video-sharing site had more than 73 percent of all U.S. [...]

What’s going to be the viral element that gets us to cut down on our collective carbon emissions? Who’s going to deliver us the iPod of cleantech? Earth2Tech has pulled together a list of 10 green social networks dedicated to motivating their users to fight global warming and cut carbon.

Not only do cars consume lots of petroleum, they are also made of it, especially the interior. The dash, the seats and the paneling are all often made of petroleum-based polymers. But Ford is taking a step to reduce the amount of oil needed to build its cars by making the seat cushions out [...]

One of the big threats to open-source software is patents; it’s becoming increasingly impossible to create software without violating one. A case currently in front of the United States Court of Appeals, In re Bilski, offers some hope that the patent madness will be reined in. OStatic has the details about the case — and [...]