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Online video continues to find its way onto more and more devices. An increasing number of products are coming to market with an Internet connection built in. Connected-device sales (including TVs, set-top box, gaming consoles, etc.) are projected to approach 57 million units in 2009. ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

Despite record oil prices, it has not been a great year for making money from ethanol. High corn prices are killing corn ethanol companies in the U.S., while Cosan, the world’s largest sugar company as well as its leading maker of sugar-based ethanol, has had the […] Read more »

In an exhaustive story on Google’s troubles monetizing YouTube, The Wall Street Journal discovered that the company is considering a plan to implement the dreaded pre- and post-roll advertisements, something the company has shunned since the beginning. It’s a major reversal for the company. Last year, […] Read more »

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The American ethanol industry, the world’s largest, is about to get a little sweeter. Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF), an international investment group, says it is on schedule to open up the first commercial sucrose-to-ethanol plant in America. LGF, which is 80 percent owned by Inverandino, a […] Read more »

If you’re a Web developer, you likely already know about Firebug – the amazing web development add-in for Firefox. (It was one of our 6 recommended Firefox extensions for web workers). But if you haven’t been following its development blog, you may not know the latest […] Read more »

Truveo Goes International; video search service launching portals in eight ex-U.S. markets, including India, Japan and the UK. (release) New York Video Meetup Draws Big Presenters; Joost, 5min, HeyCosmo and blip.tv give talks. Read a rundown of last night’s gathering at CenterNetworks, or watch video at […] Read more »

Just after posting about my lovely retreat for escaping from it all I looked at the jkOTR home page to make sure it posted correctly.  The Google ad displaying above the retreat post makes me question what the folks at Google think constitutes a peaceful retreat: […] Read more »

So for one day I leave the calculator in the bag, and try to be a nice guy … not forever, but just for one day. And guess what happens. I get spanked! Aswath Rao, does what I should have in the first place, and figures […] Read more »

Last issue of Business 2.0 had a nice long story on the IPod economy. Now BusinessWeek, which is a different magazine has essentially the same story on how IPod has inspired a whole eco-system of accessory makers. Potato, Potato! Anyway I guess inspiration comes in many […] Read more »

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