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21 Jan 2010 20:56

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Biz: The New York Times: Tweet our articles for free. Or subscribe.

  • If you are coming to NYTimes.com from another Web site and it brings you to our site to view an article, you will have access to that article and it will not count toward your allotment of free ones.
  • New York Times Co. President and Chief Executive Janet L. Robinson • Discussing the change of the New York Times’ model from free to paid and leaving an interesting tidbit in the midst: Tweeted/refered links to the Times will work exactly the way they do now. Which means that hitting the paywall actually requires digging into the site. We’re intrigued. (hat tip Charles Apple) source
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28 Dec 2009 21:24

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World: Don’t turn away from Yemen, because that’s where the threat is

  • 29 reported al-Qaeda members were captured by Yemeni forces today
  • 30 more were reported killed after a raid in the country last week; the U.S. is paying for this
  • 30 more beyond that were killed in a raid Dec. 17; then the undie bomber stepped in source
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27 Sep 2009 12:04

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Tech: Why everyone wants to share their articles online (including us!)

  • Twitter users, on average, click a link posted to a site source
  • LinkedIn users click a link when it’s posted to that site source
  • Digg users click a link every time a new one’s posted source
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24 Aug 2009 11:08

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Tech: Slate cuts the crap, just gives you the Slatest news, simply.

  • And good for them. Really. OK, we’re kinda sad because it appears they’ve stolen our idea to some degree, but Slate’s newest site, The Slatest, is a news aggregator that doesn’t get bogged down by lots and lots (and lots) of links, like, say, Digg, Reddit, The Huffington Post, The Drudge Report, and … we could go on. A handful of really good news stories, linked in such a way that you know what you’re clicking, with a giant freaking ad that doesn’t get in the way. We approve. Good show, Slate. source
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30 Mar 2009 10:50

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Tech: The Pirate Bay makes stealing copyrighted stuff even easier!

  • Facebook + Torrents = Lawsuit waiting to happen. Not that you couldn’t search for stuff on The Pirate Bay easily before, but the Swedish dudes who like tweaking authority have made it even easier, by allowing you to share torrent links on your Facebook profile. If you click the link in Facebook, you download the torrent directly. If only buying software was this easy. source
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