Apple is serving Podcast Ready with a cease and desist order for trademark infringement. Apple believes the term podcast is theirs. Podcast Ready makes this cool tool that lets you download mp3 files to most mp3players. It’s a podcatcher and it enables more people to listen to music without relying on Apple technology. I don’t think the name matters.
Anders Bylund at arstechnica.com is citing a report that "Out of $13 billion in VC investments in the first half of 2006, only $262 million went to Web 2.0 companies." That certainly keeps it all in perspective.
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Lime Wire is suing the RIAA and TechCrunch reports ebay possibly pulling out of China.