{"id":2026,"date":"2009-01-05T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/cote\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2009-01-05T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T21:00:15","slug":"links-for-january-4th-through-january-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/2009\/01\/05\/links-for-january-4th-through-january-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for January 4th through January 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"deliciousLinks\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2009\/01\/05\/linux_in_2009\/\">Linux: this year&#039;s silver lining?<\/a><br \/>Looking towards Netbooks to spread Linux adoption.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jLk9C8Vo1z6Jr9DGTgaJDp41AN4gD95GPF3O0\">LG high-def TVs to stream Netflix videos directly<\/a><br \/>Streaming Netflix to be embedded in LG high-def TVs, hoping for a $200-300 markup. Also, see figure on the trickling-stream when it comes to titles available: &quot;Netflix&#039;s streaming service taps a library of 12,000 titles, while the company&#039;s DVD menu numbers more than 100,000 titles.&quot; It&#039;s about 12% there, then.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techflash.com\/venture\/SourceLabs_operator_of_open_source_community_Swiknet_sold_to_EMC37015364.html\">EMC buys SourceLabs, operator of open source site Swik.net &#8211; TechFlash: Seattle&#039;s Technology News Source<\/a><br \/>Former RedMonk client SourceLabs &#8211; provider of open source support &#8211; is (mostly) bought by EMC.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2009\/01\/05\/rokus-second-act-amazon-video-on-demand\/\">Roku&rsquo;s second act: Amazon Video on Demand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.well.com\/conf\/inkwell.vue\/topics\/343\/Bruce-Sterling-State-of-the-Worl-page01.html\">The WELL: Bruce Sterling: State of the World, 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/saviorodrigues.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/05\/will-you-pay-for-open-source-in-2009\/\">Will you pay for open source in 2009?<\/a><br \/>&quot;Here&rsquo;s hoping that in 2009, more open source vendors will ignore the cries of disapproval and adopt an &ldquo;open core&rdquo;-like business model.  More paying users = more revenue = more development funding = more features &amp; higher quality products = happier users.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/01\/05\/technology\/05bluray.html\">Blu-ray Format Struggles With Uncertain Prospects<\/a><br \/>&quot;On Black Friday, the crucial shopping day after Thanksgiving, electronics manufacturers coordinated with retailers to heavily discount Blu-ray players. As a result, sales surged.&quot; Once there&#039;s a $99 Bluray player, everyone will buy one and the DVD switchover will start for real. While there&#039;s online competition, people love buying physical media for entertainment and renting them, if only because that&#039;s the only way to get everything while streaming is still very limited.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/austin\/stories\/2008\/12\/29\/daily36.html?ana=from_rss\">Wayport deal one of Q4&rsquo;s biggest venture-backed transactions &#8211; Austin Business Journal:<\/a><br \/>&quot;Nationally, M&amp;A deals generated just $3.9 billion during the quarter, capping the worst year, based on liquidity events, since 2003. U.S. venture-backed companies generated $24.1 billion in liquidity from initial public offerings and M&amp;As during 2008, down 58 percent from $57.6 billion in 2007, according to Dow Jones.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intel.com\/pressroom\/archive\/releases\/20090105corp.htm?cid=rss-90004-c1-222641\">Intel and Adobe to Extend Flash Platform to TVs<\/a><br \/>New Intel offering &#8211; for &quot;embedded&quot; systems in the consumer\/entertainment gadget market &#8211; will have Flash Lite. Note the inclusion of Bluray, poaching on Java&#039;s reach in the entertainment area. Supposed to be around in mid 2009.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Delete-Virtumonde\">How to Delete Virtumonde &#8211; wikiHow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/billmullins.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/21\/rapid-antivirus-four-removal-solutions\/\">Rapid Antivirus &#8211; Four Removal Solutions &laquo; Bill Mullins&rsquo; Weblog &#8211; Tech Thoughts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux: this year&#039;s silver lining?Looking towards Netbooks to spread Linux adoption. LG high-def TVs to stream Netflix videos directlyStreaming Netflix to be embedded in LG high-def TVs, hoping for a $200-300 markup. Also, see figure on the trickling-stream when it comes to titles available: &quot;Netflix&#039;s streaming service taps a library of 12,000 titles, while the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}