It’s possible Google surprised absolutely no one: at his keynote today at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, Google co-founder Larry Page took the wraps off the Google Video Store, officially putting the Internet giant in the content distribution business.
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Betting It All on Chess
Places your bets…on chess? That’s right; strange as it seems, PinnacleSports.com today announced they’d become the “first sportsbook in the world to accept wagers on a professional chess leagueâ€.
The U.S. Chess League, new eight-team league comprised of players from various cities across the United States, features weekly action. PinnacleSports.com, in a press release, gave an example of their chess odds system: “the San Francisco Mechanics have been listed as the 4/11 favorites over the Philadelphia Masterminds, who are currently 5/2 underdogs to win the match. Hoping to close in on a playoff berth, the Baltimore Kingfishers are 4/7 favorites to checkmate the last place Carolina Cobras. The toughest match-up to call this week pits the Boston Blitz against the Dallas Destiny, where PinnacleSports.com has Boston as a slight 10/11 favorite to win.
RIAA sues 5 Washington residents
The suits were part of a new round of legal action by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has filed 341 lawsuits since it launched a crackdown against individuals in September. The association filed 41 new lawsuits this week and sent 90 lawsuit-notification letters to those targeted for legal action.
The RIAA said the Washington residents being sued were allegedly sharing thousands of songs online illegally, including such tunes as “You May Be Right” by Billy Joel, “Hey Ladies” by Destiny’s Child and “Human Nature” by Michael Jackson.
The court documents include little information about the defendants except their names.
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