p2pnet news view | P2P:- Today is Day 4 of p2pnet’s Canada elections 2008 special and although I won’t be doing the usual posts (with one or two exceptions) , I promised I’d run headline roundups two or three times a day.

Cheers!

Jon 

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Obama & McCain Conflicting On Net Neutrality – Slashdot

“For all their incessant bickering in the first two presidential debates over conflicts of interest and government regulation, PopMech columnist Glenn Derene is puzzled that the candidates have yet to be challenged on a vital issue directly related to both those topics: Net neutrality. John McCain and Barack Obama have stated elsewhere their opposing views on the issue, with McCain being opposed to Net neutrality and favoring light regulation of the Internet, while Obama is in favor of neutrality and seeks Government involvement. In any case, since there is no standard accepted definition of “network neutrality,” until the candidates elaborate on their positions (which they both declined to do for this piece, nor anywhere else so far, for that matter), “both sides can make a credible case that they’re the ones defending freedom of innovation and open communication.”

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Asus Eee Box ships with virus – PC Advisor

The desktop PC version of Asus’ popular Eee PC has shipped with a virus in Japan, the company has warned. The low-cost Eee Box, designed as a basic for managing photos, sending email, surfing the web, and other day-to-day tasks, launched in Japan last week, but Asus has warned owners that it contains a virus file named ‘recycled.exe’. The company said that the virus is located on the Eee Box’s D drive. As soon as it’s opened, it begins copying itself to the main C drive and to any other removable drives or USB drives. Asus has so far provided no details about how the virus found its way on to the Eee Box, nor whether the version shipping in the UK is affected.

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Tapping Twitter to monitor broadband outages – CNET News

A number of Telstra’s major broadband rivals have said they have no immediate plans to follow the telecommunications company’s lead and use the Twitter microblogging service to monitor service outages and contact customers about support plans, though a closer look shows Optus to be one of the only large carriers not using the tool. Telstra launched the offering over the past several weeks, garnering a mixed response from Australian users of the service, but rivals Optus, iiNet and Internode said they weren’t as keen to offer an official Twitter-based service. iiNet did admit that it had already dabbled in the tool and had an unofficial Twitter account. But the Internet service provider didn’t intend on extending the channel to offer Twitter support in an official capacity, according to a company representative.

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Sequoia Rings the Alarm Bell: Silicon Valley Is in Trouble – GigaOm

Sequoia Capital, arguably the smartest venture capital investor in business, is sounding the alarm and asking its portfolio companies to buckle down for what could be the worst economic downturn of their relatively short lives. The fund organized a meeting yesterday where it invited entreprenuers/CEOs from its portfolio companies. The attendees were greeted by a cute image of a Grave Stone, with a message: R.I.P.: Good Times, my sources tell me. I was able to confirm this with at least two sources. I am currently trying to nail down more details. Sequoia Capital declined to comment on the news.

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Netflix imposes $1 per month Blu-ray surcharge for HD lovers – Ars Technica

One of the struggles Blu-ray’s backers have faced in the format’s march toward the mainstream is price. Blu-ray players are still considerably more expensive than DVD players that still look “good enough” for many HDTV owners, and Blu-ray discs retail for a few bucks more than their optical forefathers. But those Netflix customers have been able to add Blu-ray movies to their queues for no extra charge will now have to pay a $1 per month charge for the privilege. A handful of readers sent in copies of an e-mail sent to Netflix customers Wednesday morning in which the mail rental giant announced that it would begin charging customers $1 per month for the ability to have Blu-ray movies in their queues. The new charge is effective November 5; the only way to avoid it is to remove Blu-ray access from your account.

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