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12:00 PM ET, May 12, 2006

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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Measuring PFF Against the Darknet  —  Today the Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF), a DC-based "market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy," released a report entitled "The DMCA Dialectic: Towards Constructive Criticism."
Discussion: Infothought and IPcentral Weblog
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Rustybrick / Search Engine Roundtable:
Dynamic Implementation of Google Co-op for Search Engine Roundtable  —  This morning I described what is Google Co-op, but I also promised I would try to implement an example for this site.  Well, we have implemented phase one of Google Co-op subscription links for this site.
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Bambi Francisco:
Google machines vs. humans
Walter S. Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
In Our Post-PC Era, Apple's Device Model Beats the PC Way  —  For many years, there have been two models of how to make computers and other digital devices.  One is the component model, championed by Microsoft.  The other is the end-to-end model, championed by Apple.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Notebook Screen Shots  —  A Google employee named Erica Joy has posted a number of screen shots of Google Notebook, which will launch next week at google.com/notebook.  —  Notebook looks like it is designed to be a flat out del.icio.us competitor, allowing you to gather content from around the web …
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Mark Peters / Lets Go Digital:
Sony Alpha unveiled  —  Sony Alpha : Thanks to Kai Thon from DigIT we can inform you about Sony's latest hot digital imaging product; the Sony Alpha digital SLR camera.  Toru Katsumoto, Senior General Manager of AMC Division, Digital Imaging Business Group of Sony Corporation …
Discussion: Gizmodo
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Marc Perton / Engadget:
Sony unveils first alpha DSLR
Discussion: MobileWhack.com
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google sticks with dual-class structure  —  As expected, Google shareholders rejected on Thursday a proposal made by a pension fund holder of stock to eliminate the company's dual-class stock ownership structure.  —  Google's annual shareholder meeting also featured executives fielding questions …
Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
Report Claims Very Serious Diebold Voting Machine Flaws  —  [This entry was written by Avi Rubin and Ed Felten.]  —  A report by Harri Hursti, released today at BlackBoxVoting, describes some very serious security flaws in Diebold voting machines.  These are easily the most serious voting machine flaws …
Staci D. Kramer / MocoNews.net:
Interview: Paul Scanlan, CTO, MobiTV  —  Interview: Paul Scanlan, COO, MobiTV  —  It took two years for MobiTV to sign up its first 500,000 customers — and just six months for the next 500,000.  The growth has been aided by the availability of more video-capable handsets and increasing access …
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Ballmer: Google wants special treatment in IE  —  update SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Google seems to want special treatment on Internet Explorer, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.  —  His remarks centered on the default search engine in the Web browser.  Right now, when people update …
Guardian:
'We have a lot on our plate and we prioritise'  —  Fresh from settling an anti-trust suit with Microsoft, the chief executive of Real Networks, Rob Glaser, outlines the company's strategy for success in the digital downloading market  —  Interview by Kate Bulkley
Tony Long / Wired News:
Tech Workers of the World, Unite  —  I was raised in a union house.  My father was a passionate supporter of the labor movement and I've never forgotten that the union helped feed and clothe me when I was a kid.  —  Most of my professional life has been spent as a member of a union …
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Joe / Techdirt:   Tech Workers Need More Than Sentimental Reasons To Unionize
nttdocomo.com:
DoCoMo to Unveil New Eight FOMA "9 Series" Phones  —  NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today unveiled the new lineup of eight FOMA "9 Series" handsets.  All 9 Series phones are preinstalled with i-appli™ software required to use DoCoMo's DCMX™ credit card.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Lawsuit seeks to block Google settlement  —  Lawyers representing Internet search advertisers filed a lawsuit this week in an attempt to block a proposed $90 million settlement to a class-action click fraud suit against Google, a lawyer and the lead plaintiff said Thursday.
Josh / Redeye VC:
53,651  —  One of the few benefits to being a technology investor based outside of Silicon Valley is that I don't spend all my time in the valley.  While I'm out in California every few weeks, I get to spend most of my time in the "real world."  —  Over the last several weeks …
Search Engine / siteadvisor.com:
% of Red1 and Yellow2 Sites...  Key Findings  — All the major search engines returned risky sites in their search results for popular keywords.  — Overall, MSN search results had the lowest percentage (3.9%) of dangerous sites while Ask search results had the highest percentage (6.1%).
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
Putting the Wire Back Into Networking  —  Back in the Stone Age of home networking, anyone who wanted to play on a computer not hooked directly into an Internet connection had to snake phone lines or Ethernet wires across floors and up staircases.  —  People talked about a promising idea …
Alice / crystaltips.typepad.com:
Radio 1's One Big Second Life Weekend  —  While E3 rages on over Stateside, here in the UK it's wellies and arm-waving in the Dundee sunshine: Radio 1's One Big Weekend, all weekend, all free, all festival fabulous: starting tomorrow.  And if you're nowhere near Dundee or didn't get a ticket …
Mike / CrunchNotes:
New TechCrunch Site Launched  —  We pushed a new TechCrunch site tonight with a very different look and feel (see below).  Everything wonderful about the new design is because of the awesome Rachel Cunliffe, my designer.  Everything wrong with it is my fault for overrulling some of her ideas.
 
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Staci / paidContent.org:
BlogHer Launching Ad Network For Blogs By Women; First Category, Parenting
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
CollectiveX to Launch Thursday
Discussion: Between the Lines and Message
Oatmeal / SEOmoz | Daily SEO Blog:
Interviewing Web Developers - 20 Good Questions to Ask
Discussion: Web Strategy
Julie Johnsson / Chicago Business:
AT&T, CUB propose end to residential phone regulation
Zephoria / apophenia:
anti-social networks legislation
Discussion: What MySpace Means
Sascha Segan / Gearlog:
Exclusive: Interview With Cingular "Migra" Ringtone Creator
Discussion: Gearlog and Engadget Mobile
Washington Post:
Data on Phone Calls Monitored
 Earlier Items: 
Kieren McCarthy / The Register:
ICANN chokes off .xxx porn registry
avecmobile.com:
How to upload video clips from a camera phone to YouTube
Discussion: This is Mobility
Kathy Sierra / Creating Passionate Users:
Don't give in to feature demands!
Discussion: Microsoft Monitor
Evan Blass / Engadget:
D-Link relents, agrees to halt its "NTP vandalism"
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
E3 gaming expo: Xeni here, come say hi!
jkOnTheRun:
DualCor cPC-connectivity information now available
Discussion: Engadget and GottaBeMobile.com
Aline van Duyn / Financial Times:
Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft offer