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11:45 PM ET, May 20, 2006

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net-security.org:
"Pay Per Click" fraud botnet discovered  —  PandaLabs has detected a network of computers infected with the bot Clickbot.A, which is being used to defraud 'pay per click' systems, registering clicks automatically and providing lucrative returns for the creators.
Jenstar / JenSense:
YPN launches direct deposit, tax withholding and faster payment turnaround  —  Direct deposit is one of the most-requested features made by YPN publishers, and I am pleased to say that this feature is now a reality.  —  Publishers can now enter their bank account details to receive their payments via direct deposit.
kottke.org:
Marriage proposal at the new 5th Avenue Apple Store  —  Apple opened a new retail store last night on 5th Avenue here in New York City.  Since 5pm yesterday evening, they've had a camera trained on the store to capture the first 24 hours of the festivities and are displaying the results in a time-lapse movie on the store's site.
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
Podcast with Shel and Scoble via Waxxi  —  Interactive Podcast with Shel and Scoble using Waxi  —  This was really cool, I was able use the chatroom feature (like a backchannel) , listen to Shel and Scoble talk, and even got to participate and join in the discussion via my phone.
random($foo):
Nintendo DS Lite Mania!  —  Recently with the impending US release, I finally got the Nintendo DS bug.  I don't know what tipped it over for me (probably SylphIRC), but it looks like there's some momentum at the office.  Ed, Kevin, and Eric are all getting NDSLs.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
The vPod.tv Play  —  Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz, a fellow blogger and broadband fanatic, is either a very brave man or has a plan.  He has started vPod.tv, a new online video company based in France, along with his cofounder Ivan Communod.  After bootstrapping it for nearly eight months …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:   Europe Shows Its Stuff: Innovate 2006
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Net neutrality field in Congress gets crowded  —  U.S. senators have unveiled their latest effort at legislating Net neutrality principles, marking the second such proposal this week and the sixth this year.  —  Called the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act," the bill was introduced on Friday …
Discussion: Paul Kapustka's Blog
Tris Hussey / A View from the Isle:
Is the blogosphere ready for more aggressive monetization of blogs?  —  One of the major points of discussion at my recent Blogging 101 workshop was paying bloggers, directly, for promotional space on their blogs.  Whether it is an outright sponsorship (this blog, for example is sponsored by Blogware/Tucows) …
Gilad Bracha / Computational Theology:
Will Continuations continue?  —  I spoke about dynamic language support and JSR292 at JavaOne today.  I was quite disappointed that no one asked about continuations.  —  There are a variety of reasons why we haven't implemented continuations in the JVM.  High on the list …
Seth Godin / Seth's Blog:
Lessons Learned from Trader Joe's  —  I was talking with a colleague today about the magic of Trader's.  Here's how they make billions:  —  1. they target a consumer that cares a great deal about what they buy at the supermarket.  As a result, their customers are more loyal …
Robert Block / Wall Street Journal:
Requests for Corporate Data Multiply  —  Businesses Juggle Law-Enforcement Demands  —  For Information About Customers, Suppliers  —  WASHINGTON — Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, law enforcement efforts to secure corporate information about clients and suppliers have reached …
Stepto / the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog:
Reports of a new vulnerability in Microsoft Word  —  Hi everyone, Stephen Toulouse here.  We've been made aware of a new vulnerability in Microsoft Word XP and Word 2003.  Customers using the Word viewer to view documents are not impacted.  Yesterday we recieved a report that a customer …
Brady / O'Reilly Radar:
Lindens as Micropayments  —  Second Life has its own currency, Lindens.  On any given day people are using it to conduct transactions.  They buy items in world (clothes, toys, etc.) and they buy items out of world.  People can cash Lindens out of the game on the Lindex …
Discussion: Things That
Mike / Techdirt:
Unintended Consequences Meet Patent Law Reforms  —  from the making-the-system-worse dept  —  For all the talk about patent reform these days, it's unfortunate that every time we see reform proposals, it looks like they'll make the system worse.  The latest proposal is winning lots of applause …
Jeffrey Silva / RCR Wireless News:
FCC to delay AWS auction until August  —  WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission abruptly delayed the advanced wireless services auction until Aug. 9, saying applicants needed more time to prepare for the government's sale of 1,122 wireless licenses.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / The Social Software Weblog:
FeedPass makes RSS subscription and monetizing other peoples' content easy  —  People around the web have been talking about the RSS support service FeedPass, which as you can see in action here at a FeedPass page for my personal blog, or this NYTimes feed I've wrapped in AdSense and split …
Discussion: Mashable*
 
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Ingrid Marson / CNET News.com:
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