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Kevin Poulsen / 27B Stroke 6:
Apple Loses Bid to Unmask Bloggers' Sources — A California appeals court has smacked down Apple's legal assault on bloggers and their sources, finding that the company's efforts to subpoena e-mail received by the publishers of Apple Insider and PowerPage.org runs contrary to federal law …
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Denise / Bag and Baggage:
Apple v. Does Decision Issued — The Petition for writ of mandate and/or prohibition in Apple v. Does (a.k.a. O'Grady v. Superior Court) was granted today, in a 69-page published decision (PDF). This must mean good news for the Petitioners (that link takes you to the EFF page describing …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Can anyone own "Web 2.0?" — O'Reilly Media have taken a ton of criticism for attempting to enforce a service mark against a nonprofit group in Ireland that wanted to have "Web 2.0" conference. O'Reilly exec Dale Dougherty coined the term Web 2., and O'Reilly used it for a line …
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Nat / O'Reilly Radar:More on our "Web 2.0" service mark
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Piaras Kelly PR, Traffick, Open Gardens, Hacking Cough, You've Got Ismail! and Paul Kedrosky's …
IEBlog:
Announcing IE7+ — With the release of Windows Vista Beta 2, I want to announce that we will be naming the version of IE7 in Windows Vista "Internet Explorer 7+". While all versions of IE7 are built from the same code base, there are some important differences in IE7+ …
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Dan Tynan / PC World:
The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time — These products are so bad, they belong in the high-tech hall of shame. — At PC World, we spend most of our time talking about products that make your life easier or your work more productive. But it's the lousy ones that linger in our memory long …
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Tim Arango / New York Post:
TALKS COOL BETWEEN MICROSOFT AND EBAY — May 26, 2006 — For several weeks Microsoft has been in discussions about a possible acquisition of online auctioneer eBay, The Post has learned. — According to multiple sources close to the matter, Microsoft has considered buying eBay and merging …
Brian Williams / MSNBC:
Steve Jobs: Iconoclast and salesman — Apple founder's newest store wows fans in Manhattan … NEW YORK - — Brian Williams — If Steve Jobs is synonymous with Apple, then the new glass cube rising up out of the Midtown Manhattan streets is a monument to Steve Jobs. — Brian Williams: Is this your Model T?
Inquirer:
Blackberry-killer plans leaked — Data-only clamshell nears launch — A HIGHLY-PLACED mole in a North American company has attempted to leak details of a data only clamshell to the INQ. The device is intended as a mass market version of the original RIM Blackberry.
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techeblog.com:
Top 10 Strangest Gadgets of the Future — This week, our editors have compiled a list of the "Top 10 Strangest Gadgets of the Future", from solar powered LEDs to memory LCD screens, it's all here. Which ones are your favorites? — 10. Citizen's Memory LCD
Chris Pirillo:
Time Management!? — I have too many things I need to do, and I've got no time to do 'em all. I've had so many late nights in the past week, it's not even funny. Didn't even have a chance to check my email until 11am today! I stayed up last night working on helping the Outlook team …
Mike / Techdirt:
Recording Industry Still Trying To Shut Down Allofmp3.com — from the damn-them-for-selling-a-product- customers-want dept — Last week there was all sorts of concern from online music buyers, because the Russian download music store Allofmp3.com was offline for a few days.
Ravi / All about Linux:
First impressions of Picasa - Google's first rate Graphics suite for Linux — Today, Google did something which would gladden the hearts of thousands of GNU/Linux users - well atleast those who are not as rigid in outlook about GPL any way. That is they finally released a version of Picasa for Linux.
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
DELL: PAID INCLUSION, OF A STRIPE — When I read this in the Journal today, I thought, "isn't this deal already done?" Then I remembered that, no, it was simply discussed, but not inked. So now it's official - Google is playing the distribution game, just like Microsoft does.
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USA Today:
Feds cut off phone tax after 108 years — A pesky, century-old tax on your phone bill is finally being put to rest. — The Treasury Department said Thursday that it will no longer collect a 3% federal excise tax on long-distance calls and would refund about $15 billion to taxpayers.
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John Tokash / John Tokash's Blog:
TabletKiosk eo Battery Fix — Here is an email from Martin at TabletKiosk. Thanks, Martin, for keeping the heat on Amtek for us!! — Hello John, — We will be sending out a notification later today to all recipients of the initial unit. The repair is hardware based and will require …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA suit — Lawyers for AT&T accidentally released sensitive information while defending a lawsuit that accuses the company of facilitating a government wiretapping program, CNET News.com has learned. — AT&T's attorneys this week filed a 25-page legal brief striped …
John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
Loading the iPod With Egalitarianism — PARIS — All is not well in the French world of digital music, as Nicolas Paitre, a salesman at one of Paris's largest electronics stores, hears from customers every day. — Filing into Surcouf, a glitzy French electronics chain where Paitre specializes …
