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9:45 AM ET, May 29, 2006

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Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Welcome to Google Checkout, that will be $3.14  —  The first time I looked up the domain "GDrive.com" it appeared that someone other than Google had it registered.  A trip down memory lane takes us to my very first article that describes how I determined GDrive.com is in fact owned by Google, despite what it looks like on the surface.
maxconsole.net:
STICKY: Undiluted Platinum - World's First PSP Modchip - Install Pic & Features List!  —  Just a few short days ago, we broke the news to the world of a World's First PSP Modchip called Undiluted Platinum.  Of course there were skeptics out there, but we are now delighted to share …
Discussion: Engadget and Kotaku
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
Why the Democratic Ethic of the World Wide Web May Be About to End  —  The World Wide Web is the most democratic mass medium there has ever been.  Freedom of the press, as the saying goes, belongs only to those who own one.  Radio and television are controlled by those rich enough to buy a broadcast license.
Discussion: IP Democracy
Ellen Lee / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bloggers can shield sources, court rules  —  In setback for Apple, Internet journalists are protected by law  —  In a decision that could set the tone for journalism in the digital age, a California appeals court ruled Friday that bloggers, like traditional reporters, have the right to keep their sources confidential.
Discussion: Naked Conversations
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Associated Press:
Just Give Me a Simple Phone  —  OVERLAND PARK, Kansas — Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers.  The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model.  He said he didn't like using them to surf the internet …
Discussion: Smalltalk Tidbits … and 21talks
Yuki Noguchi / Washington Post:
Online Memorials Bring Strangers and Friends Together in Community of Grief  —  Days after his wife's death from inflammatory breast cancer in 2004, Michael Bloomer set up a Web page memorial.  An old co-worker from Florida signed Kim Bloomer's online guest book.  So did a high school classmate in Michigan.
Discussion: IP Democracy
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Musings On Share Your OPML  —  Share Your OPML is already a good blog ranking system, and over time it has the chance to become the definitive ranking and recommendation system for blogs.  And when I say that, I'm thinking the very long tail of blogs, not just the top 100 or even 1,000
Randy Kennedy / New York Times:
The Shorter, Faster, Cruder, Tinier TV Show  —  One morning earlier this spring, Dave Sirulnick and a group of fellow MTV executives gathered in a 29th-floor conference room overlooking Times Square to observe a time-honored television ritual, one they'd performed dozens of times.
Richard Siklos / New York Times:
From a Small Stream, a Gusher of Movie Facts  —  THE closest that Col Needham gets to corporate life is the Dilbert calendar in his neat office — a converted bedroom in a quaint house in the ancient village of Stoke Gifford, a suburb of Bristol, the harbor city that is 90 minutes west of London by train.
Danny Westneat / Seattle Times:
Microsoft's mystery insider  —  The voice on the line, which had been easy and confident with a staccato laugh, suddenly lowers with concern.  —  It's because I mention his first name.  "Please don't put that in the paper, Danny," the voice says.  "I don't know what would happen, but I'm not ready to risk being exposed."
Ogle Earth:
Pin in the map  —  In the mapping simplicity stakes, there is a new player: Pin in the map, a Google Maps API-based web app announced with a press release by UK developers Eden Development.  —  Pin in the map is nothing less (or more) than one-click placemarking, to which you can add text …
Christopher Grant / Joystiq:
Joystiq poll: Will the PS3 price affect your console combo?  —  Remember back in January when we asked you about your preferred console combo plan?  We were operating under two assumptions then: that Nintendo's strategy involved being the second console of choice; and that the PS3 and Xbox 360 would be evenly priced.
Discussion: Gadgetophile
Christopher Grant / Joystiq:
A look at how the PS3 got to be $600  —  While the entire internet (at least the gaming part) continues to reel from Sony's $600 price announcement, we have to consider just how it came to be that the video game console leader decided to create such an expensive piece of machinery.
CNET News.com:
Oracle exec hits out at 'patch' mentality  —  Oracle's security chief says the software industry is so riddled with buggy product makers that "you wouldn't get on a plane built by software developers."  —  Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson has hit out at an industry in which …
Ashbaugh Online:
Episode #1 - Motion LE1600 Tablet PC Review  —  Welcome to episode #1 of the vidcast.  In this episode I'm demonstrating and reviewing the Motion LE1600 Tablet PC.  This model has been out for awhile, but thought it would still be fun to review it for those who haven't seen it.
 
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
iRiver gives customers the choice of switching off DRM
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Sling Media Releases New Version of SlingPlayer Mobile Compatible …
Todbot / todbot blog:
RoombaDevTools RooStick  —  I recently purchased a RooStick from RoombaDevTools.com.
Discussion: Engadget
Jordan Running / Download Squad:
Gmail Remote Command: Let Gmail take over your computer
Jackson West / GigaOM:
Cooqy - Giving eBay A Facelift
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Jack Cook / MobilitySite:
How Secure is Your Portable Data?
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Kevin / theory.isthereason:
My 1000th Post Special // "BestBlogForward" meme contest
Discussion: disambiguity and Message
Frankie / bungie.net:
Bungie Weekly Update
Discussion: Kotaku
Steve Gillmor / Steve Gillmor's InfoRouter:
A Cure for the Summertime Blues