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8:10 AM ET, June 12, 2006

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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The joy on her face  —  I met Cali Lewis yesterday.  Don't know her?  I didn't either, but her story tells you a lot about why I am jumping into Podcasting and Videoblogging and Second Life with both feet.  —  She started her videoblog in December (she does the Geekbrief videoblog).
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Read/WriteWeb:
Page Views 2.0  —  It's funny that I posted the PlentyOfFish.com post not long before the Scoble-leaving-Microsoft announcement predictably blanketed Techmeme.  Because reading Robert's latest post about his decision made me think about the fundamental reason why 'Web 2.0' is (dare I say it) in bubble phase right now.
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Scoble shocks blogosphere, trumps World Cup  —  The major weekend news, at least according to Technorati's blog search, was A-list blogger Robert Scoble leaving Microsoft to join PodTech.net.  News of Scoble's change of venue outranked the World Cup on Technorati as the top ranked search term on Sunday …
Paul Vitello / New York Times:
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears  —  In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.  —  In settings where cellphone use …
Discussion: Web Strategy and Paul Boutin
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Turns One Year Old  —  I started writing TechCrunch one year ago, on June 11, 2005.  Looking back, it's been the best year of my life, although there were also some incredibly difficult times as well.  I'm sure years from now I'll have more perspective on things.
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Brian Oberkirch / Weblogs Work:
365 Days, One Rocking Blog  —  TechCrunch turns one today.  One year from Mike researching new companies as he & Keith worked on Edgeio to a budding TechCrunch empire.  Anyone who says 65,000 tech early adopters don't matter is smoking something.  Many companies would die for a TechCrunch post to help them introduce a new service.
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
PlayStation 2 outselling Xbox 360 in US  —  Like a good soccer match, the monthly sales battles between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 2 have a lot of exciting back-and-forth.  So far, however, the PlayStation 2 has remained in control of the match, outselling the Xbox 360 in six of the seven months since the Xbox 360's debut.
Discussion: Kotaku
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
Older Consumers Flex Their Muscle (and Money) Online  —  ANY child knows that good things happen when grandparents reach for their wallets.  Internet executives are starting to remember the feeling.  —  Older shoppers, who generally sat out the Internet's first big commercial push, are helping to feed the surging Web economy.
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
Lest We Regret Our Digital Bread Crumbs  —  EDWIN ANDRES PENA, the accused mastermind of an Internet phone hacking scheme who was arrested in Miami Wednesday, was already famous at UnitedBimmer.com, a forum for BMW enthusiasts.  —  "He was a great guy — very friendly and intelligent," …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple hit by Swedish anti-iTunes pressure  —  France's iPod law came and went, and Denmark's anti-iTunes Music Store pressure didn't really seem gather a whole lot of steam; we just saw Norway turn to their own national consumer ombudsman for assistance in prying open Apple's FairPlay DRM so Apple music will …
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Video start-up One True Media lands $5 million from Kleiner Perkins  —  One True Media is a new Silicon Valley start-up (Redwood City) that is offering video creation tools, and wants to be the next video-sharing company.  There are dozens of competitors, so this is a long shot.
Discussion: TechCrunch and paidContent.org
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
eBay to test advertising auctions on other sites  —  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Online marketplace eBay Inc. is set to unveil a keyword advertising system for eBay sellers to promote auctions on other Web sites, borrowing from the strategies of Google and Yahoo.  —  Michael van Swaaij …
Discussion: Conversion Rater
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
Digg's New Verticals To Launch This Month  —  Digg founder Kevin Rose has confirmed that the social news site will launch new verticals in the next month or so.  The expansion has been common knowledge since late 2005, but until now there was no timescale.  At the eBay Developers Conference …
Discussion: PostBubble and TechBeat
Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
Here .Coms the Bride  —  For Her Big Day She Found a Place To Plan, to Chat, To Drown in Ads  —  It was the moment I dreamed of my entire life.  From the top of the hill, the sun poked through the clouds, illuminating the glimmering Pacific Ocean and an island in the distance.
Discussion: Smart Mobs
Kathy Sierra / Creating Passionate Users:
Mosh Pit as Innovation Model  —  "Professionals" in any field come in two flavors: Knowledge Sharers and Knowledge Hoarders.  The hoarders believe in the value of their "Intellectual Property"(IP).  The products of their mind must be carefully guarded lest anyone steal their precious ideas.
 
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