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2:30 AM ET, June 15, 2006

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Valleywag:
Scoop: Exclusive screenshots reveal: Digg v3 will cover all news  —  [Update: Digg, meet AOL's Digg killer.]  —  Digg already soared past Slashdot as the most influential tech-centered news portal.  The "Digg effect" can bring down the servers of sites linked from the homepage and drive …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AOL-Netscape Launches Massive Digg-Like Site  —  AOL-Netscape Launches Massive "Digg Killer"  —  On Thursday, AOL's Netscape property will no longer be just another portal - it's being converted into a Digg-killer.  I was briefed on the new site by Jason Calacanis last week.
Discussion: SiliconBeat and paidContent.org
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Digg v3 screenshots show aims beyond tech: will it work?  —  Valleywag got the scoop today that a next version of the hugely popular news site Digg will include many new categories outside of technology.  Whether other communities of interest and expertise will follow and fill an expanded digg space seems to be the question.
Jordan Running / Download Squad:
eBay-Skype-PayPal integration extravaganza  —  What do you do when you own the world's biggest auction site, VoIP network, and online payment service?  Hook 'em all together, of course.  Today there's a bunch of news floating around about Skype being integrated with both eBay and PayPal.
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Luca Filigheddu / Thoughts on VoIP, technology:
Skype-eBay, my doubts  —  This article from Reuters really makes me laugh.  In particular: … "Prime motivation" ??  Hey, let's come back to reality.  If that had been the prime motivation, that means that eBay managers have all gone crazy.  I can understand and justify the other two reasons …
Ken Belson / New York Times:
EBay to Add a Phone Link From Listings to Sellers  —  EBay said yesterday that sellers on its auction site would be able to add a link to their listings allowing potential buyers to reach them through Skype, the Internet phone service.  —  The announcement comes nine months after eBay raised eyebrows …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Why Wall Street didn't believe Steve Ballmer (and what he can do about it)  —  You might have missed that Microsoft's stock has been in a freefall lately.  —  My friends have been asking me "why doesn't Wall Street believe Steve Ballmer?"  —  That's an easy one.
Tom Yager / InfoWorld:
Why Apple snubs its open source geeks  —  What obscure sort of person wants the freedom to compile the OS X kernel?  I know this guy named Steve ...  Apple extended the courtesy of meeting with me one day after my column on the closing of the OS X x86 kernel source code was published online.
Discussion: Open Culture and Tech_Space
Tom Evslin / Fractals of Change:
Internet Neutrality - Tough Issue  —  If the telcos have their way, the Internet in the US COULD become as innovation-free as the phone networks and as content-challenged and inflexible as the cable networks.  On the other hand, legislation to prevent these companies from doing …
Discussion: Techdirt and Perceptric Forum
Patrick / Play Gadgets:
$2.32 Million of Black Nintendo DS Lite Gone Missing  —  Looks like the black Nintendo DS Lite is hotter than ever.  A container (those large metal structures that carry cargo) full of black Nintendo DS Lite and DS games had gone missing in Hong Kong when it was making its way from China …
Peter Rojas / Engadget Mobile:
Motorola Canary (RAZR 2) hands-on!  —  That's right, suckas: we got our hands on a Canary (aka the RAZR 2), Motorola's still-unannounced follow-up to the RAZR.  We only got to spend a few precious hours with the Canary, but we can confirm that this phone's glossy surface is indeed a magnet for fingerprints …
Discussion: Engadget and Phone Scoop
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
eBay Wiki Is a Smart Move  —  eBay Wiki, eBay's new wiki service for community members, went live yesterday.  The site is powered by JotSpot, Joe Kraus' wiki startup.  Users can create articles on any eBay-related topic - everything from the history of eBay to increasing the number of visits to your eBay auctions.
mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp:
30 organizations to jointly develop new advanced Internet search engine  —  About 30 organizations in Japan, including major electronics and communications companies and the University of Tokyo, will jointly develop technology for a new advanced search engine, industry sources said.
Lifehacker:
Download of the Day: FEBE and CLEO  —  Windows only: The Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE) lets you backup all of your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences, and even cookies (you can pick and choose if you don't want to backup everything), while it's counterpart, CLEO …
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Google data centers vs Microsoft infrastructure - a battle of the titans  —  The New York Times and C/Net have an insightful story today about Google's latest addition to its data center called the Googleplex.  It is massive.  Read this excerpt from the article "
InfoWorld:
What users hate most about Web sites  —  Too many sites are low on usability and high on annoyance  —  Too many organizations unwittingly give their competitors a free kick by having Web sites that are low on usability and high on annoyance.  —  Users have a short fuse when they are browsing the Web …
Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
i360 iMac Turntable  —  Sorry to disappoint Xbox 360 fans, but this unfortunately has nothing to do with your console.  The i360 iMac Turntable allows you to place your iMac or Apple Cinema Display on it for 360 degree rotation.  Instead of scraping up your desk from manually twisting the display …
Discussion: OhGizmo! and Ubergizmo
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Service lets people rip videos from YouTube, other sites  —  Two services run by two people in Australia are giving people new ways to access and use video content from sites like YouTube and Google Video, and copyright holders may well find themselves up in arms about it.
Antoinette Martin / New York Times:
Pastoral Site of Historic Inventions Faces the End  —  HOLMDEL, N.J., June 7 — For 44 years, a six-story, two-million-square-foot structure nestled here in a 472-acre exquisitely pastoral setting was a habitat for technological ferment.  —  The vaunted Bell Labs, whose scientists invented …
Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
Music Gremlin Hands-On  —  It's not often that a product comes along that is both surprising and exciting.  Every year, you'll see one or two things that will impress you with technical prowess or that have special cool factor which might get the blood going, but they so rarely come in the same small package.
Marc Orchant / Office Evolution:
Living a dual life - desktop and cloud  —  David Berlind nails it in is discussion of the inexorable move to the cloud.  Discussing the recent connection between spreadsheet godfather Dan Bricklin's WikiCalc and SocialText, he perfectly describes the "dual modality" many of us are operating …
Discussion: GottaBeMobile.com and Vacuum
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
PubSub Co-Founder Takes The Gloves Off, Digs Hole  —  PubSub co-founder Bob Wyman responded to rumors that PubSub is falling apart on his blog today.  —  He says the problems were not that the company lacked killer technology or great employees, but instead lays the blame squarely at the feet of ex-CEO and co-founder Salim Ismail.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Hardware Advances Digital Communications Experiences  —  First webcams from Microsoft make seeing, hearing and sharing a breeze.  —  REDMOND, Wash. — June 13, 2006 — Seeing your grandchild's first steps from miles away.  Hearing your friend's laugh from across the country.
Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
Google Earth, Sketchup, and Second Life  —  If the hotel network here at Where 2.0 were faster and there were fewer people on it, I'd be downloading the new version of Google Earth, released for the first time simultaneously for Windows, Mac, and Linux!  (Reportedly, the universal binary screams on the Macbook Pro.)
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Microsoft 'Mix-ins' vs. Google Mashups  —  Steven Lawler of Microsoft didn't directly mention Google by name, but many of his comments this morning at Where2.0 were directed toward differentiating Microsoft's Virtual Earth platform and Windows Live Local's consumer destination from the company's chief online rival.
Jo Best / silicon.com:
What will your mobile look like in 2015?  —  Design students get their thinking caps on...  What will your mobile look like in 2015?  Like a necklace, some specs, or a ring?  See the photos here.  —  Those are just some of the ideas dreamt up by 26 design students from London's Central St Martins College …
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
MTV's Denmark West on super-serving the audience  —  "I don't think we or anybody will have a MySpace anytime soon.  It's a unique phenomenon to a large degree.  We will play a different game," said Denmark West, EVP of strategy and business development at MTV Networks …
Discussion: VC Ratings
 
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The RIAA Says No Dancing To Music On YouTube
Grant Robertson / The Digital Music Weblog:
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Evan Blass / Engadget:
Philips announces GoGear SA9100 and SA9200 DAPs
Spencer Yip / Siliconera:
How Mario Basket 3 on 3 Hoops works
Discussion: Opposable Thumbs and DS Fanboy
Joe / Techdirt:
Advertisers Thrilled About New Ways To Irritate Readers
Mark Wallace / 3pointD.com:
Universal Artists Hit Second Life June 25/26
 Earlier Items: 
Jonny Evans / Macworld UK:
Apple responds to iPod factory claims
Christopher Grant / Joystiq:
BestBuy.com is selling PS3 games also
Discussion: Engadget and Kotaku
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Japanese pillow offers napping advice
Discussion: I4U News
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Panasonic rolls Cingular HSDPA for ToughBook CF-18
Kathleen Craig / Wired News:
Flickr Cracks Down on Screenshots
 

 
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