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9:55 PM ET, June 28, 2006

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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Senators endorse broadcast flag plan
Discussion: Techdirt and Policy Blog
Om Malik / CNNMoney.com:
How Fox Interactive got so sly  —  Ross Levinsohn's wheeling and dealing to get News Corp. back in the Web game has been ridiculed by many as profligate and late.  But he may yet prove them all wrong.  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2. Magazine) — News Corp. executive Ross Levinsohn …
Scott M. Fulton, III / TG Daily:
Microsoft introduces 360-degree conferencing camera as part of VoIP strategy  —  San Francisco (CA) - At what had been billed as a rollout event for the company's Office Communications and "softphone" software yesterday, Microsoft Business Division President Jeff Raikes unveiled an intriguing …
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and 21talks
Lynne Marek / LAW.com:
Online Peers Stand Up for Craigslist in Lawsuit  —  Google, Amazon.com, AOL and Yahoo are helping defend online peer Craigslist against a lawsuit that would hold the Web site liable for discriminatory housing ads that appeared on its site.  —  The online companies last week filed an amicus brief …
New York Times:
With a Cellphone as My Guide  —  Think of it as a divining rod for the information age.  —  If you stand on a street corner in Tokyo today you can point a specialized cellphone at a hotel, a restaurant or a historical monument, and with the press of a button the phone will display information …
Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog:
Ann Handley: What's the Biggest Lie About Blogging?  —  It's been 3 months since this blog launched.  And the learning curve - as for any new venture - has been steep as Kilimanjaro.  —  Which was surprising....  For some reason, I was under the ridiculous impression that launching a blog …
Bruce Meyerson / Associated Press:
Verizon Wireless to ease up on fees  —  NEW YORK - Targeting a top gripe by cell phone users and breaking ranks again with its industry, Verizon Wireless plans to prorate the fee it charges subscribers who break a contract so they only pay an amount proportional to the time left on their agreements.
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and Phone Scoop
support.microsoft.com:
How to disable or uninstall the pilot version of Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications … Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry.  Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it.  Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs.
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google releases answer to Passport  —  Google just released the Account Authentication Proxy for Web-Based Applications — which looks a lot like Passport.  According to the website, this proxy lets web-based applications create services protected by a Google Account by enabling a web application …
Colin Barker / ZDNet:
Sun: Open source is about self-interest  —  For open source to prosper, people need to stop thinking of it as "free" and instead think of it as "connected capitalism," delegates at an open-source conference in London were told on Tuesday.  —  Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference …
Discussion: Vector One
BBC:
Superfast internet cafe launches  —  An internet cafe offering connections 50 times faster than typical broadband services has opened in Cornwall.  —  Computers at Goonhilly satellite station, on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, are connected to BT's global internet protocol network.
Robert Summa / Joystiq:
Pink is the new DS Lite  —  As if the DS Lite weren't hip enough with its iPod-like coolness, now Nintendo is going the RAZR route and dressing up their little handheld darling in pink — you know, for the ladies.  So far, only available in Japan starting on July 20, it's only a matter …
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
The new publishing model (or, "On Rafat, Om, Federated Media, AdBrite, and Blogads.")  —  My VC pal Fred Wilson is trying to figure out what Om and Rafat are raising venture capital since the whole discussion over the past couple of years has been that media companies don't need a lot of capital.
Discussion: A VC and Scripting News
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
VoIP features expected in Apple's Leopard  —  Software engineers at Apple Computer have been toiling away on a new set of features that will allow users of its next-generation Mac OS X operating system to place phone calls over their Internet connection, AppleInsider has learned.
Discussion: Infinite Loop
 
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Craigslist's Craig Newmark—no more Mr. Nice Guy?
Jeremy Reimer / Ars Technica:
Vista volume license keys to be tagged and neutered
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Open your wallet to Google
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NBC Taps Popularity Of Online Video Site
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Introducing Drosera
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