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1:15 PM ET, July 8, 2006

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BBC:
'IPod rival' speculation dampened  —  Microsoft has said reports that the company is planning an MP3 player to rival the iPod are based on "speculation and rumours".  —  The software giant and games console firm said it did not "have anything to announce at this time".
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Scott M. Fulton, III / TG Daily:
Microsoft denies demoing 'Ipod killer' to music industry execs  —  Redmond (WA) - In a carefully worded response this morning, a Microsoft spokesperson denied his company's participation in a demonstration of a portable music device capable of wireless networking to music industry executives …
Discussion: I4U News and 21talks
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
FBI plans new Net-tapping push  —  The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned.
Discussion: IP Democracy
PingMag:
Web 2.0 in Japan  —  Japan is a country renowned for it's technological prowess - being on the cutting edge of robotics, hybrid car research, video game entertainment and countless other areas.  Strange then, that whilst the rest of the world has seen a huge boom in "Web 2.0″-style services …
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Security agency war game tries to teach Net defense  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency may be known for its stealthy eavesdropping techniques, but it's going public with advice for how to train a new generation to defend against computer threats.  —  Representatives …
Ellie Gibson / eurogamer.net:
Lady gamers get voice changer  —  Are you a lady gamer?  There's a 99.9999999999 per cent chance you're not, according to our reader demographic data, but anyway, Sheila from Lancs, this is for you.  —  Audio4Fun is launching a new piece of voice changer software that's designed …
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Voice Phishers Dialing for PayPal Dollars  —  Be the first to comment on this article  —  Internet security experts have discovered a new phishing scam that uses voice recordings to pilfer money from PayPal accounts.  —  In the newest social engineering attack, identity thieves …
Discussion: Vitalsecurity.org
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
Friendster Patents Social Networking  —  San Francisco-based Friendster has won a patent for online social networks.  The patent was filed in 2003, and was awarded on June 27th.  Friendster's founder Jonathan Abrams is listed as the inventor, and the patent covers a "system, method …
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
An Internet Lifeline for Troops in Iraq and Loved Ones at Home  —  With mortar shells exploding near him sometimes twice a day in Ramadi, Iraq, Sgt. Mark Grelak found a way to shut out the heat, the noise, and all the demands of his job — sweeping the local highway for bombs left by insurgents.
USA Today:
Five-second ads try to counter TiVo  —  It may take longer to read this sentence than to watch one of Honda's recent mini-commercials.  —  In just five seconds, the TV ad shows features of its new Fit hatchback, followed by a computer-type voice saying: "The Fit is Go."
Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
Sprint PCS Vision Phone Katana By Sanyo  —  Sprint's new Sanyo Katana may look exactly like a plastic RAZR, but it's no disposable.  It's a reasonable midrange phone designed to help Sprint customers scratch their itch for the nation's most popular form factor.
Discussion: Engadget Mobile and Gizmodo
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Coghead, A New Web App Machine  —  The Enterprise is widely viewed as the next playground for collective technologies known as Web 2.0.  While there has been a lot of talk, only a handful of companies have come up with Web 2.0 inspired offerings targeting the enterprise.
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Security blunder: Sprint Wireless leaks customer data  —  BoingBoing reader Steve Parkinson has discovered a customer data security hole in the automated phone care system for Sprint Wireless.  —  Here's how it works.  You dial a certain toll-free Sprint customer service line …
Pankaj Mishra / New York Times:
The Myth of the New India  —  INDIA is a roaring capitalist success story.  " So says the latest issue of Foreign Affairs; and last week many leading business executives and politicians in India celebrated as Lakshmi Mittal, the fifth richest man in the world, finally succeeded in his hostile takeover …
Discussion: Valleywag
Thomas Hawk / Official Zooomr Blog:
DO WE LOVE BLOGGERS?  YES WE DO!  —  One of things that we hope Zooomr will become in the months ahead is the photo sharing site of choice for bloggers to host their images on.  Since we're new though and need to get the word out we thought the best way to get bloggers to use our site …
 
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Ross Miller / Joystiq:
Apple cameos on PS3 website ... wtf? [update 4]
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A wireless network in NYC's future?
heise-security.co.uk:
Copy protection hole in Blu-ray and HD DVD movies
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Mike / Techdirt:
Bono Needs To Play More Socially Conscious Video Games