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3:50 PM ET, July 12, 2006

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Microsoft:
Statement on July 12 Fine Announced by European Commission  —  Fine not appropriate; key issue not compliance, but clarity of March 2004 decision.  —  REDMOND, Wash. — July 12, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. issued the following statement by General Counsel Brad Smith, following the decision …
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BBC:
Microsoft hit with 280m euro fine  —  Microsoft has been fined 280.5m euros ($357m; £194m) by the European Commission for failing to comply with an anti-competition ruling.  —  The software giant will appeal against the fine which follows a long-running dispute between it and EU regulators.
John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley:
How about a $357 million fine? Is that "clear" enough for you?
Discussion: Techdirt
Glenn Chapman / Mail&Guardian:
Yahoo! cries foul as MySpace pulls top ranking  —  The MySpace website deemed a virtual clubhouse where teenagers bare details of their lives has eclipsed internet oldster Yahoo! as the most popular website in the United States, a research firm said on Tuesday.
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Reuters:
MySpace is America's top site  —  Social networking site ranked No. 1 last week, Internet tracking firm says.  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) — Online teen hangout MySpace.com ranked as the No. 1 U.S. Web site last week, displacing Yahoo Inc.'s top-rated e-mail gateway and Google Inc.'s search site …
Bruce Gain / Wired News:
Park the Beamer by Bot  —  Driving your car into a cramped parking space can be a harrowing experience, but BMW says it has developed a robotic parking system to solve the problem.  —  The luxury carmaker's parking-assist technology will park your car for you as you stand outside and watch …
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Xbox putting 1980s arcade games online  —  Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 may exemplify the high-tech future of video game consoles, but the company is hoping some of its avid players still pine for the good old days of "Pac-Man" and "Frogger."  —  Microsoft plans today to offer …
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Mike / Techdirt:
Microsoft Discovers That Nostalgia Sells When It Comes To The Xbox
Discussion: Things That
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
Elhood Gets Funding for Hispanic MySpace Clone  —  More niche social networking: Elhood, which launched officially on June 26th, is a Hispanic social network.  Today it emerged that the site has taken a second round of funding led by Jose "Pepe" Barroso", head of Pep's Records (a joint venture with SonyBMG Spain).
Bill Slawski / Search Engine Watch Blog:
New Search Patent Applications: July 11, 2006 - Google Patent Filings by the Dozen  —  Twelve Google patent applications where published this past week, including seven that focus upon geographical information and local search.  —  (1) How good a match ads may be to the content on pages …
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian Unlimited:
Is Intel killing PC gaming?  —  I'm just heading back to London after a quick visit to the Develop in Brighton conference, where some of the gaming industry's biggest developers are banging their heads together.  —  I was there to hear Mark Rein of Epic (they make games like Unreal Tournament) …
Discussion: Techdirt and Joystiq
Paperghost / Vitalsecurity.org:
The Great Divide  —  The two sides — adware provider and security researcher — couldn't be farther apart, and Zango's Stratz made it sound as if that would always be the case.  —  "We know where Boyd and others like him stand, and they know where we stand," Stratz said.  —  Ouch!
Discussion: digg and Slashdot
USA Today:
Cybercrooks turn to hacking many applications  —  SEATTLE — In a widely aired TV commercial, a hip-looking dude personifying Apple products wipes the nose of a sickly businessman representing Windows PCs, and smugly declares Apple's immunity to computer viruses.  —  But the ad belies an alarming shift in cyberattacks.
Discussion: TechBlog
Hollywood Reporter:
Rather eyeing online gig  —  AOL might have a new message for the Internet: You've got Dan.  —  The Time Warner-owned Internet company is in negotiations with representatives for veteran CBS anchor Dan Rather to play a role in original programming for its online video offerings, sources said.
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Woodcrest to power Apple's next-gen Mac Pro desktops  —  Apple Computer has selected dual-core Xeon server processors from Intel Corp. to power its next wave of high-performance professional Mac Pro desktops, AppleInsider has confirmed.  —  The 64-bit chips — formerly code-named "Woodcrest" …
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
news.sel.sony.com:
SONY BEGINS SHIPPING "BYTE-SIZED" USB DRIVE  —  Micro Vault Tiny Offers Up to 4GB Storage Capacity  —  PARK RIDGE, N.J., July 11, 2006 - Sony Electronics is taking the notion of compact to the next level with its "byte-sized" Micro Vault® Tiny drive.  Measuring roughly ½ inch wide …
Lakshmi Sandhana / Wired News:
This Is a Computer on Your Brain  —  A new brain-computer-interface technology could turn our brains into automatic image-identifying machines that operate faster than human consciousness.  —  Researchers at Columbia University are combining the processing power of the human brain …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
MySpace may face legislative crackdown  —  Politicians on Tuesday accused MySpace.com and other social-networking sites of failing to protect minors from sexual predators and other malign influences and said a legislative crackdown may be necessary.  —  During a hearing before a House …
Discussion: Techdirt and Mark Evans
crisscross.com:
Cell phone makers to unify charger specifications  —  DeepAir - the mobile market in Japan is different to elsewhere.  Handsets cannot be freely bought and used with a provider of choice.  Handsets here are made under license from the telephone providers who provide a basic set of specs …
 
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David Walker / eHomeUpgrade:
SupportPlus Evolve PMP Features 20GB HD, Built-in 1.3 MP Camera, Good Codec Support
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Steve Ranger / silicon.com:
Rolls-Royce engineers $20m VoIP deal
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Will O'Brien / Engadget:
How-To: Build your own CNC machine (Part 3)
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
The $550M Bebo rumor untrue, both sides say
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George Ou / ZDNet.com:
Google's home grown servers show the way
Lee Odden / Online Marketing Blog:
Interview with Laura Lippay of Yahoo
vnunet:
Phishers target Google Gmail users
Scott M. Fulton, III / TG Daily:
A chat with Michael Dell: Alienware and XPS to stay separate
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 Earlier Items: 
Dhiramshah / New Launches:
Black Nintendo DS Lite pricing and availability announced
Discussion: Gizmodo and MobileWhack.com
Gizmodo, The Gadget Guide:
Spy Camera Sunglasses Records What You See
Michael Rogers / MSNBC:
How Washington will shape the Internet
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Akamai Sues Limelight Networks
advancedmp3players.co.uk:
Samsung Z5 Speaker Docking Station
macfixit.com:
Apple releases Boot Camp Beta 1.0.2
swissinfo.org:
Mobile phone airship to conquer stratosphere
Kevin Poulsen / Wired News:
Crazy-Long Hacker Sentence Upheld