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10:35 AM ET, July 27, 2006

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IEBlog:
IE7 to be distributed via Automatic Updates!  —  As we get close to the final availability of Internet Explorer 7, I want to provide an update on our distribution plans.  To help our customers become more secure and up-to-date, we will distribute IE7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates …
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Mary Jo Foley / Microsoft Watch:   Microsoft to Push IE 7.0 via Automatic Updates
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:   Microsoft to push IE7 as an automatic update
Joseph S. Enoch / consumeraffairs.com:
Verizon Limits Its "Unlimited" Wireless Broadband Service  —  Verizon Wireless proudly boasts that its wireless "BroadbandAccess" service is "unlimited."  But Verizon's definition of unlimited may not match consumers' expectations, as those who use the service extensively quickly learn.
Discussion: LAist
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Mike / Techdirt:
Limited Unlimited Doubletalk: Unlimited Data For Limited Types Of Data  —  The story of bogus "unlimited" services, especially from Verizon Wireless who has been offering extremely limited EVDO wireless service which they advertise as "unlimited," isn't new at all.
Discussion: robhyndman.com
Tariq Krim / Netvibes.com Blog:
Netvibes introduces Meebo and Alexa modules  —  Alexa module  —  Alexa is a website tracking service, based on statistics sent by an Internet Explorer browser toolbar installed on a sampling of Internet users.  —  You've been a lot to ask for this module and here it is …
Discussion: 21talks, Mashable!, PostBubble and GigaOM
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Netvibes adds Meebo IM
Discussion: Dead2.0 and rev2.org
Rex Hammock / MyBusiness Magazine:
THE NEXT SMALL THING  —  "I don't have anything against big business," Jason Fried says.  "It's just not for me."  —  But if you get Fried (pronounced "freed") on a rant about his experiences with big corporations,it sure sounds like a big business kicked sand in his face when he was a little kid.
Gizmodo:
BenQ IMS-100 Portable Bluetooth Speakers  —  Here's an interesting product from BenQ.  Instead of tying speakers to your Bluetooth-enabled portable music device or phone, these speakers are Bluetooth A2DP enabled so you can stream music to it from a distance.
Discussion: Anything But iPod and Ubergizmo
Paperghost / Vitalsecurity.org:
Zango's Myspace partner still pushing their videos in Myspace  —  "A partner can't place Zango content on a MySpace site," said Monlux, "but if someone goes to a partner's site, takes Zango content, and puts it on his MySpace profile, that's not a violation of our terms of agreement."
Discussion: digg
Mark Ward / BBC:
More than 95% of e-mail is 'junk'  —  Technology correspondent, BBC News website  —  More than 95% of e-mail is junk, be it spam, error messages or viruses, report mail monitoring firms.  —  Analysis of the contents of millions of e-mails has revealed that less than 4% is legitimate traffic.
Jeff / The Jeff Pulver Blog:
Jeff's Quick Guide to TV on the Net (TV/IP) - July, 2006  —  Disintermediation of TV Distribution Outlets, or Doing to Television what we've Now Done to Voice  —  In gearing up for the Fall Video on the Net Conference, I've been exploring recent developments in both the "video on the Net" …
Discussion: IP Democracy
Bruce Schneier / Wired News:
How Bot Those Nets?  —  What could you do if you controlled a network of thousands of computers — or, at least, could use the spare processor cycles on those machines?  You could perform massively parallel computations: model nuclear explosions or global weather patterns …
Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
Microsoft opposes Net neutrality plan on its proxy  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) wants to block an effort for a shareholder vote forcing the world's largest software maker to explain its support for Internet network neutrality, according to a company letter obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.
Discussion: Techdirt and IP Democracy
Dhiramshah / New Launches:
Nintendo DS Lite in the kitchen teaches you to make Sushi  —  Other than playing Mario the japs can also learn cooking on their Nintendo DS thanks to the Nintendo DS Cooking Navigator which has receipes for over 200 Japanese delicacies.  It is voice activated so once you select a receipe …
Discussion: Gearlog
Tysonhy / tysonhy.com:
Another Person's Thoughts On This So-Called "Deal"  —  I am a fellow digger on the #1 social news site digg.com and it also came to my attention of this whole idea of Jason Calacanis paying top news site contributors to be a writer for his own site is just plain sad and wrong.
Frank Barnako / MarketWatch:
Million-dollar podcasting  —  The most popular podcasts could be making their producers more than $1 million a year.  —  Research released by Nielsen Analytics reported some podcasts are downloaded 2 million times a month.  Larry Gerbrandt, vice president and general manager of the unit of VNU …
Discussion: Rough Type, Techdirt and Epeus' epigone
Staci / paidContent.org:
New Video Deals: PBS On Google Video & Download To Own; MSN's "Arrested Development"  —  Jaded as we may be with the constant cavalcade of online video deals, today's inbox contains some worth noting including PBS downloads for sale and and an ad-supported syndicated sitcom for MSN:
Microsoft:
Microsoft Expands Presence in Healthcare IT Industry With Acquisition of Health Intelligence Software Azyxxi  —  Strategic agreement with MedStar Health and Washington Hospital Center will empower physicians and improve patient outcomes.  —  WASHINGTON — July 26, 2006 …
David Kender / CamcorderInfo:
Canon Unveils New Prosumer HDV Line: XH G1 and XH A1  —  Read Full Coverage of Canon XH G1 and XH A1 on CamcorderInfo.com  —  Panasonic AG-HVX200, Sony HDR-FX  —  July 26, 2006 - This morning Canon USA and Canon Inc. announced the release of their first prosumer HDV camcorders …
Discussion: MobileWhack.com, Engadget and HD Beat
 
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Intelligent carpet can autodiscriminate
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Larry Angell / ilounge.com:
Memorex reveals iFlip portable video player for iPod
Darla Mack:
Skype Spain to Launch Symbian Compatibility
Discussion: jkOnTheRun
Diane Mermigas / Hollywood Reporter:
Dialogue: MySpace heading overseas, Murdoch says
Discussion: dailywireless.org
Tim Finin / UMBC eBiquity:
Revealed: how Google manages click fraud
Robert Roy Britt / livescience.com:
Hybrid Scooter Would Run on Hydrogen
Discussion: Engadget and Slashdot
Associated Press:
Professor invents 'ripeness' sticker
Discussion: Gizmodo, Ubergizmo and Slashdot
Gavin O'Malley / AdAge:
Social Networking Will Change How Companies Advertise
 Earlier Items: 
Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
State of the Computer Book Market, Q206, Part 2: Category Winners and Losers
Discussion: Backup Brain
Brian Benzinger / Solution Watch:
Diigo Launches - More Than Just Bookmarking
Discussion: Lifehacker, IT|Redux and Blip
ResourceShelf:
Google Domain Names: Recently Registered and/or Transferred
Discussion: Googling Google
Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Rebtel Makes International Calling Cheap and Easy
consumerfury.com:
TRACKING NUMBER: 88187 … What you can do: Email Time Warner Cable …
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and PVRblog
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Apple admitting, repairing laptop whining and discoloration problems
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core:
Merom MacBooks for the holidays
f-secure.com:
Netscape.com hacked  —  While we were drafting a weblog post …
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles take minority stakes in The Daily Beast; Sherwood will be CEO and publisher, and Coles will be chief creative and content officer

Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: the BBC plans to stop automatic annual pay increases for its highest-paid employees and instead hand them raises based on their performance

Lucy Craymer / Reuters:
New Zealand's Stuff Group signs a deal with WBD to provide WBD's New Zealand TV channel with a 6PM daily news program; WBD plans to close Newshub on July 5

 
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