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7:40 PM ET, August 10, 2006

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Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Get Your Fix at Auction 66  —  Telcos, cable and satellite TV, and intrepid speculators battle for pieces of the FCC's largest auction of wireless spectrum  —  Imagine Cablevision's chairman Charles Dolan, News Corp.'s (NWS) Rupert Murdoch, and Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK) Warren Buffett duking it out.
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Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:
Satellite, cable battle wireless in US FCC auction
Discussion: MocoNews.net
BBC:
Young drive 'radical media shift'  —  The "networked generation" is driving a radical shift in media consumption, says UK telecoms regulator Ofcom.  —  Sixteen to 24 year olds are spurning television, radio and newspapers in favour of online services, says the regulator's study.
Discussion: Mathew Ingram and Ypulse
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Staci / paidContent.org:   "Gen N" — As In Network — Radically Changes Media World
Antone Gonsalves / InformationWeek:
Gartner Names Hot Technologies With Greatest Potential Impact  —  Gartner says hot technologies include social-network analysis, collective intelligence, location-aware applications and event-driven architectures.  —  TechWeb  —  Researcher Gartner Inc. on Wednesday identified the technologies …
Discussion: Weblogsky
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Jeremy Kirk / PC World:
Skype Goes Mobile With iSkoot  —  Application will allow use of Skype's contact list, voice service, and chat features on high-end mobile phones.  —  Skype will help market an application that will put its contact list and VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) and instant messaging services on high-end mobile phones.
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Carlo Longino / MobHappy:
iSkoot: The New Mobile Face of Skype?  —  iSkoot today announced a deal with Skype, where it will certify iSkoot and offer it for download from its site, then later the two companies will co-market iSkoot and Skype to mobile handset vendors and operators.  It sounds like iSkoot could become …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
AOL gaffe draws Capitol Hill rebuke  —  AOL's recent privacy gaffe that exposed user search histories may breathe new life into a proposal to slap strict rules on what data Internet companies may collect.  —  Rep. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that AOL's disclosure …
Google Blogoscoped:
Google Video Added to Google Homepage  —  Google got rid of the Froogle and Google Groups link on top of their search box, and introduced a link to Google Video instead.  From what we know, only the most successful Google services get spotlighted on the homepage... in the past, services like Google Directory had to go.
TDavid / Things That:
Today only some green from your wallet for a Google Checkout T-shirt  —  Want to jumpstart your checkout service, just kick in a free t-shirt, or so that's Google's plan: … The first time I mentioned Google Checkout Jeremy Wright tried buying something and only met with frustration.
Alice Hill / Alice Hill's Real Tech News:
Sony Mylo: 5 Reasons Why the Sony Mylo is Doomed to Failure  —  Sony Mylo Update: Yesterday we covered the announcement of Sony's new WiFi communicator - the Mylo (short for My Life Online.)  24 hours later after giving it a great deal of thought, we are convinced that this seemingly innovative piece …
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Phil Wolff / Skype Journal:
Sony Mylo suffers from Sidekick syndrome
Gizmodo:
Real-Time Airport Plane Visualization  —  Reader Michael sent in this link to some web-based Java airport monitoring app.  Just go to the site, pick an airport, and see a real-time display on planes flying in and out of your local hub.  So far only major airports like Boston Logan International …
Discussion: Lifehacker and JD on EP
adobe.com:
Viacom to Leverage Adobe's Engagement Platform for Creating and Delivering Digital Experiences Online and On the Go  —  Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) and Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a strategic alliance to develop and deliver Viacom's exclusive branded content using the Adobe® Engagement Platform.
Discussion: The Universal Desktop and JD on EP
Phil Windley / Between the Lines:
Undistinguished Identity and Your Reputation  —  Scott Lemon has been writing lately about what companies (like Google) know about you.  In a post called "Google knows who you really are" he concludes: … The loss of search histories by AOL brings this concern to light.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Intel aims for open-source graphics advantage  —  Intel has released open-source software to give Linux full-fledged support for 3D graphics, a move that could give its graphics chips a leg up over rivals.  —  Right now, Linux users typically rely on proprietary driver software …
Gaming Nexus:
Could the Wii fail?  —  Iwata stated that Wii will embrace more creative game concepts that haven't been tried before, focusing on fresh gameplay instead of graphics.  This seems like a good idea in principle, but a firm balance must be maintained.  We need a healthy, diverse collection of software …
Discussion: Kotaku, Cathode Tan and Joystiq
Ryan Saghir / Orbitcast:
XM Satellite Radio Teams Up With Alltel  —  XM Satellite Radio has inked a deal with Alltel Wireless that will give Alltel customers access to a wide range of XM Satellite Radio programming via their wireless phones.  —  The XM Radio Mobile service will be offered to Alltel Wireless customers for $7.99 per month.
Carlo / Techdirt:
Cheap Calls Lead To International Phone Spam  —  For a few years, we've been warned about the impending doom of VoIP spam, though much of that concern was centered on automated calls sent to users on VoIP networks.  Apparently the real problem is being driven not by the ability to send …
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Google to continue storing search requests despite AOL gaffe  —  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Although he was alarmed by AOL's haphazard release of its subscribers' online search requests, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the privacy concerns raised by that breach won't change …
Discussion: TechSpot and Google Blogoscoped
 
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Nick / Rough Type:
Ongoing  —  A hundred years or so ago, our foremothers seemed …
Simon Burns / Inquirer:
BitTorrent arrives for books
Discussion: Torrentfreak and Things That
USA Today:
Ad campaigns for your tiny cellphone screen get bigger
Discussion: AdJab and MocoNews.net
David / The Blog Herald:
Calcanis takes a few days off from Blogging after the Data Spill …
Discussion: IP Democracy and Ted's Take
George Ou:
Intel sells off DSP division Dialogic
Discussion: VoIP Blog
Staci / paidContent.org:
Earnings: Viacom 2Q06 Digital Revenues Up 58 Percent; Digital Ad …
vnunet:
Judge attacks 'Wild West' blogosphere
Discussion: Techdirt
CNET News.com:
What Vista can learn from Leopard
Discussion: Teching It Easy
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
UC joins Google book project
Steve Hamm / Business Week:
Tellme Tries a New Trick
George Ou:
AOL AIM Phoneline gives you a free phone number
Andy Merrett / Tech Digest:
Hauppauge's TV Anywhere promises free mobile TV
Doug Berger / Gadgetell:
Peep Show: Dell's first retail store - Dallas, TX
Wired News:
Wired News Writer Faked Info
Catherine Holahan / Business Week:
Yahoo's Lost Bid Doesn't Spell Doom