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11:45 AM ET, August 12, 2006

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Chris Remo / Shacknews:
Microsoft to Introduce "Panorama;" Live Arcade for Vista?  —  Shacknews has learned from reputable sources who wish to remain nameless that Microsoft plans to introduce what seems to be a Windows gaming service called "Panorama."  Apparently, Panorama will be a part of Windows Vista …
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Ozymandias:
Panorama = Beginning of Live Anywhere
Discussion: Aeropause
Ryan Garside / bit-tech.net:
"Bully" trailer online - critics crying out for ban  —  The backlash from Bully has been huge with both Jack Thompson from the US, and Keith Vaz, a Labour MP, both pushing movements to get the game banned before it's even released.  However, Rockstar have replied by releasing a trailer …
Discussion: Kotaku, DigitalBattle, MTV and Techdirt
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Kyle Orland / Joystiq:
G4, Jack Thompson yell at each other  —  Tonight's episode of Attack of the Show included a roundtable discussion with attorney/activist Jack Thompson, GameDaily CEO Mark Friedler and X-Play host Adam Sessler.  Of course, like any debate that includes gaming advocates and Jack Thompson …
Discussion: Cathode Tan and Gaming Nexus
David Berlind / Between the Lines:
Use "POD" in your trademark, get sued.  Has Apple gone to far?  —  Has Apple gone too far?  —  Even if the product you make doesn't look, smell, feel, or do anything remotely close to what an iPod does, and even if consumers can't buy it on the shelves in a store, that apparently …
Compete Blog:
Social Networks gaining on Top Portals  —  Membership at social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace is exploding.  Everyone is doing it.  Well... a lot of people are.  In June, 2 out of every 3 people online visited a social networking site.  —  Since January 2004 …
Discussion: Web Strategy and Open Culture
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Social Networks gaining on Internet portals
Discussion: Micro Persuasion
QuadsZilla / SEO BlackHat:
Tool: What it's Worth to Rank in Google, Yahoo and MSN  —  Want to know what it means to rank 4th in MSN?  How about to rank 2nd in Yahoo?  Or what about ranking 1st in Google and 3rd in MSN?  —  Well then grab the number of overture searches the term had last month and use our new …
Ben Kuchera / Opposable Thumbs:
My new favorite expensive toy: the $500 rotary phone  —  Today may be odd gadget day here at Opposable Thumbs, and in terms of toys it doesn't get any weirder than this.  You're looking at a $500 rotary phone that is designed to work as a cell phone; you enter your SIM card and off you go.
Alessandro Perilli / virtualization.info:
Debunking Blue Pill myth  —  Since months the security and virtualization industry are discussing about a new security threat: the Blue Pill.  —  Blue Pill is the prototype resulting from a security study made by Joanna Rutkowska, which took advantage of new virtualization capabilities of AMD processors …
Discussion: Slashdot
Mathew Ingram / Globe and Mail:
Social media and the London terrorist plot  —  Anyone who remembers the London subway bombings probably recalls the dozens of cellphone-camera photos of disheveled victims and twisted metal in the chaos of the London underground — pictures that became a powerful sign of how important …
Tony Ruscoe / Google Blogoscoped:
The Search for Secret Google Services  —  Tony Ruscoe is a web developer working for a translation company in Sheffield, UK.  He's interested in translation technology, genealogy and Google.  —  Since stumbling across Google Base almost a month before its release and more recently uncovering …
Discussion: Online Marketing Blog
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
Your Life as an Open Book  —  Privacy advocates and search industry watchers have long warned that the vast and valuable stores of data collected by search engine companies could be vulnerable to thieves, rogue employees, mishaps or even government subpoenas.
Discussion: IP Democracy
PR Newswire:
User-Generated Content Drives Half of U.S. Top 10 Fastest Growing Web Brands, According to Nielsen//NetRatings  —  MySpace Is Fastest Growing Among Top Web Brands, Google Maintains Double Digit Growth  —  NEW YORK, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT - News) …
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Publishing 2.0: GigaOm and CrunchNetwork  —  The new tech publishing moguls, following in the footsteps of Jason Calacanis' Weblogs Inc. and Nick Denton's Gawker network, are moving fast to expand their networks and coverage.  The newly funded Om Malik has added several writers and just launched …
Discussion: Om Daily and Master of 500 Hats
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
CEA: RIAA refuses to cooperate, carries out "thinly veiled attack" on fair use  —  Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro is frustrated with the music industry.  While the consumer electronics industry works to find a middle ground between the interests …
Discussion: TechSpot, Engadget and Slashdot
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Smart people are talking about AOL; let's pay them back by listening.  —  I'm still seething and I'm reticent to blog about my feeling right now for fear I'll say something I regret.  —  However, there are a lot of smart folks out there talking about us (AOL) and I'm going to highlight them here …
Discussion: Happenings
 
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Jeremy Kirk / Computerworld:
U.K. bans laptops in airliner cabins after terror arrests
Biz / The Odeo Blog:
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Nick / Rough Type:
Monetize me  —  Ron Steen, "a really good guy" with …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Mr. Engadget Almost Loves Ubuntu
Nwhite / Windows Vista Team Blog:
RC1 Availability Update
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Talking Mono with Miguel de Icaza
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Bang & Olufsen's BeoSystem 3 HD "stage manager"
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A Wall Street Rush to Patent Profit-Making Methods
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