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10:40 AM ET, August 24, 2006

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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Can the Germans fix Wikipedia?  —  How bad things have things gotten at Wikipedia?  It's common knowledge that the site suffers from hoaxsters, inaccurate information, and a vandalism problem that might be funny if it weren't so pervasive.  Even the vandalism page has now been vandalized.
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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Can German engineering fix Wikipedia?  —  An experimental feature planned for the German version of Wikipedia could eventually improve the quality of editing for the online encyclopedia and open its front page to public edits for the first time in years.  —  In an interview with CNET News.com …
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Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple, others working on battery standard  —  Leading notebook makers Apple, Dell, and Lenovo will hold a summit meeting in San Jose, Calif. next month to begin development of standards for the manufacture of lithium ion batteries for portable and handheld electronics.
Discussion: Engadget and Gadgetell
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
The Web 2.0 Economic Conundrum  —  Regulars here know that I am a huge proponent for the little guy.  Hence, the name of my blog.  I want to see everyone who's publishing a blog to try to make money achieve their wildest dreams (and ours).  However, there's a dirty little secret we should discuss …
Mark Goldberg / Telecom Trends:
Blocking content  —  The news will be breaking shortly, so you might as well read about it here first.  Late in the day on Tuesday afternoon, I helped in filing the first application requesting the CRTC to authorize Canadian carriers to block internet content.
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Jon Arnold / Jon Arnold's Blog:   The Dark Side of Net Neutrality
USA Today:
Verizon, Cablevision skirmish as war nears  —  NEW YORK — Nobody would mistake the lush, trimmed lawns of suburban New York City for the OK Corral.  But you can almost hear the jingling spurs and blasting revolvers of a corporate gunfight erupting that could affect virtually all consumers.
Discussion: GigaOM and IP Democracy
Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Researchers Yearn to Use AOL Logs, but They Hesitate  —  When AOL researchers released three months' worth of users' query logs to a publicly accessible Web site late last month, Jon Kleinberg, a professor of computer science at Cornell, downloaded the data right away.
evhead:
podcasting site roundup  —  Let's face it folks: There are a lot of podcast directories and services.  Is anyone using these sites?  Are they growing or shrinking?  Who's growing and shrinking?  What does it all mean?  —  I have lots of thoughts on the subject, but won't offer much analysis here.
Discussion: Cameron's Brain
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Wablet's going to rock web IM  —  I got a preview of the forthcoming web IM system Wablet yesterday.  I posted about the first rumors about Wablet three weeks ago.  It's a Flash service that can access all your accounts on the major IM services or users can get a Wablet username.
Discussion: SiliconBeat
Graeme Wearden / silicon.com:
Redmond red-faced over Gervais video leak  —  How did David Brent's day at Microsoft make it onto YouTube?  —  Microsoft is investigating how two internal training videos created by UK comedy duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have surfaced on the internet.
Matthew Miller / The Mobile Gadgeteer:
TyTN: Smartphone of your dreams?  —  Two years ago I started using Pocket PC Phone Edition devices with the T-Mobile MDA II device and since that time I have owned or tried the MDA III, i-mate JasJar, TORQ P100, TORQ P120, and HTC Wizard (the QTEK 9000, i-mate K-JAM, and T-Mobile MDA versions).
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and TeleRead
Peter Rip / EarlyStageVC:
Venture 2.0 - Preamble  —  This the first in a series of posts on the idea of "Venture Capital 2.0." I thought it was appropriate to first set the stage of Venture Capital 1.0 as the point of contrast.  This first post is obvious stuff to those of us who have been in the business for a while, but less so for the casual observer.
Discussion: Dead2.0, A VC and Paul Kedrosky's …
Darren Rowse / ProBlogger Blog Tips:
Job Boards - 11 hours In  —  Thank you to everyone who has sent in feedback, questions and ideas for the ProBlogger Job Boards as well as the many bloggers who have linked up to it.  —  I've always wanted to be a match maker - and now I sort of feel like I am with lots of reports of bloggers …
Evan Roberts / MarketingShift:
The Downfall of Digg is Forthcoming and Here is Why  —  It's only a matter of time.  Another site will rise up from nowhere and Digg will slowly fade into oblivion.  It is hard to imagine right now with the size and coverage of Digg.com but it is coming.  —  Everyone has heard the stories …
Discussion: WebMetricsGuru
 
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
FreshBooks pushes the envelope in online billing
Discussion: Mathew Ingram and Mark Evans
Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Friendster Mobilizes  —  Friendster might have taken some hits …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Offers More Ways to Play Games for Windows and Xbox 360 …
Discussion: Engadget and CrunchGear
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Pixsy to monetize visual metasearch
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Call users from inside your Gmail
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
No price cuts for Verizon, BellSouth DSL customers
Mark Ramsey / Hear 2.0:
Seth Godin on Radio's Future
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Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
DivX Launches Its Own YouTube, Stage6
Reuters:
Brazilian prosecutors seek lawsuit against Google
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
Free Photo DVD of All of Your Flickr Photos and Tags from Backupr.com
Discussion: Om Daily
Michael Paige / MarketWatch:
Salesforce.com unveils Google marketing tool
Tom Yager / InfoWorld:
Is Windows inherently more vulnerable to malware attacks than OS X?
Dave Caolo / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
.Mac's slow death
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Has iPod's hit parade stalled?
Dan Warne / apc:
Unlock work internet or risk losing staff: Microsoft