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2:00 AM ET, August 25, 2006

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IEBlog:
Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate Now Available  —  This morning we released our first public release candidate, IE7 RC1, for Windows XP.  You can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie.  —  The RC1 build includes improvements in performance, stability, security, and application compatibility.
Nwhite / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Clarifying Windows Vista Support of Protected HD Content in 32-bit Systems  —  The community is buzzing with reactions to APC Magazine's article regarding playback of protected High Definition content in 32-bit versions of Windows Vista.  However, the information shared was incorrect …
Colin Barker / ZDNet:
Firefox welcomes Microsoft's offer of help … Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer of help in porting Firefox to Vista, but some issues still need to be ironed out  —  Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer of help towards ensuring interoperability between Firefox and the upcoming Vista operating system.
Discussion: TechBlog and Slashdot
AdAge:
MySpace: The Magazine  —  Social-Networking Site in Talks With 'Nylon' to Create Title  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Hey MySpace kids: Want to read a magazine?  If you answered yes, you may be in luck.  MySpace is actively considering whether to launch an ink-on-paper magazine to complement …
Discussion: paidContent.org and Mashable!
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
AOL to offer video from all the big guys  —  that it has finalized deals to offer download to own deals with 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros.  Home Entertainment Group through Video.AOL.com.  AOL will now distribute content from all 6 …
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Business Wire:
AOL Video Launches Digital Movie Downloads
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Windows Live testing video search  —  Windows Live.com is working on some interesting new features in their beta search service, most notably video search.  It's not on the front page yet, but on the section of the site ironically missing the word beta on its logo: beta.search.live.com.
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Brady / O'Reilly Radar:   Live's New Video Search and UI (Beta)
Catherine Holahan / Business Week:
Online Video: Tasty Takeover Targets?  —  Sony's deal for Grouper signals that big outfits are looking to buy in.  Which video-sharing sites might be next?  —  Online video sites are a bit like fish in the sea.  Though they are plentiful, the tastiest ones are difficult to catch.
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Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Office 2.0, elastic compute clouds, Sony batteries and more...  This week on The Dan & David Show, David is vacationing with family in Maine, so I fly solo, but with a special guest in studio.  Ismael Ghalimi is the co-founder and CEO of Intalio, an open source business process management company and the author of the IT Redux blog.
Yahoo! Search blog:
It's a Flickr Moment!  —  We've all had moments in our lives when we wished we had our cameras around to capture a perfect sunset, an amusing cloud shape in the sky, or a candid shot of our friends, family or pets.  That's why Flickr is so great.  It is full of these moments - as seen through the eyes of the world.
Nintendo:
NINTENDO LAUNCHES NEW DS LITE COLORS AMID RECORD-BREAKING GAME SALES  —  Onyx and Coral Pink Follow Sale of 1 Millionth New Super Mario Bros.  —  The only thing more fun than new Nintendo® DS Lite hardware colors is trying to keep up with the breakneck sales of the software to play on the popular little portable!
BBC:
Experts make robotic welly wanger  —  The eccentric British sport of hurling wellington boots has been given a mechanical makeover by scientists at Aberystwyth University.  —  More commonly known as welly wanging, experts have built a machine capable of propelling a welly up to 262ft (80m).
Discussion: Gizmodo UK, Gizmodo, Engadget and Slashdot
Marc Weber Tobias / Engadget:
The Lockdown: Locked, but not secure (Part I)  —  Noted security expert Marc Weber Tobias contributes a new column, The Lockdown, exposing the shoddy security you may depend on.  —  The Bump Key: A new old threat to the security of mechanical locks  —  The most popular locking mechanism …
Discussion: Slashdot
Rachel Metz / Wired News:
IWoz Logs Leap From Geek to Icon  —  Steve Wozniak has been teasing his fans with the promise of an autobiography for nearly two decades.  Finally, he's releasing one in September: IWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It …
Jeff / Digital Destiny:
PBS to Run Commercials Online, including at PBS Kids site.  Doesn't it know there soon won't be a real difference between the Web and TV?  —  PBS intends to run online advertising this fall at its PBS.org website.  The so-called non-commercial network says it seeks to benefit from the …
Discussion: paidContent.org and Newsome.Org
enthusiast.hardocp.com:
ATI Radeon X1950 XTX / CrossFire Evaluation  —  ATI is today launching new video cards into several market segments along with the world's first video card using GDDR4 memory.  We cover real world gameplay with the high-end single- and multiple-GPU video cards from ATI.  —  Introduction
Discussion: Gear Live, digg and Slashdot
Mikek / Hacking NetFlix:
Netflix Launches Mobile Site for Cell & PDA Users  —  Netflix has a launched a special version of the Netflix website for cellphone and PDA users at www.Netflix.com/Mobile.  You don't need a cellphone to try it, just click on the link.  Netflix Mobile lets you view your queue, search for movies, and even add movies to your queue.
Discussion: Download Squad and jkOnTheRun
 
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CNET News.com:
news analysis The big search engines are taking a cue from Dear Abby.
Martin LaMonica / ZDNet:
Mass. to use Microsoft Office in ODF plan
Discussion: InsideMicrosoft and Slashdot
Mike / Techdirt:
Dutch Court Says ISP Needs To Hand Over Names, Despite Privacy Laws
Discussion: Digital Music News
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun:
Gmail adds .mp3 playback
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Let's Share Some Files - Four Services Compared
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Venture capital roundup: The MySpace "touch", True Ventures and Maven's web woes
CNET News.com:
Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
Valleywag:
Pop goes the weasel: When Web 2.0 bombs, these blogs could die
Discussion: TechEffect
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PR Newswire:
Cox Communications and TiVo Announce Deployment Agreement
Carlo Longino / MobHappy:
What's .mobi Playing At Now?
Marc Canter / Marc's Voice:
Better mousetrap or a new form of lock-in?
Associated Press:
Hui makes pitch for Gateway retail unit
Sam Sethi / TechCrunch UK:
Welcome to TechCrunch UK!
Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Exclusive: Amazon Readies Utility Computing Service
USA Today:
Verizon, Cablevision skirmish as war nears
Discussion: GigaOM and IP Democracy
 

 
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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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