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4:35 PM ET, October 6, 2006

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Completely Unsubstantiated Google/YouTube Rumor  —  Update: The Wall Street Journal is now reporting this as well, saying "Google Inc. is in talks to acquire popular video-sharing site YouTube Inc. for roughly $1.6 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
WSJ reports Google and YouTube are in acquisition talks  —  It looks like Michael Arrington's report last night that Google is in talks to acquire YouTube may have been more than what he called "40% partially true."  The Wall St. Journal is reporting this morning that those talks are in fact underway …
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Google to buy YouTube?  Perfect match.  —  This makes total sense to me for a number of reasons:  — Google's search business makes so much money that they could leave the YouTube service the way it is and make back their $1.6B in 6-7 years just by putting Google search boxes all over the site.
Discussion: Smalltalk Tidbits …
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:   GoogTube on the way?  —  Google and YouTube are rumored …
Chris Gaither / Los Angeles Times:
Google Puts Lid on New Products  —  Realizing that its myriad services are confusing users, it will focus on refining what it has.  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In another sign of Google Inc.'s growth from start-up to corporate behemoth, the company's top executives said Thursday …
Mathew Ingram / mathewingram.com/work:
$20-billion worth of sour grapes  —  Hey, I love the Interweb as much as anyone, and how it makes it easy for people who feel they've been wronged to take their story to the people, etc. etc., but seriously — why would anyone in their right mind believe Brad Greenspan, who claims …
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Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Was MySpace Sold on the Cheap?  —  One of the site's co-founders offers new evidence that parent Intermix Media knew the $580 million it accepted from News Corp. was too low  —  When News Corp. (NWS) Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch paid $580 million for Intermix Media, parent of social network MySpace.com, talk was he overpaid.
Discussion: Download Squad
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Mod chip seller hit with million-dollar damages  —  Mod chip seller Divineo and two other defendants are on the hook for over $9 million in damages after a federal court judge found that they had violated the DMCA by selling mod chips for consoles.  The defendants were accused by Sony …
Discussion: CrunchGear
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Sony busts down mod-chip retailer with $9 mil. lawsuit
Discussion: TechSpot
Chron.Com / TechBlog:
Viral marketing: Vista or Veesta?  —  Some folks don't quite know what to make of Clearification.com, an extremely off-the-wall site set up to hype Windows Vista using the gently surreal comic charms of Demetri Martin.  —  However, any time a corporation that typically markets …
Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
Youths No Longer Predominant at MySpace  —  NEW YORK (AP) - It's not all youths on MySpace.  Half of the site's users are 35 or older, according to comScore Media Metrix's analysis of its U.S. Internet traffic measurements.  Only 30 percent are under 25 despite a common belief that the site …
Valleywag:
Technorati's new daily vlog: Less talk, more techno  —  Technorati, the leading weblog search engine, entered the video news "space" (ugh) today with the Technorati Daily Vlog.  Sadly, it's all last week's news with a few blog URLs thrown in.  Below is the video, but after that are six reasons you shouldn't bother watching.
Bloomberg:
Google to Subpoena Yahoo, Microsoft on Book Scanning (Update1)  —  Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. will subpoena information from Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. to help fight copyright lawsuits over its book-scanning project.  —  Google, the world's most-used search engine …
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Living the Promotional Life  —  CAN an affable 30-year-old conceptual artist turned comedian sell cars to his generation by using nontraditional media like blogs and Webisodes?  —  That is the multimillion-dollar question Nissan North America is asking as an unconventional campaign gets under …
Discussion: Screenwerk
John P. Falcone / Alpha.CNET.com:
Hava Wireless: a better Slingbox alternative for Windows Media Center owners?  —  Remember Hava?  When we previewed it back at January's Consumer Electronic Show, the folks at Monsoon Multimedia were touting it as a better Slingbox than Slingbox.  But once the show ended, we promptly forgot about the Hava box.
Marc Weber Tobias / Engadget:
The Lockdown: The Targus iPod Lock, or, a modicum of security  —  Noted security expert Marc Weber Tobias contributes a new column, The Lockdown, exposing the shoddy security you may depend on.  —  Targus is offering what they call a "mobile security lock" that they claim is a perfect …
SearchViews:
Quick Hits about Business, Politics and the Google Truth In Between  —  Which One of These is Not Like The Other  —  The Hub, Wal-Mart's attempt at social networking, is dead after just three months online.  The Hub encouraged teens to create pages and "Wal-Mart Wish Lists" in the hope of winning "some fab prizes".
Edo / Pink Tentacle:
Actroid DER2 fembot loves Hello Kitty  —  Kokoro, a Sanrio Group company specializing in the design and manufacture of robots, unveiled its new Actroid DER2 feminine guide robot at Sanrio headquarters in Tokyo on October 4.  —  Actroid DER2 is an upgraded version of Kokoro's previous fembot …
Paul Miller / Engadget:
HTC Herald unmasked  —  Try as they might, no HTC phone stays hidden for long, and it looks like the QWERTY-rific HTC Herald is the latest of their smartphones to fall prey to a rather convenient leak.  As previously rumored, the Herald brings all that HTC Hermes spec love, but in a 17mm-thick form factor.
Discussion: CrunchGear
ExtremeTech:
Fanatec Heäd$h0t—The Most Over-featured Mouse Ever  —  We do plenty of mouse reviews here at ExtremeTech.  And why not?  High-end products like Logitech's G7 Laser Cordless and Creative's Fatal1ty line cater to the kind of performance enthusiast gamers and do-it-yourselfers want.
Discussion: Engadget
 
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Shake, Rattle & FON
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Tom Bramwell / Eurogamer:
European gamers 'don't mind' launch delays - Sony VP
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Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Google Loves Open Source WiFi
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
CNN Turns to Event Marketing to Strut Its Brand
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Paperghost / Vitalsecurity.org:
Microsoft give MVP Award to Adware Pusher
John Gaudiosi / Wired News:
In-Game Ads Burrow Deeper
Gizmodo:
Phantom Lapboard Gets a Price And a Date: $129 in November
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Anh Huynh / DailyTech:
NVIDIA "G80" Retail Details Unveiled
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Braun busts out six new boringcams
Discussion: MobileWhack.com and CrunchGear
Wilson Rothman / New York Times:
Singing the Praises of the Non-Nano
Discussion: Gizmodo
Gizmodo:
Comcast Video + Music Download Store Launching Before October 31
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Rhapsody hits the big 4.0
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Anti-U.S. Attack Videos Spread on the Internet
Christopher Grant / Joystiq:
Wii production exceeding expectations
Grant Gross / InfoWorld:
Seller of telephone records settles FTC charges
Discussion: Techdirt
The Doc Searls Weblog:
Newspapers 2.0  —  Here's a remarkable and comprehensive report …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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