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7:05 PM ET, October 11, 2006

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Google Blogoscoped:
Good Blog Writing Style  —  Danny Sullivan begs "Google Blog: Please Get Descriptive With Your Headlines!" and I agree.  Here are some rules for good writing style when you're blogging:  — Use descriptive headlines that reveal the point of the article without further reading …
Discussion: Copyblogger and InsideGoogle
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google Blog: Please Get Descriptive With Your Headlines!
Discussion: E-consultancy
Wall Street Journal:
Does YouTube Make Google a Big Target For Copyright Suits?  —  Google Inc.'s $1.65 billion purchase of video-sharing site YouTube catapults the search giant into the lead spot in the fast-growing online video market.  It also creates a big, deep-pocketed target for aggrieved copyright owners.
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
A BRIEF INTERVIEW WITH EFF'S FRED VON LOHMANN ON YOUTUBE, COPYRIGHT, GOOGLE, AND MORE  —  My first go to guy on all things DMCA, copyright, and digital law and policy is the EFF's Fred von Lohmann.  I started an email interview with him prior to the GooTube deal, and it only seems more salient now.
qualcomm.com:
QUALCOMM Launches Project in Collaboration with Mozilla Foundation to Develop Open Source Version of Eudora Email Program  —  Open Source Version of Eudora will be Free of Charge; Final Commercial Versions of Classic Eudora for Windows and Mac Available Now  —  QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq …
Business Week:
The Web According to Ballmer  —  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer chats with BusinessWeek editors about Web 2.0's sky-high valuations and the new competition the company faces  —  Even the people running the richest tech companies are awestruck by Web 2.0 valuations.
Benjamin Edelman / BenEdelman.org:
False and Deceptive Pay-Per-Click Ads … Read Google's voluminous Adwords Content Policy, and you'd think Google is awfully tough on bad ads.  If your company sells illegal drugs, makes fake documents, or helps customers cheat drug tests, you can't advertise at Google.
Vincent Maher / E-Media Tidbits:
We're Facing a Monster: Will Someone Please Step Up and Say It?  —  In the midst of the dot-com-bubble-style euphoria triggered by Google buying YouTube (a $1.65 billion stock transaction), I see very little criticism leveled at Google over this deal.  But not everyone is happy.
Discussion: Mashable!, WebProNews and TechBlog
Brian Crecente / Kotaku:
- NOA: Wii Demo Units Not Just at GameStop - Sony Happy With PS3 Pre-Order Results - Reserving a PS3 in Japan is Super Easy - First Wii Japanese TV Spot - UPDATE: Lumines Live is Free?  —  NEXT POST »  —  Twilight Princess GC Online Only in Japan  —  Nintendo's really pushing that Wii version, aren't they?
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Shawn White / The Wiire:
GameStop Wii Pre-orders Begin Oct. 13
Discussion: Engadget, Go Nintendo, Kotaku and Joystiq
Nwhite / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Closure of RC2, Feedback Handling in the New York Times, and Licensing Information for Windows  —  As you've probably already surmised, downloads of Windows Vista RC2 for the Customer Preview Program (CPP) have now closed and the links are no longer active.  We were bowled over by your response …
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Vista Mythbusters #7: How much DRM is too much?
Discussion: Slashdot
Leslie Kwoh / The Standard:
Spam bill bites into business  —  Businesses including banks, utility companies and telecommunications providers could face criminal charges for sending customers e-mails or electronic invoices under the government's proposed anti-spam legislation.  —  Under the current wording …
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Mike / Techdirt:   Hong Kong Proposes Outlawing All Unsolicited Commercial Email …
Mike / Techdirt:
Announcing The Techdirt Insight Community — Bringing Together The Smartest Bloggers Around To Provide Their Insight To Businesses  —  from the something-new dept  —  We may be a bit slow in posting today, as we're at the Office 2.0 conference to announce our new Techdirt Insight Community.
Discussion: Tech Beat and Wingedpig.com
Federal Trade Commission:
Should Municipalities Provide Wireless Internet Service?  FTC Staff Report Provides Guidance to Promote Competition  —  Improving consumer access to broadband Internet service is an important goal for federal, state, and local governments.  The possibility of competitive risks arising …
John Markoff / New York Times:
U.S. Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren  —  The government of Libya reached an agreement on Tuesday with One Laptop Per Child, a nonprofit United States group developing an inexpensive, educational laptop computer, with the goal of supplying machines to all 1.2 million Libyan schoolchildren by June 2008.
Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
YouTubers Ponder Google  —  On YouTube, where members are encouraged to express themselves through amateur video, it took only a few hours before they started chiming in on Google's $1.65 billion acquisition of the popular online video site.  —  Dozens of YouTubers turned their cameras …
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Yahoo Feels Breath on Neck  —  As Google whips out its fat wallet to buy the video site YouTube, it is making Yahoo look even more out of step with the fast-changing Internet advertising market.  —  Yahoo itself tried to buy YouTube just a few weeks ago and got as close as negotiating price and terms …
Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Coghead Goes Live: Build Applications Visually  —  The online application building space is one that is getting more interesting by the week.  We have previously reviewed a number of apps in this space (sometimes referred to as the 'online access' space, a reference to Microsoft Access) including Dabble DB, Zoho Creator and WyaWorks.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
T-Mobile Dash review  —  Even though Boy Genius managed to get his hands on the HTC Excalibur and the T-Mobile Dash like, way before we did, we still got a unit to take around the block ourselves.  It's safe to say the Dash is probably the most T-Mobile anticipated device of the second half of this year, and with good reason.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Protect DVD-Video - A slap in the face for PC and Media Center owners  —  The movie industry seems determined to continue on a course where it happily erodes the rights of legitimate users, all in the name of securing profits.  The latest example of this comes in the form …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007 With GPS Locator Helps Consumers Take the Tension out of Travel  —  Updated trip-planning software and more powerful GPS receiver team up to resolve the battle for the driver's seat.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Microsoft® Streets & Trips 2007 …
Discussion: Gizmodo
 
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