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12:45 AM ET, October 12, 2006

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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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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.
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
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.
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 …
Merlin Mann / 43 Folders:
Merlin's top 5 super-obvious, "no-duh" ways to immediately improve your life  —  How to get organized and stay that way  —  When I was up in Toronto last week, I was interviewed by Samantha Grice from the National Post about 43 Folders, productivity stuff, and the sad sorry state of my own day-to-day productivity.
Discussion: digg
John Gaudiosi / Next Generation:
Research Findings Put PS3 Way Ahead  —  New research has shown massive consumer belief in the PlayStation 3, and waning interest in Xbox 360.  —  According to the study by Los Angeles based Interpret, 8.9 million U.S consumers 'are prepared' to pay full price ($500 or $600) …
Jeff / Venture Chronicles:
Teqlo: What It Means for Customers  —  A little over a month ago I left SAP for a startup and at the time I declined to name the company I was joining.  I would like to say that this was part of some brilliant marketing plan but the fact is that I joined a very early stage company …
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Gootube - The End of DRM ?  —  Power to the People !  The union of Google and Youtube has been described as a triumph of the consumer's interests over corporate control.  The big media entities, as evidenced by all the deals cut with Google and Youtube, CBS, WMG, Universal, et al, really gets it this time.
Discussion: Mathew Ingram, TechBlog and Valleywag
Darren Waters / BBC:
Warning over 'broken up' internet  —  The internet could one day be broken up into separate networks around the world, a leading light in the development of the net has warned.  —  Nitin Desai, chair of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), set up by the UN, warned that concerns over the net's future could lead to separation.
Adobe:
Acquisition to Extend Flash Experience to Broad Market of Mobile Devices  —  Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the acquisition of vector graphics technology developed by Actimagine, a company that develops, patents, and licenses software solutions in the field of video and interactive vector graphics.
Discussion: MocoNews.net
Light Reading:
Google: Dark Fiber Story Not So Dark  —  Google (Nasdaq: GOOG - message board) head of special initiatives Chris Sacca went into spin cycle last week while explaining his company's dark fiber investments to Light Reading.  (See Google's Own Private Internet.)  —  "I've bought a lot of fiber for Google," Sacca says.
Discussion: GigaOM and dailywireless.org
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Helium: click to compare other peoples' topical writing  —  Massachusetts based Helium launched its user generated article database yesterday and combines original writing with user rankings and profit sharing.  It's an interesting model that's more compelling that proved more compelling than I thought it would once I started using it.
Discussion: PostBubble and ContentBlogger
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.
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Office 2.0: Where are we at and please get off my network  —  Om Malik (GigaOm), Rajen Sheth (Google), Mark Suster (Koral), Shel Israel (Naked Conversations), Karen Leavitt (WebEx), Ismael Ghalimi (Intalio, Office 2.0 conference host)  —  During a panel titled "Office 2.0: Where Are We," …
Discussion: Alpha.CNET.com and GigaOM
 
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Verizon SuperPages.com Goes Where No Internet Yellow Pages Provider Has Gone Before
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
A sneaky change in Windows licensing terms
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
The Social News Faceoff
Discussion: WebMetricsGuru
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Vista Mythbusters #7: How much DRM is too much?
Discussion: Slashdot
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google Docs to go "offline" and more
Joe Siegler / 3D Realms News:
Prey Update for Triton Customers
Discussion: Neowin.net, Joystiq and Cathode Tan
Chris Tew / PVR Wire:
Microsoft's answer to the YouTube-Google Deal
Nokia:
Nokia marks WiMAX milestone with Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station
Discussion: dailywireless.org and 21talks
 Earlier Items: 
Stan Gibson / eWEEK.com:
Ballmer: Windows Live Is Top Microsoft Priority
Lucas van Grinsven / Reuters:
Firms to boost Internet speeds without fiber-optics
Discussion: Engadget and digg
Loyd Case / ExtremeTech:
AMD Unveils Barcelona Quad-Core Details
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Protect DVD-Video - A slap in the face for PC and Media Center owners
Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
YouTubers Ponder Google
Steve Wiseman / IntelliAdmin.com:
Disable automatic install of IE 7
Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Coghead Goes Live: Build Applications Visually
John Markoff / New York Times:
U.S. Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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