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8:35 AM ET, October 25, 2006

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Digg Does The Acquisition Dance With News Corp.  —  San Francisco-based startup Digg has been in recent acquisition discussions with a number of companies, including News Corp., according to multiple sources close to the negotiations.  However, the company was unable to land an offer …
Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Like Yahoo, Google Adds Customized Search Engine  —  Google introduced a tool Monday that allows Web sites and blogs to offer visitors a customized version of its search engine, narrowing down its vast index so the results are more relevant for users.  —  Called the Google Custom Search Engine …
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Zooie / zooie's blog:
Google Co-op — An Intro & Some Insider Hacks  —  So what is it?  It's called Google Co-op, a platform which enables users to build their own vertical search engines and make money off the advertisements.  It provides a clean, easy interface for simple site restrictions (like what Yahoo! …
Rocketboom / Dembot:
Ze Errors  —  After some discrepancy, Ze Frank has laid into me because he doesn't believe how he could only have a fraction of the audience size of Rocketboom.  —  I was pretty surprised because we have had some friendly emails recently and he has asked me about my stats but apparently didn't believe me.
Discussion: robhyndman.com, ALLIED and Mark Evans
Robert Scoble / ScobleShow:
Microsoft Zune in depth  —  [...] Last time I was at Microsoft I met with the Zune team and got this in-depth look at Zune (the iPod competitor).  [...] Original post by ScobleShow: Videoblog about geeks, technology, and developers and software by Elliott Back [...]
Alex Davis / Courier-Journal:
MySpace.com ads work  —  Local companies find site helps them connect with clients  —  A growing number of Louisville businesses are turning to the social-networking Web site MySpace.com to connect with customers, promote events and, ultimately, make money.
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Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
MySpace.com Profiles Working for Local Internet Marketing
Discussion: Screenwerk
Microsoft:
Microsoft, Industry Partners Offer Early Holiday Gifts to PC Buyers Around the World  —  Microsoft working with PC manufacturers and system builders to provide holiday PC buyers with low-cost upgrades to Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office release.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced programs …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:   Vista, Office 2007 holiday coupons coming this week
Fred / fredericiana:
FROM REDMOND WITH LOVE  —  The Microsoft Internet Explorer Team sent us a cake for the release of Firefox 2!  —  A big thanks to Redmond, Washington!  —  P.S.: No, it was not poisoned  —  Trackbacks & Pings  —  ×"×" ×'×"×'×"...
Eric Nagourney / New York Times:
Hazards: A Study Gauges the Risks for Ears With iPods  —  Avid iPod users who wonder if they are putting their hearing at risk may find some relief in a new study that tries to arrive at guidelines for safe listening levels.  —  The key to avoiding hearing damage, the researchers say …
Discussion: Kevin Maney
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Bookmarks Enters 21st Century.  —  Yahoo is unveiling an entirely new Bookmarks product this evening at new.bookmarks.yahoo.com - new interface, new back-end, the works.  A screencast created by Yahoo developer Tom Chi is here which gives an excellent overview of the service …
Discussion: Yahoo! Search blog
David Kirkpatrick / Fortune:
This PC wants to save the world  —  Nicholas Negroponte's much-hyped $100 laptop is going into production, but skeptics, including Intel, see weaknesses in his plan.  —  (Fortune Magazine) — "Nicholas, it looks like a science project," Apple (Charts) CEO Steve Jobs said to Nicholas Negroponte …
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and Crave
Jordan Running / Download Squad:
MusicForMe cracks AllOfMP3's MusicForMasses DRM  —  Last week I reported on MusicForMasses, a new program from questionable Russian online music retailer AllOfMP3 that lets you download and listen to every song in their expansive library for free, provide you use their very limited Windows player that requires a net connection.
Discussion: digg
Colin Campbell / Next Generation:
Analyst Says Xbox 360 Could Do Better  —  Analyst Lazard Capital Markets has warned that Xbox 360 sales are tracking below market expectations.  —  In a note today, the firm's Colin Sebastian wrote, ""Xbox 360 sales appear to be tracking below current market expectations.
Discussion: Kotaku and Joystiq
Joe Critchley / Google Blogoscoped:
Joe's Google Redesign: Search Efficiency  —  Joe Critchley (aka Mambo), now age 17, got his first computer when he was 8, and started making web pages when he was 11.  He's currently working as freelancer doing stuff like HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL, as well as web design.
Discussion: Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog
Laurie A. Duncan / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo means great deals on yesterday's MacBook Pro Core Duo  —  Here's a savvy shopper tip for those of you not impressed enough with the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros to pay full retail - visit Apple's refurb section [US store link] to save 22%-37% on the portables that were top of the line just yesterday.
Discussion: Gizmodo
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Laurie A. Duncan / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Apple releases MacBook Pro with Intel Core 2 Duo
Discussion: Engadget and Gadgetell
 
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
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INTRODUCING OUTSIDE.IN  —  So it's an exciting time around here at SBJ headquarters.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
The New Mozilla Recommended Add-ons List: The Winners and the Losers
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 Earlier Items: 
Ellie Gibson / GamesIndustry.biz:
Sony denies responsibility for closure of Lik-Sang
Liz Gannes / GigaOM:
Whatever Happened to P2P?
Davis / Davis Freeberg's Digital Connection:
Starship Netflix You Are Cleared For Liftoff
Gizmodo:
Linux Computer Shrinks in Size
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Adobe tries again with e-books
Discussion: Anne 2.0 and TeleRead
Kevin Laws / VentureBeat:
The Google Myth goes "pop"
Discussion: Scobleizer
Peter Poffenberger / VoIP Lowdown:
33 Reasons why VoIP is Destroying Traditional Telecoms