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11:45 AM ET, February 16, 2007

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Ryan Olson / Red Herring:
Google Agrees to Buy Adscape  —  Search king to pay $23 million for in-game advertising startup.  —  Google has made a foray into in-game advertising for video games with an agreement to acquire Adscape Media for $23 million, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Google to Buy Adscape for $23 Million
Discussion: Digital Media Wire
New York Times:
Viewers Fast-Forwarding Past Ads?  Not Always  —  People with digital video recorders like TiVo never watch commercials, right?  —  Add that to the list of urban — and suburban — myths.  —  It turns out that a lot of people with digital video recorders are not fast-forwarding and time-shifting as much as advertisers feared.
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple to re-enter the sub-notebook market  —  A tiny sub-notebook on its way from Apple Inc. is expected to re-establish the Mac maker as a leader in the field of compact computing while drawing parallels to the legendary PowerBook 2400 along the way.  —  It's been nearly ten years since …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Hack lets intruders sneak into home routers  —  If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, let this recent threat serve as a reminder.  —  Attackers could change the configuration of home routers using JavaScript code, security researchers at Indiana University and Symantec have discovered.
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Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
The Dangers of Default Passwords
Discussion: InterActive Home
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Hires Michael Gartenberg as New Evangelist  —  The Vista marketing challenge saw an interesting new development today with the announcement that Microsoft has hired Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg as Enthusiast Evangelist.  Gartenberg says in a blog post on his move that he will …
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Dan Nystedt / InfoWorld:
One million OLPC laptop orders confirmed  —  San Francisco (IDGNS) - Quanta Computer, the world's largest contract laptop PC manufacturer, already has confirmed orders for one million notebook PCs for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, a company representative said Thursday.
Discussion: IP Democracy, Engadget and digg
BetaNews:
Vista Sales Estimates Indicate Dwindling Retail Channel  —  Comparing preliminary information released by NPD this morning regarding launch week sales for Microsoft Windows Vista versus historical NPD data for prior years, BetaNews has learned the news for Microsoft may seem even more daunting than at first believed:
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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
FreeYourID: Personalized OpenID  —  FreeYourID is a new web service that allows users to register a personal .Name domain name which in turn can be used as an OpenID identifier, website URL and email host.  Your domain name will be in the format of first.last.name and the domain can then be directed …
Discussion: O'Reilly Radar and Global Nerdy
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Silicon Valley Meets 'American Idol' With Prizes to Inspire Inventors  —  FACING down stiff competition to win fame and big prize money?  Forget singing for Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul.  Try sequencing DNA for a panel of technology investors.  —  Yes, something like an "American Idol" …
Joe / Techdirt:
More Questions Raised About Google's Sweetheart Deal In North Carolina  —  from the sweeter-and-sweeter dept  —  Recently, we pointed to a story suggesting that Google, like Microsoft in its early days, still has a thing or two to learn about dealing with politicians.
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News & Record Syndication Feed:
Economic study unfinished before Google deal
BBC:
Digital neighbourhood watch plan  —  A neighbourhood watch for the digital age, utilising the power of social networking, has been proposed.  —  Two lecturers in the US have suggested creating a network of Community Response Grids (CRG) in conjunction with the emergency services.
GigaOM:
The New, New Music Industry  —  The music business has been transforming before our eyes.  Many players in the industry are struggling to survive amidst the tectonic shifts as the industry transforms itself for the digital age.  And yet there has never been more demand for consuming music …
Mike / Techdirt:
Carlos Mencia Claims Copyright Infringement On Comedian Who Accuses Mencia Of Stealing Jokes  —  from the ah,-the-tangled-web-we-weave dept  —  Another day, another convoluted DMCA claim.  Earlier this week, one of the hot stories getting passed around was how comedian (and Fear Factor host) …
Discussion: Reel Pop and Copyrightings
Will Sullivan / Journerdism:
AJC explodes the newsroom, makes MAJOR changes; Study says: Ya gotsta spend money to make it; Newpaper's public record database nets 4 million hits in less than three months; Teaching multimedia tips  —  February 16th, 2007  —  80 voluntary buyouts.  Reorganizing the newsroom structure …
Mike / Techdirt:
DMCA Takedown For Professor Showing How Copyright Owners Exaggerate Their Rights  —  from the ah,-irony dept  —  We've covered way too many bogus DMCA takedown notices, but sometimes new ones stand out for being extra special.  Wendy Seltzer, a law professor who used to work for the EFF …
Discussion: Wendy's Blog and Tech_Space
Doc Searls / Linux Journal:
Building an Relationship Economy  —  Is there something new that open source development methods and values can bring to the economy?  How about something old?  —  I think the answer may come from the developing world, where pre-industrial methods and values persist and offer some helpful models …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Apple plugs four security holes  —  Apple issued four security updates Thursday to fix flaws in Mac OS X and iChat identified by the Month of Apple Bugs project.  —  Two of the flaws could allow an attacker to execute code on an unpatched system, Apple said.
Jennifer Laycock / Todd Mintz:
The Google Grants Program: Click Here For Charity  —  The Google Grants Program: Click Here For Charity  —  "...Everything Counts In Large Amounts."  Depeche Mode  —  I am on the Board of Directors of Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland (SEMpdx).
I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
Appeerances Can Be Deceiving  —  The new Apple TV media extender is supposed to ship this month, perhaps even by the time you read this column, and if you are like me you are wondering what that 40-gig hard drive is doing inside.  I'm guessing we won't know for sure until later this year …
 
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Mike Gunderloy / Web Worker Daily:
10 Tips for Organizing Your E-mail
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Joe / Techdirt:
Yes, Those Free DVDs On Amazon Were Too Good To Be True
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
New Google domains hint at "Google Express"
Phillip Torrone / MAKE Magazine:
OpenMoko - open source cell phone
Discussion: Engadget
Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple may turn to induction for iPod docking, charging
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Debreu's Scent Drive brings aroma to the flash drive
Discussion: Tech Digest and Crave
Ben Kuchera / Opposable Thumbs:
GameStop wants your trade-ins. …
Discussion: Consumerist and Kotaku
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
YAHOO SUGGESTIONS: NOT A DIGG CLONE
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 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Gelfand / Wired News:
Toys That Protect Kids From Pervs
Discussion: ALLIED
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Inventor sues Slingbox maker for patent infringement
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
National Public Whatsis
Garrett French / Search Engine Journal:
Stumble Upon Interview Series: StumbleUpon Defined vs. Digg, Google MySpace and More
BBC:
Hiding messages in plain sight
Gizmodo:
First Look: the Anti-iPhone, OpenMoko's Neo1973
Discussion: CrunchGear and digg
CNN:
Shigeru Miyamoto Talk Asia Interview
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Survey: Blackberry owners chained to work
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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