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3:45 PM ET, April 12, 2007

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Can PhotoBucket Survive Without MySpace?  —  There was a lot of fingerpointing, denials, and "he said, she said" going on today as everyone digested the news that MySpace had blocked PhotoBucket's 40 million members from embedding videos into their MySpace pages.
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Paula Lehman / Business Week:
MySpace Plays Chicken with Users  —  The popular social network is showing third-party widget makers—and its users—who really decides what content gets added to pages  —  Late on Apr. 10, photo-sharing site Photobucket began receiving complaints from users that slide shows and videos …
Discussion: Rough Type
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Photobucket CEO: Our videos don't have ads
Discussion: Adweek and Deep Jive Interests
Nick / Rough Type:
You ain't going nowhere
Discussion: Associated Press
PR Newswire:
Vonage Holdings Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steps Down  —  HOLMDEL, N.J., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG - News), a leading provider of broadband telephone services, today announced that Michael Snyder stepped down from his position as Chief Executive Officer …
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Jeffry Bartash / MarketWatch:
Founder takes over Vonage in big shift  —  Under pressure over Verizon suit, company to restructure  —  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Jeffrey Citron, the controversial founder of Vonage Holdings Corp., reassumed leadership of the embattled Internet-phone company on Thursday and unveiled steep cost cuts …
Jon Arnold / Jon Arnold's Blog:
Vonage Speaks - Want to be Their CEO?
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Vonage shakeup: CEO resigns, cost-cutting announced
Discussion: digg
Kate Holton / Reuters:
EMI and Beatles settle royalty dispute  —  The company representing The Beatles has settled a 30 million-pound ($59 million) royalty dispute with EMI Group (EMI.L: Quote, Profile , Research), in a deal that could finally pave the way for the Liverpool band's music to go online.
Discussion: MacUser and Gizmodo
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
DRM, lock-ins, and piracy: all red herrings for a music industry in trouble
Discussion: TeleRead and Listening Post
Robert Andrews / paidContent.org:
Beatles Settle With EMI, iTunes Back Catalogue Soon?
Discussion: Crave
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Google's acquisition strategy should think small (and mobile)  —  When it comes to Google's acquisition strategy the search giant may be better off playing small ball.  —  Sure Google's purchase of dMarc and YouTube are significant deals that get a lot of attention-lately as potential busts in the making.
Discussion: HipMojo.com
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Frank Taylor / Google Earth Blog:
New Google Maps Feature - 2.5D Buildings  —  Google is yet again adding features to Google Maps which bring it closer to Google Earth.  In February Google added building outlines to major cities when you zoom in close.  Now Google has added 2.5D buildings to some of those cities for Google Maps.
Ogle Earth:
Google Maps repurposes Google Earth's 3D content  —  Convergence between Google Earth and Maps continues: Highest zoom levels in Google Maps for 38 US cities now sport 2.5D buildings, repurposed from Google Earth's default 3D layer, like so:  —  It's not Microsoft's Bird's Eye view …
Discussion: The Map Room
Angus Kidman / APC:
Windows XP to be phased out by year's end despite customer demand  —  Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite consumer resistance to Vista and its compatibility problems.  —  By early 2008, Microsoft's contracts …
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
CBS To Announce Deals With AOL, MSN, Joost; In Talks With NBC U-News Corp: Report  —  CBS could announce as early as today deals to distribute its TV shows and other video programming via MSN, AOL and Joost, WSJ reports.  CBS would be the first major network to have such an arrangement with Joost.
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Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Joost scores first deal with major broadcaster, CBS
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Yahoo Close To Acquiring Rivals.com; Price Could Reach Nine Figures  —  You're reading it here first: Yahoo is close to making its biggest sports acquisition after, well, the Broadcast.com deal: the college sports network Rivals.com, paidContent.org has learned.
Victor Keegan / Guardian:
To the average Joe, blogs aren't cutting it  —  This month's state of the blogosphere survey by Technorati, the monitoring service, was greeted as if it were the online equivalent of the President's State of the Union address.  It undoubtedly reveals a fascinating array of statistics …
Nick Starr / The Boy Genius Report:
Samsung SCH-i760 gets FCC Nod  —  The Samsung SCH-i760 has been approved by the FCC, meaning we will be seeing it hit shelves of a certain CDMA carrier soon.  It will provide the Windows Mobile 6 experience, intergrating with your Office programs with ease.
Discussion: Gizmodo, CrunchGear, Crave and Gadgetell
Andrew Shebanow / Shebanation:
The Death of UI Consistency  —  Yesterday, John Gruber posted a gripe about the new CS3 panels and palettes and how horrible it is that Adobe put the close box on the right side.  To John, this seemed horribly un-Mac-like, and in trademark style he concludes his gripe with an elitist …
 
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Chips stack up in third dimension
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Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Issues Report on Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children
Dave Sifry / The Technorati Weblog:
Our First Major Acquisition!  —  Okay, this is exciting and it's …
Samsung:
SAMSUNG Launches New Mobile WiMAX Devices in Korea
Nat Torkington / O'Reilly Radar:
Yahoo! Open Source CMS Conference
Joyce Wadler / New York Times:
The Drive-In Without the Drive
Discussion: Gizmodo and CinemaTech
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Preview of Pageflakes "Flurry" Release
 Earlier Items: 
Mike / Techdirt:
Cingular, Qwest Shocked That People Don't Like It When They …
Discussion: StillSecure …
Stace / Unwired View:
TRUE APPLE MEDIA CENTER IN THE WORKS
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and CrunchGear
Geoff Adams-Spink / BBC:
Braille converter eases web use
Discussion: Neowin.net
Fred Stutzman / dev.aol.com:
The 12-Minute Definitive Guide to Twitter
Discussion: Tech_Space and Unit Structures
David Lenehan / Read/WriteWeb:
The World Of Wikis  —  WetPaint, a popular hosted Wiki solution …
Discussion: digg
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
How To Make Your Nokia N95 100 Percent
Nivi / Venture Hacks:
Focus on your share price, not your valuation
Discussion: Nivi
Chris Ulbrich / Google:
Google to Hold Worldwide Developer Event — Google Developer Day
 

 
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