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8:50 PM ET, April 16, 2007

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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Irony alert: Microsoft, AT&T oppose Google/DoubleClick merger on antitrust grounds  —  The old playground taunt of "it takes one to know one" seems especially apropos today as Microsoft and AT&T both raised antitrust questions about the proposed Google/DoubleClick merger.
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why Google bought DoubleClick  —  If there was any need for proof that Google considers advertising its core competency, then last few days provide ample testimony to that fact.  The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has partnered with Clear Channel Communications to sell radio ads …
Nick / Rough Type:
Googleopoly  —  Whether or not Google's planned acquisition …
Discussion: BloggingStocks and InsideGoogle
Rich Tehrani / TMCnet:
Google Achieves Behavioral Targeting Nirvana
Discussion: Slashdot
USA Today:
Vonage: No tech 'workaround'  —  NEW YORK — Vonage has finally confirmed what many had feared: The embattled Internet phone company has no "workaround" in hand to sidestep Verizon's patented Internet phone technology.  —  Moreover, Vonage (VG) isn't sure that such a plan is even "feasible …
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Bill Ray / The Register:
Vonage admits it can't avoid Verizon patents
Discussion: TechSpot News
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Tims / Tim Sneath:
INTRODUCING MICROSOFT SILVERLIGHT
Google:
Clear Channel Radio and Google Will Jointly Drive Radio Advertiser Expansion  —  Agreement Makes Guaranteed Inventory Available to Google Advertisers On More Than 675 Clear Channel Radio Stations  —  SAN ANTONIO AND MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 16, 2007 — Clear Channel Radio and Google Inc. …
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New York Times:   Suitors Raise Bid for Clear Channel
comScore:
Cookie-Based Counting Overstates Size of Web Site Audiences  —  Frequent Cookie Deletion by 3 out of 10 U.S. Internet Users Leads to Overstatements in Audience Sizes by a Factor as High as 2.5  —  Implications for Advertising and Audience Measurement Deemed Significant by ARF and Industry Experts
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Fred / A VC:
Overcounting Web Audiences  —  When you hear a web site's audience size, it's most often stated in unique visitors.  And those unique visitor counts are usually generated by analytics packages that use cookies to determine unique visitors (browsers).  There are other methods …
Discussion: Valleywag
Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
TechCrunch20 Now Live  —  While the startup-sphere was all knee-deep in DEMO coverage last January, TechCrunch's Mike Arrington and Sequoia Capital EIA and Weblogs Inc cofounder Jason Calacanis talked up their plans to launch their conference TechCrunch20.  Their idea is to bring together 20 …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch20 Conference Site Now Live
Discussion: CenterNetworks
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Irrational Exuberance 2.0  —  Although I was invited to speak, I decided not to go to this week's Web 2.0 Expo.  There wasn't enough value in my justifying a cross-country trip to California to attend or participate.  Most of the vendors/speakers I can engage with online.
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Mark Coker / VentureBeat:
Ignite lights up Web 2.0 Expo
Discussion: Between the Lines
Bilal Hameed / Startup Meme:
Zillow Becomes Illegal in Arizona  —  Zillow, the real estate social networking service is facing a cease and desist order in the state of Arizona.  The order has been issued citing the fact that Zillow needs to be a certified appraiser in order to provide such information to the general public.
Business Wire:
VideoEgg, a Leading Video Solution for Social Networks, Receives Investment from WPP  —  SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—VideoEgg, Inc., the leading video solution and video ad network for online communities, today announced a strategic investment from WPP (NASDAQ:WPPGY), one of the world's leading communications services groups.
Accenture Newsroom:
User-Generated Content Is Top Threat to Media and Entertainment Industry, Accenture Survey Finds  —  In its annual survey of senior executives in the media and entertainment industry, Accenture examined the growth strategies of companies across the landscape of advertising, film, music …
John Markoff / New York Times:
E-Mail Innovator Plans to Enlist in the Wireless Campaign of the Patent Wars  —  Nicholas Fodor is about to dive into the patent wars that have tangled up the business of wireless e-mail.  But his weapon of choice is not a lawsuit.  It is a new e-mail service he is developing using …
Discussion: GigaOM
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Netvibes Launches Universe: Customized Public Pages  —  This afternoon Netvibes will announce the launch of Netvibes Universe, allowing users to create highly customized versions of Netvibes and publish them for public access.  Netvibes has created 100 or so branded versions for the launch …
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
Giving Away Information, but Increasing Revenue  —  THOSE who don't have $6,000 or enough prominent connections to get into a TED conference can take heart.  The price of admission just went to zero, provided you can settle for a more remote experience.  —  The TED organization …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Web 2.0 LobbyCam  —  I'll be turning on the camera sometime between now and 10 a.m. and we'll see how it goes walking around the streets of San Francisco.  I'll be hanging out in the lobby all day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — I have several parties/dinners to attend in the evening but don't have enough battery life to go that far.
 
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
WiMAX coming to Intel laptops in 2008
Discussion: jkOnTheRun
Linda Goin / VoIP Now:
74 Open Source VoIP Apps & Resources
Discussion: digg
Tommi / Tommi's S60 applications blog:
Introducing Nokia Beta Labs
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Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions …
DigiTimes:
Asustek to begin shipping notebooks to Dell in June and launch Classmate PCs in 2H
Discussion: Engadget and The Tech Report
Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
Web radio broadcasters appeal rate plan
Gizmodo:
Samsung's Concept PCs: The Wizard of Odd
Discussion: Gadget Lab
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Xbox 360 scratching discs? Maybe, says Microsoft
Discussion: Joystiq, Neowin.net and digg
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Ahead of the Bell: AQuantive
Discussion: HipMojo.com
Business Wire:
Yahoo! and Newspaper Consortium Expand Strategic Partnership
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Sony really sucks at DRM
Sam Sethi / Vecosys:
Google, Google, going ... gone  —  Om Malik reports …
Nokia:
Widgets open up the mobile market for Web designers
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
New patent hints at Apple TV 2.0
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
In a Troubled Time, a New Business Magazine
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Intel's MID UMPCs: So long XP/Vista, hello Linux
 

 
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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