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2:25 PM ET, May 1, 2007

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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Dell picks Ubuntu for Linux PCs  —  Dell is trying a second time to sell personal computers with Linux preinstalled, this time using the up-and-coming Ubuntu version of the open-source operating system.  —  At the end of May, the No. 2 PC maker will begin selling some consumer-focused laptop …
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Direct2Dell:
Dell to Offer Ubuntu 7.04  —  In February when Dell launched IdeaStorm as forum for customers to contribute ideas for product offerings, we received overwhelming feedback that customers wanted Linux on desktops and notebooks.  —  As part of an overall effort to update our Linux program …
Jack Loftus / searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com:   Dell to offer Ubuntu Linux desktops and laptops
Ed Burnette / Ed Burnette's Dev Connection:   Dell to offer Ubuntu 7.04 pre-installed
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Dell may give Ubuntu a mainstream lift
Discussion: digg
Donald Melanson / Engadget:   Dell set to offer pre-loaded Ubuntu "within weeks"
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google denies Viacom copyright charges  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google responded to Viacom's $1 billion copyright lawsuit on Monday, arguing that it has not infringed on the rights of the media company and that the lawsuit threatens the viability of its popular YouTube video-sharing Web site as well as others like it.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Fails To Blink  —  Google responded to Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit over alleged YouTube copyright infringement today.  Their answer: Let's fight this out, in front of a jury.  —  We earlier predicted that there was no way Google would agree to a settlement with Viacom that involved any damages …
Discussion: Reuters and Digital Daily
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:   Google Officially Responds To Viacom; Bickering Continues
Holly M. Sanders / New York Post:
ONE GIANT LEAP  —  MICROSOFT RAISES STAKES IN 'NET AD BIZ BIDDING  —  Eager to catch up with Google and Yahoo!, Microsoft has emerged as a contender, along with ad giant WPP Group, to buy Internet ad firm 24/7 Real Media, The Post has learned.  —  Sources said the software giant is considering …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Microsoft After 24/7; Another Search Engine To Own SEM Firm?  —  Yahoo said it would acquire an ad network yesterday, in reaction to Google's plans to expand its own ad network by acquiring DoubleClick.  Now in One Giant Leap, the New York Post reports rumors that Microsoft might want to buy ad management company 24/7 Real Media.
Karen / Official Google Blog:
You've got gadget mail  —  Posted by by Sophia Brueckner, Software Engineer, iGoogle  —  For a while now, we Googlers have used a bit of shorthand to refer to the Personalized Homepage — a name that connotes interactivity, the Internet, and personalization all at once.
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Martin Peers / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. Offers $60 a Share In Unsolicited Bid for Dow Jones  —  News Corp. has made a $5 billion takeover offer for Dow Jones & Co., parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones announced.  —  Dow Jones said in a statement that its board, and members of the Bancroft family …
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Billboard.Biz:
Clear Channel Launches Social Networking Sites  —  Radio giant Clear Channel is getting into the social networking business.  The company's online music and radio division is introducing a dozen station-branded social networks in the coming months.  Each social network will function essentially …
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Steve O'Hear / The Social Web:   What can social networks do for traditional radio?
Gregg Keizer / Macworld:
Contest winner: Vista more secure than Mac OS  —  Editor's Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld.  For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld's Macintosh Knowledge Center.  —  Dino Dai Zovi, the New York-based security researcher who took home $10,000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack …
Discussion: Gizmodo, CrunchGear and Channel 9
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Jabber creator signs on to Wikia search project  —  Jabber founder Jeremie Miller has signed on to help develop Wikia's open-source search engine project, the organization announced.  —  The Wikia project aims to develop a search engine, crawlers and other indexing tools through a collaborative, open-source process.
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Microsoft: UAC approach is so good, other OSes should follow suit  —  I constantly amaze my technology pundit pals by regaling them with tales of my use of Windows Vista.  "I dunno, it doesn't crash for me"—puts them into shock.  "Actually, it boots faster than XP did, for me"—jaws hang wide open.
Discussion: digg and Slashdot
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Yahoo - Comcast = The Deal of the Year  —  Little has been written about yesterdays announcement that Yahoo would be selling display and video ads for Comcast's websites, in particular, Comcast.net.  —  What's so special about this deal beyond the shear size of Comcast and the inventory …
Apple:
Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007  —  Apple® today announced that Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 11, 2007 at San Francisco's Moscone West.
BBC:
Motion-sensitive laptop developed  —  A motion-sensitive laptop which can be controlled much like a Nintendo Wii remote is under development.  —  The tablet PC laptop has been adapted to respond to a user when moving the machine up or down, side to side, or forwards and backwards.
 
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David Berlind / Berlind's Testbed:
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Pure Digital raises $40M, its camcorders share with YouTube
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Evite threatens to sue Socializr for copyright infringement
David Barboza / New York Times:
Chinese E-Commerce Company Said to Plan Public Offering
Tony Long / Wired News:
May 1, 1978: Spam, From Novelty to Nuisance in a Couple of Decades
Joshua Porter / Bokardo:
PEW Report: Teens Getting Smart about Online Privacy
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
The Growth Of The Pirate Bay As A Political Movement
PR Newswire:
First Phase Deployment to 10,000 Homes in and Around the City …
Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
VeriSign to offer passwords on bank card
Discussion: Zero Day and Consumerist
USA Today:
CEO Forum: Microsoft's Ballmer having a 'great time'