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8:20 PM ET, May 17, 2007

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AppleInsider:
News Flash: Apple iPhone receives FCC approval  —  Apple Inc. on Thursday received the official go-ahead on its first ever mobile handset, with the Federal Communications Commission giving the iPod maker the green light to commence sales of the device in the United States.
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Sandeep Chandur / MobileWhack:
Apple iPhone Gets FCC Nod - Finally!  —  We knew it was bound to happen sooner or later.  Well, it has happened.  The almighty FCC has blessed the Apple's iPhone, easing its entry into the US markets.  Bearing only the FCC ID BCGA1203, the FCC pages do not even reveal photos of the phone.
Search Engine Land:
Video Blending & Video Meta Search  —  There's nothing new about Google listing links to video content in its regular search results, including links to pages in Google-owned Google Video and YouTube.  However, Universal Search is changing things.  Instead of considering that content as part …
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Paul Glazowski / Profy.Com:
Google Announces Universal Search
Discussion: CNET News.com
BBC:
Google overhauls main search page
Discussion: Reuters and PodTech Network
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
WPP Acquires 24/7 Real Media To Compete With Google And Yahoo  —  I saw one of Google's "agency relationship managers" give a pitch to a top agency, where she gave the standard line that Google doesn't want to be an ad agency.  I didn't believe it for a second.
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Business Wire:
24/7 Real Media Announces Agreement to Be Acquired by WPP  —  24/7 Real Media Shareholders to Receive $11.75 per Share  —  Acquisition Will Create a Powerful Combination of Technology and Services to Benefit Global Marketers  —  NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—24/7 Real Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFSM - News):
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Google v. Perfect 10: Appeals court affirms that thumbnails are fair use  —  Google scored a partial victory yesterday in a case that is likely to have major implications for the evolution of copyright law online.  In a 2004 lawsuit, porn merchant Perfect 10 accused Google of infringing …
David Flynn / APC:
Vista will be the last version of Windows for Pentium 4 and Core Duo owners  —  It's the end of the line for 32-bit operating systems, Microsoft has proclaimed at its annual Windows Hardware Engineering conference  —  After the software giant has gotten over its hangover from partying …
Perry / evans ink:
Introducing localguides.com: local, meet social. social, meet vertical.  —  We've just launched the beta version of a brand spanking new site - localguides.com.  —  We think the site (and the technology and methodologies behind it) begin to lay the foundation to tackle two vexing problems in local search …
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Latest AACS revision defeated a week before release  —  Despite the best efforts of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Administration (AACS LA), content pirates remain one step ahead.  A new volume key used by high-def films scheduled for release next week has already been cracked.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
BitTorrent in Focus: TV-series are Hot  —  The statistics presented here are gathered by SumoTorrent, and based on a sample of more than 400.000 .torrent files collected from several public BitTorrent sites.  From now on these statistics will be published on a monthly basis …
Brandon Sheffield / Gamasutra:
Q&A: Svensson On The Future Of Capcom  —  Capcom has been significantly busy in expanding its Western presence of late, revealing much of its 2007 line-up at an April press event, including new Phoenix Wright and Mega Man titles for DS, a return of Super Puzzle Fighter II for Xbox Live, and a Harvey Birdman title for PS2 and PSP.
Discussion: Kotaku, Joystiq and Xbox 360 Fanboy
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Half of the future Gates  —  newsmaker Craig Mundie is trying to fill Bill Gates shoes.  Well, at least one of them.  —  Keenly aware that no one person can replace Microsoft's cultural icon, the company has divided his responsibilities among two top executives.
Discussion: Incremental Blogger
Scott Gilbertson / Wired News:
More Firefox Bloat?  Say It Ain't So, Mozilla  —  When Firefox launched in beta release five years ago, it burst on the open-source browser scene like a young Elvis Presley — slim, sexy and dangerous.  —  Since then it has attracted millions of users, generally set the agenda …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Regarding yesterday's Apple news  —  Yesterday Engadget posted an incorrect story about an iPhone delay, and I wanted to go into greater detail about how this happened.  —  At 9:09am CDT yesterday a number of Apple employees received an email that appeared to be from Apple corporate reporting …
Discussion: TechCrunch and Techdirt
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Samsung and LG.Philips announce super-thin OLEDs  —  The quest to make thinner cell phones and other mobile devices continues each day, but Samsung and LG.Philips may be moving closer to that goal with their new active-matrix OLEDs (AMOLED).  Both companies announced new AMOLED displays today …
Discussion: Phone Scoop
Carlos / Pclaunches.com:
LG 'Chocolate' Z1 dual LCD laptop  —  LG Electronics has unveiled a new laptop that boost dual LCD screen, just like Asus W5Fe.  The notebooks is designed to take advantage of Windows Vista's Sideshow concept.  The 1.86Kg lappie boosts red touch-sensitive buttons (similar to Chocolate phone) …
FightinSunDevil / Gamerscore Blog:
Clearing the Air: In Support of HD DVD...  'Just want to clear up a few things surrounding several erroneous stories regarding alleged comments from Peter Moore about Xbox 360 supporting Blu-ray.  Simply put...These reports are completely incorrect.  —  Some online media outlets have picked …
 
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Skype busts into casual gaming market
Discussion: Neowin.net and Kotaku
Los Angeles Times:
Listeners shocked by XM hosts' suspension
Discussion: Orbitcast, CrunchGear and digg
Kevin Wolf / Found+READ:
Dangers of a Threesome  —  I'd like to share my tale of a start …
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Jakob Nielsen Sounds Off About Web 2.0... Again!
Discussion: Hitesh Mehta
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Backers of stronger copyright laws form lobby group
Evan Blass / Engadget:
PSP hardware refresh coming this year, says report
TED / uncov:
Guy Kawasaki Should Stick To Contentless Blog Posts
Discussion: Epicenter
Joshua Karp / The Boy Genius Report:
AT&T offers mobile backup solution
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Stanford to hit P2P users in the wallet with reconnection fees
Staten Island Advance / SI Advance Newslog:
'V-Tech Rampage' Internet game sparks outrage
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Vista Service Pack 1: It lives
Martyn Williams / InfoWorld:
Google Korea to censor search results
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Imagine Live Search - Microsoft's Test Site Launches
Nicholas Carr / Guardian:
The net is being carved up into information plantations
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