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4:30 AM ET, May 22, 2007

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Direct2Dell:
Ubuntu 7.04 Offering—Technical Details  —  Before we announce the availability of Ubuntu 7.04 on select Dell client systems, I'd like to give an overview of what customers can expect from our initial Ubuntu offering.  —  Availabile Software and Hardware  — The default software …
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Dell's Linux hardware support plans good news for desktop Linux  —  In a blog entry today, Dell has revealed new technical details that provide insight into the company's Ubuntu Linux preinstallation plans.  Dell will offer a default Ubuntu installation on select systems that it says will have …
John Markoff / New York Times:
Google Proposes Innovation in Radio Spectrum Auction  —  Google filed a proposal on Monday with the Federal Communications Commission calling on the agency to let companies allocate radio spectrum using the same kind of real-time auction that the search engine company now uses to sell advertisements.
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Google Proposes Real-Time Auction Approach For Radio Spectrum Use
Discussion: Bourse
BBC:
Success for Everest mobile effort  —  A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest.  —  In the early hours of 21 May, Rod Baber made two calls from the mountain's north ridge.  —  In the first call Mr Baber described the view …
Google Online Security Blog:
Introducing Google's online security efforts  —  Online security is an important topic for Google, our users, and anyone who uses the Internet.  The related issues are complex and dynamic and we've been looking for a way to foster discussion on the topic and keep users informed.
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Google, Salesforce.com Discuss Alliance  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce.com Inc.'s stock price climbed by more than 4 percent Monday in response to a report that the online software pioneer is poised to team up with Internet search leader Google Inc. in a double-barreled attack on Microsoft Corp.
Scott Martin / Red Herring:
Limelight Prices IPO  —  Akamai rival wants to raise as much as $198 million.  —  Limelight Networks on Monday priced its proposed initial public offering in hopes of raising as much as $198.7 million.  —  Tempe, Arizona-based Limelight, a high-performance content delivery network …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Silicon Valley Could Use A Downturn Right About Now  —  Silicon Valley is paradise for geeks, and people flock here from all over the world to be part of something very special.  When I speak at events here one thing I often do is ask people in the audience to raise their hand if they live in Silicon Valley.
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
Are Facebook widgets on the way?  —  Facebook, which says it's making a big announcement this week, is trying to keep details under wraps.  But that hasn't stopped the Internet's rabid gossip mill.  —  Last month, word began to circulate that Facebook was working on a deal to introduce third-party widgets …
Mark Shuttleworth:
Microsoft is not the real threat  —  Much has been written about Microsoft's allegation of patent infringements in Linux (by which I'm sure they mean GNU/Linux ).  I don't think Microsoft is the real threat, and in fact, I think Microsoft and the Linux community will actually end up fighting on the same side of this issue.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Zoho Notebook looks good  —  Zoho, the online competitor to Microsoft office, releases its Zoho Notebook application later this evening, and it looks very good.  —  It edges Microsoft's competing product OneNote, and Google's Notebook with sheer feature count and flexibility.
Vikram Madan / Vikram Madan's Blog:
Post-winHEC Post  —  WinHEC 2007 seems to have gone well.  UMPC exposure was pretty-decent.  Bill Gates showed off UMPCs in his keynote.  I presented a session on UMPCs (somewhat ambiguously titled 'UMPC Ecosystem' - I'll post a link to the slides when they become public) …
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
MyPunchbowl: The Algorithm Schedules Your Event  —  eVite has been a target of several startups over the past year.  Sites like Skobee or Renkoo have differentiated themselves by helping plan the casual outings for drinks or dinner.  Socializr is taking a social networking approach.
Orbitcast:
BREAKING: Is XM down?  —  Seems like there's a massive outage going on with XM right now.  Reports have been coming in like crazy, and I myself in NYC haven't been able to get signal since about 12-noon.  —  UPDATE: Reportedly one of the satellites (SAT1) is down, and all of the repeaters are down due to a "software update."
Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget and digg
Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica:
ARIN: It's time to migrate to IPv6  —  Today, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) published a resolution its Board of Trustees had passed on IP number availability.  In short, the resolution says that since IPv4 addresses are running out, ARIN should "take any and all measures necessary …
 
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On2 Technologies:
On2 Technologies Announces Acquisition of Hantro Products …
Discussion: alarm:clock, 901am and mocoNews.net
Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
CNN to Deliver More Local News On Its Web Site
Howard Lindzon:
CBS Acquires Wallstrip - You Can Make Money From Blogging!!!
Discussion: NewTeeVee and GigaOM
Peter D. Csathy / Digital Media Update:
SightSpeed 6.0 Named One of PC World's "100 Best Products of 2007"!
David S. Hirschman / Editor and Publisher:
Editors Explore Recent Redesigns at Major Web Sites
Discussion: Lost Remote
Robert J. Samuelson / Newsweek:
Long Live the News Business
Discussion: Publishing 2.0
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Advisory (937696)
Discussion: Zero Day
Hiawatha Bray / Boston Globe:
Second Life gets a Bay State boost
 Earlier Items: 
Joel Hruska / Ars Technica:
New tech could lead to much bigger hard drives
Discussion: Neowin.net and Engadget
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
AMD shows sunny side of Barcelona
Discussion: Neowin.net
Robert McMillan / PC World:
Symantec to Ship Smart Phone Security Suite
NaviGadget:
AVL-900 tracker lets you listen conversations in your vehicle
Charles Jade / Ars Technica:
Steve Wozniak at Maker Faire
Discussion: MacUser
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Rootly relaunches... new UI, new features... a real news start page
Think Secret:
Death knell tolls for 17-inch iMac
BBC:
Music giant EMI agrees takeover
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
C-SPAN's own business choices keep the network from being offered on streaming TV platforms like YouTube TV, as it stays reliant on cable and satellite funding

Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
LAist initiates a voluntary buyout program for staff to avoid layoffs as it faces a “significant budget shortfall” ranging from $4M-$5M in the next two years

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks reports Q1 net revenue fell 17% YoY to $596M, operating income fell 36% YoY to $110M, streaming revenue grew 3% YoY to $145M, and 11.5M subscribers

 
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