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10:10 AM ET, June 20, 2007

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Dan Sabbagh / Times of London:
News Corp explores swap of MySpace site for Yahoo! stake  —  News Corporation has discussed swapping MySpace, its internet social networking unit, with Yahoo! in return for a 25 per cent stake in the enlarged group.  —  The discussions remain tentative and could collapse after the departure …
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New York Times:
After Shake-Up, What Now for Yahoo?  —  Should Yahoo stop trying to beat Google at its own game?  Should it step up the pace and grow even larger through mergers and acquisitions?  —  As Jerry Yang takes over as Yahoo's chief executive, all eyes are on the next steps that Mr. Yang …
Discussion: Publishing 2.0 and BuzzMachine
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Is MySpace Worth $12 billion?  —  It sure as hell might be.  We've gotten independent confirmation of rumors circulating yesterday that discussions between Fox and Yahoo, where Yahoo would effectively buy MySpace for 25% of the stock in the combined entity, have occured.
Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:   Murdoch Talking With Yahoo About Swap for MySpace
Peter Kaplan / Reuters:
Microsoft to change Vista after Google complaint  —  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to modify its Windows Vista operating system in response to a complaint that its computer search function put Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) …
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Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Microsoft Gives In To Google  —  Microsoft just can't win.  The software giant agreed to change its freshly released Windows Vista operating system Tuesday to make it easier to use desktop seach programs from competitors, bowing to a complaint by search company Google ahead of a hearing …
Discussion: Search Engine Journal
Sydney Morning Herald:
Microsoft to Change Desktop Search
Karen / Official Google Blog:
More sharing  —  We're pleased to announce that we've acquired the assets of Zenter, a company that provides software for creating online slide presentations.  —  You've heard us talk a lot about using the web to improve group collaboration and information sharing.
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Veoh Launching New Online TV Service; Takes Streams From Content Sites Directly Into Its Player  —  So Veoh's raising of a big $26 million and above round now makes more sense, or at least we know what their plans and hopes are: it is launching VeohTV, an ambitious and slightly controversial attempt …
Discussion: Lost Remote
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Erick Schonfeld / The Next Net:
Veoh TV: Turning the Web Into TV
Discussion: TechCrunch
Alex E / MyStoreSpace.com Company Blog:
MyStoreSpace launches at eBay Live!  (But My Google Shirt rains on the parade)  —  Saturday, June 16th was quite an eventful day for our two-man startup.  My co-founder and I attended the eBay Live! conference in Boston to promote the launch of MyStoreSpace.com, our next-generation web store builder …
Discussion: Master of 500 Hats
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Apple:
YouTube Live on Apple TV Today; Coming to iPhone on June 29  —  Best YouTube Experience on a Mobile Device  —  Apple® today announced that iPhone™ users will be able to enjoy YouTube's originally-created content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29.
Wily Ferret / Inquirer:
Quake Wars to sport ads  —  Apocalyptic war-torn future, buy Coke  —  SPLASH DAMAGE, developer of upcoming Quake title Enemy Territory, has announced that it will be displaying ads within the game itself.  —  In-game advertising is going to be big business if you believe analysts, and Splash is looking to get in on some of the cash.
Discussion: DigitalBattle
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Relaxer / Enemy Territory:
A WORD ABOUT IN-GAME ADS
Discussion: Kotaku, Joystiq and reBang weblog
Agence France Presse:
SKorean firm sells 3G Google phones in Europe  —  SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's LG Electronics said Wednesday it would sell third-generation (3G) mobile phones in Europe this week, installed with mobile services of the world's top Internet search engine Google.
Discussion: mocoNews.net
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Kate Holton / Reuters:   Yahoo in global expansion of mobile phone services
Airbus:
Airbus first to receive certification for on-board mobile phone system  —  Airbus is first to receive airworthiness certification for a cell-phone system on board an aircraft.  On 18th June 2007, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved Airbus' GSM on-board system.
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Thomas Crampton / International Herald Tribune:
Europe opens the door to in-flight phoning
PR Newswire:
Huge Growth Occurs In Online Video Use And It's Not All User-Generated Videos  —  LOS ANGELES, June 18 /PRNewswire/ — The results of a national online Magid Media Futures(TM) survey conducted the last week in March of 2007 have just been released, documenting the huge growth in popularity …
Lessig News:
Required Reading: the next 10 years  —  During my keynote at the iCommons iSummit 07, I made an announcement that surprised some, but which, from reports on the web at least, was also not fully understood by some.  So here again is the announcement, with some reasoning behind it.
Forbes:
Vivendi's Universal Music has 'short extension' to EU iTunes deadline UPDATE  —  BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group said it has received a 'short extension' to a midnight deadline today to respond to the European Commission's antitrust concerns over the pricing of songs on Apple …
Discussion: Apple 2.0
BBC:
Blackberry ban for French elite  —  French government officials have been ordered not to use handheld Blackberry devices amid fears that foreigners could spy on them, reports say.  —  Workers in the French president's and prime minister's office have been told their e-mails risk falling into foreign hands, Le Monde newspaper reports.
Discussion: Engadget
Metroxing / TWO A DAY:
ZDNet Really, Really, Really Hates Apple & the iPhone  —  I understand that journalists want to be cynical and to claim "objectivity."  But when 11 bloggers at ZDNET write over 50+ negative blog posts in a little over a week for a product NOT even out yet?  What is that?  Proof they are smarter than us? ...
 
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Richard Martin / InformationWeek:
Sprint Won't Abandon WiMax, Executive Reveals
Discussion: dslreports.com and Engadget
USA Today:
iPhone mania nears fever pitch
Nick Farrell / Inquirer:
EMI has DRM free sales boom
Lewis Page / The Register:
Jack Straw: let MPs use handhelds, laptops in Commons
Discussion: Gadget Lab
cellular-news:
Monstermob Share Price Slumps on Plans to Delist from Stock Market
Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 2: When the VCs say "no"
Discussion: MYBLOG by Ouriel
Dan Kaplan / VentureBeat:
Prosper raises $20M to assert lead in person-to-person loans
Discussion: Mashable! and OpenBusiness
Tech News at TechWhack:
Apple already working on cheaper variants of iPhone?
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and The Raw Feed
 Earlier Items: 
Riva Richmond / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo to Push Mobile Presence With New Software, Asia Pacts
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
4Info surprises with SMS ad results — raises $10M more
Discussion: mocoNews.net and MobileCrunch
Aaron Rutkoff / Wall Street Journal:
Strategy Game Pits Players Against Desktop Invasion
Discussion: TechCrunch
Reuters:
AT&T says 40 pct of iPhone inquirers not its clients
Discussion: Ars Technica
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Travelers Deserve Protection from Baseless Laptop Searches
François Bancilhon / Mandriva Blog:
We will not go to Canossa  —  Novell, Xandros and Linspire …
Discussion: Jeremy's Blog and digg
Between the Lines:
Zoho sets out to challenge the software world
 

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

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

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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