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11:20 AM ET, June 19, 2007

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Jerry Yang / Yodel Anecdotal:
My new job  —  The title of Chief Yahoo takes on new meaning today.  I have the great honor of stepping into the role of Yahoo!'s Chief Executive Officer.  Yahoo! has an incredibly bright future and I make this move with deep conviction and enthusiasm.  I've partnered closely …
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
Yahoo Shakeup: Why Now?  Yahoo Execs Talk; Decker: No More Division Heads  —  Note: Full audio of the call can be downloaded from the link below.  —  The analysts/investors' call is underway and Terry Semel is framing that answer as a personal decision as much as a personnel decision …
PR Newswire:
Yahoo! Co-Founder Jerry Yang Named Chief Executive Officer  —  Terry Semel Named Non-Executive Chairman  —  Sue Decker Named President  —  Yang and Decker to Focus on Realizing Yahoo!'s Strategic Vision by Accelerating Execution, Further Strengthening Leadership and Fostering a Culture of Winning
Robert Hof / Business Week:
Yahoo! Turns to Yang
Discussion: LiveSide
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Is Yang right to run Yahoo?
Discussion: BoomTown and Breakout Performance
CNET News.com:
Yahoo memo: Letter from Terry Semel to board of directors
Discussion: AdAge and ResourceShelf
Tony Ruscoe / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Press Day 2007  —  Today (from 10:00 - 16.20 CET) Google is holding their press day event in Paris.  Marissa Mayer, Eric Schmidt, Urs Hölzle as well as the YouTube founders will be there, and there may be some product announcements.  I'm in Paris and will be live-blogging the event for you here.
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Tony Ruscoe / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Press Day 2007 Agenda
Discussion: Search Engine Land, gSpy and Googlified
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Feds Need A Warrant To Search Email  —  Remember just last week we were looking at a court case that was trying to work out whether social networking messages were more private than email?  Well, now a federal appeals court has strengthened the privacy of good old email as well.
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Opera:
Opera Mini 4 beta now available  —  Opera Software today released Opera Mini 4 beta, codenamed Dimension, the much-awaited sneak preview of the newest version of Opera's pioneering Web browser for all mobile phones.  Opera Mini 4 beta is a complete redesign of the world's most popular mobile Web browser.
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Matt Croydon / Postneo 2.0:
2007: The year of "The Real Internet"  —  I know that 2006 and every year that came before it was supposed to be "the year of the mobile web".  Maybe it's time to change that a little.  2007 will be the year of "The Real Internet."  —  As with most things mobile, "The Real Internet" …
Darren Waters / BBC:
YouTube makes international move  —  YouTube has announced international versions of its web video service.  —  The video site, owned by Google, has launched nine versions across Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK.
Discussion: WebProNews and Bloggers Blog
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Bloomberg:
YouTube Starts Local Sites in Brazil, Japan, Europe (Update2)
Discussion: The Utube Blog
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Study: Inkjet printers are filthy, lying thieves  —  A new study says that on average, more than half of the ink from inkjet cartridges is wasted when users toss them in the garbage.  Why is that interesting?  According to the study, users are tossing the cartridges when their printers …
Kevin Rose / Digg the Blog:
Site Downtime / New Features  —  Hey everyone - quick post to let you know that in the midst of going live with some back-end upgrades as well as our new comments system, the site has had a longer than expected outage tonight.  We're deep into the fixes and should have them done soon.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Digg Gets Real Threaded Comment System
Discussion: Mashable!
Robert Vamosi / CNET News.com:
HP acquires SPI Dynamics  —  HP today announced its acquisition of SPI Dynamics.  The company specializes in Web application security; and SPI Dynamics' technology is already integrated with HP Quality Center software.  —  According to HP, the acquisition adds quality management services …
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Business Wire:
HP to Acquire SPI Dynamics, Strengthening Capabilities in Application …
Discussion: Between the Lines
Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup  —  In this series of posts I will walk through some of my accumulated knowledge and experience in building high-tech startups.  —  My specific experience is from three companies I have co-founded: Netscape …
Sydney Morning Herald:
Australia announces vast national broadband plan  —  Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday announced a 2.0 billion dollar (1.68 billion US) plan to provide fast and affordable Internet access across the vast country.  —  Howard said Optus, the Australian offshoot of Singapore telco Singtel …
Sean / Community Group Therapy:
Customer Service Hell!!  T-Mobile...Hot Spot?  NOT!!!  —  "Stick Together"  —  The Irony is coming - read on!!  —  I can't believe it!!!  Over the past few months I've launched a blog all about the power and value of the customer voice in the web 2.0 world.
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and Pocket PC Thoughts
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
33 Ways to Watch Free TV Online  —  It's time to toss the old tube to the dumpster.  Well, not if you have one of those 47" plasma ones, but...you know what we mean.  The future of media is the Internet, and television is no exception.  Instead of browsing through the channels with your remote …
Discussion: IP Democracy and The Media Age
Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press:
Toshiba: Recalled battery sparked fire  —  TOKYO - A Toshiba Corp. laptop with a recalled Sony battery pack that hadn't been replaced burst into flames last month in Great Britain.  —  It was the third Toshiba laptop blaze suspected of being linked to the defective batteries.
Business Wire:
Microsoft Enhances Virtual Earth Product in Great Britain With High-Resolution 3-D Height Data From Intermap Technologies  —  Update Delivers a More Seamless and Accurate 3-D Experience  —  REDMOND, Wash. & DENVER—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Microsoft Corp. and Intermap Technologies Corp. today announced …
Discussion: Search Engine Land
 
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Tim Arango / Fortune:
Dark horse in the Dow Jones fight
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Ben Ames / InfoWorld:
Analysts skeptical of AMD outsourcing plan
Discussion: Inquirer
New York Times:
Google and Utility to Test Hybrids That Sell Back Power
Discussion: VentureBeat and Business Wire
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Silicon Valley's Valley
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