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6:25 PM ET, July 3, 2007

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Gates no longer the richest man in the world?  —  Bill Gates appears to have been dethroned as the world's richest man.  But based on his past comments, he probably isn't disappointed.  —  The Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder has been overtaken on the world's richest list …
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Traci / Burning Questions:
FreeBurner for Everyone  —  One of the many benefits that FeedBurner publishers will enjoy now that FeedBurner is part of the Google family is a little something we like to call, "more for free!"  Beginning today, two of FeedBurner's previously for-pay services, TotalStats and MyBrand, will be free.
Renee Boucher Ferguson / eWEEK.com:
SAP Admits to Claims in Oracle Lawsuit  —  In a dramatic turnabout, officials at software giant SAP admitted what bitter rival Oracle had claimed in a lawsuit: that one of SAP's subsidiaries had inappropriately downloaded some Oracle files.  —  SAP CEO Henning Kagermann, in two news conferences July 3 …
Discussion: Bits
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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Straight dope from Fake Steve Jobs  —  newsmaker For months now, one of the best-read blogs in technology circles has been the starkly funny, pull-no-punches Secret Diary of Steve Jobs.  —  Otherwise known as "Fake Steve Jobs (FSJ)," the author—who writes as if he is, in fact, Steve Jobs …
Discussion: Macsimum News
Wall Street Journal:
Europe Steps Up Probe of New DVD Formats  —  Competition of Blu-ray, HD  —  To Secure Studios' Support  —  Arouses Antitrust Concerns  —  In a move that could be key to determining the future of home cinema, European antitrust regulators are stepping up their probe into possible anticompetitive practices …
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Associated Press:   EU asks studios about rival DVD formats
CNN:
Nintendo Wii Outsells Sony PS3 6-to-1 In Japan - Publisher  —  TOKYO (AP)—Nintendo Co.'s (NTDOY) Wii video game console outsold Sony Corp's (SNE) PlayStation 3 by six to one in June in Japan, a Japanese publishing company said Monday.  —  Although the Wii has been on sale since late last year …
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Se Young Lee / Boston Globe:
Seeking to lift ad dollars, Sony to track user data
Discussion: The Browser
Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 6: How much funding is too little?  Too much?  —  In this post, I answer these questions: … The first question to ask is, what is the correct, or appropriate, amount of funding for a startup?  —  The answer to that question, in my view …
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
VC and Angel funding - How much is too much?
Discussion: HipMojo.com and ClickZ
Louise Story / New York Times:
Engaging at Any Speed?  Commercials Put to Test  —  In new experiments for NBC, people are hooked up to sensors as they watch television, and researchers observe changes in their heart rate, palm sweat, eye movement and breathing patterns.  —  But the panelists are not watching just NBC programs.
Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
New Google filing presses for role in Microsoft case  —  Google isn't quietly dropping its dispute with Microsoft over Windows Vista's built-in desktop search tool, despite the appearance of a possible conclusion last week.  —  In a new court filing (PDF, 5 pages), the search company maintains …
Paul Krill / InfoWorld:
Survey: Windows loses ground with developers  —  (InfoWorld) - Microsoft's Windows platform is losing traction as a target for application developers in North America but still is the dominant platform, according to Evans Data survey results being released on Tuesday.
Discussion: Slashdot, Labnotes and Channel 9
Brandon Hill / DailyTech:
Fujitsu Rolls Out 300GB Mobile HDD  —  Fujitsu's new drive features a 300GB storage capacity, but only a 4200RPM spindle speed  —  The mobile storage wars are on and all of the top hard drive manufacturers are looking to one-up each other.  Fujitsu fired the latest shot yesterday with the introduction of its new 300GB external HDD.
Discussion: TechSpot News
Om Malik / GigaOM:
NetVibes, now with one less CEO  —  Netvibes, the Paris-based personalized page start-up, which till recently had to co-CEOs, Tariq Krim (also the founder) and Pierre Chappaz, now has one less CEO.  Chappaz is leaving Netvibes and instead will be focusing on Wikio, his personalized blog …
Chris Gilmer / Download Squad:
Finding cell phone signals with SignalMap  —  Cell phone signals are pretty easy to catch now.  Major providers have boosted their signals, and troubleshooted hard to reach areas, but every once and a while we hit a dead spot and the dreaded "hello?, hello?  Are you there? hello?" kicks into play.
Discussion: Crave and Lifehacker
Ian Sager / Business Week:
iPod Accessories Gone Wild  —  The desire to personalize the Apple music-player experience—and make a fast buck—has resulted in some downright odd products  —  The early, runaway success of Apple Computer's iPod has spawned a whole ecosystem of third-party suppliers pushing accessories …
Discussion: CNET News.com
Joel Hruska / Ars Technica:
ASUS announces plans to split company and brand  —  AsusTek Computer Inc. (known to most motherboard enthusiasts simply as ASUS), has announced its intention to split into three separate corporate holdings in order to maximize competitive performance and minimize potential conflicts of interest.
Discussion: DailyTech, TechSpot News and Neowin.net
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
LG To Develop YouTube Phone  —  Korean electronics giant LG has signed an agreement with Google to develop a YouTube focused mobile phone.  —  LG said the model would allow users to upload, view and share video clips without the need to use a computer.  The 3G phone will be offered first in Europe in the second half of this year.
 
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GamePolitics.com:
Jack Thompson Says FL Bar Official Demanded He Take Psych Test, Accept Suspension
Discussion: Game | Life, Joystiq, Slashdot and digg
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Company Continues To Insist That Google Is Responsible For Libel …
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
Wooing interns to Silicon Valley
Joel Hruska / Ars Technica:
Researchers demonstrate laser-based hard drive technology
Discussion: Neowin.net
Jon Udell / Channel 9:
A conversation with Pablo Castro about Astoria's RESTful data services
Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek:
Is Google's Spam Fight a Sham?
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
TomTom patent reveals camera-based GPS unit
Discussion: Gadgetell
Neil Harman / Times of London:
Autonomy surges on $375m Zantaz acquisition
Discussion: WebProNews
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Espiner / CNET News.com:
Details on defacement of Microsoft's U.K. Web site
Discussion: One Microsoft Way
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
AllOfMP3.com down, but not out  —  After a long twilight struggle …
Discussion: BBC and Copyfight
James Sherwood / The Register:
Intel, MS eye Japanese housewives in mobile PC push
PC JOINT:
HP Compaq 2710p Tablet PC approved by FCC
David A. Kaplan / Wired News:
Extreme Sailing: The Biggest Boat in the World
Discussion: digg
Joost de Valk / SEO Blog:
Google Search URL parameters cheat sheet
Bloomberg:
Google Purchases Web Phone Service
Ellen Lee / San Francisco Chronicle:
Apple denies big record label may quit iTunes
 

 
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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”

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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