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Google:
Google Intends to Bid in Spectrum Auction If FCC Adopts Consumer Choice and Competition Requirements — Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that should the Federal Communications Commission adopt a framework requiring greater competition and consumer choice, Google intends to participate …
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Chris Sacca / Official Google Blog:
Our commitment to open broadband platforms — For several years now, many Googlers have been working to identify the obstacles that prevent the Internet from being available to everyone on the planet. It strikes us as unfair that some people should enjoy such abundant access to this rich resource …
Mike Ricciuti / CNET News.com:
Next version of Windows: Call it 7 — Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows—known internally as version "7"—within roughly three years, CNET News.com has learned. — The company discussed Windows 7 on Thursday at a conference for its field sales force in Orlando …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Windows Seven: Think 2010 — Windows Seven now has an official ship target — 2010. — At Microsoft's Global Exchange (MGX) annual sales conference in Orlando this week, Microsoft shared a bit more — albeit at a high level — on Windows Seven, according to a copy of a slide deck I saw …
Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft confirms 'Windows 7' due in 3 years — At an internal meeting for its sales force this week, Microsoft confirmed the code name and approximate timing for Windows Vista's successor. The details, such as they are, aren't a huge surprise, but given the dearth of information …
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GottaBeMobile.com
PR Newswire:
Journal Investment Group's Brad Greenspan Issues Open Letter to Dow Jones Shareholders Detailing Valuation Assumptions and New Structure of Proposed Investment — LOS ANGELES, July 20 /PRNewswire/ — Internet Entrepreneur and MySpace Founder Brad Greenspan today issued the following open letter …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Open Library goes online with public domain book collection — After several years of scanning and archiving, the Internet Archive and the Open Content Alliance this week unveiled the Open Library, their attempt at bringing public domain books to the masses.
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Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Nearly Ten Percent of Companies Have Fired Bloggers, Survey Claims — Nearly ten percent of companies have fired an employee for violating corporate blogging or message board policies, and 19 percent have disciplined an employee for the same infractions, according to a new survey from Proofpoint, a messaging security company.
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Michael Geist / Michael Geist's Blog:
Copyright Board Gives Go Ahead to iPod Levy — The Copyright Board of Canada has released its decision on a series of motions contesting the latest attempt by the Canadian Private Copyright Collective to apply the private copying levy to iPods and removable memory storage cards.
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Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Learning from Dave Winer — Even if you never read a single thing Dave Winer wrote in his 439 years of blogging, it's worth taking time to study his ideas about comments on blogs (he doesn't allow them). … The important thing to notice here is that Dave does not see blog comments as productive to the free exchange of ideas.
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
University of Kansas adopts one-strike policy for copyright infringement — In response to the RIAA and MPAA's campaign against file-sharing, the University of Kansas has announced a stringent policy for students found sharing copyrighted content on the university network.
SecurityFocus:
Newsmaker: DCT, MPack developer — In June 2006, three Russian programmers started testing a collection of PHP scripts and exploit code to automate the compromise of computers that visit malicious Web sites. — A year later, the MPack kit has become an increasingly popular tool …
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CNET News.com
Stefanie Olsen / ZDNet:
NASA tests lunar robots in Arctic crater — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—NASA is gearing up to put autonomous rovers on the moon for the first time in 2020, so to simulate the lunar conditions, the space agency is testing its robot technology on a remote Arctic crater.
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Chris Taylor / Business 2.0:
Google backlash begins — The Internet search giant is having a rough week — and not just because it missed Wall Street's profit forecast. Here are four steps the company should take now to stem the fallout. — (Business 2.0 Magazine) — Thursday was hardly the best day in Google's three years as a public company.
Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
When asked, Ask to stop data retention — NEW YORK - Ask.com became the first major search engine to promise users it won't store data on their queries, giving the privacy conscious the option of conducting research on the Internet in relative anonymity. — The move comes amid increasing concerns …
Mike Sachoff / WebProNews:
MySpace, Virgin Comics Partner — Virgin Comics and MySpace have partnered to launch Coalition Comix, an online comic book platform that will allow users to work with comic book creators in developing and creating characters and stories. — Coalition Comix will commission …
Ville Heiskanen / Bloomberg:
Virgin Mobile USA Boosts Initial Sale to $506 Million — Virgin Mobile USA Inc., a joint venture of billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group Ltd. and Sprint Nextel Corp., raised its planned initial public offering to $506 million, five times more than the original target.
