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8:30 AM ET, July 26, 2007

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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
MySpace Looking for the Next "Prom Queen"  —  MySpace had a great deal of success with their short form webisode, "Prom Queen".  The heavily hyped ode to teenage drama drew over 15 million streams during its run and is gearing up for another season.  MySpace is looking to take the format to the streets …
Discussion: Off On A Tangent
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
MySpace's Original Content Push: Foil Against Facebook?  —  Read the post below first for the context, and then this: one thing that seems to be happening is that MySpace is now going full steam ahead into becoming a conduit for original and other kinds of content, perhaps as a way to attract new users …
Discussion: alarm:clock
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
MySpace Looking for TV Pilots  —  MySpace announced tonight (via email) it is teaming with the FOX network and the Producers Guild of America to seek out television pilots.  The partnership could provide a shortcut straight to OldTeeVee, with a promised "opportunity for a development deal with FOX" …
Discussion: The Social Web and paidContent.org
Apple:
Apple Reports Third Quarter Results  —  Record June Quarter Revenue and Profit  —  Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 third quarter ended June 30, 2007.  The Company posted revenue of $5.41 billion and net quarterly profit of $818 million, or $.92 per diluted share.
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Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:   Apple Profit Soars 73% as Sales Rise
Robin Linden / Official Linden Blog:
Wagering In Second Life: New Policy  —  [UPDATE: Wednesday, July 25 4:47PM PDT] For those of you who find logging into the Knowledge Base to be sort of kludgy (and I know it is — we'll find a better way!), I've pasted the text of the policy and FAQ below.  —  Several months ago we discussed …
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:   Second Life Bans Gambling Following FBI Investigation
Kevin Rose / Digg the Blog:
Digg: New ad provider  —  Hey everyone - I wanted to give you a heads-up before the official announcement is made later today.  We've signed on Microsoft as our new partner to sell and serve the ads on Digg.  It's a deal similar to the one Facebook signed with Microsoft last year.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft and Digg Team Up in Advertising Syndication Agreement  —  Microsoft to manage Digg's advertising inventory as Digg continues on strong growth path.  —  Digg Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced an agreement in which the two companies will collaborate to bring relevant advertising …
Xssniper / Billy (BK) Rios:
Remote Command Execution in FireFox et al  —  Apparently this flaw affects Firefox users that also have IE7 (with full security patches) on their system.  You can read about the details HERE.  So it seems once again... as my first post (HERE) about URI handling issues stated.... IE PWNS Firefox.....
Discussion: The Mozilla Blog
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Dan Goodin / The Register:
Zero-day security flaw leaves Firefox wide open
Discussion: TechSpot News
Robert McMillan / PC World:
Researcher Publishes Attack Code for Mozilla Flaw
Discussion: Mashable!
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Business.com Sold To RH Donnelley; Beating DJ, NYT and News Corp; Price Around $350 Million  —  Business.com, the Santa Monica-based business info, directory and search site, has been sold to R.H. Donnelley (NYSE:RHD), the yellow pages and local search firm, paidContent.org has learned …
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Syndication Wars 2007: Atom's Time is Nigh, With Google on its Side  —  Tim Bray announced today on his blog that the Atom Publishing Protocol, a way to create and update Web resources, is "done".  He wrote: … What does that mean in english?  Basically that the Atom Publishing Protocol is almost finished.
Discussion: Paul Mooney and The RSS Blog
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IETF Home Page:
Protocol Action: 'The Atom Publishing Protocol' to Proposed Standard
Discussion: ongoing
Gary Gentile / Associated Press:
Target to Promote Blu-Ray DVD Format  —  LOS ANGELES -  —  Target Corp., the nation's second-largest retailer, will start selling a Sony Blu-ray high-definition DVD player during the critical holiday shopping period and feature the player along with Blu-ray discs in store displays, dealing a potential blow to the rival HD DVD format.
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Universities help overturn P2P amendment, with help from you  —  Colleges were among those less than pleased to find that Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) recently talked a new amendment into the Higher Education Act legislation that was moving through the Senate.  The amendment would have directed …
Discussion: digg
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Tom Corelis / DailyTech:
"Top 25 P2P Universities" Amendment Blocked
Discussion: TechSpot News and Inside Higher Ed
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
AdPinion: Vote for the Ads You Want  —  Adpinion is a new startup trying to get rid of the antagonism between advertisers and web surfers by letting you vote for the ads you want.  How you vote determines what ads you and other visitors see when visiting an Adpinion network site.
Discussion: Advertising Lab and Clickety Clack
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
The Mobile TV Wars  —  Qualcomm's MediaFlo and MobiTV are set to duke it out in the battle for this emerging business  —  The mobile TV shakeout has begun: Modeo, a subsidiary of cellular tower operator Crown Castle International (CCI), has shut down its one broadcast network in the New York City area …
Discussion: The Register
Frank Caron / Opposable Thumbs:
EA and Microsoft launch dynamic in-game advertising system  —  With the recent swap of Peter Moore and Don Mattrick between Microsoft and EA, there has been much speculation about the relationship between the two industry giants.  Likely to contribute to that speculation is an announcement today …
Discussion: Adrants, I, Platform and MarketingVOX
Carlos Grande / Financial Times:
ComScore refines web metrics system  —  ComScore, a leading measurer of website audiences, is refining its system to help advertisers avoid bombarding a minority of heavy online users and missing less active surfers.  —  Internet audience figures are subject to greater scrutiny as marketers increase …
 
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Deep packet inspection meets 'Net neutrality, CALEA
Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb:
37Signals Relaunches Backpack Organizational Tool
Discussion: Mashable!
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Page Views And CPMs Are Suppressing Online Advertising Growth and Innovation
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Search Suggestions On Steroids: Yahoo Search Assist
Jeff Sandquist:
Microsoft On Facebook: 17,802 Strong
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon Wireless Offers Google Olive Branch in FCC Auction
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Joost to launch with million users by year's end
Discussion: Gizmodo and last100
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Investors look for the "Holy Grail" of casual gaming
Discussion: Raph's Website
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Toshiba laptops get wireless dock
Business Wire:
Akamai Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results
Shawn / The Pownce Blog:
Coming Soon: The Pownce Public API
Matthew Boyle / Fortune:
A CEO who got his job on Craigslist
Mary Madden / Pew Internet:
Online Video: 57% of internet users have watched videos online …
Bill Kee / Official Gmail Blog:
Help make a Gmail video
Josh Bernoff / Groundswell:
I'm sick of users  —  The more I write and read about social media …
 

 
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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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