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10:50 PM ET, August 8, 2007

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Google News Blog:
Perspectives about the news from people in the news  —  We wanted to give you a heads-up on a new, experimental feature we'll be trying out on the Google News home page.  Starting this week, we'll be displaying reader comments on stories in Google News, but with a bit of a twist...
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google News Hypocrisy: Walled Off Content
Discussion: WebMetricsGuru
John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley:   Google lets newsmakers talk back; PR hiring boom expected
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google News Announces Limited Comments. Everyone Needs To Calm Down.
Discussion: Scripting News
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Q&A On The New Google News Comments
Tony Hung / Deep Jive Interests:   Google News To Change Online News As We Know It. Here's Why.
Carlos Bergfeld / Shacknews:
Microsoft Confirms HDMI Port on X360 Premium Model, Not Core (Updated)  —  Update: Microsoft has confirmed the addition of HDMI ports to all newly manufactured Xbox 360 premium consoles.  "Yes, we are offering an HDMI port for Xbox 360 simply as another choice in Xbox 360 ownersÂ' games …
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Study: Fears over kids' online safety overblown  —  One of the commonly accepted mantras is that the Internet is a very dangerous place for kids—especially social networking sites, where innocent youngsters can be approached by strangers offering them virtual candy—hence the recent moves …
Discussion: PC World, broadstuff and Mashable!
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Josef Adalian / Variety:
NBC Universal launches Didja  —  Ad friendly video site to combat YouTube  —  NBC Universal is expanding its battle against YouTube and other viral video sites, using the weight of its top-rated USA cable network to launch an all-advertising website called Didja.com.
Bill Ray / The Register:
Court finds Qualcomm guilty of standards abuse  —  First create a standard, then sue the adopters  —  Qualcomm kept its patents on H.264 a secret until the video standard had been adopted by the industry, and then sued users for breaching those patents, a San Diego federal court has ruled.
Discussion: TMCnet
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Judge Tells Qualcomm It Waived Right To Enforce Patents
Discussion: InfoWorld
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Fox Interactive turns annual profit; MySpace revenue to top $800 million in fiscal 2008  —  News Corp. said its Fox Interactive unit, which largely consists of MySpace, turned a profit of $10 million on revenue of $550 million for the fiscal year ending June 30.
Discussion: paidContent.org and HipMojo.com
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Scripps Buys Photo/Video Sharing Service Pickle For $4.7 Million; Keyword Competition Hurting  —  Scripps Networks (NYSE: SSP) is serious about its online buys...last month it announced buying of Recipezaar for around $25 million.  Now it announced that it is buying audio …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Did AT&T Censor Pearl Jam's Lollapalooza WebCast?  —  Ma Bell seems to be acting like the big brother.  Apparently, AT&T censored parts of Pearl Jam's performance over the weekend.  Rock band was performing as part of Lollapalooza.  On their website, Pearl Jam writes:
Market Wire:
VideoCafé Brings Video Content From Google, Yahoo!, Intel and Others Directly to Bloggers  —  New Video Content Portal Dedicated to Blogger Community  —  The NewsMarket — the world's leading online platform for raw video news content — today launches a new service enabling bloggers …
Paula Rooney / Open Source:
Novell CEO Calls For New Linux Distro ISV Standard, Praises FSF  —  Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian said the Linux industry must create a vendor neutral standard for application development or face the same fragmentation that killed Unix.  —  Speaking before a packed audience at LinuxWorld …
Chris / LiveSide:
Get ready for a new Live.com - Windows Live Home  —  At a briefing given to Japanese press about Windows Live, Tetuya Onoda (Windows Live Director) held up a nice big picture of the new Windows Live Homepage that looks set to replace the existing personalised Live.com page.
DailyTech:
New Wii Firmware Upgrade Blocks Freeloader for GC Imports  —  Nintendo's new upgrade restricts gamers from using the Freeloader disc to play import GameCube games on Wii  —  Those of you who already downloaded the Wii's latest firmware upgrade, released yesterday, may be in for a surprise.
Discussion: Forever Geek and TechSpot News
Greg Stolz / NEWS.com.au:
Microsoft spices up the IT image  —  Decrease Increase -  —  Submit comment:  —  SHE doesn't have any IT qualifications - in fact she's a university drop-out - but that hasn't stopped software giant Microsoft hiring former Miss Australia Erin McNaught to sex up the computer industry's geeky image.
Brandon Hill / DailyTech:
Asus Launches 13.3" U3 Notebook  —  Asus launches a high-end leather-clad notebook  —  Dell isn't the only company these days with a sexy 13.3" notebook to brag about.  Asus today announced its sleek new 13.3" U3 (LED backlit, WXGA) which is based on Intel's Santa Rosa platform.
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Competition is good for search privacy, report says  —  WASHINGTON—Recent privacy policy makeovers by the five major Internet search companies show competition benefits users but a "comprehensive" federal privacy law is still needed, says a Washington advocacy group in a new report.
 
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Brian Fonseca / PC World:
Coming to Your Laptop: 1.2TB Hard Drives
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Robert McMillan / PC World:
Google Mistakes Own Blog for Spam, Deletes it
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Oklahoma State students attack RIAA's expert witness
Nancy Gohring / InfoWorld:
Pop-up ads: Coming to a mobile phone near you?
Dan Primack / PE HUB:
GreatCall Rings Up $36 Million
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 Earlier Items: 
Cade Metz / The Register:
PC buyers: 'Vista Capable' machines weren't Vista capable
Discussion: TechSpot News
Stephentotilo / MTV:
"A Higher Standard" — Game Designer Jonathan Blow Challenges …
Discussion: Game | Life and Level Up
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple 4G iMac: first unboxing, impressions
Discussion: The Tech Report and digg
Mark Harris / Sophos:
Massive spam campaign
Steve O'Hear / last100:
Apple and Google alliance just got stronger
Tom McNichol / Business 2.0:
How a small winery found Internet fame
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Google Filters Torrents From Search Results
BBC:
Photo tool could fix bad images