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9:40 AM ET, August 21, 2007

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Tinic Uro / kaourantin.net:
What just happened to video on the web?  —  That's a question you should ask with the announcement we made tonight.  I think a lot will change.  This is probably one of my longest and information packed posts ever, but I think it is important we put down all cards on the table.
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Adobe Launches "Moviestar" Version of Flash Player - HD Television Quality for Web Video  —  Adobe today announced the latest version of its near ubiquitous Web video software, Adobe Flash Player 9.  It's codenamed Moviestar, because it includes H.264 standard video support …
Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop:
Flash Player supports H.264 video  —  Note: The actual download is coming later today, just hold tight.  Also, here is my no fluff response.  —  We're announcing a new update to the Flash Player today code named "Moviestar" and it includes support for the widely used industry standard H.264 codec …
Business Wire:
Adobe Extends Web Video Leadership With H.264 Support  —  HDTV Quality Web Video Reaches the Masses With Industry Standard Video Codec in Flash Player  —  SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the latest update for Adobe® Flash® …
Discussion: Daily Feed
Paul Krill / InfoWorld:
Moviestar debut brings high-def video to Flash
Discussion: Office Tweaks
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:   High Def Video in Focus as Adobe and On2 Encode Files to H.264 Standard
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Adobe bashes open-source alternatives
Discussion: The Register and JD on EP
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Adobe brings high definition to Flash videos
Discussion: 24/7 Wall St.
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Vlingo: tell your phone what to do  —  Mobile phone interfaces are notoriously difficult to use — hence, the hype around Apple's iPhone and its unique two-fingered method of navigating its mobile web browser.  —  Vlingo has a different answer to clumsy mobile interfaces …
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and mocoNews.net
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Vlingo Gives Mobile Phones A New Voice
Discussion: Mobility Site and TechCrunch
Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
VLINGO, A NEW VOICE-TO-TEXT SERVICE LAUNCHES
Discussion: Mashable!
Bindu Reddy / Official Google Blog:
An update on Google Video feedback  —  When your friends and well-intentioned acquaintances tell you that you've made a mistake, it's good to listen.  So we'd like to say thank you to everyone who wrote to let us know that we had made a mistake in the case of Google Video's Download to Own/Rent Refund Policy vs. Common Sense.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
CollectiveX Launches Groupsites  —  Maryland based CollectiveX launched in February 2006 as a way for groups to create a quick and well designed social space online.  Users could share calendars, files and contacts, and message each other on a forum.  —  We covered CollectiveX in our roundup of …
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Groupware 2.0 - CollectiveX Launches Groupsites
Discussion: Mashable!
Wall Street Journal:
MTV, RealNetworks to Form Online Music Venture  —  In a bid to create a stronger competitor to Apple Inc.'s marketing-dominating iTunes Store, Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks is set to announce Tuesday that it is merging its online digital music offerings into a joint venture with RealNetworks Inc. …
Luke Shepard / Facebook Blog:
Facebook Messaging just got better...  If you're like most people, you may have a few stubborn friends who haven't joined Facebook...yet.  This can make reaching friends complicated—there are some friends you can send a Facebook message, and others you have to email.  Not anymore.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Opens Email Up A Little; I Want More
Discussion: Techomical
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Toshiba's 320GB 2.5-inch hard drive: a world's best for laptops  —  Step aside Fujitsu, there's a new 2.5-inch hard disk champ on the block by way of Toshiba.  A world's first 320GB 2.5-inch drive, in fact.  The MK3252GSX drive spins a pair of 160GB platters at 5,400rpm with an 8MB buffer …
Kevin Barenblat / VentureBeat:
Facebook debunked  —  [Editor's note: This is an Op-Ed piece by Kevin Barenblat, co-creator of SpotDJ]  —  Facebook and its developer platform f8 are the hot topic of conversation among many in Silicon Valley since its launch May 24.  The site is quickly growing up, as folks 35 and older …
Discussion: Web Strategy and MediaVidea
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Helium Marketplace: Make Money Writing Online  —  Helium is a directory of user generated articles.  Anyone can submit an article to any of 24 different categories (arts, autos, politics, etc.).  Articles can be submitted directly to channels, entered into contests, or as part of a debate.
Discussion: loose wire blog and SEO Book.com
Brandon Badger / Google LatLong:
Google Book Search in Google Earth  —  Did you ever wonder what Lewis and Clark said about your hometown as they passed through?  What about if any other historical figures wrote about your part of the world?  Earlier this year, we announced a first step toward geomapping the world's literary information …
Robert McMillan / InfoWorld:
Gunplay blamed for Internet slowdown  —  (InfoWorld) - Internet service providers in the U.S. experienced a service slowdown Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by gunfire.  —  TeliaSonera AB, which lost the northern leg of its U.S. network to the cut …
Discussion: that geeky dude and Neowin.net
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Two Studios to Support HD DVD Over Rival  —  Hollywood's squabble over which of two technologies will replace standard DVDs reignited Monday with two studios throwing their weight behind one format and several rivals ramping up support for the other.  —  Paramount, part of Viacom …
Jack Malvern / Times of London:
The new adventures of Dennis the Menace, direct to your mobile  —  The comic book, a staple of British childhood for 90 years, is to receive a 21st-century makeover as the adventures of characters such as Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan are sent frame-by-frame to children's mobile phones.
 
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Villu Arak / Heartbeat:
The Microsoft connection clarified
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Zoho Goes Offline (in a good way)
Dean Pullen / Inquirer:
Xbox 360 price cut confirmed
Discussion: Digital Media Wire and Reuters
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Announcing O'Reilly's Money:Tech Conference
Discussion: BoomTown
Network World:
Hear no evil, see no evil: business e-mail overtakes the telephone
Discussion: Inquirer
Zoli Erdos / Zoli's Blog:
Everything on this Vista PC is an Afterthought
adCenter Blog:
Announcing the U.S. release of Microsoft Content Ads Beta
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Brandon Hill / DailyTech:
Apple Rolls Out Refurbished iPhones For $100 Less
Cheryl Meyer / TheDeal.com:
Redmond to spoil XenSource buy?
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
There is no Web Operating System (or WebOS)
Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
A "sea change in the computing industry"
Brian Morrissey / Adweek:
Are Search Ads a Waste of Money?
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Viacom And NBC Inject Themselves Into Online Video Litigation
David Kravets / Wired News:
Coupon Hacker Faces DMCA Lawsuit
Discussion: Inquirer and Techdirt
Richard Baguley / wirelessinfo.com Blog:
US 3G version of Nokia N95 gets FCC approval