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5:25 AM ET, August 24, 2007

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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
New York Times (NYT) Launches MyTimes.  Cool, But Ten Years Too Late  —  The New York Times continues to add to its impressive online site, rolling out a "MyTimes" feature today that has been behind a beta wall since last year.  The feature looks slick: Customizable widget boxes featuring …
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Sony Defeats Truman  —  This just in from video-game reporting headquarters: Sony may be a consumer electronics giant, but its public relations folks aren't so powerful when it comes to prognostication.  —  Yesterday, said spinsters made a bold prediction about sales figures for video game consoles that were due out today.
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Scott Hillis / Reuters:   Video game sales rise 37 percent in July
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:   With 60% sales boost, PS3 is hotter but still in "last place"
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Antigua Seriously Pushing For WTO Approval To Distribute Free Music And Movies  —  Since 2003, we've been following the saga of Antigua's fight against the US in the World Trade Organization.  Basically, Antigua argued that the US's ban on online gambling violated the free trade agreement …
Discussion: Inquirer
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Jeremy Kirk / InfoWorld:
Firefox ad-blocker extension causes angst  —  (InfoWorld) - A Web site owner has blocked Firefox users from accessing his site in protest of a popular browser extension that blocks text and display ads.  —  Firefox users who go to http://jacklewis.net/weblog/ are redirected to Why Firefox is Blocked …
Discussion: Advertising Lab and TechCrunch
Narayan Kamath / en.blog.orkut.com:
Coming Soon: A New Look!  —  Remember the first time that you logged into orkut?  Maybe you received a coveted invitation from a friend, heard about it in a blog, or stumbled upon it when searching for a social network on google.com.  But no matter when your first login was …
Jonathan Schwartz / Jonathan Schwartz's Weblog:
The Rise of JAVA - The Retirement of SUNW  —  I've spoken before about the value of brand - this post is a good example.  And I wanted to follow up with a few more thoughts, and an important shift in how Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW) presents itself to the world - and more importantly, how the world now presents itself to Sun.
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Mitsubishi working on 3D Blu-ray players, displays  —  We've seen a couple attempts at large-scale 3D displays that split DLP's 120Hz display rate into two 60Hz HD fields, but Mitsubishi is apparently showing off a slightly more advanced version of the technology at The Barclay's PGA Tour event, featuring 3D content on Blu-ray discs.
rediff.com:
Forget iPhone, the Gphone is here  —  Google, the nearly $13.5 billion search engine major, is believed to be a fortnight away from the worldwide launch of its much-awaited Google Phone (Gphone) and has started talks with service providers in India for an exclusive launch on one of their networks.
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
COMING SOON: OUTSTANDING MOBILE VIDEO SEARCH FROM VEVEO  —  I got a demo today of a new mobile video search product called Vtap, from Veveo.  It's hardly the only video search engine out there (see Blinkx, Truveo [review], and Google), but it has special powers on mobile devices.  In fact, it's mobile-only.
Discussion: StartupSquad.com and VentureBeat
Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
YELP LAUNCHES EVENTS, A WORTHY UPCOMING.ORG COMPETITOR  —  There's no doubt Yelp was going to add a local events and calendaring functionality to their popular user reviews service, and today they've done it with a new feature called Events.  Coincidentally, last week brought about a refresh …
Discussion: OnoTech
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft kills its 'Get the Facts' anti-Linux site  —  It was a long time in coming.  But Microsoft has finally acknowledged that its anti-Linux site had gone past the point of usefulness.  —  On August 23, Microsoft pulled plug on the "Get the Facts" site, replacing it with a new Windows Server "Compare" site.
The Official Palm Blog:
Thanks Engadget  —  Dear Peter, Ryan and Joshua:  —  Thank you for the very thoughtful post about Palm.  I really appreciate the fact that you guys and others care enough to take the time to write such a comprehensive list of actions.  I forwarded it to our entire executive staff and many others at Palm have read it.
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Nikon and Canon Offer High-End Cameras in Fight for Pro Market  —  After decades as the undisputed leader of the market for professional 35-millimeter cameras, Nikon finds itself in an unfamiliar position in the digital age.  Canon so dominates the professional market today …
Cade Metz / The Register:
Vonage attacked by defunct rival  —  It's a bit like fending off a house fly while you're locked in mortal combat with Godzilla.  —  As it continues to battle a multi-million dollar federal lawsuit from telecom behemoth Verizon, VoIP pioneer Vonage is now facing a suit from the remains of SunRocket …
 
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Shopping from your cell phone
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Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
More time needed for Palm's Foleo
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Anh Huynh / DailyTech:
AGEIA Announces Mobile Physics Processor
Discussion: TechSpot News and Engadget
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
U of Tennessee student says RIAA subpoena violates federal privacy law
Tom Krazit / Crave: The gadget blog:
More noise about Mac OS in redesigned iPods
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Can owning a Wi-Fi Skype phone land you in jail?
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Interview With Facebook's Joe Hewitt, iPhone God
Mark Glaser / MediaShift:
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Man's XPS M1330 arrives sans OS, quality
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
SoundExchange drops DRM requirement, webcasters still oppose new deal
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