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7:15 PM ET, August 30, 2007

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Nancy Gohring / Computerworld:
Microsoft settles with Eolas
Discussion: Bink.nu
Chris Knight / The Knight Shift:
Viacom hits me with copyright infringement for posting on YouTube a video that Viacom made by infringing on my own copyright!  —  "Chutzpah" is a Yiddish word meaning "unbelievable gall or audacity".  An example of it would be the story of the kid who murders both of his parents …
Robert Selna / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. citywide Wi-Fi plan fizzles as provider backs off  —  Mayor Gavin Newsom's high-profile effort to blanket San Francisco with a free wireless Internet network died Wednesday when provider EarthLink backed out of a proposed contract with the city.  —  The contract, which was three years in the making …
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Sony:
SONY UNVEILS FIRST U.S. WALKMAN VIDEO PLAYERS  —  Sony today took the wraps off two new Walkman® players that not only support audio - but for the first time in the United States - video.  —  The new NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 series of Walkman digital music players will support an open platform …
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Microsoft antitrust deal earns mixed grades  —  Editor's note: This blog was updated at 12:40 p.m. PDT with additional information from the Department of Justice filing and a link to Microsoft's report.  —  With most of Microsoft's antitrust settlement with the government poised to expire this November …
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BBC:
Bloggers battered by viral storm  —  Google's Blogger site is being used by malicious hackers who are posting fake entries to some blogs.  —  The fake entries contain weblinks that lead to booby-trapped downloads that could infect a Windows PC.  —  Infected computers are being hijacked …
Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
Portable Media: First Zune 2 and Zune Flash Shots  —  Here are the first shots of the Zune 2 and Zune Flash.  The images reveal an 80GB version and a 4 and 8GB flash model.  —  Not sure what's going on with that interesting controller, but it looks like a real button …
Discussion: Crave, CrunchGear, Forever Geek and Digg
Business 2.0:
Want a job at Google?  Try these brainteasers first  —  Google, Microsoft, and eBay are looking for engineers who can think on their feet.  Here's how they find them.  —  (Business 2.0 Magazine) — Dream of landing a coding job at an A-list tech company?
Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
Google, Yahoo to direct your Mercedes  —  Mercedes-Benz USA has an answer to complaints that car navigation directions don't measure up to those from sites like Yahoo, Google and Ask.  —  The automaker has partnered with Google and Yahoo to allow users to send customized Google Maps …
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Cell carriers fined over missed e911 deadlines  —  Federal regulators late on Thursday proposed slapping three wireless firms, including No. 3 operator Sprint Nextel, with a total of $2.825 million in fines for not meeting a long-passed deadline for equipping subscribers with enhanced 911 service.
Discussion: InfoWorld
Daniel Goldman / Opera Watch:
Opera Mini 4 beta 2 released  —  The Opera Mini team just released a second beta version of Opera Mini 4, with many bug fixes and some newly added features.  —  In addition to the desktop-like browsing and the many other innovative browsing features that have already been released in the first beta …
TUC: Law at Work:
Employers need to face up to the age of Facebook  —  The UK's Facebook users are 3.5 million accidents waiting to happen, warns the TUC in new advice published today (Thursday) for both employers and their staff.  —  In guidance available on workSMART, its working life website …
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Can data be stored on single atoms?  —  Researchers at IBM will have two papers published in the journal Science this week detailing how it may be possible to use individual atoms, or groups of atoms, to store data or act as a transistor.  —  The work revolves around harnessing magnetic anisotropy, a property of atoms.
Discussion: Macsimum News
Kurt / VersionTracker:
VersionTracker joins the CNET family  —  A little over ten years ago, when I started VersionTracker, my intentions were both modest and personal.  I wanted something to track software updates, to help me in my position as a systems administrator.  Some friends of mine took interest in what I did …
 
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Dell's quarter solid on better component costs
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US antitrust group urges Intel investigation
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Jonathan Richards / Times of London:
YouTube to pay royalties to songwriters
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Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
AMD announces 128-bit (GPU-oriented?) SSE5 extensions to x86
Discussion: Inquirer and CNET News.com
AppleInsider:
Apple accused of short-shrifting disabled retail shoppers
Steve O'Hear / The Social Web:
LinkedIn vs Facebook (round two)
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John Leyden / The Register:
MS lawyers take out AutoPatcher  —  Redmond cracks down on Windows Update alternative
Discussion: Engadget and The Open Road
Reuters:
CNN to stop using Reuters news service