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9:45 AM ET, August 31, 2007

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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
NBC to End iTunes Sales of Its Shows  —  NBC Universal, unable to come to an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on iTunes.  —  The media conglomerate — which is the No. 1 supplier of digital video to Apple's online store …
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
NBC cancels iTunes contract  —  Ouch.  Another in a long line of disagreements with Apple about the pricing of content on iTunes, another somewhat unexpected blow to the internet's largest digital media etailer.  NBC Universal, iTunes's number one seller, apparently backed out of renewing …
Harrison Hoffman / The Web Services Report:
Yahoo's new social job network: Kickstart  —  Yahoo is looking to change the game with their new social job network, Kickstart.  They are currently conducting research surveys among college students to find out what they think of this new service.  Yahoo asks this question to the participants …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
The 2008 iPhone display?  Sharp's next gen multi-touch LCD revealed  —  Want to see the glass behind the iPhone's multi-touch panel?  Well this ain't it, it's better.  Sharp — one of Apple's iPhone panel providers — just unveiled their newest 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 pixel resolution multi-touch panel …
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SHARP World Index:
Sharp Develops and Will Mass Produce New System LCD with Embedded Optical Sensors to Provide Input Capabilities Including Touch Screen and Scanner Functions  —  Enables New User Interfaces for Mobile Devices  —  Sharp Corporation has successfully developed a new System LCD equipped with touch screen and scanner functions.
Discussion: GottaBeMobile.com
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 …
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Donald Bell / Crave: The gadget blog:
iPod to Zune: Heads, I win; tails, you lose
Discussion: Bink.nu
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
New Twitter Visualization Tools Coming: First Is Twitter Blocks  —  The Twitter team must have had a Red Bull machine installed at the offices, because suddenly they're launching new stuff left and right.  —  They recently added search and Gmail import features to the service.
Discussion: Techomical
David Willis / BBC:
'Flying saucer' nears US take-off  —  It has been called the vehicle of the future and the ultimate way to beat the rush hour commute.  —  It is the M 200G, otherwise known as a "flying saucer", which is being built by a company in Davis, California called Moller International.
Discussion: Guardian, Ben Hammersley and Slashdot
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Security researcher stumbles across embassy e-mail log-ins  —  Security consultant Dan Egerstad has managed to snag usernames and passwords for over 100 e-mail accounts belonging to embassy employees around the world.  According to Computer Sweden, which was able to check that some of the data was accurate …
Discussion: Inquirer and The Raw Feed
Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog:
Enhanced Tools and New Options  —  Write Ads Right(er)  —  Let's admit it: Writing has gotten a whole lot easier in the last couple of millennia or so.  I mean, would you write at all if you had to scratch out marks on a clay tablet with a wooden stylus?  Fill your quill with ink from an ink pot every two lines?
Business Wire:
D-Link and DivX Sign Agreement to Release First DivX Connected Device  —  D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected(TM) HD Media Player Will Allow Consumers to Access All Their Digital Media Through an Open Platform for the Connected Home  —  BERLIN—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The evolution of the digital home …
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
Computerworld:
Microsoft admits Swedish employee promised incentives for Open XML support  —  But says it's not otherwise tampering with looming ISO vote  —  Eric Lai and and Elizabeth Montalbano Today's Top Stories or Other Protocols and Standards Stories  —  Microsoft Corp. admitted Wednesday …
Discussion: DesktopLinux.com and Slashdot
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Andrew Adam Newman / New York Times:
Family Challenges Verizon Wireless Deal to Sell Bob Marley Ring Tones  —  It looked like a public relations coup when, on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless announced that it had signed an exclusive deal with the Universal Music Group to sell its customers ring tones from the catalog of Bob Marley, the famed reggae singer who died in 1981.
Discussion: ALLIED and mocoNews.net
Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft, Eolas settle big patent dispute (Updated)  —  Microsoft and Eolas Technologies Inc. have settled their high-profile patent dispute over technology in Internet Explorer, according to a letter to Eolas shareholders from Mark Swords, the company's chief operating officer.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:   Microsoft, Eolas Settle: It's Still Cheaper To Pay Up Than Fight Bogus Patents
Ryan Block:
An open letter to friends and colleagues on keyword popovers  —  Dear every site advertising with keyword popovers,  —  You know who you are, and many of you are people I consider friends and colleagues in the industry.  You're smart, independent businesspeople carving out your niche in the new media landscape.
Discussion: WinExtra and Digg
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Researchers develop a 360-degree holographic display  —  Researchers at USC have taken another step towards that holiest of sci-fi dreams: the 3D holographic display.  Using a spinning mirror covered with a "holographic diffuser," a special DVI implementation, and a high-speed projector …
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Yahoo Messenger patches security flaw, again  —  Got Yahoo Messenger?  Hit refresh.  —  Yahoo on Thursday issued a patch for a highly critical security flaw, just a week after it issued another Yahoo IM security update.  —  In this latest case, a security flaw was discovered in the ActiveX control …
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Yahoo! Messenger:   Yahoo! ActiveX Control Update
 
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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
TellThem: MySpace Kills Another Startup
Discussion: The Social Web and Digg
Tom Spring / Today @ PC World:
HP Delays MediaSmart Home Server to Wait for OS Tweaks
Hugh Macleod / gapingvoid:
WHY MICROSOFT SHOULD BUY FACEBOOK
Discussion: OnoTech
Business Week:
How To Make A Microserf Smile  —  While Google was turning heads …
Discussion: Mini-Microsoft
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Turns Out The MPAA Did Get Access To TorrentSpy Execs' Email
AMD:
AMD to Boost Performance for Everyday Compute-Intense Multimedia …
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Joost Gets an API, Becomes Widget Platform
Discussion: Widgets Lab and Mashable!
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
The Race of Also-Rans: French Video Sharing Site Dailymotion …
 Earlier Items: 
Business Week:
Deaf to Music Piracy
SunbeltBLOG:
Breaking: Bank of India seriously compromised
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Gadgets that Talk to Each Other
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Why Are Microsoft Execs So Active on Facebook?  Plus: Is Bill G. Hot, or Not?
Discussion: Todd Watson
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Cell carriers fined over missed e911 deadlines
Discussion: InfoWorld and Phone Scoop
Business 2.0:
Want a job at Google? Try these brainteasers first
Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
Google, Yahoo to direct your Mercedes