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12:55 AM ET, September 8, 2007

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Josef Adalian / Variety:
Apple seeks TV price cut  —  Download costs could be chopped in half  —  Apple is mulling a plan to cut the price of TV show downloads in half — an idea that's not going over too well in Hollywood.  —  According to three people familiar with the proposal, Apple has told networks and studios …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
UPDATED: RIM's (RIMM) BlackBerry System Dies, Millions Without Email  —  Research In Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry mobile email system is down nationwide, according to our Sprint rep and confirmed by Boy Genius Report, which says the outage started around 10 a.m. for some T-Mobile and AT&T subscribers.
Discussion: CNET News.com and Mashable!
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Joshua Karp / The Boy Genius Report:
Widespread BlackBerry outage?  —  And we thought these things were a thing of the past....it seems that BlackBerry users on all networks are experiencing a complete data outage.  First reported around 10:00 AM this morning EDT, the outage is apparently blocking all email and web access to 'Berrys on all mobile networks.
Discussion: InformationWeek and Engadget
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Apple: iPhone Software Unlock Confirmed on Video  —  Despite confirmation from reputable sources like CNN and Engadget, there were still people unsure of whether iPhoneSIMFree actually worked.  The reason?  The lack of video proof of the unlock process.  Well, here it is, the first, exclusive video proof of the unlock process.
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
iPhoneSIMfree shows us demo of iPhone unlock app, back end — now due Monday  —  So the iPhoneSIMfree guys have some news today.  First up, they called to let us know they did in fact delay the launch of their iPhone SIM unlock software (which was clear by the fact that no one has it yet) — but it's now due Monday.
Discussion: Techomical
Jeremy Horwitz / iLounge:
News: Apple locks TV Out in new iPods, breaks video add-ons  —  Apple locks TV Out in new iPods, breaks video add-ons  —  Did you buy an add-on display, dock, speaker system, car accessory or cable with video-out for your color 4G or 5G iPod?  Were you expecting it to work with the iPod classic or new iPod nano?
Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget and Apple Gazette
Spread Firefox:
Four Hundred Million Firefox Downloads  —  On November 9th, 2004, you all started a movement.  Spread Firefox, supported by tens of thousands of contributors, took just 99 days to deliver 25 million downloads of Firefox to a world of people desperate for a better Web …
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Arn / MacRumors iPhone Blog:
Free Custom Ringtones in iTunes 7.4 (Updated)  —  Cleverboy posted instructions on our forums on how to "convert" AAC music files to ringtones in iTunes 7.4.  He states that ringtones and song files are only distinguished by file extension.  The file extension for Ringtones is "M4R".  —  Windows and Mac
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google's Search Pages Could Include Richer Ads  —  When Google launched Universal Search, Marissa Mayer was asked if Google intends to include image or video ads.  She didn't rule out this idea and said it's natural to see ads evolving in the same direction as the organic search results.
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Bryan Gardiner / Epicenter:
Google Plans to Put Video Ads Into Search Results
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Ads: Apple's iPhone Contextual Ad Was Fake  —  Remember the iPhone contextual ad yesterday that nudged the early adopters?  Turns out the ad wasn't from Apple at all.  It was from some guy from didntyouhear.com.  —  After seeing the Nokia ad—which WAS from Nokia—he decided to make a fake one, which caught Apple's eye.
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
The Industry Standard is Coming Back, Maybe  —  As Business 2.0 closes, another of the old names is being dusted off and will possibly make a comeback: The Industry Standard, at TheStandard.com.  The now-placeholder site was discovered by chance by Eric Savitz at Barron's …
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Time To Bring Back The Industry Standard?
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Why Is The Justice Department Commenting On Net Neutrality?  —  from the not-really-their-area-of-interest dept  —  There's been a fair amount of chatter over the Justice Department's decision to comment to the FCC about network neutrality, but there's been almost no discussion …
Discussion: WinExtra and TechEffect
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Alex Woodson / Hollywood Reporter:
MTV Nets encircle the Web with slate of sites  —  Set to launch two dozen sites by Q1  —  NEW YORK — A new hub for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" headlines a slate of two dozen targeted Web sites that Viacom's MTV Networks will launch by the first quarter as it continues its "vertical" digital strategy.
Reuters:
iTune Tagging Unveiled  —  The service lets listeners with HD Radio receivers containing a special tag button, to "tag" songs they hear on the FM dial for subsequent purchase via Apple's iTunes.  —  LOS ANGELES—Apple, iBiquity Digital, a developer of high-definition radio technology …
 
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Anne Broache / ZDNet:
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Michael Calore / Wired News:
IPod's Next Killer App? Double Your Storage With ShrinkMyTunes
Discussion: Switched, Lifehacker and Digg
BBC:
MP3 users 'risking hearing loss'
Discussion: p2pnet and PalmAddicts
Ken / Digital Common Sense:
Quechup - Rat Bastard Disease of the Internet
Ivan / Freelance Switch:
35 Absolutely Essential Mac Apps
Holly M. Sanders / New York Post:
SORRELL SPINS WEB TO 'AD' TO EMPIRE
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Know Your Rights: Is it illegal to make my own ringtones?
Kim Hart / Washington Post:
Shutting Down Big Downloaders