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10:55 PM ET, October 29, 2007

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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Gmail 2.0 Screenshots  —  Google during the recent Analyst Day announced they want to release an updated version of Gmail that's supposed to be faster than the current one, thanks to a JavaScript back-end rewrite.  Also, the new version aims to improve contacts management.
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Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle:
Google Analyst Day Features New Gmail  —  It's been well-known for a while that Google is readying a version 2.0 of Gmail, designed to update the four-year old email software that has been looking dated lately.  At Google's recent Analyst Day, they talked about the new version publicly for the first time …
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
How Gmail Blocks Spam  —  While Gmail doesn't filters all the spam messages that could reach your inbox, it certainly does a better job than other webmail apps like Yahoo Mail or Hotmail.  Gmail's filters are constantly improving and an important ingredient of their effectiveness is the use of community signals.
Michael Learmonth / Variety:
Zucker says Apple deal rotten  —  NBC U says iTunes revenues meager  —  NBC U topper Jeff Zucker warned that new digital business models were turning media revenues "from dollars into pennies" and revealed NBC U booked just $15 million in revenue during the last year of its deal with Apple's iTunes.
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
I Eat My Words: Hulu Will Shake Up the Online Video Market  —  OK, I will admit, I was busy sharpening up the knives at BoomTown HQ to prepare for the debut of Hulu this week.  —  Let's just say that I have been dubious that two lumbering media companies-in this case, News Corp. …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Report: NBC wanted a cut of iPod revenue  —  I will say this: NBC's Jeff Zucker has got serious stones.  —  According to a report in the venerable entertainment industry trade rag Variety, Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, asked Apple for a cut of iPod revenue as part …
Discussion: Hacking NetFlix and ParisLemon
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google's Response to Facebook: "Maka-Maka"  —  Google may have lost the bidding war to invest in Facebook, but it is preparing its own major assault on the social networking scene.  It goes by the codename "Maka-Maka" inside the Googleplex (or, perhaps, "Makamaka").
Don Reisinger / CNET News.com:
Leopard will open the Mac OS X floodgates (and embarrass Microsoft)  —  As many of you are aware, I think Windows Vista is a blunder.  And with its annoying UAC system and horrifically slow operation, it won't take long before the majority of home users agree with me.
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Jessica Bennett / Newsweek.com:
Is Age Just a Number?  —  Whether you're a MySpace addict or a Luddite who logged on once to see what all the fuss was about, you've likely met Tom.  As the public face of MySpace, cofounder Tom Anderson has become a celebrity since the site launched in 2003 because he's every user's first …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Newsweek Confirms MySpace CoFounder Lied About Age  —  Newsweek has confirmed our story that MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson, who automatically becomes everyone's first friend when they register for the site, has lied about his age.  Newsweek based their confirmation on "professional license information …
Discussion: rexduffdixon.com and bub.blicio.us
John Markoff / New York Times:
Reimagining the Automobile Industry by Selling the Electricity  —  Shai Agassi, a Silicon Valley technologist who was in competition to become chief executive of SAP, one of the world's largest software companies, has re-emerged with a grand plan to reinvent the world's automobile industry around battery-powered all-electric cars.
Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
Whois May Be Scrapped to Break Deadlock  —  NEW YORK (AP) - Tech industry lawyer Mark Bohannon frequently taps a group of searchable databases called Whois to figure out who may be behind a Web site that distributes pirated software or tricks visitors into revealing passwords.
Federal Trade Commission:
Don't Open Bogus Email that Claims to Come From the FTC  —  Email That States It's From the FTC's "Fraud Department" Has Virus Attached  —  A bogus email is circulating that says it is from the Federal Trade Commission, referencing a "complaint" filed with the FTC against the email's recipient.
Discussion: Reuters and InfoWorld
Arn / MacRumors:
New Apple MacBook on Tuesday?  GMA X3100?  —  According to sources, the wheels are in motion for Apple to deliver new MacBook updates as early as this Tuesday.  While an exact date has been hard to determine, MacBook updates are expected within the next week, with evidence pointing to Tuesday.
Discussion: Infinite Loop and CrunchGear
 
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Legalthing / the legal thing:
The NetApp Litigation (continued)
Discussion: eWEEK.com and The Register
Light Reading:
Verizon Previews FiOS Future
Discussion: DSLreports and Telecompetitor
Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
Why Facebook employees are profiling users [Your Privacy Is An Illusion]
Discussion: Switched and The Register
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Automattic Spurns $200 Million Acquisition Offer
InfoWorld:
SP1 for Microsoft's Project may drive upgrades
Discussion: eWEEK.com
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Hulu Hands-On Review in One Word: Brilliant
Mediaweek:
CNN Goes Virtual
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Obama pledges Net neutrality laws if elected president
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Bryan Gardiner / Epicenter:
The iPhone Cash Ban: It's Legal, and Here's Why
Discussion: DailyTech
Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired News:
Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD's Coffin
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
BEA's stance on Oracle deal pummeled
Alistair Croll / GigaOM:
Stale Java for the Mac Faithful
Discussion: The Register
adCenter Blog:
adCenter upgraded with new features
ZDNet:
Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's New Hiring Hurdle?
Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Instant Jailbreak for iPhone and iPod touch
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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