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5:10 PM ET, October 29, 2007

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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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Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
NBC: iTunes Video Was A Non-Business
Discussion: PDA
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").
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. …
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Brad Stone / New York Times:
Hulu Readies Its Online TV, Dodging the Insults  —  The knives are out for Hulu.com.  —  Hulu is the new-media creation of two old-media rivals, NBC, which is owned by General Electric, and Fox, owned by the News Corporation.  Since March, when the broadcasters announced their joint effort to bring free …
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.
Discussion: Infinite Loop and Rev2.org
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Anil Dash:
Smug Ugly  —  Although I've been accused sometimes of reflexive contrariness, the truth is I'm just pretty consistent in my assessments of technology, with little regard for the perceptions of the companies or people who provide those technologies.  —  The best case in point I can use …
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
Discussion: rexduffdixon.com
Reuters:
Skype and 3 launch mobile phone  —  eBay division Skype and mobile phone group 3 have launched a mobile handset that allows Skype users to make free Internet calls to each other while on the move.  —  The companies said on Monday the new 3 Skypephone could also send free Skype instant messages …
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Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Instant Jailbreak for iPhone and iPod touch  —  A crew of hackers (including hdm/metasploit, rezn, dinopio, drudge, kroo, pumpkin, davidc, dunham, and NerveGas) have introduced a one-touch instant jailbreak for both iPhone and iPod touch.  The jailbreak opens your iPhone for full disk access …
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Tony Smith / The Register:   Tool opens iPhone, iPod Touch via web
MacNN:
Leopard drivers hint at upcoming MacBooks  —  Apple may have tipped its hand and revealed a near-term update to its 13-inch MacBooks and potentially its Mac minis, based on files discovered inside Mac OS X Leopard's system folders.  The company has included a full set of recent drivers …
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's New Hiring Hurdle?  —  Microsoft Deal May Boost  —  Options Prices, Hurting  —  Ability to Lure Top Talent  —  There is a little-noticed downside to Microsoft Corp.'s investment in Facebook Inc.: The deal will likely raise the price of stock options issued by the social-networking company …
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.
Associated Press:
Apartments may see cable competition  —  WASHINGTON - Federal regulators plan to throw out exclusive cable television service contracts with apartment buildings and open up competition to phone companies, according to a published report.  —  The new rule, which could significantly lower cable prices …
Discussion: The Boy Genius Report
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Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Matt Cutts Confirms Paid Links & Google PageRank Update  —  Matt Cutts emailed Search Engine Journal last night to let us know that in fact, the partial Google 'Toolbar' PageRank update which happened last week was a result of Google's campaign against paid linking and advertisement links which influence PageRank.
Discussion: WebProNews and Mashable!
Tech-On! : tech news:
Shinoda Plasma to Begin Volume Shipment of 142-inch Displays in Latter Half of 2008  —  Takuya Otani, Nikkei Electronics  —  Shinoda Plasma Corp will begin volume shipment of its proprietary Plasma Tube Array (PTA) display in the second half of 2008.  —  The company plans to initially provide …
Discussion: CNET News.com, Gizmodo and Engadget
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
When Google Strikes: The Story Of EnjoyPerth.net  —  Google has gone through an unprecedented upheaval this month.  As we reported on October 24 Google downgraded the page rank of a broad range of blogs.  —  The scary thing is that they've done another page rank update again, the third in a month.
 
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BBC:
Our first 10 years  —  The BBC News website is 10 years old this week.
Discussion: The Bivings Report
Alistair Croll / GigaOM:
Stale Java for the Mac Faithful
Discussion: The Register
Marshall Kirkpatrick / Read/WriteWeb:
YourStreet Relaunches as Elegant Local News Site
Discussion: Download Squad and Mashable!
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo (YHOO) Turnaround, Step 2: Layoffs? *
Discussion: WebProNews
adCenter Blog:
adCenter upgraded with new features
Marshall Kirkpatrick / Read/WriteWeb:
Brijit Makes Your Magazines Lovable Again
Discussion: Washington Post
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Net Neutrality becomes issue in presidential race
Discussion: WebProNews and Hightouch
ZDNet:
Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy
Discussion: TechSpot News and TeleRead
 Earlier Items: 
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
How Gmail Blocks Spam
Nick / Rough Type:
Veropedia and the Wikipedia mine
Microsoft:
Microsoft to Acquire Innovative Healthcare Technology and Assets …
Andrew Appel / Freedom to Tinker:
AT&T Explains Guilt by Association
Discussion: Mashable!
Luyi Chen / China Web2.0 Review:
Meebo's Trademark Violated In China
Discussion: blognation and Mashable!
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Comcast to employees: talking about blocking P2P can get you fired
Debra O. Mastaler / Search Engine Land:
Is It Time To Change Your Linking Attitude?
Discussion: WebProNews
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple not just refusing cash, also refusing Apple Gift Cards for iPhones
Discussion: Epicenter and DailyTech
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

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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