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9:00 AM ET, November 6, 2007

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Wall Street Journal:
Google Unveils Cellphone Alliance  —  Google Inc. announced today an ambitious alliance with 33 handset makers, wireless carriers and other technology companies to create low-cost mobile phones based on "open" technology standards.  —  The Mountain View, Calif., Internet company …
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Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
It's not a phone, it's an alliance
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and Valleywag
New York Times:
Google Enters the Wireless World
Discussion: GigaOM and WinBeta
tomkarpik.com:
massive data loss bug in leopard  —  Update: The bug occurs regardless of the type of destination being moved to (whether it's local USB, local Firewire, SMB, etc.).  Also, I have been informed that this bug goes back all the way to Panther.  —  Leopard's Finder has a glaring bug …
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
I'm not happy with Leopard  —  I've given Leopard a chance, but it's pretty clear, this is not a good operating system release.  —  I've been out of the Mac loop for most of the last decade, just got back in a bit over 2 years ago.  I don't know if early OS releases are generally as crappy as this one …
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Five New iGoogle Themes  —  Here are some new iGoogle themes that will probably added soon to the customization dialog (the descriptions are from Google).  To add one of these themes to the active tab, go to iGoogle and type in the address bar the JavaScript code you'll find below.
Discussion: Search Engine Land
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Tony Ruscoe / Google Blogoscoped:   New iGoogle Themes  —  Laurenty mentions in the forum that Google …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Meet the Crunchies  —  When it comes to the world of technology, the start-ups are the real stars.  In order to recognize the start-ups and their achievements, we are teaming up with TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat to collaborate on the Crunchies.  They are like the Grammies …
Discussion: Mark Evans and Somewhat Frank
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
More Readers Trading Newspapers for Web Sites  —  THE circulation declines of American newspapers continued over the spring and summer, as sales across the industry fell almost 3 percent compared with the year before, according to figures released yesterday.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / Read/WriteWeb:
Joost Partners With Meebo  —  Joost, the desktop-based long-form video service that aims to take on the old TV model with a large pile of venture capital, is scrapping one of its defining features built in-house, inline chat, and replacing it with outside chat service meebo.
Alex Iskold / Read/WriteWeb:
The Social Enterprise - What Works, and What Doesn't  —  Last week in Reston, Virginia, the New New Internet conference took place, and the spotlight was on the adoption of new social technologies in the enterprise.  One morning panel was moderated by Ryan Carson and featured Brad Feld …
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Alibaba.com Shares Trade At [160%+]190%+ Premium In First Days Trading  —  The IPO of Alibaba.com hit the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Tuesday (local time) with a big increase over its initial offering price.  —  Alibaba.com is a spinoff from the Alibaba Group, the company that owns Alipay …
Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
WabiSabiLabi founder arrested in Italy  —  Charges against Preatoni involve spying scandal at Telecom Italia  —  A founder of security startup WabiSabiLabi was among those arrested by Milan police in connection with an ongoing spying scandal at Telecom Italia, according to published reports.
comScore:
For Radiohead Fans, Does "Free" + "Download" = "Freeload"?  —  2 out of 5 Downloaders Willing to Pay an Average of $6 for "In Rainbows" Album  —  U.S. Downloaders Willing to Pay More than International Counterparts  —  comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world …
Geraldine Fabrikant / New York Times:
IAC/InterActive to Split Into 5 Companies  —  Barry Diller finally decided yesterday to see if the parts of IAC/InterActiveCorp, his grab bag of Internet companies and services, are greater than the whole.  —  In a move that is aimed at bolstering IAC's lagging share price …
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Technorati Drops Content Older Than 6 Months Old  —  When Technorati announced a new CEO at the beginning of October, many were hoping that the once great Technorati would focus on its core blog search product, a product that had been virtually ignored as the company tried to be all things to everybody …
Todd Haselton / Ars Technica:
A need for speed: 802.11n router roundup  —  n > g, but by how much?  —  The IEEE 802.11n standard is not official yet, but a host of Draft N routers are already available.  We rounded up three of the most popular, threw them into the deathmatch cage, and locked the gate.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
 
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Chris Cadelago / San Francisco Chronicle:
Who needs reality TV? Web sites turning shows' viewers into stars.
David A. Utter / WebProNews:
Rolling Stone Rocks Digital Edition
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Mashable!
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sony's PS2 updated with integrated power supply, no price cut
Discussion: Gadget Lab
Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
Sun Reports Modest Profit, but Revenue Disappoints Investors
Paul Krill / InfoWorld:
Infragistics previews tools for Microsoft apps
NPR:
NEW "NPR MUSIC" MULTIMEDIA SITE LAUNCHES TODAY
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Time Is Money: Calculate The Real Cost Of Those Corporate Meetings
Discussion: VentureBeat
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
OpenSocial Hacked Again
Discussion: Rev2.org and Social Hacking
 Earlier Items: 
Barbara Darrow / Computerworld:
Is Your CEO a Cybercrime Target?
heise Security:
Mac OS X Leopard firewall breaks programs
Discussion: eWEEK.com
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Boy hires hitman to kill parents after grounding denies PlayStation, TV
Discussion: Gizmodo
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Advisory (944653)
Zefrank / ze's page:
strike day  —  in related news the 2 billion franktv commercials …
Ben Worthen / Business Technology:
Google Phone: A Business-Tech Nightmare Waiting to Happen
Discussion: Slashdot
Chris Peredun / DailyTech:
Newegg Accidentally Offers "Buy 1, Get 4 Free" ASUS Eee PC Promotion
David Carr / New York Times:
New Media, New Value, Old Troubles