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2:45 PM ET, November 7, 2007

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Nick / Rough Type:
The social graft  —  "Once every hundred years media changes," boy-coder turned big-thinker Mark Zuckerberg declared today at the Facebook Social Advertising Event in New York City.  And it's true.  Look back over the last millennium or two, and you'll see that every century, like clockwork, there's been a big change in media.
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Leah Pearlman / Facebook Blog:
Facebook Ads  —  Today we announced an entirely new advertising solution for Facebook.  Right now, we want to make clear what's changing—and what's not—for you.  —  First of all, what's not changing:  — Facebook will always stay clutter-free and clean.  — Facebook will never sell any of your information.
Louise Story / New York Times:
Facebook Is Marketing Your Brand Preferences (With Your Permission)  —  FACEBOOK wants to put your face on advertisements for products that you like.  —  Facebook .com is a social networking site that lets people accumulate "friends" and share preferences and play games with them.
Saul Hansell / Bits:   Facebook Everywhere  —  The most important bit of news …
Anne Zelenka / GigaOM:
Let's Be Friends: AdFriends
Discussion: CostPerNews and The Praized Blog
Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Time Warner to buy Quigo  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's AOL (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it will buy Internet advertising technology company Quigo to bolster its ad force and make it more competitive with Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research).
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
AOL: Let's become an ad network before this really unravels  —  AOL acquired Internet advertising firm Quigo Tuesday in its latest move to transform itself into an ad network.  And given AOL's financial state the rejiggering is a good idea.  —  In a statement AOL said it acquired Quigo …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Associated Press:
Google maps find their way to gas pumps  —  The Internet giant will join with another firm to give directions at service stations.  —  Lost drivers soon will be able to Google for help at the pump.  —  As part of a partnership to be announced today, the online search leader …
Dolapo / Official Google Reader Blog:
Attack of the 20%'ers  —  At Google, 20% time is core to our culture and today's Reader release incorporates features developed by two engineers in their 20% time.  Those two engineers would be us!  —  Steve Lacey: As a blogger I like to include a blogroll on my site so that friends …
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
Eisner's advice to striking writers: Blame Steve Jobs, not the studios  —  NEW YORK—In his keynote speech on Wednesday morning at the Media and Money conference hosted by Dow Jones and Nielsen, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner talked about writers as though they were a minority group that he didn't particularly understand well.
Discussion: MacUser
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
@ Media & Money: Keynote: Michael Eisner: Strike is 'Insanity …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Time Warner: With Soft Ad Trends At AOL, And No Signs Of Asset Sales, Shares Head Lower  —  Time-Warner (TWX) CEO-to-be Jeff Bewkes made his first appearance before the Street in his new role, and the early reviews are decidedly mixed.  —  The company this morning reported third quarter results …
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Business Wire:
Time Warner Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Johansch / my.opera.com:
The power of the Web with Opera Mini 4  —  After three betas we're proud to release the shiny new Opera Mini 4 to the world.  —  We've done a lot with this new Opera Mini.  For example, we rewrote the entire code for Opera Mini 4 and added lots of improvements and new features to make the browser even better.
Business Wire:
Forbes Media Acquires Fifty-One Percent Stake in RealClearPolitics.com  —  Premier Political Site Enhances Interactive Offerings  —  NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Forbes Media, corporate parent of Forbes.com (www.forbes.com), announced today that it had acquired a 51% stake in RealClearPolitics.com, a premier political Web site.
Haroon Malik / Gizmodo:
Windows Live Drops Out of Beta, @live.com Email Addresses Available [Windows Live]  —  Microsoft's Windows Live package has just dropped out of beta development.  The released package contains various desktop programs for email, IM, blogging and photo sharing.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google's Game-Focused Advertising Initiative To Launch This Month  —  Google's (GOOG) long-rumored, game-focused advertising initiative is going to come to life later this month, according to sources familiar with the Mountain View, Calif-based company's plans.
Gregor / LiveSide:
Windows Live Messenger IM Control launched  —  Back in September at MIX UK we got a first look at a Messenger presence feature.  Today marks the release of this handy little addition to the Messenger family.  But what does Windows Live Messenger IM Control actually do?
Discussion: Mashable! and Delicate Genius Blog
 
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Chris Williams / The Register:
Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail strike out Iran
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Nokia:
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Brad Stone / Bits:
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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft antitrust argument cites Google's success
Discussion: CNET News.com
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Firefox 3 beta is (almost) out
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Whole Foods Board Decides Common Sense Ain't Common Enough …
Steve Friess / Wired News:
Online Fossett Searchers Ask, Was It Worth It?
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Prince, Has Lost The Plot Prince, To Sue A Lot
Darren Waters / BBC:
Symbian dismisses Google Android
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