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10:20 PM ET, November 17, 2007

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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The brand promise of Apple  —  This is an Apple ad:  —  Done by Apple.  More on that later.  —  So, last night I was out to dinner with a bunch of smart people.  Folks who run their own companies.  Folks who have helped many companies get started.  Tech companies.
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
PayPerPost Bloggers Get Slammed By Google  —  If participating in PayPerPost wasn't questionable enough morally before, today it's now a poisoned chalice as Google has commenced punishing PayPerPost bloggers by completely removing their page rank.  —  IZEA (the new holding company for PayPerPost) …
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Tedmurphy / IZEA Blogs:
Google Goes after the Everyday Blogger  —  Last night Google decided to go after some of the bloggers in our network, reducing their PR from whatever they previously had to zero.  Once again Google has proved that PR has little to do with blog traffic, influence or relevance and everything …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Whoa: AdultFriendFinder May Have Been Acquired For $1 Billion+  —  Update: Penthouse Media Group may be the buyer.  —  The world's basest online dating site may have had a major liquidity event.  Palo Alto based Various, Inc., which owns AdultFriendFinder and scores of other sites …
MSDN Subscriptions WebLog:
Look for Visual Studio 2008 Downloads on Top Subscriber Downloads - Coming Soon  —  Visual Studio 2008 is anticipated out very soon, with availability for Subscribers.  Check out the "Top Subscriber Downloads" area on http://msdn2.microsoft.com/subscription s for VS 2008 downloads.
Discussion: The Universal Desktop and WinBeta
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Darryl K. Taft / eWEEK.com:
Visual Studio 2008 Is Imminent  —  Microsoft will ship its latest developer tool set as soon as Nov. 19 and by the end of November at the latest.  —  Microsoft has signed off on Visual Studio 2008 and is expected to release it early next week—on Nov. 19, sources said.
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Another EliteTorrents Uploader Facing 10 Years in Prison  —  Every few months it seems the FBI manages to come up with yet more people to charge in connection with Operation D-Elite - the joint ICE and FBI raids against the US-based BitTorrent tracker, EliteTorrents, in 2005.
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com and Neowin.net
Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC Acquires 'Quarterlife'; Internet Series Will Run First Online  —  NBC has concluded a first-of-its-kind deal to acquire the talked-about new Internet and social network series "Quarterlife" for distribution as an hourlong drama series on the NBC network after it has first played in eight-minute segments on several Web sites.
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Bob Tourtellotte / Reuters:
NBC brings Web series "Quarterlife" to TV network  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC on Friday said it will begin airing the highly touted Web series "Quarterlife" on its television network early next year, making the program the first to originate online and then move to a major U.S. broadcaster.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Microsoft DNS bug long-known, familiar to researchers  —  Problem goes back at least a decade, say security pros  —  The DNS cache poisoning bug that Microsoft Corp. patched last Tuesday stems from a flaw that has been known to researchers for 10 years or more, the two security firms credited …
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
23andme: Evil Or The Way Of The Future?  —  23andMe, the genetics company founded by Sergey Brin's wife Anne Wojcicki will launch Monday with a service that will bring science fiction into reality.  —  23andMe will offer a genetic screening service for $999.
Terry Heaton / Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog:
I WANT MY METRICS, AND I WANT THEM NOW!  —  Media companies live and breathe — in large part — through the benevolence of the agencies that control vast resources of ad dollars for their clients.  This relationship is a part of what's being disrupted by Media 2., and it's …
Jason Lee Miller / WebProNews:
The Writers Strike And The Future Of The Net  —  The Writers Guild of America strike has been an interesting debacle to watch, complete with a host of issues the public might not have thought of before.  The inevitable convergence of the Internet and TV is one of them; the continued homogenization of American culture is another.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
Freetards turn on Google  —  Well it has been a long time coming but the freetards are finally starting to wake up to the fact that Google is not really part of their club.  Or, rather, that Google belongs to their club when it suits them but not always.  Check out this story on Wired.com …
 
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Bloomberg:
Vonage's Appeal Refused; Verizon Owed $120 Million
J. Nicholas Hoover / InformationWeek:
Microsoft's Bill Hilf Reveals Its Open Source Strategy
Discussion: TechWeb and Open Source
Roy Mark / eWEEK.com:
Comcast Slapped With Net Neutrality Suit
Discussion: Bit Player
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Will the Credit Crunch Inflate the Internet Bubble?
Discussion: /Message
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
iPhone Malware Demo Freaking Me Out, Man [Apple]
 Earlier Items: 
I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
There is No Free Lunch  —  My mobile phone rang this week …
Saul Hansell / Bits:
J Allard: The Failures of the Zune and the Record Labels
Bernard Lunn / Read/WriteWeb:
LinkedIn and The Future of Business Networking
Discussion: Marc's Voice and broadstuff
Matthew Elliott / Crave: The gadget blog:
Surprise! Dell releases XPS One today
 

 
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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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