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9:05 PM ET, January 3, 2008

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Plaxo Flubs It  —  News leaked prematurely today about a new Plaxo Pulse feature that allows users to match Facebook contacts to Pulse contacts, and then import contact data about the matches into Pulse.  —  Plaxo has been testing the feature with a number of journalists and bloggers.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Facebook lets me back in...  I just received this email.  —  I answer Mike Arrington and several others in a video that now is up at http://www.mogulus.com/robertscoble.&nb sp; —  UPDATE: In the video I cover a whole bunch of topics and take questions from the live audience that was there when filmed.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Facebook disabled my account  —  If you are trying to contact me on Facebook, please don't.  My account has been “disabled” for breaking Facebook's Terms of Use.  I was running a script that got them to keep me from accessing my account.  I'm appealing.  I'll tell you what I was doing …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
What I was using to hit Facebook — unreleased Plaxo Pulse  —  OK, so I've been released from my NDA.  I was alpha testing an upcoming feature of Plaxo Pulse — this feature has not yet been released and now that my account has gotten shut down it's not clear whether it will be released.
Nick / Rough Type:
Scoble: freedom fighter or data thief?  —  The great revolutionary activist of our day, Robert Scoble (or “Che Scoble,” as Mike Butcher says), is battling for the ideal of data freedom with the evil forces of Facebook.  At issue, writes Kara Swisher, in a post titled “Free the Scoble 5,000! …
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
Facebook Right, Scoble Wrong: Social Network Interoperability and the O'Reilly Social Graph FOO Camp  —  I've read a number of stories this week that highlight that interoperability between social networking sites will be a “top ask” in 2008 (as we say at Microsoft).
Om Malik / GigaOM:
A Heart-to-Heart with GigaOM Readers  —  Happy New Year.  As you may have noticed, my byline hasn't been up on the site for a few days.  That's because the holidays weren't exactly my most jolly.  —  I had a heart attack on Dec. 28.  I was able to walk into the hospital for treatment …
netflix.mediaroom.com:
LG Electronics and Netflix Announce Plan to Stream Movies From the Internet to the TV  —  LOS GATOS, Calif. and ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), the world's largest online movie rental service, and LG Electronics, a global consumer electronics leader …
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Terrence Russell / Epicenter:   Netflix, LG to Bring Streaming Movies to TVs
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Apple Docking Patent Works Perfectly with Ultra-Slim MacBook  —  This Apple docking station patent shows a screen base in which you can slide in a MacBook through its side.  While this would be difficult to do with current MacBook models, it fits perfectly with the idea of the ultra-light …
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Longofest / MacRumors:
Apple Creating iMac-like Docking Station
Discussion: MacNN, Infinite Loop and Rough Type
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Veoh adds Hulu content, has no official relationship with Hulu  —  Online video sharing site/portal Veoh has added full length television episodes to its lineup.  Selected Fox and NBC shows including Family Guy, 24, and Heroes are available.  But Veoh hasn't made any deals with Fox or NBC.
Discussion: AppScout and Valleywag
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Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Veoh Pulls an OpenHulu
Discussion: last100, TechCrunch and Contentinople
Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek:
Antitrust Lawsuit Charges Apple With Monopolizing Online Music  —  The complaint takes issue with Apple's refusal to support the Windows Media Audio format.  —  An antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple on Dec. 31 charges the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly on the digital music market.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
The Mozilla / Firefox IPO  —  How much is the entity that manages the Microsoft IE-killing browser Firefox worth, and when will it go public?  Answers: 1) A lot, and 2) Probably this year or next.  —  Background:  —  In the past few years, Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser has done …
NeoSmart Technologies:
Exclusive: Microsoft to Push Silverlight via Redesigned Homepage  —  Several months ago, Microsoft inserted themselves into the RIA framework business - years too late and against pretty scary odds - with the initial release of the Silverlight framework.  Microsoft Silverlight is the online counterpart …
emailrepository.com:
THOMSON INTEGRATES THE POWER OF GOOGLE LOCAL SEARCH INTO NEW LINE OF DEVICES  —  Incorporates One Touch GOOG-411™ Auto-Dial on Key 2008 GE DECT 6.0™ Phones  —  Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), have partnered to help consumers save money …
Steven Hodson / WinExtra:
Let's stop this now - right here  —  I'm sorry but I have to call crap on this whole idea right now.  I just spotted a message on Twitter by Jeremiah Owyang where he equates emails to being a social contract been the sender and the reader(s): … WTF is with everything we do on the Internet having to be social?
Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica:
First Look: Microsoft Office for Mac 2008  —  Introduction  —  The subject of Microsoft Office for Mac has the potential to be a touchy one with Apple fans.  There is a contingent of Mac users for whom Microsoft is the enemy, and any alternative to their products is the right choice.
Discussion: Microsoft Watch
 
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Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi:
Intel pulls out of One Laptop Per Child group
Discussion: PC World
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Xbox Live outage, day 13: still up and down, still preventing fun from being had
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Napster Raising Prices. Is it Going Out of Business?
Discussion: CenterNetworks
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Callpod Phoenix: conference calling the Bluetooth headset way
Discussion: Gizmodo
pehub.com:
SugarCRM Raising $20 Million
Discussion: TechCrunch
Brian Heater / AppScout:
Microsoft Office 2003 Abandons Support for Older File Formats
Darren Murph / Engadget:
LaCie's LaCinema Premier external HDD surfaces
Darren Murph / Engadget:
gOS 2.0 “Rocket” set to debut at CES
Discussion: Business Wire and eWEEK.com
 Earlier Items: 
Jeremy Horwitz / iLounge:
First Looks: Belkin RockStar
Ansley Berrones / Yanko Design:
Look No Further, Freedom Phone is here
Discussion: Gizmodo and Tech Blog
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
China to Restrict Web Video Sites
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2008
Joel Johnson / Boing Boing Gadgets:
Dell Crystal LCD Monitor
Scott Dunn / Windows Secrets Newsletter:
Microsoft charges customers for free services
Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple set to ship Macs with Blu-ray support - report
 

 
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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”

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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