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12:40 PM ET, January 15, 2008

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Patrik / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:
First Rogue Cleaning Tool for Mac  —  We've just found the first Mac rogue application and it's called MacSweeper.  —  It claims to clean your Mac from compromising files and it will always find something to fix/clean but the only way to do so is to buy the program.
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PR Newswire:
Ticketmaster Announces Agreement to Acquire Leading Online Ticket Resale Marketplace TicketsNow(R)  —  Acquisition to bolster Ticketmaster's position in ticket resale category and  —  offer fans greater security, reliability and convenience  —  W. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. and ROLLING MEADOWS …
Discussion: VentureBeat and Somewhat Frank
Doug Caverly / WebProNews:
Ticketmaster Obtains TicketsNow
Discussion: Seeking Alpha and Mashable!
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Steve Jobs Keynote Live From Macworld  —  This post is being updated live, in reverse chronological order, from the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld Expo!  —  (9:29am: Apple Store has been taken down from site)  —  9:28am: Steve Job is demoing the new iPhone functions.
Discussion: Bits
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Macworld:
Macworld Expo Keynote Coverage  —  Steve Jobs will be delivering the keynote address for Macworld Expo beginning at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday.  Once the event is under way, Macworld's team of editors will begin live blogging from the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Danny Dumas / Gadget Lab:
Breaking: Apple Insider Leaks Ultra-Portable Details  —  An Apple insider told Wired today that the company's new ultraportable, expected to be seen in public for the first time tomorrow, has an extremely thin profile and is shaped like a teardrop when closed — thicker at the top behind the screen …
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Facebook buying Plaxo?  —  Facebook is “one hundred percent” buying Plaxo, we've just heard from a source.  —  This follows a rumor previously published by Valleywag asserting that such a deal is underway.  —  While these types of rumors should be taken with more than a grain of salt …
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Robby Stein / Official Gmail Blog:
New Gmail for the iPhone  —  We've just released a new look and feel for the mobile version of Gmail on your iPhone.  Our goal: make Gmail fit nicely as part of the latest Google on your iPhone experience.  This means that we had to make Gmail faster and more fluid.
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Sidney Chang / Official Google Mobile Blog:
Google on the iPhone: Macworld Makeover
Discussion: Web Analytics World
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Locked and loaded: FCC finalizes rules & bidders for 700MHz  —  Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission released its final set of rules (PDF) and bidder list (PDF) for next week's 700MHz spectrum auction.  Of the 266 applications originally received by the FCC, 214 bidders have made the final cut.
Discussion: Gizmodo
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David A. Utter / WebProNews:
FCC Approves Google For Wireless Auction
Discussion: Techland and Search Engine Land
Business Wire:
JiWire to Provide iPhone™ and iPod touch Users With First Ever Ad-Supported Free Wi-Fi Access  —  JiWire Wi-Fi Advertising Network Members to Offer “Ads for Access"™ Payment Alternative at Premium Airports, Hotels, Cafes  —  SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—JiWire …
Discussion: dailywireless.org
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Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
JiWire Launches Free, Ad-Supported iPhone, iPod Touch Hotspot Access
Discussion: Gearlog
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Macworld Expo Predictions  —  Predictions and advance commentary for tomorrow's Macworld keynote, some based on consensus rumors, some based on no more than wishful thinking on the part of yours truly.  This is all conjecture and tea-leaf-reading (well, mostly), so, please, no wagering.
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Michael Rose / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
First in line for the keynote
Discussion: ParisLemon and Engadget
Victoria Shannon / International Herald Tribune:
Amazon.com is challenging French competition law  —  PARIS: The online retailer Amazon.com said Monday that it would pay €1,000 a day in fines, rather than comply with a court ruling upholding French limits on price discounts for books.  —  The company decided to pay …
Discussion: Techdirt
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
New Video Explains the Basics of Data Portability  —  We've been writing a lot about data portability here lately, and specifically the DataPortability.org Work Group.  High level members of Google and Facebook staff joined the group a week ago yesterday, key people from LinkedIn, SixApart …
Discussion: Compiler and Robin Good's
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Swedish prosecutors dump 4,000 legal docs on The Pirate Bay  —  As the calendar pages turned from 2007 to 2008, one constant remained for the motion picture and music industries: The Pirate Bay's willingness to ignore their threats (and copyrights) to the point that the Swedish group's site …
Kelly K. Spors / Wall Street Journal:
New Services Help Bloggers Bring in Ad Revenue  —  Users Can Customize Appearance of Spots, Use Video and Audio  —  If you're not making money off your blog, 2008 might be the year.  —  As more people see potential in earning money off the Internet, there is a quickly expanding array …
Justin Mullins / New Scientist:
Invention: Expressive pen  —  Expressive pen  —  While the written word has taken great leaps in recent years with the advent of computer-based publishing and the global dissemination of text across the web, the humble pen is more or less the same device it has ever been.
Discussion: Gizmodo
 
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David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Carey: Portfolio.com To Supply 30 Percent Of Magazine's Total Ad Revs By Next Year
Corinne Forti / Oversee.net:
Oversee.net Receives $150 Million Investment
Don Reisinger / The Digital Home:
An interview with the misguided RIAA
Discussion: p2pnet
David Rothman / TeleRead:
New Sony Reader firmware due in February '08—with PDF resizing
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Linux PC Models Multiply As Vista Struggles
Discussion: Channel 9 and Digg
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
Speaking of Apple, Citi Ups Estimates on Mac Sales
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Google Apps coming to Clearwire customers via new partnership
Robin Goad / Hitwise Intelligence:
Facebook: 1 in 50 UK Internet visits
 Earlier Items: 
alarm:clock euro:
German Angels On Drugs 2.0
Discussion: paidContent
Business Technology:
Techies to Microsoft: Save Windows XP
Discussion: VoIP Blog
Stephanie N. Mehta / Fortune:
The attack of the ad-sponsored phone call
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
TSA Staffer Hires Buddies To Build Insecure Website For Folks Falsely On Watch List
BBC Press Office:
More than 3.5 million programmes accessed via BBC iPlayer in first fortnight
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Ars Technica / Gizmodo Macworld party was a success!
Kit Eaton / Gizmodo:
iFolio Converts iPhone into Ultra-Light Laptop, So Light It Doesn't Exist
Discussion: CrunchGear and Yanko Design
Seth Schiesel / New York Times:
Video Game Industry Seeks Political Clout