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1:00 PM ET, January 30, 2008

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Let's Trash Yahoo During Happy Hour  —  Yesterday I was scheduled to appear live on the Happy Hour show on the Fox Business Channel.  The show is held at the Bull and Bear bar at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, with customers milling around and drinking.  I can't believe no one has rushed the set as a prank yet.
Discussion: Seeking Alpha
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Yahoo to Cut 1,000 Jobs, and Warns on Growth  —  SAN FRANCISCO — After announcing a sharp drop in fourth-quarter profits Tuesday, Yahoo issued a disappointing outlook for this year, suggesting that investors would have to wait until 2009 for a turnaround.  —  Yahoo also said that as part …
Robert Hof / Business Week:
Yahoo's Yodel Turns Into a Whimper  —  Layoffs and a refocusing effort can only do so much.  CEO Jerry Yang needs to find exciting new products or services if he hopes to make Yahoo sing again  —  Getty Images  —  At the Consumer Electronics Show a few weeks ago, Yahoo! (YHOO) …
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek announces Eee family product lines  —  With Eee PC becoming a focus of the PC market, Asustek Computer has announced it is planning to launch a family of Eee products including: E-DT (desktop PC), E-TV and E-Monitor.  All the products while have low-cost as their major selling point …
Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
WSJ's Web site adds Facebook function  —  NEW YORK - The Wall Street Journal has just accepted Facebook's request to be online friends.  —  Hoping to tap into the growing buzz of online social networks, the Journal is adding a feature to its Web site that will allow readers to see which Journal stories …
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Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
How Many Facebook Users Actually Read the Wall Street Journal?  —  The fact that the WSJ and Facebook have just partnered on a new initiative to let Facebook users share their favorite news stories, surely demonstrates one of the following:  — Facebook is now dominated by 30+ -year old WSJ reading types.
Discussion: CNET News.com and E-Commerce Times
Joshua Karp / The Boy Genius Report:
New PSP firmware hits the streets, Skype included  —  Have you been waiting with baited breath for the much-anticipated PSP firmware update?  The new firmware, branded as version 3.90, is now available for public consumption.  The most significant improvement, of course, is the inclusion of a PSP-specific Skype client.
Discussion: Opposable Thumbs
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Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Six Apart adds activity streams to its blog platform  —  In the new age of open social networks, Six Apart is doing its part to create a hub that embraces the world of feeds outside its own servers.  The company is shipping Action Streams, a free plug-in for Movable Type 4.1 that lets users aggregate …
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David Recordon / Six Apart News:
Time for Action: What We're Opening Next
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Breaking: MySpace Developer Platform Launching on February 5th  —  MySpace has just announced that they will be launching their developer platform on February 5th.  You can pre-register now by going to http://developer.myspace.com (requires login).  —  Earlier this evening, I spoke with Amit Kapur …
Nicholas Carr / Financial Times:
A revolution is taking shape  —  When the founder of Microsoft retires this year, it will not only mark the close of a remarkable business career.  It will signal the end of an era in computing.  —  “The next sea change is upon us."  Those words appeared in an extraordinary memorandum …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
TV Showman, Once Exiled, Returns With Video Site  —  LOS ANGELES — One of Big Media's most controversial executives is back after a period of quasi-forced retirement.  —  Stephen Chao — who was fired from a top position at the News Corporation after, in separate incidents …
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Magistrate judge suggests sanctions against RIAA lawyers  —  The RIAA's habit of roping numerous unrelated defendants into a single “John Doe” lawsuit has drawn the attention of a federal magistrate—and not in a good way.  In the case of Arista v. Does 1-27, a lawsuit targeting students …
Discussion: p2pnet
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Scientologists Google Bombed Or Not?  —  Just days after the one-year anniversary of Google's Google bomb fix, a new Google bomb may have gotten through — dangerous cult, bringing up the Scientology web site, as shown above.  But is it really getting past the fix?
Discussion: Search Insider and WebProNews
Larry Dignan / Zero Day:
Mozilla ups unpatched Firefox flaw to ‘high severity’; Preps fix  —  Mozilla has given a proof of concept Firefox vulnerability a “high severity” rating because an attacker can collect session information such as cookies and history, according to Mozilla security chief Window Snyder.
Darren Murph / Engadget:
It's a done deal: Dell puts an end to all 140 US mall kiosks  —  Just as we feared, Dell will indeed be axing 100-percent of its US mall kiosks — 140 in total.  Unsurprisingly, the official word attributes the move to Dell's shift into big box retail stores, but we're sure that's …
 
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Copy a CD, owe $1.5 million under “gluttonous” PRO-IP Act
Discussion: Gizmodo and Public Knowledge
Jason / Signal vs. Noise:
Launch: Campfire for iPhone
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo:
Nikon D60 Will Be Enhanced For Eye-Fi
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Nokia N95 8GB with US 3G passes FCC
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
eMachines' new T5246 and T3642 desktops make you go “Eh.”
Dan Meyer / RCR Wireless News:
Bids near $8.7B after a dozen rounds
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple seen introducing cheaper, more innovative Wi-Fi iPods
Discussion: Infinite Loop and Digg
Joe McDonald / Associated Press:
China steps up Internet video control
 Earlier Items: 
Larry Seltzer / eWeek:
ICANN Actually Does Something About Domain Tasting
James Sherwood / The Register:
PS3 capacity boost claims are claptrap, says Sony UK
Mike Yamamoto / Crave: The gadget blog:
The race is on: ‘iShoes’ go on sale
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
DoJ fits Microsoft for a 2-year oversight leash
Discussion: Electronista
Reuters:
U.S. tops tech usage ranking
Electronista:
WD alters My Passport Essential, tops 320GB...
Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget and Gearlog
David A. Utter / WebProNews:
Net Payola: Paying For The Digg Front Page
Discussion: Mashable!
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
What's Google Doing on Vista (RED)?
 

 
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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

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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