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10:00 AM ET, February 20, 2008

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New York Times:
Microsoft Said to Plan Proxy Fight for Yahoo  —  Microsoft has begun to make preparations to proceed with a proxy fight against Yahoo as it seeks to gain control of the Internet company, people briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.  —  The aggressive tactic is part of the hard-nosed takeover campaign …
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Dan Fost / New York Times:
They're Working on Their Own, Just Side by Side  —  CONTEMPLATING his career path a couple of years ago, a young computer programmer named Brad Neuberg faced a modern predicament.  “It seemed I could either have a job, which would give me structure and community,” he said, “or I could be freelance and have freedom and independence.
Wall Street Journal:
Wii Fit, Other Innovations Unveiled  —  Nintendo unveiled its Wii Fit exercise game, part of a wave of innovations from videogame companies hoping to spur further growth in the industry.
Discussion: Kotaku, BloggingStocks and Joystiq
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Luke Plunkett / Kotaku:
Wii Fit To Launch In US On May 19  —  According to the Wall Street Journal, of all places, Nintendo have gotten around to announcing a release date for money-printing balance (remember, balance, not fitness) training game Wii Fit.  It'll be released in the US on May 19 …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Introducing The Most Advanced News Site On The Planet  —  Well, another news aggregator launched today.  This one is called Newspond, and while they didn't set a record for baseless hyperbole, they come close.  —  The site, like TechMeme and Digg, tries to determine breaking and important news …
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Paul Glazowski / Mashable!:
Newspond: News Aggregator Extraordinaire
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Is Newspond a Techmeme killer?
Discussion: Maple Leaf 2.0
Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Update on Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite KB937287  —  We've heard a few reports about problems customers may be experiencing as a result of KB937287, the servicing stack update I blogged about last week, and I wanted to provide a quick update for you.  Immediately after receiving reports of this error …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1 prerequisite update
Discussion: Microsoft Watch
Darrren Waters / BBC:
Brain control headset for gamers  —  Technology editor, BBC News website, San Francisco  —  Emotiv's Tan Le wears the Epoc headset  —  Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone.  —  A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction …
Discussion: Digg
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
GenieTown Launches To Tackle Local Services  —  Palo Alto-based GenieTown launches this morning.  They're trying to crack the local services nut - a huge market, but one that a lot of the big guys are eyeing, too.  —  The company says they are addressing the long tail of local services.
Bryan Gardiner / Epicenter:
Is Apple Ready to Bust a Blu-ray Move?  —  Apple has never been big on alliances, coalitions or other formal industry-wide groupings.  Case in point: The company joined the Blu-ray Disc Association in 2005 promising to help promote the high definition format and then did pretty much nothing …
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How-To Wiki / Wired News:
Stuck With a Stack of HD DVDs? Here's How to Convert Them to Blu-Ray
Discussion: Gizmodo, All News Feeds and Ubergizmo
Joshua Chaffin / Financial Times:
MySpace in talks on music downloads  —  MySpace, the world's largest social networking site, is gearing up to partner with the major record companies to create an advertising-supported service that would allow consumers to listen to music for free on their computers.
Discussion: PDA and All News Feeds
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
With Earnings Up 38%, H.P. Raises Its Forecast  —  SAN FRANCISCO — While some technology companies have warned of softening in the global economy, Hewlett-Packard is not seeing slowing demand in its own international business, company executives said Tuesday.
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James Niccolai / InfoWorld:
HP reports strong results on PC, enterprise sales
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Owen Van Natta to Leave Facebook  —  One of the earliest executives at Facebook, Owen Van Natta (pictured here), will be transitioning out of the social-networking company in the next few weeks.  —  Van Natta played a key role in important negotiations related to Facebook's early lucrative ad deal …
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
That Didn't Take Long At All: $89 Million Australian Internet Filters Called A Failure  —  Last August the Australian Prime Minister announced plans to spend many millions of dollars to offer free internet filters that parents could use to keep their kids from surfing porn.
Discussion: DSLreports
Lessig Blog:
Two announcements  —  At lessig08.org, you can watch a 10 minute video explaining the launching of a Change Congress movement, and the decision I am trying to make about whether to run for Congress.  That decision will be made soon.  I've been spurred to consider it seriously by the enormous support …
The Register:
Qualcomm and the real story behind Mobile World Congress  —  Analysis The story behind the story is always more interesting, somehow, than the story itself; and the story behind last week's Mobile World congress wasn't just the obvious stuff about backhaul capacity.
 
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Yahoo! Search Blog:
Hadoop Now at the Heart of Every Yahoo! Search
Stuart Dredge / Sony PSP, Nintendo DS …:
GDC08: Gameloft reveals first downloadable iPhone game
Discussion: MacRumors
Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC NEWS | dot.life:
Zennstrom and the TV Revolution
Kit Eaton / Gizmodo:
Sony's New E-Series MP3 Players Can Swap Jackets
Discussion: Engadget and Gadget Lab
BBC:
Warning given over techno addicts
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Google Sky Is Worth $25 Million?
Discussion: CyberNet and The Map Room
Wolfgang Gruener / TG Daily:
LCD TVs outship CRT TVs for the first time
Jason Harris / GigaOM:
10 Apps To Have For Your Symbian S60 Phone
Discussion: Gizmodo
 Earlier Items: 
Alan Krauss / New York Times:
Piggybacking on Facebook  —  CLIFFORD LERNER knew within minutes …
Discussion: Lonely CEO Media and Mashable!
Karoli / odd time signatures:
EBay Users, Take Note
Develop:
Rein: “$1bn? We're not that cheap”
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Feedburner - Kickin It Old School
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Microsoft: Bill Gates Comes To Stanford
Discussion: Epicenter, eWeek, PR Newswire and GigaOM
Blake / Inside AdWords:
An update to display URL policy
James Lewin / Podcasting News:
HandBrake 0.9.2 Released
Alertbox:
Top-10 Application-Design Mistakes